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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
8
An old farm building article explains adding dormer or end windows to barns to create a bright loft area. It describes floorable lofts for hay and straw, storage efficiency, and better ventilation, noting lighter upper spaces and warmth in winter as benefits.
A fragmented 19th century reminiscence discusses neglect of horses and animal pain, noting their silence compared to dogs and cats. It touches on farming topics including corn weight for hogs, hog marketing, and collar fit for draft animals, mentioning the Brood Mare and general horse handling.
Ohio Farmer offers a method to store corn fodder using a long rack built from posts and boards to keep fodder dry and ventilated. Construct sections eight feet apart with butts on the ground and tops leaning, creating a rick that sheds rain and stays dry. Open one end to take down needed fodder, reducing exposure and preventing loss.
The article describes a shallow curved metal drain to channel liquid manure to a manure heap behind horse stalls. It notes easy cleaning with a pail of water and a removable rear-board to prevent solids from entering the drain while cautioning against wide plank gaps that could allow solids through.
Advice on cattle and sheep care from N. A. Tribune: heifers should calve around two years old, corn silage is economical for fattening steers, include roots and beets in daily winter rations, weed out poor stock, aim for a three to one corn silage oats straw mix, stable temperature affects fattening and milk, boost feed for freshening heifers, add bran and linseed meal before calving, and give cows a month off milking, preferably in August due to fly season.
Hints on wintering ewes advise less confinement with daytime pasture access when weather allows and nightly barn doors left open during mild conditions. Feed consists of clover hay and a grain mix of oats and corn. For 100 head, use two bushels of oats and corn in a one third corn two thirds oats ratio.
Farmers who once abandoned sheep are bringing back flocks and discovering higher returns in mutton than wool. The shift reflects a growing preference for meat meat production over fiber and signals renewed activity in sheep farming across farms.
A detailed design summary for a $1,700 brick foundation house suited for suburbs or country. Includes large veranda, 8 by 27 feet, a 14 by 14 parlor, 12 by 14 living room with bay window, 10 by 10 kitchen and pantry, specified ceiling heights, two-coat plaster, pine and oak finishes, cedar shingles, red brick chimney, and four-coat exterior painting. GEORGE A. W. tinrz.
A Washington Times report notes Thomas Wilson of Washington presented a hand printed and illustrated archeology manuscript to the Library of Congress. The author, S. H. Binkley of Montgomery County Ohio, died in 1900 at ninety four after decades collecting Indian relics and compiling over ten thousand items into a self printed volume with his own drawings.
Canada has twelve medical colleges and an elevated role for the Department of Agriculture as it seeks a larger appropriation than the treasury. The year saw wireless telegraphy as the principal scientific event. California reports a new tree scale treatment using oil to smother insects then convert the residue into soap.
A letter from settlers in Saskatchewan Township 43 Range 6, dated July 8 1900 and signed by John H Schultz H A Coshen C D Unry and others from South Dakota USA, reports strong crops in 1899 and 1900 with wheat about twenty bushels per acre. They express satisfaction with the country and note quicker start than in Dakota.
Winter is here and Miss Maud Palmer of Cataraugi Ontario writes praising Peruna as a remedy for severe colds. She describes quick relief within three days and notable toning after ten days, and notes the product is sold at $1.00 a bottle with a free 64 page book on catarrh and winter diseases. The ad urges readers to consult Dr Hartman for advice and to obtain free literature.
The passage highlights the Queen and Crescent Route offering through trains with diners observation cars and palace coaches. It notes fast schedules and through sleepers from the North to New Orleans and Florida, emphasizing available dining and luxury travel options.
Thousands of women endure kidney trouble without suspecting it. The ad promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney bladder and related symptoms, cites hospital use and physician endorsements, and offers free samples and a book by mail from Kilmer Co. 1901 era testimonial style with patient Gertrude Warner Scott’s recovery note.
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