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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1895
Page
6
An old design discussion outlines a barn frame plan with end bents, braces, and cross ties. It describes bolted braces avoiding mortises, providing strong framing for a barn and dairy stable, noting timber freedom for hog and slug movement and a ground-floor stable layout.
A description notes a barn design where the stable sits beneath a second floor framed area. The plan shows an 80 to 100 foot long barn with a door arrangement allowing multiple spaces to be driven into and then filled, facilitating access and storage.
A 19th century note describes a tin rabbet raised frame support to reduce bee disturbances, with sizes and placement guidance for hives. It also recounts an Danish farmer using electric power to drive thrashing machines, improving speed and reducing machine wear. It mentions the popularity of the harvester, noting its capability to cut and bind corn efficiently and boost silo filling rates.
The article discusses barn construction with stone basements eight feet high and sills two feet above ground, noting warmth and durability benefits. It also shares cabbage preservation methods in winter, including mid September sowing, trenching, close spacing, straw in the trench, and slight freezing to improve storage. Additional notes cover California farm products, animal feed mixtures, harness maintenance, and a quote from Theodore Parker.
The Durham Show in Darbishire county featured Aberdeen Angus cattle, with many fine animals. the best bull and fat heifer each owned by George Smith Grant. Shorthorn breeding appeared but Aberdeen Angus dominated, drawing praise from visitors including Afghan prince Shabzada Nuzrolla.
Advice on horse care from feeding to watering and stable management. Emphasizes the best foods like oats corn bran hay and roots for varying ages and conditions. Stresses regular, moderate water intake and careful grooming, blanketing, and hoof checks. Includes notes on breeding, boar management, and piglet care with pragmatic, old-fashioned guidance.
Paris dispatch recounts Empress Eugenie leaving the Tuileries on September 4 with an escort after consulting officials. She departs toward Place du Lourge, showing resolve and concern for Paris and France. The London News and Syracuse Post appear in the selection with humor and ads following.
The article describes a modular cow barn with hinged back board and a front pen, promoting easier access and reduced feed waste. It argues a 60 by 82 foot bank barn can be replaced by a lighter timber single purpose barn with a silo nearby, detailing costs, layout for stables, feeding alleys, and ventilation.
Readable passages discuss dairy concerns from water quality to milk taint and gas in cheese. It notes cows drinking polluted pond water can spoil milk, the cheese becomes rancid, and gas bubbles appear in curd. It also mentions humane but crude cow restraint methods and longstanding farm practices.
The article describes a crude method for cattle surgery using a sharpened wooden stake and includes an explainer on lactostrin formation in milk. It contrasts a mechanical cream separator using high speed centrifugal action to separate cream from milk, detailing the process and outcomes.
The piece notes dairy cow feeding with cottonseed meal boosting soil fertility, and discusses pasteurized milk versus sterilized milk. It describes M. Weigl's wax figure realism craze in Vienna, its reception, rival plagiarism actions, and imagined consequences for English fashion and a funeral warehouse display.
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