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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1897
Page
7
A New York Tribune illustration shows a low frame farm wagon for handling large corn fodder. It describes loading and unloading, using spruce wood, and adapting the rig for other crops like barrels and potatoes, with a simple two-man operation.
The piece discusses moisture management for crops, endorsing windmills to pump water into storage tanks and reservoirs. It explains cost reductions, tank sizes, and overflow use to buffer drought, plus a simple calf trough design to save labor. It notes wind and rainfall variations affect irrigation viability and encourages small scale experimentation.
An article describes a deinking trough design for calves to learn drinking without assistance and to prevent mutual sucking. It mentions a gypsy moth pest in Delaware and Queens counties, use of reed dust as insecticide, a Connecticut cattle disease law with a farmer as cattle commissioner, and San Jose scale on Had son river alley. It also reports on sugar beet experiments by New York State and berries canning guidance detailing sugar and water ratios and steps to seal jars.
Describes building a plank frame barn with eight foot planks, splices allowed, and step by step benching of bents. Explains foundation, posts, braces, joists, purlins, roof supports and collar beams, plus main ties and assembly sequence for a basement plank frame barn.
The article describes a plase barn framework with braced basement and superstructure, including stays of 2 by 6 planks, purlin braces secured to posts, and two sets of purlin plates. It explains methods for strengthening bays over 16 feet, inserting extra posts, and assembling sills, posts, and bearers with packing planks and saddles for purlin plates.
An aged railroad bridge engineer who visited a Michigan barn declared it the strongest barn frame he had seen. He predicted that within ten years all frame barns would be built of plank using this system or another.
An article argues for breeding a strong New York and Vermont based stock to supply Europe with cavalry mounts. It notes Britain exports about 12 000 horses annually and outlines interest from Secretary Wilson and France in buying American stock, citing Kansas City markets and figures on French cavalry costs. It also mentions livestock health and the upcoming Chicago stock show with substantial prizes.
The text outlines a speculative Chinese Darwinian view describing planetary readiness for life, progression from plants to shrubs to trees, and a chain showing humans evolving from insects and animals through transformations. It claims beetles become turtles and worms become serpents, ending with a hairless ape that discovers fire and gains strength.
Daina Geman and G W Jennings describe a 1894 round silo built with 22 ft diameter and 200 ton capacity. The article outlines foundation, wall construction, insulation, ventilation, and a linking barn connection, plus feeding methods and dairy observations.
The article argues that recurring failures of French naval vessels arise from changing Havel administrations and their preoccupation with new hobbies rather than from construction errors, blaming superiors for overweight and seaworthiness issues rather than the shipbuilders.
In a Cleveland Leader excerpt, Sherlock Holmes Jr. analyzes a bicycle thief by sunburned hands, gear, and a peeling nose to prove theft. He demonstrates timing, gear ratio, and sun exposure clues before leading to the thief’s arrest and sentencing.
An eclectic column surveys ocean light penetration and cooling depths with measurements from fathoms and degrees, notes a Bengal Bay temperature fall, and contrasts ancient hygiene with medieval and modern practices. It references Lord Playfair, Elizabeth I, Moses, and St Francis, then moves to canning guidance from Mrs S T Rever on preserving fruit, jar prep, sealing, and storage.
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