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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1909
Page
6
A Wallace's Farmer feature describes a two illustration barn showing ground plan and perspective view to feed and care for fourteen cows and twelve horses by one man. It highlights manure handling, silo access, a milk room, feed room, and a central horse harness area to cut labor and improve sanitation on the farm.
Farmers can maintain egg supply in winter by housing hens comfortably, feeding a varied diet including corn oats and wheat, plus meat scraps and green matter. Maturity and vigor are key. keep birds thrifty and well managed to avoid a severe egg famine.
A collage of facts cites oceans' salt volume, Ottoman zoological gardens, Philadelphia tower wireless aims, British patent grants to women, Panama Canal gear tests, London fire costs, and shifting taxi licenses. It also notes Odessa labor rules, Wagner advice to musicians, U.S. hatchery fish outputs, Rome and Paris fire stats, and Freiberg silver mine history.
An assortment of notes covers the blue bird of paradise in captivity in London, making imitation coral from resin beeswax and vermilion, U S brick production in 1907 and selenium's electrical uses. It also recalls stone boats in Genoa, a surge in U S mineral product value, and memories of Ayrshire boys and schooldays from Scribner’s Magazine.
A Farm and Home correspondent notes that a yearly butcher need not build an expensive smokehouse. A simple device uses a barrel with ends removed mounted on a box above a fireplace. Meat is hung from cross sticks across the barrel, a fire is built underneath, and the lid placed on top.
The Agricultural Bureau statistician estimates rats cause about 15 million dollars in yearly damage while rat catchers sell skins worth around 1 million dollars and furriers resell them for about five times that amount. A full grown rat reportedly eats six bushels of corn annually.
A Chicago Journal item recalls a woman obsessed with melancholy topics and funerals. She distrusted laughter, feared health, and spent nights dosed on medicines while envisioning her rosewood casket. She ultimately dies, leaving a grim satire on morbid sentiment.
A traveler is reminded of American youngsters by a Scotch carrier’s wagonette described as a grand big horse and a small white-haired man named Mr. Hendry driving a load of women, babies, and boys filling every part of the vehicle.
A biography excerpt recounts Father Mathew’s temperance crusade in Ulster. In Clones two Orange flags greeted him, which he welcomed with three cheers, praising a moment of unexpected goodwill between Catholics and Orangemen amid tensions.
In Scotland a custom called eating an apple at the glass involved looking into a mirror while eating with one hand and combing the hair with the other to glimpse the future husband over the left shoulder. In southern England an apple charm tied to a string was hung by the fire. the owner whose apple fell first was said to marry soon, while the last remaining apple signified bachelor bliss.
Citizens quip about Russia postal regulations in a Yonkers Statesman item. The exchange suggests the country postmaster endures a dull time while noting that affectionate messages on postcards violate local rules.
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