Hive Stands seven feet long hold four hives
A Bee Culture correspondent describes seven foot long hive stands that support four hives each. The diagram shows hives arranged in two paired rows with space between.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 44 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
6
A Bee Culture correspondent describes seven foot long hive stands that support four hives each. The diagram shows hives arranged in two paired rows with space between.
Instructions describe hive stands with 2x4 inch sills placed at 1144 and 2 inches from the ground. The rear sill is highest. Roofs use light 44 inch boards and are tall enough to allow tiering of supers and easy handling.
The article argues that in a 50 fowl flock about ten show exceptional vigor suitable for breeding. Vigorous birds resist disease better and produce flesh or eggs more efficiently, while weaker birds should be culled. Less vigorous birds fatten quickly for meat, offering quicker returns, though their food value is similar.
A collection of tips on beekeeping and poultry care. Emphasizes queen quality, feeding methods for young ducks, roofing for hive covers, candied comb honey processing, garden green food, calico production, burlap feeding sacks, and general husbandry notes. Advises on labor, feed, housing floors, and meat sources for large flocks.
Management drives profitability in poultry farming as accurate rationing, pest and disease control, and overall oversight determine whether profits remain gains or turn to losses. Strong leadership steadies production and economic outcomes.
Daniel Struble nine of Bennington faced a rattlesnake on the way to the field and killed it with a pitchfork. He applied a shoestring tourniquet above the wound and buried the leg in mud at a spring. A girl companion fetched help. parents arrived to tend him. He remains in pain but is expected to recover.
Attorney General Jackson issues voting instructions for the August primary. Emphasizes party and independent voters must stay within their affiliation on the ballot and not switch sides. Write in names not on the ballot or request blank ballots for independents.
One of Chase county’s largest stock ranches, John Surfiuh’s, eight to ten miles southwest of Cottonwood Falls on Rock creek, was sold to RE A Walden of Peabody. The 1870 acre grazing tract fetched $16 per acre, totaling about $29,000.
Attorney General F S Jackson gathers evidence to prosecute bridge companies suspected of forming a combine to control county city and state bridge building. If enough evidence is secured a supreme court case will be started.
A street car in Argentina plowed a furrow in the street after bricks on the track, climbed a curbstone, and smashed into the front of a vacant frame building. Conductor J B Crane was thrown against the brake and lightly injured. all four passengers escaped injury.
D F Shirk, formerly Newton school superintendent for five years, elected superintendent of Great Bend schools for next year.
Case appeals to the supreme court from Lyon county allege that Kansas railroads conspire to blacklist employees discharged from any line. The suit claims a union of railroads enforces the practice to bar workers across the industry.
The Longest Pole, Etc. reports Mr. Ashpole plans a fall challenge to the persimmin labeled County Clerk as he seeks political position in Barton County.
The First National Bank at Highland with a capital of 25000 has been authorized to commence operations.
The Senate confirms Frederick Bartlett as postmaster for Baxter Springs after a nomination process.
Belleville will host a Redpath Chautauqua session this summer with dates July 1 to 23 inclusive. The event joins the town’s list of attractions for the season.
Santa Fe reports heavy tramp activity along its routes with widespread trouble at multiple locations. Newton police observe an unprecedented surge of transients passing through the city this spring.
The forty fifth annual commence ment program of the state agricultural college has just been issued. It opens June 14 with the bac calaureate sermon delivered by Rev. Robert E. L. Jarvis of Winfield.
The search for gas and oil at St. Marys has been abandoned after drillers brought in two clusters. Both holes were sunk about 1,800 feet and showed many indications though no gas or oil in paying quantities was found.
The emergency currency bill gains House approval and moves to the Senate for Thursday action. A Republican platform draft advances in Washington as conferences near Chicago. The Pension appropriation bill clears conference and awaits president’s signature. Representative Rainey calls for duty free farm implements stimulus.
Theodore H. Price once dubbed the cotton king and former president of Hagle Fire Insurance was indicted by a federal grand jury after a lengthy probe into a startling leak of government cotton crop statistics from an unpublished report.
