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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
5
A newly perfected submarine bell system allows vessels to locate their position relative to shoals and lights in fog. It uses a submerged bell and dual receivers on ships to determine bearing, with tests showing clear sound differences to locate lightships and lighthouses from several miles away.
The article reviews the electronic theory of matter, describing atoms with negatively charged electrons and light as arising from rapid electromagnetic oscillations. It recounts Bartoli’s 1881 experiment on converting sunlight into electricity and Dr. Davis’s later attempts, which found no reliable deflection, suggesting any conversion effect would be too small to measure with then existing instruments.
A new German rail welding method uses a flaming arc with direct current. A carbon positive wire and rail negative are connected, with steel melted into a mold to fuse rail ends, powered by a trolley line and reduced from 550 to 60 volts. Wagons on the track supply the generator and storage battery.
Mrs. Liscom leaves the piazza gossip scene after a seaside summer exposes the social trap of idle talk. She recalls how newcomers learned to avoid idle chatter and how conversations shifted from children and town society to rumored romances and rival families.
Prairie Farmer presents a plan for a floor placed self feeder for hogs. The trough is formed from 2x4s laid on the floor with hopper ends inside the trough. A four inch feed passage runs the length of the trough between hopper sides.
Two feeder designs are described including a bottom feed path and a removable shutoff strip to control flow. The devices keep grain clean provide consistent supply and can be built from doors with a slanted troughs so hogs can eat without wasting feed.
A veterinary note warns of the twisted stomach worm Strongulus Contortus in humid regions, fatal to underconditioned lambs. Prevention centers on pasture change every two years and early sale or finish of lambs. remedies include arsenious acid mix and turpentine emulsion, though past treatments may weaken animals.
Orange Judd Farmer warns treatment for grub in the head is nearly useless but prevention works. The pest comes from a fly that lays eggs in sheep nostrils in late summer. larvae move toward the brain region, causing inflammation and possible death. Providing cool dark shelters during heatwaves reduces injury.
The text urges avoiding blemished breeding stock and values quality over price. It promotes improving general farming attention to horse and hog care, noting pork quality, cleanliness, oats for pigs, and balanced rations. It also ties growing pigs to better meat outcomes and notes large, fine muttons yield good returns.
The note emphasizes feeding cows ground feed daily, warns that one batch of bad cream spoils many good batches, and links dairy success to scientific knowledge. It warns milk absorbs odors and that odor quality affects milk, and notes some localities cannot raise good dairy stock due to lack of good bulls.
To produce fiber free of fault, sheep must be kept in uniformly good condition every day, avoiding extreme heat or cold. Do not inderfeed or overfeed, as improper feeding weakens the system and makes the wool brittle.
A description notes objections to a hog house design with a slanted floor for drainage and hints at an accompanying illustration offering a practical plan. The account focuses on building details and potential acceptance by workers.
The illustration shows a double hog house with a central passage and side gutters. A feeding platform sits below the bed and above the passage, with a feeding trough adjacent to the passage partition. Liquid manure drains to the front gutter and exits to the outside.
A Madison Journal quote notes stinginess, advising generosity and caution against maligning others. It contends success comes from more than wealth and that envy and hate yield smaller rewards than other pursuits. It argues pride in infirmities signs aging and mocks self importance.
Capt J W Hogan former Indianola postmaster now in Austin Texas says years of pain in loins hips shoulders headaches and neuralgia with urinary weakness left him depleted and nervous. He credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with restoring health and eyesight to what he calls perfect. Sold 59 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Pittsburgh area resident describes years of stomach pain dizziness back ache and facial eruptions that cleared after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The testimonial claims improved blood health and urges others with similar ailments to try the product.
The text explains egg shape relates to the duct shape producing long, short, or round eggs. It notes air cells and germ located in the broad end, and that a smooth broad end with fertilized germ suffices for shape considerations.
Sheep aid land fertility by returning fertilizing matter from their food to the soil. The practice is often a key consideration in choosing livestock to maintain soil cleanliness and fertility.
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