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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
3
Fragmented OCR passage references a 44 States government action and a mention of a victual purchaser of electric goods. It also names individuals and places in an unclear context, including Marc Winslow and a Brit ip Macvo reference, with no coherent event or outcome evident.
Details for a hay stacker assembly including beam lengths uprights and cross pieces with measurements in inches and feet. Describes beveling for sliding hay grip, rope sizes for raising, and teeth dimensions for the head and frame with bolt placements and alignment notes.
The article explains two sources of bitter milk: direct from improper cow feeding with Colorado herbs or raw turnips and cabbages, and bacterial growth after milking. It notes bitterness appears after standing and links bacteria to enzyme action on milk proteins forming peptones that cause the taste.
A Farmers' Mall and Express editorial urges farmers to keep fields and roadsides clean. It argues tidy farms attract buyers and reflect care, noting hedges and weed control as visible signals while acknowledging busy schedules impede work. It contends starting cleanup is the hardest step.
Summer care of horses requires a proper well fitting collar kept clean and brushed daily. Wash and brush the shoulders to remove dust and dirt that cause lumps and ridges. After work bathe shoulders with warm water salt and soda to relieve soreness.
A family of barn owls, from three to seven birds, preys heavily on mice and voles. An old owl can eat as much as a dozen cats in a night, often surpassing it. A half grown owl once swallowed eight mice in a row, with a ninth following, and within three hours was ready for another four. The passage urges that an owl family could greatly reduce rodent populations.
The Los Angeles Times describes an ingenious desert waterworks that uses a V shaped glass frame array totaling about 20 000 square feet. Brackish water in shallow pans evaporates under sun heat, condenses on sloping glass, and streams into channels delivering nearly a thousand gallons of fresh water daily.
The text offers didactic religious maxims on fidelity duty and Heaven, criticizing social and spiritual faults. It warns against wearied religion worn as a cloak and highlights the need for fellowship with sorrow and child-life in church life. It critiques self-serving ministers and calls for true heavenly-minded living.
A nostalgic verse recounts traveling from the Granite State's mountains to distant scenes. The speaker laments a lost loved one buried by the Merrimack and a dear mother, recalling childhood home and a tranquil woodland cottage while pondering peace and affection. The poem preserves Thomas Moore's 19th century style.
In 1887 Holman Bentley and family traveled up the Upper Congo. Sir Harry Johnston notes the Bentley baby altered local views, paraded by warriors as a symbol of white presence, and helped establish Bolobo mission station amid hostility and destruction of a temporary Congo State station.
An article by Gaston Bouwer in Revue Hebdomadaire argues bees and ants communicate within the colony. Insects use feelers to signal, sometimes without direct contact, prompting help from others to move burdens or objects.
Editorial note urges farm owners to honor horses' welfare and shield them from mistreatment by men, emphasizing humane handling and protection on farms and in stock operations.
A Missouri dairy cow yields about 50 dollars in milk value per year at the creamery or in butter. A good dairy cow can bring at least 60 dollars cash income annually. About fifty Missouri farmers report 50 to 100 dollars per cow yearly in cash income. Milking is not as laborious as it seems, needing about sixty hours annually at fifteen cents per hour for twice daily milking ten months.
A veterinary surgeon recommends scouring treatment for pigs. Wash feeding troughs daily with hot water and soap, rinse with cold water, and wash with soda and water. Keep milk cool and away from contamination. Stop grazing. Add two to three grains of powdered copper sulfate to each pig’s drink.
The text outlines three methods to grow strawberries and advocates narrow matted rows. It instructs placing strong runners by hand with careful spacing and securing them with a wall or stone, then trimming extra runners once rows fill. Ground should be kept weeded and cultivated until late fall. The finished row width should be 16 to 18 inches.
The annual Maryland honey crop reaches one million pounds averaging twenty pounds per hive. Prof. Thomas B. Symons of Maryland Agricultural College suggests the typical swarm should yield between 0.75 and 1.00 pounds.
The Kansas City Times notes the wall paper man returns with ladders and paste buckets. He tracks dust and bric a brac disruption as he estimates a job cost with extras. His work leaves litter and a household in a flurry, prompting a fuss.
A quip from Farmer Corntos jokes about college colors being black and blue from hazing and football. The note adds a humorous line about the limits of education shaping behavior and social attitudes in youth.
Yu Tung Kwai, a Chinese delegate, reports China’s early chemistry with alchemy used to cure disease. He notes gunpowder, paper, glass and porcelain origins, early oxygen knowledge, and a shift to agriculture and mineral studies. Provinces will be governed by executive committees and experimental stations, with provincial chemical societies and agricultural guilds forming. Chemistry and mathematics are compulsory in elementary schools.
Women recount that in public they make sharp remarks about men while men respond with praise. The exchange highlights social doublespeak and the gendered dynamic of public behavior.
An essay argues that speech is the essential tool for the poor to challenge wealth, outlining dangers of action against the rich and predicting swift, coordinated manipulation by the powerful. It imagines social dinners as battlegrounds for moral and political pressure.
A short, humorous sketch features Little Ethel who insists on breakfast after supper and misplaces days of ice cream. Little Myra’s party history is exclaimed, while Harold defends his conduct and Bobby coolly answers with a grim career aim as an orphan.
A minister enforces quiet during sermon prep yet finds his young son hammering the radiator upstairs. His wife notes the boy’s actions may not harm the pipes and could be the only way to keep him calm. Harper’s Weekly report frames a humorous domestic moment.
A humorous exchange aboard a train car features a traveler and a porter trading witty offers over dusting a fellow passenger. The Somerville Journal records the banter highlighting everyday railway humor and social interaction on the journey.
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