Dairy Notes On Cow Care And Dairy Practice
The article discusses dairy farm practices including milking the same cows to maximize yield, careful handling of calf pails, and avoiding early birth to allow heifers to develop. It notes the popularity of modern creameries, silos, and soil crops to increase cow density, while stressing humane treatment and pasture needs. The text then shifts to literary excerpts describing Gautier and de Goncourt, with a scene of Gautier dancing for Flaubert and a colorful dining-room moment.
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Yar
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Avery
Gautler
Theophile Gautier
Gauttier
Flaubert
Gautier
Edmond
Tules de Goncourt
Muscovy Duck Varieties Highlighted in Prairie Farmer
The Prairie Farmer describes Muscovy ducks in two varieties, colored and white. Colored birds come in blue, black, green or fawn with lustrous plumage and dark under wings, while White Muscovys are fully white. The article notes their facial features, feather shape, and overall beauty.
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Peiin
Fay
Ares
Dhevys
Srey
Drakes
Drainage and yard care for clean dairy milk tips
The article promotes yard drainage and surface layering to keep dairy yards dry and odor free. It recommends tiling, placement about six feet from barns, and using rock, gravel, and coal cinders to create a stable dry surface. It details three rock layers and finishing by tamping for a firm, drainable yard.
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B. J. Ston
Knot That Will Not Slip Illustration Demonstrates Method
A drawing shows a knot that will not slip when tied at the end of a rope for a long loop. The method is clearly depicted and requires no further description.
Milk production and feeding for dairy cows
The author argues that feeding cows corn stover straw and bran alone cannot yield good milk. To produce milk requires feeds with milk producing compounds and often purchases of alfalfa, clover, cowpea hay, bran, oil meal, and cottonseed meal in sizable quantities.
Cow Appetite Traits in Dairy Cattle
The biggest appetite in dairy cows predicts higher milk and fat. A cow with a large belly and deep chest, a wide mouth, and distended nostrils draws the eye of the experienced dairyman who recognizes capacity to eat large quantities.
Dead Sea Expedition Probes a Silent Sea
A German expedition travels toward the Dead Sea with motor boat and soundings. Earlier efforts by Lieut Lynch in 1848 and the Duke of Luynes in 1864 lagged in depth. The sea lacks animal life, hosts abundant minerals, and a greasy scum coats shorelines. The cause may lie in bitumen or petroleum deposits.
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Lieutenannt Lynch
Duke of Luynes
Lynch
Dead Sea
Tiberias
Jordan
Caspian
Mediterranean Sea
Mount of Olives
Trinidad Lake of
Pitch
Baku
Caspian Sea
Brooklyn Eagle
Artful Reporting: News as Craft and Flavor
The piece argues journalism blends craft and taste like cooking. A skilled chef, or reporter, mixes scraps into a dish or story with a factual basis, avoiding overseasoning scandal or roasts with exaggeration. It emphasizes truth as essential.
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Henry Watterson
Boston Press Club
Baby McKee Jokes and Mrs Harrigan’s Lament
In a brief anecdote from Memories of the White House W H Crook recalls Mrs Harrigan reacting to newspaper mockery of the presidency. She laments the ridicule faced by her family noting the pain on seeing grandchildren targetted by press jests.
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United States
W. H. Crook
White House
Potato prize sparks upstate newspaper hustle
An upstate Wisconsin editor offered a year long subscription as a prize for the largest potato. The contest drew many entrants and a rival mocked the plan. The editor joked he would shift to rutabagas next, admitting a loss on subscriptions but aiming to boost circulation.
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Milyraukes Wisconsin
Wild Beasts on Shipboard Echoes of Lost Python Tale
Readable fragments recount animals escaping on long sea voyages including a rogue hyena on a Persian Gulf voyage and a missing python from a shipment. The hyena was captured in dock after stevedores improvised to feed it, while the missing snake raised questions of tampering and fate aboard the vessel.
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India
England
London
Persian Gulf
Colony Houses Make Healthier Chicks With Less Cost
W J Judson in the orange Judd Farmer explains colony houses for chicks. A 60 to 70 chick setup uses a 6 by 3.5 ft shelter with wire netting, hoppers of feed, and movable end frames. Early removal from hens, dusting, and proper confinement reduce food waste and boost chick health.
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W. J. Judson
Orange Judd
Neca
Administrator's Sale Of Real Estate In Clark County
The Clark County Court grants leave to sell the real estate of James Blakeman deceased. The sale proceeds to fund debts and estate costs with bids to be received at the marshal’s office on the specified date. The administrator, Fred J. Bartlett, and attorney B. M. Davison oversee the process with a court order guiding the terms.
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Marci
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Far
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Ae Bce
B. M. Davison
Marshall
Lllinois
Este
Linolass
Discou
Shige
Seale Ee County
Monte Ae
Anaes
A Practical Woman at the Theatre
A fair haired actress with a plume topped headpiece sits in the pit with a free pass to a stage comedy. A neighbor tugs at her hat, she asks if it annoys, and she grins and adjusts the plumes while a second woman replies I’ve bent them back.
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Dick Whittington
London
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