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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
3
An article notes the value of proper barn construction for farm efficiency. A Missouri designer created a barn able to house 14 cows and 12 horses with box stalls, highlighting long term labor savings and investment payoff.
A detailed description covers a large barn layout with pen arrangements for cows and horses, calf pen, manure and hay carriers, four foot feed chute, milk and feed rooms, silage chute, mixing boxes, and above floor grain spouts. It emphasizes cement floors with drains, odor control, and sturdy foundations for lasting use.
An illustrated Michigan Farmer note shows how to make a wagon box hanger from two 2x6 timbers placed eight feet apart on a wagon shed wall. Each hanger uses three large hinges and two hooks to hold it in place, folding back to occupy about three inches of wall space. Leghorn notes follow, praising their foraging and laying abilities.
After a mild season, a severe winter threatens roses and other vegetation. Protect plants before frost by ramming soil around the base, then mound manure to shield the collar and stem tips, preventing injury to the rose plants.
The old fashioned method of feeding corn in the bundle before husking is rapidly going out of practice due to high expenses under present day conditions.
A plan to erect a new poultry house on a high and dry location with shelter to the north if feasible. The site favors good drainage and protection from prevailing winds to improve flock comfort and production potential.
G H H Glitzke explains winter root excavation of red ant mounds to prevent regrowth. Digging the heart of each mound in winter and flooding with water freezes remaining ants, stopping damage to alfalfa. Thorough, persistent removal yields few surviving hills by spring.
Farmers who say they cannot raise alfalfa have not gone about it in the right way. Some mistake somewhere. Try it again.
The article notes ordinary goats are poor milk producers while Mediterranean crosses may improve. Nubian goats are very prolific milkers but likely unsuitable in this climate without careful care. Some U S breeders maintain milking flocks, yet these goats demand more attention than the common goat.
The implements of this country's farms are valued at 1 262 022 000 dollars per the latest census, marking an increase of more than 68 percent over ten years.
Comfortable winter quarters for the cows will increase profits and decrease the expense of running the dairy this winter.
Details emerge of Commander Frederic G. Brine being washed overboard from the St Vincent during a hurricane force gale as the squadron passed Land's End. Despite his efforts to disentangle from a heavy sweater and coat and volunteers launching lifeboats, Brine drowned with life being extinct upon rescue. The crew mourns a man held in high esteem aboard the battleship St Vincent.
San Francisco court clarifies widow status as a married woman who loses her husband by death or judicial decree. Eugenia Jones, divorced wife of Everett Jones, seeks share from L. Jones estate under a will that awards a widow's income if she remains his widow. The decision upholds her claim after a legal tangle over whether a divorced wife can be called a widow.
Abraham Hanover a 106 year old resident of East 110th Street wowed guests at the Hotel Astor wedding by dancing on the floor nearly a dozen times with a twenty year old bride. He recalls seeing Napoleon during the Moscow march as a boy and credits his long life to his wife’s cooking.
Charles Maher was found guilty of attempting to murder Johannes de Beer with a poisoned cigar. He received one year of imprisonment and a £250 fine after the crime sessions. The court noted a strong mercy recommendation by the jury.
In Chatham Court House Isaac Banks murder case halted when juror Thomas W. Moses left the room to milk his cow. The judge rebuked him and fined $20. Moses hoped to return before others woke after being seen by a bystander. Indian Girl Run Over in Washington. Katie Henry, an Indian girl from Jahurt Rochester, fell from a school vehicle and was run over by the wagon. She was sent to Honda hospital. X rays showed no injuries.
Michael Sullivan, a long time street beggar of San Francisco, was found dead in his hovel. Bankbooks in a mattress showed deposits exceeding $50,000. Sullivan’s death appeared natural. He left a will naming his sister Mary A. Sullivan of Utica New York as heir with $6,000.
William Hamilton a cowboy from the Texas panhandle fell into a corral of wild streets in St. Joseph Missouri. He scrambled to his feet and fired his revolver into the face of oncoming steers crippling one. He then seized a steer by the horns and rode it to near the fence before leaping to safety.
Captain Washington J. Chambers head of naval aeronautics says hydro a ereoplanes will be installed on every battleship once motor problems are solved. Navy pilots at Annapolis plan winter motor work and resume tests in spring with a motor tuned for their needs.
Miss Margaret Guler caught a seventeen inch rainbow trout weighing two and a half pounds in Trout Creek near the Trout Lake hotel. The fish had been marked by Charles Waters six years earlier when six inches long and later released for being under legal size. Waters, then nearly eighty, supported government hatcheries to stock Trout Creek.
Barbara Larsen defies Aunt Hepzibah to attend a village picnic with Jasper Burnham. After a day of shy longing and a bold vow at the minister’s, they marry and walk to the moonlit farm, Jasper declaring Barbara his wife and possession in a passionate, hopeful embrace.
In Philadelphia last week Dr Ernest La Place opened a bottle of veal broth Pasteur treated and hermetically sealed over fifty years ago It remained sweet and palatable proving fluids can be preserved without germ life The Mercantile Muse note adds a light quip about poetry profits
A brief exchange shows a doctor forbidding brain work and a poet seeking to write verses. The doctor reluctantly allows it, framing the moment with a witty, literary tone.
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