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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1897
Page
3
A historical plan describes a two row cow stable half basement, 32 to 36 feet wide with a central manure driveway. It emphasizes ample ventilation and sunlight via many windows, designed to accommodate many cows in a practical, factory-like arrangement.
The cross shaped dairy barn design with multi story grain flow and a third floor silo is discussed as an ideal general form. It also outlines a dairy manager profile recommending independence, thorough knowledge of prices and machinery, milk testing ability, patron relations, regular knowledge updates, and leadership to keep operations in harmony and progressing.
Mr. Clark H. Dills describes a Minnesota cooperative creamery's success at a State Dairyman's meeting. He stresses stable leadership, open books for patrons, and a single strong manager with clear accountability to avoid dissension and inefficiency while improving sales and patron trust.
The article discusses bottling milk to improve service and reduce contamination, with pros including precise measurement, faster delivery, reduced street theft, and preserved cream. It also cites fall calving benefits and Danish dairy findings, noting cows fresh in fall feed well through winter and peak milk production with spring pasture.
A New York Times letter to John Murray notes Byron edition plans to retain the period after lay in Childe Harold, arguing no misprint. Murray confirms the line there let him say is correct with original MS, and a later stanza about armaments was added last.
A period article urges early horse farriery start for foals and cautions against overdramatizing shoeing. It argues rasping the earface to balance the foot, avoiding knives on the frog, and avoiding tar or steel plates. It also covers pasture and forage topics including rape for sheep, cabbage feeding, and mild cattle care with notes on farm practice and livestock health.
Rape, a cabbage family plant akin to mustard and turnips, grows like a turnip in early stages. It can be broadcast sown on well prepared ground any time after frost until mid July and, with favorable seasons, provides pasture even if sown by August first. Best yields come from sowing after the ground warms. Early seeding slows growth but increases per acre yield.
A New York World note highlights a humorous English classified line offering the old gaol as a prison for sale. The ad extols a female prison of 80 cells, debtors and convict prisons, house of correction, treadmill, and three throw pumps with iron doors and granite floors, claiming “all modern improvements.”
An excerpt on efficient barn design critiques costly farms and presents sketches of a practical three story armago style barn for 50 cows. It describes hay and grain flow from second floor to feeding alley, cement floors, no mangers, and manure dropped through a floor into carts, highlighting economy and labor efficiency.
Agricultural note discusses avoiding oat bran waste and focus on pasture efficiency. Recommends climate suited grasses and clovers for permanent pastures in Mississippi valley and western regions. Proposes mixtures including bluegrass, white clover, alsike, timothy, redtop, orchard grass, and medium red clover with varied per acre proportions.
Farmers and farmhands often unhitch at noon or night after starting a new furrow to save time. An illustration from Farm and Fires A shows a partly plowed field with steps around the plow and turning points to return to the stable. This practice, while commendable for efficiency, can be costly if overused.
Connecticut State station reports 1895 cottonseed meal as the cheapest available nitrogen source for home mixed fertilizers. Castor pomace proves costly but preferred by some tobacco growers. cottonseed meal matches castor pomace in quality and cost. Acid rock phosphate remains cheaper than dissolved phosphoric acid, with little caking observed. Sulfates cost about one cent more per pound than muriates. Bordeaux mixture best prevents potato rot. fungiroid performs worse than Bordeaux but better than no fungicide, failing to outperform the standard mixture on total yield and rot percentage.
The city of Rochester funds a bounty to schoolchildren to collect cocoons. in two years 9,000,000 cocoons were gathered and destroyed, yielding a virtually pest-free city. Additional notes discuss electricity aiding seed spread, vegetable raising tips, grafting tomatoes on potato stems, cabbage manuring, and strawberry varieties in Central New York.
The Dresden style decor on white china uses pure bright colors with no outlines. Gold scrollwork and intense shading define the look, with guidelines for using La Croix colors and careful color selection. Instructions cover painting steps, firing, burnishing, and finishing touches plus available Dresden design sheets. White Not Cake recipe follows.
A local page mixes home decor and fashion with advice on door tapestry as durable wall accents and current trends in gowns hats and accessories. It notes the popularity of velvet and silk dresses, lace wrist tails, taffeta hats, and a return of walking sticks amid a shift toward metaphysical styling. Also includes a practical tip for sour milk pancakes with resting time and a simple batter method.
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