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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
6
The writer notes Belgian hare rearing faces die‑offs of unknown cause. Some adopters report better results after adding a drop of hydrochloric acid to a quart of water for the hares. Thomas Edwards of Colorado shares an additional reader-supplied plan.
A correspondent outlines an excellent rabbit hutch plan with ground clearance and banked soil for warmth, nesting partitions, and hinged lids. Advice from T. Greiner stresses dry, warm housing, consistent corn chop and alfalfa, ample fresh water, salt, minimal handling, and separating breeding does to improve health and young quality.
Dr. Curryer of Minnesota, a leading western horse breeding authority, advocates gentle early education for colts. He describes handling, halter use, sugar rewards, and a method using an old horse with wheels to teach driving, stressing noninjury and gradual training.
George Wolf argues in Farm Poultry against fattening turkeys in confinement. He notes turkeys are wild by nature and suffer when penned, leading to quarrelling, stress, poor appetite, and lighter weights at slaughter compared with free-range conditions.
A Farm Stock and Home note compares sun bleaching of fabrics with hay exposed to dew or rain and intense sun. Bleached hay becomes inferior, making winter forage less profitable and not worth labor to handle.
The article urges generous poultry housing and runs with yards at least ten times the house size. It notes urban yards are often too small, leaving bare, dusty ground. A larger, green run through the growing season is recommended for healthier flocks.
The guide recommends a single daily corn feeding for cattle, preferably in the evening, with a gradual start toward a peck per day. It advises hogs follow cattle to utilize corn and to discard any soiled corn before the next feeding. The aim is full utilization and consistent feeding practice.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune reader describes a self-supporting movable pasture fence. The design uses panels nailed to beveled two by four uprights with three cross boards for stability. It claims 20 years of service without repairs and the ability to relocate 40 rods or more in a day by two men.
Agricultural Epistles discuss timing for weed control. Cutting weeds at peak bloom late in the season can prevent regrowth, especially in native grasses. repeated early cuts fail to destroy but late season cuts after flowering often kill roots and hinder a second growth, with best results in dry seasons.
The Weather Bureau reports another week of extreme heat with little rain across the middle Rocky Mountains Missouri and Mississippi valleys, degrading corn and oats. Atlantic coast areas stay favorable while Pacific coast remains cool and dry with frost in Washington. Harvests advance in several regions as drought stresses spread to cotton and tobacco, apples outlook dimming.
Port Huron Michigan July reports that the eleventh biennial session of the Knights of the Maccabees and Ladies of the Maccabees closed a long-standing faction dispute. The supreme council abolished the office of supreme advisor and a three physician medical board with $5 000 salaries was created. Supreme commander salary raised to 7500 and supreme record keeper to 6000. Officers elected at Port Huron included D P Markey and S W Trussler with other posts assigned. Amendments to corporate articles and increased emergency funds discussed. Also Gen Daniel Butterfield died at Cold Spring Cragside residence after long illness. Widow survives. no children.
Nashville July 19 The first triple execution ever held in this county occurred in the jail yard when Babe Battis Duser Thompson and Abe Petway were hanged. The trap was sprung at 1015 a m and all three were pronounced dead within fifteen minutes.
The article traces cinchona cultivation in Java from Dutch experiments in the 19th century to today. It details seed origins in Peru, Ledger's seed shipment to Java, and the growth of trees and bark processing. It notes Bandoeng as the quinine factory, Amsterdam as main bark market, and Java labor in bark handling.
Senator Joe Bailey of Texas complains after a Chicago ad uses his portrait with Jo Cannon to promote a hair wash. He urged advertisers to drop his image and received a reply asking for another endorsement before admitting his lack of knowledge of the nostrum.
A humorous note from an old weekly recalls King Edward VII praising American girls as prettiest in the world. Rival Belle retorts that she has never been there, while someone quips he has already been here.
A letter from Minnie E. McAllister of Minneapolis testifies that Perruna cured her back pain after seven weeks of use. The notice warns readers about cheap imitations and urges buying only Peruna from reputable druggists, with free advice offered by Dr. Hartman of Columbus Ohio.
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