Method of Raising Sheep With Merino and Southdown Ram
A neighbor breeds 60 Merino ewes to a Southdown ram, grazes bluegrass all fall and winter, provides hay, then feeds a half bushel of corn and oats mix late winter. Ewes lamb early, lambs sold in July with no feed. Each ewe averages one lamb, wool yields about $2. Lambs bring $3 to $4, labor minimal. Not ideal everywhere. best where winters are mild and bluegrass is available. Fine-wool ewe is a good mother for one lamb. Southdown Merino is hardy and productive but hard to source the right ram.
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National Stockman
Food for Laying Hens Practices Feed and Roosters
A writer describes feeding hens with morning mash made from boiled potatoes and green foods. Hens lay more eggs in winter months when prices rise. Roosters are killed in fall. neighbors hoping for year round stock are disappointed.
Branch Pruning Order Aims to Save Tree Health
A directive urges removing all dead branches to prevent damage to the tree and preserve the health of the site.
Miscellany of oddities and quips from a noisy column
Jumbled notes touch on mule usefulness and food, censorship, Medicine Hat, military gadgets, cold weather forecasts, California's first woman juror, an Atlantic flight threat, a dictatorial life, a York PA eater, a multilingual love line, Dr. Wiley on American cooking, a St. Louis golf incident, the Wright plane, a Chicago hair story and a beard pursued by a pork millionaire.
Indian Company Plans Three Lakes for 40000 HP Power
The Tata Hydroelectric Power and Supply Company proposes three reservoirs on India's west coast to store monsoon water. Lanevil lake near Lanoull will hold 380 million cubic feet, Walwhan lake covers 2.5 square miles with 2,000,000 cubic feet, and a third linked reservoir will supply Khopoli. The plant near Bombay aims to generate 40,000 horsepower for industrial use.
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India
Lanoull
Tata Hydroelectic Power and Supply Company
Lanevil
Walwhan
Walwhan Lake
Fore
Khopoli
Bombay
Defaulter Builds Railroads in South America
Judson C. Wel diver, in Munsey's Magazine for October, recounts Meiggs the defaulter who fled San Francisco to Chile. He built railroads in Peru and Chile, earned and lost four fortunes, died in exile, and faced ongoing indictments despite repaying defalcation.
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South America
Henry Morgen
Judson C. Weldiver
Munsey's
Meiggs
San Francisco
Chile
Peru
Central of
Pikes Peak
Fragmented snippets reflect turn of century opinions and quips
A dated collage notes a bachelor’s plea to marry, naval reforms, and echoes of Conan Doyle on divorce. It cites a wrong-side appendectomy, ghostly notables Paul Jones Decatur and Farragut, and criticizes English divorce laws as unfair to the poor while contrasting Harvard and Andover concerns about study and prayer.
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Conan Doyle
Strand
England
Fire description and moral drift in Victorian prose
The London Chronicle critique questions sensational fire language in reports and editorials. It ponders phrases like well alight and jocund fire while contrasting journalistic flair with moral undertones and literary allusions to fire as energy and power.
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St. Francis of
Asis
London Chronicle
Minding One's Own Bumreen Quote Sparks Glass Ceiling Joke
A brief quip notes men who mind their own business succeed due to little competition. The line plays on workplace and social midlife humor with a sharp, dry tone.
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