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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
3
Practical farming tips cover feeding hogs and horses, starter care for pigs on clover, harrowing corn fields, and soil enrichment with manure and legumes. Guidance on potato cultivation, broilers, fence disputes, and weed control, plus notes on silos, harness dressing, grape wiring, and sowing seeds with a seed string. Discusses pest control, pasture management, and the need for agricultural schools and forestry support.
Beeswax processing tips show a wash boiler risks housekeeper tensions and propose a square galvanized iron press setup outdoors. Instructions cover furnace construction from bricks and pipe, tank sizes, dipper design, batch sizing, water and slumgum use, skimming, cooling in tins, and avoiding repeated heating that dulls wax color.
The note describes sheltering chicks outdoors or indoors as needed, with box at night for very young birds and gradual introduction to warmth. It warns against lice and mites, suggests tobacco dust and ashes as insecticide, and estimates a hen could lay 150 to 200 eggs yearly with potential $60 profit if chicks are hatched and sold at six months.
Practical guide on brooding young chicks using a store box as a coop with a shed front and a frame heat source. Advises wholesome mixed feeds or crackers, gritty supplements, and keeping mothers vermin free. Emphasizes stable location, proper brooder size, and contented chicks for healthy growth.
A simple crockery dish cover keeps drinking water clean in poultry yards. The illustrated protector uses two one-foot squares of board cut and joined to form a triangle, creating a small shelter over the flat dish. This makeshift device acts like a mini water protector beside the fount.
Weber, known as the duck man, argues that even with only half of eggs incubated hatched and half of those surviving, the industry remains viable. He emphasizes the fertilizing value of the finished product and the resilience of duck farming as a business.
A fragment notes that the value of an incubator lies in the study applied, not the money spent. It argues that a cheap incubator with good study may rival a high priced one, suggesting practical use over cost in artificial incubation.
The article notes ducklings are generally free of lice and mites because of the oily skin. It suggests rubbing a little ofl into the feathers to drive away lice and mites, though the source text has garbled wording.
A narrator recalls bargaining with a traveling shearer who touts “imported” feeder sheep. The herd, long in tooth and legs, is shipped to market amid misadventures including a mule rider, lunchbox mishap, and a sheepish forage for a South Omaha buyer. The tale ends with discarded pelts as alternative sale hopes. CHARITON TR WHITNEY
A compact guide for building a simple kitchen cabinet from three boxes with shelves hooks and a curtain. It covers assembly, reinforcement, and finishing in light oak stain, plus a note on upper and lower compartments and safe edge guards.
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