David Jacobson aged 19 confessed to police in the Holmes murder case. The Edison Commonwealth purchasing agent was found dead in an alley on May 21. Jacobson implicated three others, all of whom have been arrested.
Grand Chief War ren S. Stone and Assistant Grand Chief F. A. Burgess and EB. W. Hurley, all of Cleveland, were re elected. Ash Kennedy of Winnipeg was chosen assistant grand chief to fill one of the new offices and will represent Canada.
George M. Lentner aged 101 dies at his daughter Mrs. Kirkpatrick’s home in Highland Center, oldest man in Wapello county. Born in Delaware in 1807, he leaves 21 grandchildren, 41 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
A six hour jury deliberation in Clinton clears Col. Thomas Snell of testamentary capacity the verdict declares the will invalid on grounds of unsound mind.
A tornado hit the village of Hale near Chillicothe Missouri late Thursday fatally injuring Everett Ramsey 21 and injuring Earl Jones Roy Templeton and Henry Newson. The Bank of Hale and several other businesses were unroofed.
Emmanuel Cedrino, a noted Italian automobile driver, was instantly killed Friday afternoon at Pimlico race track in Baltimore Maryland.
Des Moines reports Grinnell College scored a decisive victory at the Iowa Intercollegiate field meet on Friday, defeating the Ames team by 16 points in a strong showing.
San Antonio Texas physician Dr Chas F Simmons advertises sale of fine South Texas farms in lots from 10 to 640 acres for 210 dollars per lot with two town lots offered on payments of 10 dollars monthly.
Quote filled item notes odd notions of genius with lines about Dr Johnson and a self styled genius who touches friends rather than posts. It reflects a humorous editorial aside from the Louisville Courier Journal.
George B. Farley of Concord N H reports a morbid itching breakout on limbs below the knees that resembled raw beefsteak. He tried several remedies with no relief until applying Cuticura, after which the itching ceased and swelling subsided within two days.
A patient fears brain fever, but the doctor argues illness is an illusion of the senses. The victim insists the mind proves a fever exists, challenging the doctor's denial. The exchange highlights doubt, perception, and medical authority in a dramatic psychiatry scene.
A young wife complains about the neighbor who is a constant chatterbox. The husband learns the neighbor speaks to the wife over the fence, revealing the social friction behind the gossip.
A Baltimore American blurb notes three people walking together a somnambulist a kleptomaniac and a plagiarist. The exchange highlights surprise at meeting so many brainy people in one bunch.
A reader recalls early coffee use and coffee habit causing nervous spells and sleeplessness. After switching to Postum, he reports better sleep and absence of headaches and advises others to try Postum, a Battle Creek product.
Public notice urges women to write to Mrs Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice on private illnesses. The ad promises gained insight from thirty years of correspondence with sick women and presents examples from grateful readers.
A testimonial from Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allen Town Pa praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing her organic disturbance and female weakness after years of headaches and nervous illness, claiming surgery was advised but avoided.
A long standing advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female illnesses. It claims to have cured thousands of women with displacement inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and various symptoms including backache and nervous prostration.
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls a joke about a wife being a good cook with a remark that she knows eight different ways of disguising cold lamb.
Dr Chas F Simmons of San Antonio Texas is advised to write immediately for details on purchasing from 10 to 640 acres and two town lots of prime South Texas land. The offer lists a price of $210 with payments of $100 per month.
A reflective aphorism notes the sequence after pleasure comes pain and after pain comes virtue as attributed to W. J. Locke. The quote ends with a reminder of moral progression.
Shoppers are advised to use Red Cross Ball Blue for clean laundry as advertised. Available at leading grocers for five cents, the label promotes best results for household washing.
A prudent appearing man cannot complete a shipment, leaving the transaction unsettled and goods undelivered.
Advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies. Claims to soften gums reduce inflammation ease pain and cure wind colic. Price listed as 25 cents per bottle.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.