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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1904
Page
3
The cut describes a low cost 24x28 foot stable with 10 foot posts and 8 foot floor height. It supports four stalls 8x10 feet and 8x8 feet, plus a 10x24 foot driveway and an 8x16 corn crib. Barn plans emphasize simple construction with ordinary tools and carpentry savings.
W J Prindle outlines a farm shelter plan with stone foundations and six by six posts. The rough lumber list totals about 100 dollars and includes posts, stringers, joists, plates, rafters, roof strips, battens, box and cover stock, flooring, and shingles. Plans vary between 30 by 32 feet and 20 by 40 feet with driveway running lengthwise and middle posts reaching the roof.
The article extols tar as highly beneficial for poultry housing, arguing tar coatings on inside joints and cracks protect wood, improve health, and deter pests. It cites Carolina tar as distinct and notes a tar drop in drinking water can aid fowl health when cholera appears.
The piece emphasizes cleanliness and thoroughness in poultry handling. It notes dust heaps aid fowls and warns against confinement and damp roosting houses that cause droopiness. It recommends free range, green food, charcoal as a disease preventive, and careful feeding to improve egg production.
Farmers can boost honey yields by expanding storage space and harvesting promptly. Small-scale apiaries perform best when bees have ample surplus capacity, preventing swarming and promoting higher quality honey. With forethought, farmers and fruit growers can meet personal needs and sell excess.
A Farmers' Review note explains alfalfa as a valuable protein source for hogs and a staple green feed similar to clover. It should be mixed with grain for proper finish, as alfalfa alone lacks sufficient carbohydrates to both develop and finish hogs.
A Farm article describes a simple self feeder for poultry. A box eight inches deep holds feed poured through a door and fed down to chickens at a controlled rate, with a front strip to keep feed from the ground and sides to prevent tipping.
Farmers often delay repainting until a building is deteriorated. Regularly applying one coat of paint every two or three years reduces repair costs and improves appearance. Fresh paint, even in small amounts, helps prevent decay of wood and metal.
A Sunday lesson outlines 2 Kings chapters 6 to 9 and 13 14 showing Israel’s peril from Syria and Elisha’s protection. It contrasts the hosts of the enemy with the Lord’s hosts, urges faith in God’s watchcare, and notes deliverance when obedience and trust prevail.
The New York Herald reports Senator Cockrell recounts a Missouri bar admission case where a weak candidate is pressed by West for more questions. The applicant asks to be allowed to question the statutes, and West cautions that mastery of statutes alone cannot guarantee success in law.
A colorful notice in the empire room at North Cos t house dissolves a partnership between two colored barbers. The red ink on yellow paper proclaims the end of the firm and calls on customers to direct payments to the subscriber, with Jones named in the dissolution.
Six doctors failed to relieve Mr. J. O. Landeman of South Bend from kidney disease for three years. After two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he reports a complete cure and better health overall. The claim is echoed by others using the remedy, noting its success against kidney trouble and Bright's Disease. The ad cites Chicago Tribune jokes and Nickel Plate train service promotions alongside miscellaneous quotes.
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