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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
3
A St. Louis horseman warns buyers that fore feet are the primary failure point for draft horses used in cities. He notes high waste from lameness, stresses careful inspection of hoof structure including size, depth, and angle, and emphasizes a strong, compact frog and dense hoof fiber.
Mieher of Carlinville Illinois discusses current feeding practices for steers and hogs. He notes using corn and clover hay, plans to test cotton seed meat, cites high corn prices, and observes many feeders use finisher feeds. He expects scarce finished cattle and hogs unless feed values or beef prices change, with some cattle to be finished on grass in summer.
Pennsylvan ia station experiments show corn silage as a large part of steer rations requires closer management to reach full feed. Early in a 14 week fattening period steers on silage with restricted grain gained more than full grain rations, while in the latter half those with more dry matter and nutrients gained better. Slaughter tests found no carcass differences by feeding method. lower dry matter intake yielded more economical gains. Open shed steers matched grain-ration gains with slightly rougher forage.
Shepherds Criterion promotes alfalfa as the premier roughage for sheep, noting its dominance in winter feeding and wide adoption from the West to the East. The article urges farmers to plant alfalfa, detailing soil prep and stand establishment as key to annual seed production and sheep health.
Taft forms a seven lawyer cabinet with James Wilson at 74 the oldest and Frank Hitchcock at 42 the youngest. Knox Wickersham Dickinson MacVeagh Nagel Meyer Ballinger and Dickinson bring legal heft while Wilson and Meyer extend veteran federal service.
State leaders include State-Philander Knox of Pennsylvania. Treasury Frank MacVeagh of Illinois. Justice George W. Wickersham of New York. War Jacob M. Dickinson of Tennessee. Navy George Von Lengerke Meyer of Massachusetts. Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock of Massachusetts. Interior Richard A. Ballinger of Washington. Agriculture James Wilson of Iowa. Commerce and Tabor Charles Nagel of Missouri.
A minister quizzes boys on Joseph and his brothers. Answers praise their plot and betrayal, but a Highlander adds a final twist noting they sold him “over cheap,” highlighting darker humor in the class discussion.
The London Daily Mail mocks Parisian concierges as rent collectors and gatekeepers who ring bells at night, police tenants with a bad record, and extract fees. It notes the nuisance of control and the landlord image, while mentioning a supposed illegal charge for wall nails.
General St Clair Mulholland recalls a Civil War scene near Richmond after Lee's surrender. A Confederate veteran boasts a lame horse priced in the tens of thousands while the buyer learns the paper money had become worthless, illustrating wartime inflation.
A satirical 1890s column argues progress and faster living breed danger from quick transportation and rapid construction. It notes rising deaths from live wires and hurried homes, claiming people are safer on trains than at home despite modern conveniences.
A summer meadow scene shows Maud Muller meeting a judge who jokes about Roosevelt banning farming wives and daughters from hay work. Years later the judge faces jail while Maud recalls a missed life and laments a famous line about "the saddest words."
The Boston Journal notes Hon Cy Sulloway of New Hampshire and Hon Charles Blakeslee Law of New York as the two politest men in Congress. Witnesses say they were seen together on the street and in a street car where Law gave a lady his seat and Sulloway offered seats to two ladies, each doing all he could.
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