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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1904
Page
3
A detailed plan for a compact twelve by twelve foot ice house. Instructions cover drainage, foundation depth of eighteen to twenty-four inches, stone backfill, 8 by 8 inch timber base frames, corner posts, door posts, rough pine siding with battens, a dust packed interior with sawdust, a ventilated shallow ridge cap, and tight unvented doors. The text concludes with noting the building’s cost.
Dr. G M Twitchell at the Massachusetts agricultural board speaks optimistically on New England farming. He cites markets and industries expanding, the region as a distribution center, and climate suited to diverse crops. The passage urges students professionals and workers to seize opportunities as favorable times and tides shift toward New England.
Boilstein Friesian oxen praised as the best for draft work with a Holstein Friesian pair drawing a stone boat weighing 11,284 pounds at the Valley fair in Brattleboro Vermont. The feat cited as unmatched by other breeds in trials and on farms and quarries.
Papil resists at first but the professor reassures him that effort builds ability. The exchange ends with a line about accepting good advice increasing capability and a note suggesting the sighting in The Newa.
Prices of cotton soar to the highest level in two decades with New York futures at 12.90 per 100 pounds for January delivery and New Orleans March contracts near parity after profit taking. The December crop bulletin estimates 9,962,008 bales from 25,015,000 acres for 1903-04, a forecast below earlier expectations and market hopes.
Enthusiasm marked the Geneva New York Farmers Institute meeting reporting strong attendance from station staff and Cornell University. Lectures covered plant and animal science, disease, fertilizers, and orchard management with outlines and discussions guiding practical agricultural education. The movement aims to boost institute worker efficiency and spread beyond New York, to other states. A Handy Truck feature highlights a single wheel cart to move grain or produce over rough paths.
A Grant County farmer urges axle grease as protection for trees from rabbits and borers and says he has used it for twenty years. A desirable residence and fine building lot in Airy will be offered there at public sale tomorrow morning.
The Dallas News and San Angelo Standard report many stopmen investing in sheep, signaling more than experiment as cattlemen enter the sheep business. Observers note ranges previously thought harmed by sheep flourish when grazed, with early weed growth suppressed and soil enriched by manure, benefiting cattle. Rambouillet ram Hiawatha, bred by Max Chapman, topped the Ohio fair in 1902.
Portland Oregonian reports eight Persian fat tail sheep unloaded from a Southern Pacific car. The animals, brought from southern California and destined for Montana, are described as tough, short of wool with notable long curved front hoofs and a ten pound tail. An official notes the tail’s use in Persia for hauling, though the band is not yet fat enough for such.
Charlie Gray argues in the Chicago Record-Herald that the cattle industry suffers from poor breeder stability, excessive speculation, and misaligned talent. He warns beginners chase booms without knowledge, while wealthy buyers favor leading shows, and calls for educated, disciplined breeding and prudent selection.
J B Jenkins of Essex County Mass explains a Angora goat husbandry method. He describes a stone wall and wires fence, brush-covered top, and posts on the pasture side. Angoras provide better returns than sheep, with kids sold for six dollars and does for eight. The piece notes goats’ hardiness and steady grazing plus wool yields around three pounds each.
A humorous item contrasts a stern father’s advice with a boy’s reaction in a short vignette about counting to avoid anger. The Philadelphia Press captures the exchange and a witty tailor anecdote about trousers and bills in a single compact caption.
A devotional study on John the Baptist, his role as foretold herald, and his call to repentance and faith. The piece cites Isaiah, Malachi, and Jesus, contrasts worldly religion with true faith, warns of judgment, and urges personal surrender to Christ, ending with a brief quoted interlude from a Kansas City Journal item.
A fragment quotes a sharp line about gender perception, with a square chinned woman asserting women feel where men think. The male speaker, noted for three marriages, echoes the idea with a wry remark about men and clarity.
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