Fences and Gate Posts in Farm Construction
The article examines fence material costs as timber supply tightens and rails give way to wire. It discusses gate building, painting timber for durability, and suggests iron or concrete posts where possible. It notes English tests on droppers, corner post placement, and a gate width of about 16 feet for ease of passage.
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Hand churns persist amid machine butter era
Despite widespread creamery butter, many still buy and use hand churns especially the old-fashioned dasher churns. Farmers with few cows, suburban households, and regional buyers keep producing butter by hand, while modern cylinder churns dominate mass production. America also exports churns abroad.
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Hazing Debate Spurs Naval Academy Applicants Surge
The hazing trials at Annapolis and broader discussions in Congress draw many ambitious youths to apply for admittance. Applicants tout physical power and defiance of hazers, with letters to the Navy Department boasting Football captaincy and boxing skill as proof of fitness for appointment.
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Consolidated Schools Link Farm Education to Growth
The article argues for consolidated rural schools to improve farm education, citing Assistant Secretary Hays and Canadian experience. It highlights the garden program as practical science, the cost trade offs, and student ownership of plots, along with broader benefits for high school level agricultural instruction.
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Minnesota
Consolidated
Canada
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Grow Hair Free Package for Hair Loss Claim
An advertisement promises a free 1.2 package that stops dandruff and hair loss. It claims to regrow hair, prevent shedding, and restore color quickly. The offer urges readers to write for the full package today.
Joe the Indian Dog from Sunset remembers loyal service
In a Sunset memoir, Sergeant Wright recalls Joe the dog who died of a broken heart at Port Stevens near the Columbia. The canine guarded and followed his Native American comrade through a grueling march from the Missouri River to the Pacific, earning soldiers' respect for fidelity to his dead master.
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Immigration Bill Raises Head Tax and Literacy Rules
The House Committee on Immigration reports a bill to raise the head tax on aliens from $2 to $5, require males to carry at least $25 and females $16, and mandate reading and writing ability in some language for all over 16. It excludes the imbecile and the weak minded, plus manual laborers of poor physique. The bill would let the Department of Commerce and Labor admit or exclude under 16-year-olds traveling alone. It claims to sift out many undesirable persons.
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