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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1898
Page
6
A concise guide to dairy and poultry management notes farmers should follow in daily care. It outlines practical steps for maintaining healthy livestock, improving yield, and ensuring steady poultry production.
A U S Department of Agriculture official explains how objectionable bacteria invade dairies and creameries, how contamination spreads, and steps to disinfect and restore cleanliness. He lists sources such as dirty water, non-dairy milk, and dust, and outlines thorough cleaning, sterilization, and drain treatment, plus caution about external sources and animal illness.
Indiana Experiment Station notes a sore mouth or sore foot outbreak among cattle across several localities after a prior sore eyes episode. The disease appears in pastured animals, not proven contagious, and symptoms include loss of appetite, jaw chatter, drooling, brownish muzzle, reddened gums and tongue, and mouth membrane peeling.
Utah experiment station found skim milk with grain provides valuable, economical hog feed across growth stages. Milk and grain mix yields faster gains, lower digestible matter per gain, and better health than milk or grain alone. Optimal skim to grain ratio around 2:1 or 3:1 favors efficiency.
The article traces a rise and fall in U S cattle breeding from the early days of Durhams and Shorthorns to widespread cross breeding. It warns that crossing beef with dairy stock produced inferior mongrels hit or miss in selection and sale, urging an end to mixed breeding for better stock and prices.
L A Clinton argues that perfect silos still spoil at the top and advises not to remove moldy surface until feeding. When feeding starts, remove a daily surface layer about two inches, or cut down through the middle if stock is scarce. Ensure vertical walls stay intact and let the silage settle to pack itself.
Gentle treatment increases milking power and milk yield while rough handling makes cows hold milk and reduces both quantity and butter fat percentage.
The Maine will lead three new battleships Missouri and Ohio as part of a rebuilt fleet. The design emphasizes speed to at least eighteen knots, smokeless powder, reduced woodwork, non combustible treatments, and a shallow draught for improved maneuverability.
In the Antietam era tale Miss Barton leads a field nurse wagon train after ambush, keeping the unit steady with firm orders and courage. Clara Barton’s battlefield work expands sanitary relief, her presence guiding care along the firing line amid mud and hardship. The article also notes fashion trends of wash leather trims and evolving gown details.
The Maine will be the first US battleship with submerged torpedo tubes, improving survivability and combat reach. It will use electrical turrets and hoist ammunition electronically, with strong Krupp armor and an expanded belt. Length 368 feet, beam 27 feet, draft 24 feet 7 inches, displacement about 1,200 tons coal.
A doctor confesses to a patient that the days of breeding patients are past, then admits a shift in thinking prompted by a recent bill. The remark riffs on medical ethics and cost pressures reflected in Harper's Weekly.
Lost Springs and Romana in Kansas each show about 200 residents with all houses occupied and every household having a dog. No idle men or boys reported, suggesting tight community activity and full occupancy.
A fiance observes attire that matches a mind suited for leadership, noting the bold combination of boots and tucked skirts as a sign of assertive command.
An otter is described as the fastest swimming quadruped, showing astonishing agility in water. It swims nearly horizontal with ease, dives and darts beneath the surface, achieving speeds equal or superior to many fishes.
A Chicago News quip column mulls ironic conditions in daily life. It links vice to virtue, time to value, ego to error, flogging to punishment, and the folly of pretending to know all. It muses on dictionaries, poetry, ignorance, and the ease of borrowing trouble.
The article lists royal incomes including Princesses Christian Louise and Beatrice at 30000 dollars yearly plus 150000 each dot, Prince Christian 2500 as Windsor Park ranger, Marquis of Lorne 6000 as Windsor Castle governor, and a duchess dowry of 1500000 with 56250 annuity for her children. It notes Duke of Connaught 125000 annual pay and 15000 as general, duchess dowry 75000, duke 7500 annual settlement, Duke of Cambridge 60000 plus Gloucester house rent valued at 15000, primes and park rents worth small sums, and the duke’s wartime pay about 32500.
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