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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1902
Page
3
An outline describes a two-device grain lift plan to raise grain nine feet from the ground over a corncrib. A correspondent for an Ohio paper reports a gravel ramp is added in the crib to facilitate loading. The system uses a wagon top to move sacks through a roller and on to trucks for quicker handling.
The text discusses careful pruning cuts to avoid damaging buds and promoting healing during July or August, noting that multiple careful efforts reduce bud injury. It then cites T. B. Terry on White Grub behavior, asserting beetles avoid thick dense grass for laying eggs and prefer dry thin turf where eggs hatch in exposed edges.
A Glasgow Times humor snippet presents a scene of a small boy crying over a dream of a school fire and an old man soothing him. Caddies joke about ministers, playing, and a miss at the game, with dialect laughter and a playful exchange.
A historical note describes a method to exterminate woodchucks using carbon bisulphide. It explains that heavier vapor follows burrows to the bottom, where the animal is likely to inhale the fumes and die. Procedures include saturating cotton with the chemical, placing it at burrow entrances, and filling the hole.
A compact method describes cranking a good steady hing and mounting a stone on a mandrel. It explains fitting a wood piece in the square hole, centering with dividers, drilling a hole the size of the mandrel, using pasteboard spacers, and tightening the nut. If the stone binds, use an old flat mill file as a gouge to turn the stone on its sides and face.
Experiments near Frankfurt show hens fed iron rich food produce eggs with 99 mg to 1.79 per 106 g. Iron exists as albuminate and is highly digestible. A Louisiana planter cites molasses mixed with oatmeal or bran as a horses colic remedy, while the phrase Safety is presented as an idea, not a place.
Farming advice discusses preventing cows from drying off by careful management including extra feed shade and water. It outlines a dairy plan to avoid dry periods, notes milk production increases with hydration, and warns against using abrasive anti-sucking boards. Also notes thunder storms rarely sour milk, despite popular belief, citing experiments on electric discharge and milk acidity.
A 19th century note discusses milk fever in cows, noting it often strikes the best milkers after calving. It suggests overreaction during drying off may trigger it, cites the dry period as a risk, and describes symptoms from chills to weakness. Treatments include saltin with Jamaica ginger or alcohol, warm soapy enemas, and keeping the animal upright if possible.
A fragmented scene shows a lawyer questioning a shy young woman about past appearances in court. The soprano dialogue hints at a suit and embarrassment, with fashion details briefly described in the rusted OCR text.
Digestible protein and fat ratios show two cows fed with specified rations yielded 2,701.7 pounds of milk and butter fat equal to 131.04 pounds of butter, while a second group produced 3,0142 pounds of milk and 9.33 pounds of butter fat. Salt in pastures is cited as preventing bloating, with farmer behavior changes noted. brief jokes and anecdotes follow.
The American Agriculturist warns that costs and market classes will not be ready for 5 to 6 years, risking an oversupply of unclassified horses. Farmers, as producers, lack knowledge of market standards, with 40 percent of horses entering markets belonging to no class. Underscoring danger from indiscriminate breeding, the piece cautions on future price and supply.
A Washington youth jokes about his mother and Nellie's mother engaging in a stern clash while overheard by a Chicago Tribune reader. The dialogue mentions two tearing committee meetings as a playful exaggeration of the dispute.
Samuel Lawrence of Oregon praises Angora goats for land clearing and fur uses. He notes their diet of leaves and bark, resilience in mountains, appetite for shrubs, and need for shed protection. He predicts rising fame and demand as American people embrace the animal and its products.
A partial warning fragment warns that the bog bunkrness scene has no feeders and no reader should attempt it, implying danger or caution around a risky setup.
The article discusses a mysterious illness affecting sheep with swollen ends and eye socket protrusion, pondering contagion versus local poisoning, urging scientific investigation, and noting field observations. It mentions many sheep on wheat stubble, grain left on fields, and the value of fertilizer from grazing, plus a record price for Colorado fed lambs in Chicago and a light yarn about unreasonable requests to a druggist.
A devotional study shows Leviticus themes of sacred service and wholehearted devotion. It contrasts Aaron’s obedience with Nadab and Abihu’s forbidden fire, likening to Ananias and Sapphira, urging holiness, separation from sin, and steadfast worship through Christ.
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