Soundness Rules for Sire and Dam in Horse Breeding
A Wisconsin law from 1905 requires public service stallions to be registered and defines disqualifying defects. The article lists eye diseases like amaurosis and cataract, lameness from bone spavin, ringbone, sidebone, navicular, bog spavin, and other conditions. It emphasizes breeding only sound horses and avoiding mares or sires with transmissible defects to improve profits and standards.
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Wisconsin
Fla
Plans for a Moderate Barn with Side Drive and Basement
Detailed design for a 40 by 60 foot bank barn intended for 100 to 160 acres, with side drives or end drive variants. Includes accommodations for five horses, cattle, calves, root cellar, stone or concrete walls, extensive framing specs, rafters, posts, planks, siding, roofing, and a stone wall estimate of 30 cords stone, 30 yards sand, 120 bushels lime.
Emmer and Spelt Compared for Feed and Yields in Canada
Emmer and spelt differ from true wheat and align more with oats and barley for cattle feed. Emmer yields higher grain, with Ontario tests showing 800 pounds more than the top spelt variety. Brandon, Manitoba also favors emmer, while Saskatchewan 1907 results were closer. An economical plowing plan notes using four horses with a 12 or 14 inch gang plow yields more cultivating efficiency, reducing idle time and overall costs.
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Emmer
Ontario Agricultural College
Brandon
Indian Head
Saskatchewan
Keep Books in Dairying Emphasized for Accurate Records
The article stresses that keeping books is essential in dairying. It describes exact accounting of gains and losses, capital invested, and labor expended. It urges readers to know exactly what they are doing and maintain clear financial records.
Ten Years of Backache Sufferers Find Relief
Mrs. Thomas Dunn of Columbus Ohio testifies after ten years of backache that simple housework exhausted her, causing headaches and dizzy spells. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with quick relief and a permanent cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Thomas Dunn
Vinett
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
She Had the Habit and a Widow’s Warning
A fragment from Puck presents Mrs Turner dead for a year and Mrs Stiler urged to write. The exchange hints at personal scandal as one character recalls seeking a black bordered souvenir postal while another laments the absence of letters despite intent to write.
LUMBAGO RHEUMATISM BACK PAIN RELIEF WITH ST JACOBS OIL
The article describes lumbago as severe back muscle pain from cold drafts wet clothing or exposure. It warns of possible chronic disability and prescribes reddening the skin with a flesh brush then applying ST JACOBS OIL by gentle friction for quick relief.
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ST. Jacobs
Gyroscope and Bicycle
The gyroscope powers bicycle balance by resisting changes in wheel direction. Rapid rotation makes tilting hard, enabling the rider to stay upright and avoid falls, a principle vital to cycling as explained by J F Springer in St Nicholas.
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J. F. Springer
St. Nicholas
Unionism's Spread Recounts A Miner Leader Tale
John Mitchell, famed miners' leader, described the spread of unionism in a Pittsburg reporter interview. He relayed a schoolyard quip in which a boy, told to stay after to rewrite, protests that workers deserve overtime and should not be expelled from the scholars union for working late.
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John Mitchell
Pittsburg
Mr. Mitchell
Music Students Sees Nervous System Benefit From Postum
A Michigan music student recounts severe nerves hindered practice until switching from coffee to Postum helped resume lengthy daily sessions. The testimonial notes improved well being by November and praises Postum as a superior health beverage endorsed by a physician father and linked to The Road to Wellville promotion.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Janice Meredith
Wisconsin Agricultural
Experiment’ Station
Ridge Brands
Dai Vinec Foor
Caer Bow
AERE
Carrie
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Emer
Lumbago
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