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Newspaper
Hutsonville Herald
Location
Hutsonville, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
3
G P Newsom of Marion county Indiana explains in the Orange Judd Farmer that a new dairy barn design should be 60 by 70 feet with 22 foot high corner posts. The layout includes a 12 foot drive about 19 feet from the north end and cow stalls of 12 by 8 and a half feet with a concrete gutter behind the cows near the feed troughs.
The described dairy barn plan features a 4% feet row of cow stalls with low troughs, a 12-foot drive, feeding alleys and chutes for hay and corn stover, and south-side silos 15 by 24 feet and an additional 10 by 24 feet. A separator room 8 by 10 sits in the northeast corner, with a well and watering troughs nearby to keep premises clean and odor-minimized.
Advice from the Warm and Home on rearing a large future heifer calf. Focus on selecting a well bred dam with developed teeth, feeding sequence from milk to skim milk and wheat middlings, dry bedding, controlled milk temperature and quantity, and a clean box to prevent stomach troubles.
Farm Journal guidance on humane cow treatment, avoiding self suck, using a horse collar, raising calves, salt quality for butter, and keeping the corn cutter busy by feeding with cut straw and ground feed. Emphasizes cost versus benefit and practical dairy management.
The article surveys poultry nutrition across feeds such as oats barley corn and green bone. It notes oatmeal often outperforms wheat and barley for fowls, linseed meal as a prime egg food, buckwheat boosting egg yield, and bone in the diet improving growth and appearance.
An Ohio correspondent offers a simple homemade manure pen. Build with two by fours or scrap material, add end holes, and pin panels to create a movable pen that confines the pile and keeps the yard tidy.
Lord Justice Mathew told a Catholic Prisoners Aid Society meeting that when he first became a judge a prison governor explained the impact of sentences. Five years may not hurt a young man, but seven years means utter ruin and he rarely recovers.
A fragment from the Chicago Daily News presents a child quote about a family quarrel where one child throws another down to avoid hobbling on crutches. The exchange reveals a stern father’s influence and a grimly humorous tone.
A humorous note from the Chicago Record Herald contrasts fate and meeting a husband in Kansas. The piece cites the Sense of Humor and the Sultan's War Drum from London Academy. The Niam-Niam expedition returns to Khartum with a carved war drum cut from tree trunk and depicting a buffalo.
A fragment quotes William Mountford noting that dissatisfaction makes life harsh while contentment finds comfort and a cheerful person hears music in wind and woods. It frames mood as the source of experience.
The article contrasts eggplants with tomatoes noting eggplants require warm ground and more spring care, and that they are tropical and less suited to cool climates but improving varieties offer future promise. It also covers clay soil planting, warning against deep holes that waterlog, and stresses preparing a farm to hold value whether sold or kept.
Report notes numerous Indian chiefs from the Crow reservation converting to Christianity at a north south Baptist gathering in St Louis. The crowd included White Arm and Bread in full uniform as part of the event and dialogue about marriage finances.
A testimonial claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cured dyspepsia causing irritability insomnia and poor appetite in Joseph Buysson of San Francisco after eight boxes. The ad touts improved digestion and blood strength and offers a diet booklet What to Eat and How to Eat from Schenectady New York for constipation relief.
At the Order of Railway Conductors biennial convention in Portland Oregon resolutions condemn proposed rate legislation. They endorse President Roosevelt against secret rebates and oppose Interstate Commerce Commission control as inequitable. They argue low transportation costs reflect American railway efficiency and warn of litigation and price disruption.
Conference of the Managers of the New York Central Lines in New York on June 6 approved a summer timetable change to push the Twentieth Century Limited to an 18 hour New York to Chicago run, extending the Empire State Express concept from Buffalo, with related updates to the Lake Shore Limited and Southwestern Limited schedules. The report includes other miscellaneous notices and advertisements from the period.
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