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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
3
A brief historical note from Connecticut on crop and soil management for dairy farms. It describes early years when feed was insufficient, the shift to feed analysis, and the move to expanding the dairy herd as farmers learned to balance crops and livestock. The account highlights initial struggles and later adoption of rotation practices to support more cows.
Valdessa Beattis, a pure bred Holstein, is described as the first cow to approach a world record for butter in a week. The report cites records of milk and butter fat, noting high daily outputs and a lineage including Valdessa Scott IL owned by Bernhard Meyer of Finderne stock farms New Jersey, and a daughter Valdessa Ormsby De Kol with a two year old butter figure.
A family describes converting to silage with standing grass and silos reaching 675 tons capacity. They rotated corn every three years, using clover silage to boost milk production and sustain feed during dry periods, sowing red clover Alsike timothy and lime with a drill.
A Farm Press note describes cauterizing horns on calves three days old to prevent horn growth. Hair is removed around small horn buttons, caustic potash applied until slight bleeding, and a skull dent indicates success. Deburning of grown animals advised for winter.
Quote attributed to Professor W. M. Wilson of the State College of Aschcitere New Yer explores ethical concerns in horse trading. The remark notes deceit may win a temporary sale but harms long term customer relations and business integrity.
General Basil Dokte recalls a Shiloh era reunion where Morgan’s cavalry drove a federal regiment. A green recruit on a runaway horse charged the Confederates, his bit broken and horse terrified. Jeff Sterritt halted the beast and captured the rider, joking about whether to kill him or wait for the battle’s end.
A London house surgeon notes that intoxication can arise without alcohol from beefsteak on a tight diet and from strong tea. Other cases include cold water dripping into the ear, which gradually induces drunkenness, sleep, and stupor, as described in Pearson's Weekly and medical texts.
The article describes two types of cold burns observed by Pictet and others. A brief red then blue skin reaction followed by long healing from weeks to months marks the less severe burns, while longer cold exposure causes malignant wounds with very slow recovery. A liquid air drop on Pictet's hand caused a cold burn that took over six months to heal, contrasting with a heat burn healing in ten to twelve days.
A craftsman describes rural Norwegian log cabins built from heavy square pine with sod roofs. The green roofs blend with surroundings and may feature wild flowers or grass. Sod roofs are water tight when laid correctly, using birch bark under the sod and earth above, creating a poetic home covering.
The London Chronicle cites Dr Stephen Paget and Claude Bernard on medicine as art or trade. It argues doctors create life by saving or extending it, claiming an operation granting Miss X five extra years constitutes genuine creation.
The article states light speeds as 299.8% kilometers per second or 186.327 miles per second in vacuum. It lists travel times from the Moon as 13 seconds, from the Sun as 8 minutes 19 seconds, and from distant stars and systems ranging from 435 years to several thousand years.
A trio of schoolboy misstatements from New Zealand shows playful misunderstanding. One joke notes gross darkness far darker than ordinary darkness, another cites Marcon as pudding flavoring, and a line misnames Charon as a man who fried soles over sticks.
A St Louis waiter used years of tipped earnings to purchase a hotel, drawing curiosity from readers. The Cincinnati Enquirer notes the remarkable transformation from daily gratuities to property ownership.
A humorous quote blends a student’s French attempt with a pet dog from France refusing English, yielding a comic exchange about language learning and cross language misunderstandings.
A terse reflection notes that talent alone does not ensure success. it is the purpose and willingness to work that shapes achievement, contrasting raw ability with sustained labor.
Old agricultural note on sheep care warns against crowding at racks and feed troughs to prevent lamb loss. It advises liberal feeding with a mix of oats wheat bran and peas and cautions monitoring ewes for thrift and flesh to keep breeding stock strong.
M Watson argues from The National Stockman that successful drafters require sound, well-boned stock. A good brood mare should be sound and bred to a medium draft stallion, avoiding extreme weight. Emphasis is placed on feet, legs, action, and movement as key to farm and urban use.
