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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1899
Page
3
The Boston Cultivator urges farmers to feed some grain to bulky coarse fodder rather than letting it rot. Concentrated nutrition from corn grain with linseed or cottonseed meal improves digestion, manure value, and overall profitability. Mixing meals with corn stalks increases stock thrift and reduces waste.
The 65,000 bull Sir Bredwell 63,685, described as the finest Hereford in America, sold at Kruse City for 5,000 to Colonel Slaughter, with intense bidding and hats tossed when prices surged past 3,000. Colonel Edmonson tied the final sale to Slaughter amid cheers from cattle breeders. The event highlighted strong demand and the crowd’s fervor as the world’s highest price for a Hereford bull was recorded.
A historical excerpt describes building a brood frame with a step by step plan. It specifies cutting boards, cleats, a builder’s box, and angled notches for top and bottom rails, end posts, braces, and corner pieces, then assembling by nailing the pieces in place and attaching the top and bottom parts.
The article discusses hive frame sizing to fit a 16 inch long by 9 inch deep frame with side braces. It then reviews mower cutter bar wear, recommending back supports, replaceable guards, self sharpening knives, and tight pitman boxes to extend life and save costs, with advice attributed to A. S. Foorsman in Ohio Farmer.
This article outlines balanced rations for work horses using various feeds such as alfalfa hay oats corn and bran with ratios adjusted to horse weight and work level. It also notes fat distribution importance in beef cattle and cites a large Buenos Aires frozen meat plant with expansive capacity for sheep throughputs and storage.
Professor J. J. Edgerton of the Iowa Experiment Station provides The Breeder’s Gazette with a substantial and convenient dehorning shoot. The design features crossbars on both sides of the posts bolted to create a stable A frame and two levers for operation.
The description covers a cattle shoot with EB bars, an upright lever, and a rope system to fix animal position. A second lever controls head elevation via a movable underjaw framework. The sturdy gate uses heavy wrought iron hinges and pins, with a side lever to release all pins at once. It notes land quality effects on cattle, praising northeast Scotland conditions, but warns wintering and grazing depend on climate and run-down land, citing total UK beef and mitten imports reaching 1,590,600 tons.
The New York Supreme Court under Judge Gildersleeve ordered Richard Delafield Shipman, a 16 year old orphan heir, to receive an annual college allowance of 4500 dollars. He had been getting 2000 dollars and sought 2500 more for tuition clothing books board lodging travel personal and miscellaneous expenses. The court approved the increase without detailing the last two items.
An analysis notes likenesses between royal figures and animals. It cites czar features compared to a bull, German emperor to a mad foxhound, and Salisbury’s Margites badge as an English mastiff likeness. The piece weaves caricature with commentary on public perception and politics.
A fragmented report references the tent caterpillar menace in an orchard, noting severe damage and potential condemnation for negligence. The text hints at locating and destroying a person during an exgas event, reflecting unclear wartime or transitional diction and unresolved details.
The article describes tent caterpillar life cycle from eggs to larvae to cocoons, notes nests in cherry and apple trees, and warns on damage to foliage. It lists predators such as cuckoos and warblers, and recommends destruction of bands and cocoons, burning nests, and spraying with arsenicals. It also cites horticultural guidance from Geneva station and reports economic yields from nitrate of soda use in tomato and other crops.
Dairy World notes that milk yield hinges on precise cow management to sustain a regular flow. Proper regulation of feeding and milking routines governs production and prostaglandin-like processes, demanding careful supervision by the herd manager to maintain optimum output.
The New Hampshire grange lecturer estimates calf rearing costs to 16 months at 28.81 dollars, based on October calf birth, with 9.57 for five months of starter feed, 0.64 per week for three months of pasture, and 8.48 for the final three months. He notes rising costs could alter the math and cites belief that buying an already grown cow may be cheaper, though farm-raised cows tend to excel in health and homing instinct, often returning to the original barnyard.
A farmer reported success using pac ntized whey for four calves at a dairy meeting. Skim milk was mixed with canedare awrek before feeding, leading to calves learning to eat many whey outs. As they age they are given corn, but corn is not fed as often in weeks.
The piece argues American cheesemakers should focus on home curing and attractive packaging to produce a superior, moist, sweet cream cheese. It praises china and earthenware cups and simple wrappings, contending higher flavor and texture justify higher prices and steady demand, with farms shipping in neat packages to build regular customers.
The article discusses long standing debates between butter and beef dairy cattle types led by Jerseys and Guernseys, notes western competition shifting eastern farmers to dairying, and cites Quebec subsidies for first class cheese factories with conditions for grants. It adds various notes on agricultural exhibits, crops, pigs, bees, and potato treatments.
The National Dairy union, a farm organization, seeks a 10 cent per pound federal tax on yellow oleomargarine to curb fraudulent imitations threatening pure butter profits. Through its influence, the group helped enact a national cheese law and secured state prohibitions on deceptive resemblance to butter.
A summary of oleomargarine tax effects notes big criminals and small margins, noting only 14 factories in the country and margins up to 80 dollars per tub under high profits if tax evasion occurs. The text also covers arsenical poisoning of potato leaves, cooling cream before churning, a 1898 report on Colonel Way and British press subsidies, and early aeronautics topics including balloons and bombs, plus a Russian interest in airship offensive use and Britain’s fortified station at Hequimals.
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