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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1909
Page
6
The guayule plant in Mexico was found to produce rubber, altering its status from a curiosity to a valuable commodity with market price around $100 per ton. A stray line notes pride and honesty, and another mentions Paris fashion shows and new varieties, while a final remark compares continental areas of the United States and Europe.
A collage of facts spans global production and culture from India and Ceylon supplying seven eights of ten to Bavarians drinking most of their beer. It notes a Tiverton laceworker with 71 years at one firm, copper tubes in boilers, Germany’s champagne output, and France’s cement wine tanks. Also covered: a Taos grave monument plan for Kit Carson, a pole discovery controversy, and a humorous anecdote about a South Jersey doctor and a dog trainer.
A historical note describes a medium sized barn with 38 by 4 feet floor space plus a 12 by 38 foot silo and a 5 foot pit. It covers silage production from corn and cowpea, daily silage consumption by beef cattle around 50 to 60 pounds, and the impact of silage diet on cattle digestion and forage use.
Detailed construction notes for a barn including a 4 by 4 foot full length silo chute with top and bottom windows, a 5 by 5 foot hay chute with floor door, tight boarding to control dust, a double floor with tar paper, calf and bull pens and box stalls designed for animals to see each other, a milk room with dual exits, and an efficient single attendant workflow. An interior 19 foot opening for hay, grain spouts, and a potential tool storage area are specified for year round use.
A discussion on barn design emphasizes clear loft storage and room for additions. It advises against breeding from immature stock and warns that poor fences deter farmers while advocates using mature pigs for better growth and profitability. It notes a Pennsylvania Agriculture bulletin recommending combined fruit growing and poultry operations.
The left cut shows a healthy foot bone while the right illustrates sidebone growth. Large cartilages extend from the foot bone, creating a sidebone appearance. If similar changes appear in other feet, the condition is diagnosed as sidebone. The growth starts at the cartilage edge near the foot bone and progresses upward.
The Farmers' Club of the American Institute published a set of weather forecasting rules, including signs from cirrus and cumulus clouds, temperature shifts, and wind directions predicting rain or storms within varying distances. The article also notes farming incomes and a Rock Island scam where a man posed as a game warden swindled a farmer out of $25.
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