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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1901
Page
3
Describes an improved cornhouse and granary from the Ohio Farmer with self discharging floors, no ladder needed, floor joists angled to form bin bottoms, a sliding grain access, and hinged covers. Includes figures showing section, floor plan, and end elevation with a 23 by 28 feet footprint and 12 feet height, stone foundation and shake roof.
Farmers weigh profits of winter wheat vs other crops and stress early plowing or disk harrow work to form a stable seed bed. Advice from Iowa Homestead favors thorough soil preparation, early plowing when possible, and careful timing from September to October, with irrigation notes for grass land and economic considerations.
Farmers should optimize their corn crop by early cutting for fodder or quick market. If fattening cattle or sheep, cut now and feed immediately. if selling later, cut to suit digestibility. Delay cutting until kernels are well dented and dough stage. shock size varies by region. The crop is short this year and can be handled with a corn binder.
The article explains harvest timing for sugar beets based on leaf yellowing and drooping signals. In rainy regions, beets are siloed to prevent a second growth that lowers sugar content and raises impurities, risking crop loss if rains persist followed by warm days.
A practical note on creating root storage beside a barn by double boarding a boxlike space in the hay bay, extending to ground level, and banking earth around it with an air gap between boards.
Kansas experiment station reports July results from 27 milk cows grazing 6.7 acres of sorghum. Cows shifted from alfalfa hay to sorghum, milk kept up, alfalfa use dropped from 24 pounds daily to under 5 pounds, totaling 4.5 tons for the month. Estimated savings $3.20 per acre for alfalfa across the 6.7 acres.
The writer damns skim station operators as unfit for dairy work saying they ignore patrons, misgrade milk, and depress butter fat prices. He warns such men deter farmers from patronizing creameries and urges better shelter for cows to boost winter production and efficiency.
A Minnesota dairyman argues in American Cultivator that pigs should live with cows in the clover fields and be fed on skim milk. This practice increases profits as milk fed to pigs yields more value than selling skim milk, which often brings only a few cents per quart. Traders discouraged by skim milk markets cause some two men to abandon dairy work after yearly settlements.
A 19th or early 20th century Farm and Home note advises treating sore tears on livestock by camphor and elder ointment, or a mix of camphor powder and elder ointment. glycerin with carbolic acid for flies. It notes drawing milk with a teat tube in some cases and a laxative Epsom salts dose of 12 to 16 ounces for erythema mammillarum.
Advice to treat bovine warts with cord around a neck wart to slough off apply terchloride of antimony to roots. Use blunt knife to bleed top if no neck and later apply antimony until flattening. Then apply zinc oxide and vaseline daily. If cow yields milk, drain milk via milk tube until cured.
This era piece outlines key physical traits of a superior dairy cow. It stresses strong skin quality over the udder, proper hind-leg stance with ample space between hocks, straight back, deep spring of rib, and a longer leaner neck. It notes color of skin as an unreliable milk quality indicator and contrasts dairy with beef cattle in body proportions.
The Breeder's Gazette favors surgical removal by a qualified veterinarian for cancerous sores on animals, with a risky topical treatment as a last resort. It also warns on pig paralysis, horse cough, and sweeny cures, plus cautions about rushing cows from pasture and the role of dogs in driving livestock.
In a Washington Star excerpt, Mr. Meckton recalls a moonlit evening when he proposed to Hoenrietia. Ye replies with restrained sentiment while Meckton reflects on how Ye addressed him with familiarity without seeming impertinent.
A farm column discusses hog welfare in heat with water, shade, and wallows. It urges adjustable troughs, stone outlets, and controlled wallow access, plus shade trees and nearby woods for relief. It also notes rising bacon hog interest and skim milk feeding experiments.
The report notes a volatile market with reduced trade and anxious sentiment as the Dissident issue stirs broad concerns. It lists bond and stock prices across rails and banks, plus wheat market shifts from transatlantic export movements and local Baltimore receipts shaping prices and futures.
Bradstreet's reports both national and regional trade holding strong after Buffalo telegrams. Bank clearings rise one third versus last week, rail earnings reach records in August and September, while overall industrial activity expands. Slightly less favorable crop news and a waning strike improve margins, with weekly business failures at 182, up from 169 last week. Back clearings total 2,057,528,330 for 81 cities, up 33 percent from last week and 5 percent year over year. New York outside clearings rise 14 percent week to week and 20 percent year over year.
A Mississippian recounts thirty years of chronic diarrhoea finally relieved by several bottles of Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The advertisement promotes Boschee's German Syrup for coughs and long troubles, claiming two million bottles sold yearly and noting availability at A. L. Pearce and Green's Prize Almanac at Maina Drug Store.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain Pain Balm as a fast acting remedy for cuts bruises sprains rheumatism and lameness. It claims instant pain relief and minimal scarring for non severe injuries and notes it is for sale by A. L. Pearre.
Commentary on Genesis 32 1 2 recounts Jacob's night of struggle with a divine visitor at Peniel as he faces Esau. It emphasizes humility trust in God, the meaning of the name Israel, and the need to cling to God's mercy rather than rely on human effort. The piece links the encounter to Christ as the revelation of God.
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