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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
6
An old Montreal Star excerpt explains dam design for power generation. It describes rock fill and masonry options, bed rock preparation, dam curvature, and wall slopes. A 15 inch turbine wheel could yield about 10 horsepower to run a 4S inch circular saw.
A Michigan inventor Hall unveils a feeding slop bucket designed for farm stock. The device acts as a dipper with a hinged bottom that fills by being pressed into a liquid receptacle and releases contents into a trough by pushing the handle downward. This keeps the contents contained and protects clothing during transport.
A famous English authority explains that animal blood contains far more sodium than potassium and blood composition stays constant. To keep livestock healthy they must assimilate a definite amount of common salt. High potassium in feed triggers salt cravings, shown when foods like wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, beans, and peas are used. The text notes the benefits of adding salt to antinal diets.
Boussingault's experiments showed that salt increases muscular vigor and activity, improves the general appearance and condition. The passage notes salt promotes appetite, tissue repair, diffusion, and rapid elimination of waste products.
The text explains sorting apples by grades and arranging them in barrels or boxes in layers. It emphasizes placing similarly colored and sized fruit in the top layer, with careful heading and gentle pressing, using a block under a lever for efficiency.
At 160 pounds per acre nitrate per acre gain rose from 7.03 to 13.38 tons. The increase of 5.75 tons equates to a 75.4 percent gain with a $3 per ton value, yielding $17.25 on the gain while nitrate cost $3.60 per acre, for a net $13.65 per acre. Seeding occurred June 16 on fertile soil after oat and pea forage, six tons per acre, was harvested.
The Effingham color flash photo by Prof. Raymer marks a milestone in color photography. It shows a young woman in a red dress and yellow hat with true color rendering and oak grain detail. Printing color photographs remains unresolved, due to powder requirements and transfer issues, but progress is praised at a Detroit convention.
In Australia ranchers face cunning cattle thieves who silently strike at herds, killing cattle and taking only usable parts. The piece compares these raids to memory lapses where familiar names suddenly vanish from speech, leaving the speaker grasping at a blank.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer summary explains slang terms used in music hall culture such as onions euphemizing sentiment in ballads and the cool ballad trick. It covers concerted numbers motto songs production numbers soubrette songs and the evolving vocabulary of stage humor and audience manipulation.
The article argues waste land can feed hogs, reducing costs. It urges farmers to pasture pigs year round with some corn, noting grass-fed hogs grow healthier and fetch higher market value as well-kept, productive stock.
The guide describes a four foot stall height adjustable by design. Cows while eating stand with hind feet behind a 2 by 4 and droppings fall behind it. When lying, the cow sits in front of the 2 by 4 with head under the feed rack. No gutter is needed, but short partitions prevent turning. Use 2 by 4 for the rack bottom at eight feet from floor, with 1 by 4 strips six inches apart forming a 60 degree slope.
A collection of observations on agricultural practices and pest control. Mentions bees drawing sugar from clover, field spraying that targets weeds but spares crops, and a government effort costing 10000 dollars to curb a green bug across Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. Also describes Clairmont ranch in Clark County Kansas and herd butter fat productivity, plus detail on ancient spear throwing instruments and marauders.
A Parisian actress forgotten role lines on stage after weeks in the lead, a common ailment among performers and lecturers. Doctors offer no clear cause, but fatigue and overwork are linked to this memory lapse. Names slip when memorized by arbitrary memory without associations.
A courtroom scene unfolds as a judge warns of contempt while a petitioner pleads, the lady insisting she is doing her best to conceal her feelings. The exchange carries a sharp, period tone typical of The Sketch captions.
The article rebuts the belief that cherries reached England with Henry VIII’s grocers, citing Thomas Wright’s vocabularies and multiple records of cherry trees in royal gardens long before his reign. It notes cherry festivals and proverbs as signs of their early popularity and mentions Pliny’s account of Rome’s Chersee spread to Britain within 120 years of Lucullus.
A Kansas City Star item reports a bank president and depositor debating money weight. They note a twenty dollar gold piece weighs 540 grains, equal to twenty seven new one dollar bills, while used bills weigh enough that twenty six of them balance the gold piece, suggesting dirt adds weight.
A Kansas City Times quip highlights the tea shipments and public interest as a playful exchange contrasts teetotaler stance with curious curiosity about national tea totals. The exchange nods to temperance era dialogue without naming individuals or dates.
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