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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
5
Conveyor guidance for removing silage from above ground silos near feed yards. Daily removal rates vary by season, with 2 to 3 inches in summer and about 1 1/2 inches in winter. Methods include silage forks, carts, swing tracks, and hoisting devices for pit and semipit silos.
Farmers expanding alfalfa plantings risk harming the crop by grazing livestock in fall and winter. The article explains alfalfa stores energy in roots during late season growth, preparing for a stronger spring supply, and cautions against letting mild cows or sheep feed on it during colder months.
Ensure the collar fits the horse’s shoulder and is not pinching. Avoid placing buckles or snaps where they can work under the collar to cause sores, and inspect the collar regularly for proper alignment.
The article extols straight rows in an orchard and advises hiring a surveyor to place stakes for the trees ensuring orderly alignment and better layout.
Minnesota Experiment Station stresses seed bed readiness for weak seed. Recommends frequent harrow and disk work to warm and aerate soil, destroy weeds, and compact furrow slices for better corn growth. Emphasizes spring plowing followed by harrow and disk for optimal seed bed conditions.
The article recommends not feeding ordinary calves on whole milk beyond one week and suggests a gradual switch to sweet skim milk with flaxseed jelly as a fat and protein substitute. Start with dessert spoonfuls, increasing to a cupful twice daily for three month calves, plus dry bran and whole oats, and early addition of clean hay.
Prospects are bright for livestock prices for years. To maximize value this winter, provide breeding stock with comfortable quarters plentiful bedding and the right kind of food so they are in peak condition for the coming year.
The item notes General Saint Claire Deville as the inventor of a famed 15 millimeter French gun. It also mentions an English novelty back rest for motorcyclists that fastens around the waist from the handlebars of a machine.
Reader advised on a lesser known foretelling method using a fresh egg white dropped into water and left 24 hours. Shapes formed are interpreted as signs of love, fortune, loyalty, or danger, with lines, rings, leaves, animals, and dots signaling various outcomes and emotions.
The Minnesota state fair secretary announces that the 1915 fair will ban the freak and sensational side show. Educational exhibits will replace the morbid entertainment, following a Chicago convention of the American Association of Fairs and Expositions. The move aims to shield children from disturbing depictions and avoid barbarism in fair atmospheres.
A New York wedding showcased miniature replicas of large gifts. A two foot gray sixteenth century English manor house model impressed guests beside pearls and silver. Other miniatures included a sixty horsepower torpedo touring car, a clay horse by a girl sculptor, a motor boat, and a biplane, among others.
Irvin S. Cobb the correspondent recalls Philadelphia talk about German Jack Johnsons, deadly shells that explode with heavy black smoke. He compares shells to a bucking bronco, retelling a joke about a tenderfoot and a bucker where the horse bucked and coughed rather than bucked.
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