A southern Wisconsin farmer markets 100 to 300 head of beeves annually. He fattens them on a 700 acre corn and blue grass farm, buying in spring and grazing on blue grass all summer to gain efficiently with minimal labor. In drought he uses green corn as feed late in finishing.
The dairyman advocates letting calves nurse directly for 36 hours, then weaning to a pall with milk at up to one gallon twice daily, preferably in three intervals rather than two.
A ration for dry cows should focus on three aims. It must provide adequate protein to develop the fetus and meet the cow’s needs, supply sufficient carbohydrates for some fat, and ensure overall balance for health.
A Century excerpt describes surf riding near Diamond Head with a dugout canoe and native paddlers. The riders race toward shore as the great Pacific breakers lift them, delivering a novel thrilling rush before the wave retreats.
The text urges turning to soil and the farmer to find comfort from urban toil. It extols rural civilization and customs as a balm, promising healing through nature and faith, invoking Vachel Lindsay’s rural imagery and calls for reverence of country life.
A minister watches a parishioner chase a thief who took his coat. The pursuer explains the theft and the minister quips that the thief should have received the belt as well, noting the thief took more than the garment.
In Italy marriage brokers function as a regular institution with pocketbooks of marriageable maidens from various ranks. They seek matches and earn a commission when successful, often receiving an additional gift from their client.
An English beer vendor posted over his shop door a chalked sign reading Bear sold there. Tom Hood encountered it and claimed the wording was correct The fold the man sells was explained as his own brain by Bovod.
A fragment describes a theater scene with a Happy Ending line and a character named Washington Hera'd noting a near loss of a handkerchief or glove. The exchange hints at light dialogue and domestic banter without clear plot.
A compact aphorism notes that expanding property often means shrinking one’s inner seat of life. The reflection implies balance between material gain and personal well being.
In Judith's My Autobiography Victor Hugo jokes about Alfred de Musset and proclaims his own poetic gifts. At a dinner with Alejandro Dumas Hugo performs a strange display swallowing orange rind and sugar, then gulps kirsch and reveals an empty mouth to the astonishment of the table.
A visiting foreign chef admires American cooking noting southern dishes and calls for French chefs to adopt local styles. He critiques traditional haute cuisine such as poached ortolan brains and criticizes cooks who serve underprepared game and fish.
The piece surveys English literary figures who served as consuls abroad, noting G. P. R. James and Sir Richard Burton as prolific writers while in consul roles. It asks whether a prominent modern English literary consul exists today, referencing past incumbents and successors.
In a Minstrel segment a comedian quips about a baby swallowing a key naming it a key op A minor. Bir. Baker performs a recitation titled Ragtime linking rags to money, banks, loans, and poverty in a sharp Cincinnati Enquirer tone.
A brief dialogue exchange features Filcher seeking a cow and a buyer asking for a record and good daughters by the animal's quarts and gal traits. The humorous barter centers on livestock, pedigree hints, and cheeky banter in a local market setting.
A short quote notes overconfidence as a factor in marriage, remarking that without it a girl would not marry, attributed to the Galveston News.
Unclear fragment emphasizes inner dignity, claiming real degradation comes from self-degradation rather than external actions. Appears from a reflective quote and stray garbled text. The readable portion centers on personal honor and self-respect.
A lone workman emerges from a gas filled coal mine after a perilous, hours long ordeal two miles underground. He describes drifting in darkness, damp matches failing, gas effects, and a tense crawl through valves and tunnels before reaching fresh air and daylight at midnight.
Me Dudley Kidd author of The Essential Kaffir accuses a native of greed. The native replies with a sharp reproach saying it takes two Kaffirs to eat a sheep in a day, while he can only bag one.
Ambiguous fragment questions how to do the gainful thing and references Reece. Content unclear to identify people, places, or events. no verifiable facts of a news item emerge.
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