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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1903
Page
3
W A farmer column argues for better digestion of feed, mixing grain with roughage, and limiting waste as cholera affects hogs. It promotes silos and stored cornstalks for winter fodder, urging future farmers to blend beef and dairy aims, improve digestion, and use silos widely.
The American Oxford Down Record Association offers 69 dollars in special prizes at each state and provincial fair in 1908 if the Oxford breed has a separate class. Prizes go to exhibitors who breed and own good specimens in the state or province, registered in the AO DRB A, with ear tag and registry certificate shown at exhibition. One prize paid if only one exhibitor. 175 dollars to Oxford Down Sheep at the International Live Stock Expedition Chicago in 1903 and 75 dollars at the Ontario Winter Fair in Guelph, Ontario in 1903. For info address W A Shafer, Secretary, Hamilton, Ohio.
A Lorain county Ohio farmer notes night yarding of cows is common locally to conserve water and boost profit. He reports two acre parcels can hold about twenty cows with access to water. Milk output is steadier when cows are confined at night, less excitable than pasture grazing.
J Fraser outlines practical steps to improve dairy yard drainage and footing. He recommends a gentle slope from the barn for runoff, grading and gravelling portions near the barn first, layering gravel to form a hard surface, and adding clay if needed. He notes partial year-by-year grading, bedding cows on a solid yard, and using straw bedding when available.
A Brown County Illinois farmer recounts switching from delivering milk to a creamer y after debt and farm work. He notes the creamery fire, rebuilding delay, and his turn to private butter making using a separator and tester. He advocates using creamery services when feasible to avoid inferior market butter.
The American Aberdeen Angusa Breeders Association appropriates funds for the Chicago International Livestock Show at 5000 dollars and Kansas City Show at 3600 dollars. State fairs receive 300 dollars each for Minnesota Indiana Iowa Minnesota Missouri Ohio Kentucky Nebraska and Kaness Hutchinson with 200 dollars to Colorado Wisconsin South Dakota San Antonio Texas Hi Paso Texas and 100 dollars to Toronto Industrial show and Winter Provincial fair in Canada. Send inquiries to Thomas McFarlane Secretary 17 Exchange Avenue Chicago for preliminary catalogue revisions.
The earlobes are the folds of bare skin hanging just below the ear. They vary in color being red white and cream colored and are noted for their different appearances.
When small fleshy protuberances appear on birds or on the head and neck of a turkey cock, howe parte are said to be carunculated.
Description of a geological landscape along the Ohio River between Evansville Indiana and Henderson Kentucky. The text notes a natural amphitheater shaped by rushing waters, resembling ancient Greek and Roman architecture, with yellow banks and stepped formations that evoke a Roman circus.
Hartford farmer Andrew Waters faced a broken stationary engine supplying water. He backed his car to a well, raised the rear wheels, fitted a shelf, and used the vehicle as a temporary pump. Result: ample water, contented cattle, satisfied farmer.
Lord Fairfax, descendant of Cromwell’s general, is noted as the only American born British baron with no settled homeland who retains British nationality. He settled in Virginia with great estates, later mingling with President Washington, and now receives coronation honors in London while being entertained by peers and court society.
An assistant secretary to the district commission, a statistics student, argues self destruction linked to eating strawberries out of season. He notes spring sees more suicides and claims unripe berries depress mood leading to self harm. He urges avoiding home ripe strawberries.
A mushroom spawn infiltrates soil in a pot, expanding rapidly and pushing bricks aside. The Gardeners' Magazine notes mushrooms exert surprising force, though not enough to upheave a hardwood tree. In Beckenham, England, hardy cress seeds sown in a cleared frame showed cracks as mushrooms grew.
Work progresses when a wall is breached and a growing mass of mycelium is discovered. A mortar interior reveals a center mass weighing three ounces, with mycelium spreading through the mortar and inner brick faces.
Corporal Tappl icot stands six feet one inch in bare feet, a height far above the German army average. The remarkable height draws attention from fellow soldiers and the Kaiser, who often assigns him special duties. He recently accompanied the Kaiser on a trip to Rome, where his tall stature drew crowd interest among Italy’s shorter soldiers.
The Uganda Lions consume twenty railway mice as a curious diet by the Hons of Uganda. Officials introduce London Leader as a change of diet to address the growing railway mice consumption and public interest in the strange feeding pattern.
American contractors lagged five months on twenty six viaducts along the Ugania railway in Africa but the company excused the delay after twenty seven laborers were killed by lions during construction.
An eyewitness recounts elephant combats in India showing two tuskers Kansya and Ganesh Gaj being released into a circular arena. They butt heads press with trunks and tusks, then are halted by a loud gunpowder blast, scattering them to different arena corners.
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