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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
2
The article emphasizes the farmer's duty to protect lambs in hot months by early weaning, separating ewes from lambs, and providing fresh pastures or rape patches. It suggests turning lambs onto ungrazed plots, hay remnants, or weed-rich ground to sustain growth, aiming for strong ewes or wethers by Christmas.
Thomas P. Cooper argues the farm horse remains the main motive power, shaping efficiency and profitability. He notes varying costs, stresses careful records, and states average horse labor costs about eight and a half cents per hour, roughly 85 cents per ten hour day or $1.70 per team.
Kent farmers devise long leg stilts to reach twelve foot hop poles. They stretch wires along rows four to five feet apart, standing seven feet or more above the ground to fix the wires.
An article by J Henry argues for minor crop rotations including small hog pastures. It cites Wisconsin data showing rape pasture plus barley peas and millet yields as much pork weight as 56 bushels of corn and notes rape feeding improves pig vigor and post pasture growth.
The text warns that feeding warm rich slop or milk-producing seeds to sows soon after birth causes excessive milk flow and diarrhoea in piglets, often leading to death. It adds a note about young turkeys preferring to roost in a large tree in the yard.
A narrator joins Frank Brown and a German curator navigating Everglades to reach Seminole camps. They encounter hornets, mosquitoes, and gunfire from plume hunters on a bay island. The hunter Jackson reveals the harsh, dangerous life feeding the plume trade and the moral conflict with the young curator seeking a safer path.
The article traces wall hangings from early Anglo Saxon halls to later English manufactories. It notes a 994 widow weaving Brithnoth life scenes for Ely Cathedral, mentions Croyland Abbey hangings, Exeter inventories, and a Tudor era London workshop under Edward II. It highlights William Sheldon’s mid 16th century English tapestry factory.
Leonard Talbott served as parade marshal in Toppenish Washington for the Fourth of July. Crowds along Toppenish avenue saw the procession as it crossed toward the suburbs. Talbott followed orders from the parade committee and had no role in route planning.
A quotation emphasizes that every man should keep one object in view with measured hope. It argues liberty rests on choosing with restraint rather than constant zeal, highlighting personal agency in shaping aims.
Rev. Alexander S. Taylor argues that knowing God and Jesus Christ is essential for life eternal. He contrasts mere religious observance with heartfelt knowledge, urging prayerful awakening, obedience, and steadfast devotion to enter the holy life and eventual sight of God.
A poem describes the push of urging workers to rise and be productive. The speaker resents relentless uplift rhetoric from magazines books and advertisers. He longs to read sing and sup in peace without pressure to climb higher.
Doctor Squills jokes about removing ten thousand dollars from a millionaire during an appendectomy. Doctor Knifem confirms the sum as the punchline in a grimly humorous exchange.
An agriculuturist notes vast changes in farming, with machines cutting thrashing and sacking wheat, while recalling older cradling methods. A visitor agrees that progress varies, questioning whether corn still goes to a crib.
A speaker at our side extols Niagara Falls as a glorious site calling it wondrous. He then jokes about finding a new place for his fairy, adding whimsy to the encounter and shifting the focus to location and imagination.
A charity visitor asks if the recipient has something to look forward to on a rainy day. The reply hedges that he has rheumatism, reframing the old exchange as a humorous or pointed remark about future comfort and health.
A terse dialogue captures Mollie resisting driving a horse as a test of independence. The exchange shows a character showing reluctance and humor about handling equine gear and travel duties. The scene hints at gendered expectations and competence in horse handling.
A sentimental youth asks to hold hands after a sociable. The damsel declines citing a rule for everything. Years later the man learns from her husband that she never kept quiet, leaving him glad he did not grasp the hand.
A quotation compares a man to a watch noting that if he is too fast she may suffer sorrow and if too slow he will never win her. The saying counsels balance in choosing a partner and hints at patience in romance.
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