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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
2
A leading Paris notary faced an April Fools prank when about thirty two hunchback men crowded his near bourse office seeking “something to their advantage.” The crowd, seated on tables and chairs, demanded action while police cleared the premises. The notary suspects a clerk orchestrated the joke.
The Carnegie public library at Fort Dodge Iowa progresses toward completion by July. The cross shaped building features a central dome, 91 by 72 feet footprint, brick exterior with sandstone facing, and a steel skeleton with concrete and hollow tile fireproof interior. Main floor includes delivery room reading rooms and librarian space. basement holds lecture room and heating. capacity for 30 000 volumes with birch and white oak finishes.
A trainer describes using hunger to teach young dogs by feeding only after imitating an older dog. The piece also recalls Junius Henri Browne and Alfred D. Richardson as notable war correspondents and shares a wry tale about Phillips Brooks’s niece, ending with a quip about women and decay.
The German government minted a three-mark silver piece honoring Prince Henrys visit to the United States. It's about the size and slightly heavier than a US half dollar, valued at 72 cents. One side shows bas-reliefs of President Roosevelt and Prince Henry. the reverse features a large mid-ocean ship with the inscription In Remembrance of the Journey to America 1902 and Lloyd Steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm in smaller letters.
In New York the Cathedral of St. John will offer seven Chapels of Tongues for weekly services in German Spanish French Swedish Italian Armenian and Chinese. A bishop and clergyman discuss Mesopotamian migrants near the church and whether services could be provided with Armenian worship.
Portuga ls King Carlos I, 39, faces abdication rumors amid revolution threats and kingdom bankruptcies. Since 1889 his reign has been troubled by finances, with the royal family surrendering a fifth of income in 1892 to aid the state. The queen is Princess Amelie of Bourbon Orleans. Armor Plate Shipped to Russia from Homestead Pa. Thirty six armor plates and thirty six tons of paper plates were sent for Russian battleships Bordina and Ariel, a six month effort, with six cars total. The shipment drew attention as a bold move by Czar amid war fears with Japan. James J Hill cites Shakespeare as a rich source of guidance and comfort for business leaders, more so than any other author.
The Senate amended the oleomargarine bill to redefine adulterated butter as any butter produced by mixing or reworking from multiple lots or with added substances to remove rancidity or alter color. The measure may apply federal rules to process butter too, though it would burden ladle goods. Some oleo advocates are suspected of backing the amendment for funding.
Butter from hand separator cream often falls short of the grade attainable from station separated cream. The creamery man struggles to get farmers to deliver sweet cream, and farmers may be paid the same for poor cream as for well cared for cream.
The text discusses signs of a productive dairy cow including posture temperament spine and digestion, then shifts to Dairy Criefs noting New York anti color oleomargarine law changes and the push to restrict colored oleo. It reports the Royal Veterinary Institute of Denmark TB work and Koch's theory, plus Massachusetts milk glassware testing law with 6000 items examined and several rejections.
A reader from Du Page County Illinois questions the Farmers' Review listing method for corn. He argues that listing without plowing may hinder ground preparation and seedbed quality and suggests the method suits Kansas and Nebraska where winds blow soil, inviting further evidence.
The letter from D E Salmon discusses identifying worm types in turkeys and notes no reliable preventive powder exists. It suggests ground burning or covering fields to reduce infection, occasional treatments to expel worms, thymol for roundworms, and areca nut for tapeworms, with cautions about growth effects. Plus notes on poultry topics and a feature on Mrs. Alice Brown’s Winnetka setup and bone grinding as feed efficiency.
The report shows US horse exports by destination with 1901 total of 82 250 head, dominated by 37 465 to South Africa, and notes rising demand in North American and European markets for US bred horses. Also details University of Wyoming hay and straw maintenance tests for farm horses, with intake and weight gain data for two horses, Ben and Doc.
April reports from Oregon describe steady grass growth and good western pasturage, while eastern areas face slow growth and feed shortages. Idaho reports slow range grass growth though clover and alfalfa start. lambing progresses with few losses and sheep and cattle on summer ranges. Weather conditions in New Mexico and California drought impact cattle, with ranges drying and late Arizona season. parsnips emerge as superior cattle feed increasing fattening efficiency and butter color in milk cows, pigs, and poultry.
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