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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
3
The inventor describes a V shaped bee cleaner attached to a frame to remove honey without harming bees. It uses a ten frame super, wrapping paper to form the incline, and rubber cloth protection, with brushing and smoke to herd bees into an eight frame collection unit for easy removal.
Practical advice for farmers on grafting buds when swelling, top grafting poor seedlings to overhaul them, yearly pruning and vigorous cycles, banking young trees to prevent waterlogging, and raspberry and grape care. Emphasizes soil drainage, mulch, row and plant spacing, and maintaining vigor for larger yields.
The article urges farmers to keep sheep and care for them, arguing sheep adapt to many environments and breeding goals. It stresses that neglecting sheep wastes a profitable opportunity and that well handled flocks are as resilient to disease as other farm animals.
A well house design from the Iowa Homestead describes a cement platform curb that prevents surface water leakage. The curb uses matched lumber, a sharp sloped roof, hog wire, bent rods, and a center roof pole for the well wheel, with lids on hinges to keep dust out.
Clippers are used on horses and mules in spring, improving appearance and cleanliness. Clipped animals dry faster at night and stay vigorous and thrifty. Dairymen cup cows’ udders every three to four weeks to wipe parts clean before milking, ensuring uncontaminated milk.
A historical note prescribes a daily skin remedy for horses: four ounces of finely powdered iodine of potash, one pound each of granulated sugar and common salt, mixed and divided into 32 powders. Feed oats and wheat bran, omit corn, apply tincture of iodine to lumps every second day until the skin softens.
Guidance urges discarding any decayed potatoes or vegetables before boiling for poultry feed. It notes hens dislike rotten feed and may be harmed if forced to eat it, emphasizing sanitation during ration preparation.
Guidance on plowing deep to cultivate long straight roots for crops and to keep manure buried deep enough to prevent numerous surface roots. Emphasizes soil depth and nutrient placement for optimal plant growth.
Instructions describe dusting hens with coarse powder to treat head lice and brood hens. It suggests using an elide lard with 20 percent acid and repeating the dusting occasionally for effectiveness.
Plans show a versatile poultry house design suitable for breeding pens and early hatched chicks. It features a cement floor, south-facing layout, hinged upper windows, lower wire front, and a long north roost with a removable burlap roost shield.
The article explains a method to burn sulphur in a poultry house. Remove combustibles, place a kettle on bricks, set cobs soaked in pine tar and kerosene alight, and retreat quickly as fumes fill the room. Sulphur fumes penetrate crevices and aid purification and vermin destruction. add turpentine for extra effect.
The excerpt warns against breeding from immature stock and notes risks to laying hens. It mentions roup swollen eyes dampness and chilling as first illness signs that can kill chicks. It cautions avoiding exposure to strong winds and addresses soft shelled eggs and related issues.
In 1755 three Bergoletto villagers endured five weeks buried beneath heavy snow in the Upper Stura valley. Avalanches buried thirty houses on March 19. a search led by Roccia found his wife and kin in a manger shelter within a collapsed stable. goats supplied milk, and they survived in total darkness until April.
Government printed 4,812,734 dollars daily totaling 1,443,820,320 with 348,129,172 notes. Notes would wrap around the globe or cover 1 5550 0 acres if laid flat. The last note would be about 27 miles from Earth if stacked. Printing cost was 3,690,000 dollars for the year.
A brief item notes an opening near the deep water front with a rate of ten dollars per foot. The report cites local lenders and real estate agents mentioning demand and pricing signals in the harbor district.
Lawrence Kansas and Burns Montana women report relief from pain irregularity backache and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letters claim renewed health and strength and urge others to try the medicine. The makers cite thousands of such letters as proof of the product's value.
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