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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
7
The illustrated barn suits suburban or village residents with small land tracts for gardening poultry bees or fruit. It includes one single and one double horse stall, two single cow stalls, a harness room a medicine cupboard ventilator three hopper feed bins a stairway with weighted door and a large carriage room. The hay loft holds at least two loads and bedding. part of the space could serve as a repair shop.
Describes a compact small barn and stable design with drop siding outside, prepared roofing, grout or brick foundation, cement floors with wood blocks in stalls, and interior flexibility. Notes a cupola alternative for an iron vent cap and stresses moderate cost and harmony with surrounding buildings. Mentions a four to six day old foal reference and a stray notebook fragment about pages.
The article advises every farm to have a workshop with quality tools rather than many cheap items. A 10 by 12 foot blacksmith space with forge, anvil, vise, and chimney works, plus a stove for winter use. Separate carpentry area preferred. keep shops tidy to avoid fire hazards and litter. Emphasizes choosing durable tools and using instruction books to teach skills. The piece notes farm boys often become good mechanics.
The article advises changing drinking water for fowls at least twice daily and keeping water vessels clean. It warns that sick birds contaminate water, suggests a few drops of carbolic acid with caution, and stresses daily washing of fountains as crucial to prevent slime buildup, especially in warm weather.
The 1908 Indian corn crop reached 2,643,000,000 bushels with an estimated value of 1,615,000,600 dollars. Only 1906 exceeded it in production. the price per bushel is exceptionally high, with 1881 and 1901 the only years paying more per unit. The 1908 crop’s total value stands as the highest ever recorded.
When soil is properly watered after sowing vegetables little further attention is needed before transplanting. Weather largely determines timing with bright sun requiring near daily watering for flats. Excessive watering risks tender spindling plants.
No top dressing or fertilizer will do more to revive grass than nitrate of soda and it should be used with materials containing phosphoric acid and potash. A recommended mixture includes 160 pounds nitrate of soda 150 pounds acid phosphate and 75 pounds muriate of potash. Grass responds quickly to this treatment especially in old meadows.
A note explains that a freshly laid egg sinks to the bucket bottom in water, one day old sinks nearly bottom, two days old rises about halfway, and three days old sits higher. It presents a simple test to gauge egg age.
The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics, USDA, reports January 1, 1909 livestock counts and values. Compared with 1908, horses up 648000, mules 184000, milch cows 526000, other cattle down 694000, sheep up 1458000, swine down 1937000. Total value of milch cows and other cattle rise, sheep fall, swine rise, with all animals totaling 4525259000 dollars, up 194029000 from 1908.
The article describes laying the fleece on a table with head and tail aligned then rolling it tightly. A tying box with slots guides the rope as the fleece is rolled and tied. Wool buyers prefer to use this method for secure, uniform packing and transport.
The notice outlines a fleece packing box that keeps fleece loose light to handle and elastic while tied for easy opening if needed. This Farm and Home item emphasizes practicality and accessibility for storage or transport.
The silo should be depended upon not only for winter feeding but for the entire year when pasture is scarce or poor. It is the cheapest way to obtain succulent summer feed if land is limited or pastures fail in dry weather. In Massachusetts large milk producers estimate a cost saving of 1 cent a quart by using silage.
Prof. Ross of the Minnesota Agricultural College notes farm statistics show farmers work nine hours daily in summer and four to five hours in winter. Prof. Bailey of the Roosevelt Farm Life Commission cites the tale of a schoolteacher working nine hours from nine to four until marriage, after which she labored from four to nine.
The Baldwin apple began as a chance seedling on a farm near Lowell Massachusetts around 1740. Col Baldwin later cultivated it in 1784 and it bore his name. The original tree survived past 1817 and the Baldwin apple became highly regarded for quality.
The article urges extensive drainage in feed lots and hog pens to eliminate unsightly wallows near hoghouses. It argues that natural drainage may be insufficient and that artificial systems will pay for themselves many times over through improved sanitation and profitability.
Brinkley pursues a crafty plan at Monkshurst and schemes to win control of a hidden secret. He faces danger when Monk and William Jones confront him in a cave, where Brinkley is suddenly trapped and killed. Monks and Jones flee, sealing the case and the tomb.
A collage of observations on global life from manufacturing to royalty. Topics include a Dutch tailor, a Montreal wheat port lead, Uganda’s king’s schooling, cathedrals in Mengo, Istanbul dress, a giant floating dock from Hamburg, Isfahan’s grandeur, Berlin libel cases in medicine, a cynic in Athens, F C Selous’s explorations, Roosevelt’s Africa, and a pearl handled pen for Taft with Philippines pearls.
The narrative notes the hero leaving a gloomy dwelling with a curious smile after a prior interview. Mr. Monk followed to the door and watched him retreat, hinting at unresolved tension and future developments.
A humorous cartoon caption about a man and his son Jim in poultry farming. The man jokes he can’t say poultry keeping pays him, but it pays his boy Jim as he buys fowls, pays for their care, and buys eggs from him while he eats them.
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