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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1913
Page
3
Practical hog growers approve portable hog cot systems as the most economical housing for breeding and growing stock. The design emphasizes minimal material, large floor space, and no fixed sides, improving efficiency and soil fertility via manure and silage programs.
A tale describes Daisy a black mare with a white daisy mark forming strong bonds with two mistresses and a calf. Daisy returns to the stable with the calf, shares orchard visits, and travels with the calf following her, while her affection extends to other creatures on the farm. The text then shifts to a technical note about making phosphorus gas with potash and phosphorus, outlining the apparatus and safety steps.
The article describes cutting the fore quarter into mince and steaks, then processing ribs, back bone, and brisket into bite sized pieces for soups and drying. It discusses beef portions, bone use, and stock preparation alongside Field and Farm commentary on livestock farming improving soil through manure and silage. It emphasizes legumes like clover and alfalfa as essential to balanced rations.
A farmer in Indiana advocates a horse stable design with a small harness room behind the horses to prevent damage when a horse pulls free. The plan adds a wide alley and a doorway harness area separated by a pole and bolts for safety. The author includes a sketch outline of the stable layout.
A London newspaper excerpt presents rules from the Children's Guild of Courtesy linking school discipline to American adoption. It stresses courtesy to yourself and home, honesty, clean appearance, avoiding bad company, helping parents, and kindness to siblings.
A readable collage on behavior guidance in schools and public life. It urges sharing with parents, respect for teachers, and fair play, then shifts to verses about seaside scenes and Wonder Heart, plus a soap bubble flower demonstration and a local health news note about a doctor with a massive carbuncle and auto ailment origins.
A Harper's Weekly item explains that young horses fitted with leather eye frames and concave glasses seem to lift their hooves, supposedly improving high stepping. The piece argues vision issues cause shying and suggests testing equine sight to restore useful work. Additional items discuss hotel extras and a juniper cabinet linked to Swedish royal history.
A London Globe note describes a cabinet created as a tangible keepsake of a place, embodying the maker's desire and turning memory into a crafted object.
New Canals Day notes Berlin's bid to become a seaport with a maritime canal project from the Baltic. The Kaiser Wilhelm Canal is to be doubled in width and depth to forty feet at about 1 million dollars per mile. Neighboring Brussels Ghent and Bruges adopt similar canal expansion plans as Germany's sea power grows.
The Lady's Pictorial extols hedgehogs as charming and practical pets. A British account notes they tame quickly and can be handled safely, even as a clever safeguard against pickpockets when kept in a pocket with a purse. Feeding includes bread and milk, grass, worms, and insects, with young hedgehogs especially amusing to watch.
A San Luis Valley figure known as Uncle Das Newcomb urges would be dairy entrants to study the best dairy publications and read books on dairying before starting. He warns that laziness or expecting family to milk cows should deter entering the dairy trade.
A witty exchange shows a couple arguing over jokes and affection. The wife calls her partner deceitful while he questions her sense of humor. A light literature bit mentions a fly book and a faint plan to share it, ending with a humorous query about timing to send them.
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