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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
6
Dorothy and friends reach the Emerald City gate and meet the Guardian of the Gates who fits them spectacles to endure Oz's glare. They enter the palace to await Oz's audience and rest in green themed chambers before the next day’s meeting.
John Sorham outlines a three pen poultry house designed for cold or warm climates. The 36 by 8 by 36 foot structure holds 60 hens per 192 square feet per pen, includes underhouse scratching space, hinged top windows with shutters, covered roosts, and a central entrance with optional side doors for flexible access.
Dorothy and friends approach a glowing green city as a small green man at the emerald gate asks their purpose. They reveal their wish to see the Great Oz and the green-clad figure reacts with surprise.
Dorothy and companions enter a city of green marble, green sky, and emerald adorned shops. People wear green clothes. green lemonade, candy, and pennies mark a world tinted entirely by green. They meet a green uniformed guard at Oz’s Palace as they seek an audience with the Great Wizard.
A city architect reports on a six foot by five foot stork nest atop Colmar Cathedral weighing over three quarters of a ton. The nest built of twigs and clay filled 21 sacks includes 17 ladies stockings and other discarded items. A separate anecdote tells how a dry professor escaped rain by sitting on his clothes after stripping.
A detailed instruction set for building a wire fence gate using 6x posts and 4x1 posts with braces from 4x4 materials. It describes brace placement at A and B, securing methods at Ef, and a gate frame of 3x3. The guide notes the plan can be scaled to any length.
Extension guidance urges spraying all trees not just those yielding fruit this season. If some trees are left unsprayed early, nearby trees may transmit pests or diseases, undermining efforts and marketability.
Some men have cleared 100 percent on their money in sheep for years, but these are the real shepherds. Not every man has the shepherd instinct, but we may all do better than ever.
The article advises farmers with spring pigs to tailor feeds to desired product. Corn forms fat for lard hogs, while for meat animals corn is a poor sole feed. It stresses balancing rations to optimize fat or meat yield based on the target market.
Advice urges heavy manuring to improve currants. Apply mulch to keep the surface cool and smother grass around the bushes as the wood matures.
Using a cream separator with ten cows can save 50 to 75 dollars annually in butterfat. The device pays for itself over years, making it a solid investment. It also saves time by allowing on farm cream sale without hauling milk to a creamery.
The potato is valuable for its starch which forms the main diet value. The tuber consists of starch filled cells with a thin corky rind and contains limited nitrogen, potash, and salts contributing to its nutritional value.
A November push urges families to eat Quaker Oats daily for thirty days to improve health and vigor, with suggestions to reduce meat and fatty foods and ensure children get portions. The page also features various ads including Allen’s Foot Tease for shoe comfort, Bramins Wizard Oil for pains, Perry Davis Pain Killer for sprains, and other brief quips about travel, farming, and constipation remedies.
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