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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1911
Page
2
In Sullivan Indiana the column mocks modern trends and curiosities. It notes cars easing Humane Society burdens while airplanes lag behind, jokes about a German advocate of compulsory domestic service, and teases heiresses and titled husbands. It also mentions Haitian generals, a coal buying eggs joke, aviator Latham duck hunting, hermits, Paris dueling laws, the Hope diamond, and Chicago thieves implicated by a canary song.
The report notes lightning struck the Missouri statehouse amid other strikes hitting tall gleaming metal structures in New Jersey Ohio Massachusetts and New York.
A collection of quips and questions about hats, hatpins, education, and oddities. It notes a Montana bride, Boston girls in commercial courses, a talking German dog, New York hatpin laws, American football pride, egg dating in East St Louis, and jokes about Edison, Burbank, and the Smithsonian.
A New York judge decides that a wife even without children is a man’s family and entitled to a share of his money, indicating the era’s shifting views on women’s rights and domestic property.
A Chicago man who was held up and robbed by two crooks expresses gratitude that they did not kill him, calling it the uttermost limit of optimism.
In West Virginia a coal operator seeks divorce after his wife boxer glove punishment nights. A Philadelphia woman seeks divorce claiming only 25 cents a day allowances. Russia plans a 75 million dollar Black Sea fleet signaling skepticism about universal peace.
A modern Ohio farmhouse shows practical design and cost efficiency. It details a 28 by 28 front with 14 by 20 kitchen, cedar shingle roof, shiplap exterior, plastered walls, yellow pine floors, birch trim, and a basement hot air furnace with lighting plant. Estimated cost 2000 to 2800 dollars, including a safe heating and lighting system that could reduce running costs and improve comfort.
The piece tells of a hardworking farm hand rejected for having a wife and two children, forced to work in a city stable. It argues rural employers neglect family life, urging farmers to welcome workers with families to sustain population and democracy. It warns the decline in rural areas ties to these practices.
Impure milk results from lax handling and yields poor keeping qualities. Contamination comes from bacteria present everywhere and multiplying under certain conditions and temperatures.
Of Japan's 45,000,000 people 30,000,000 are farmers. The nation relies on a cultivated area of 15,000 square miles. Every foot of soil is utilized and the farmer is a specialist in sustaining the economy.
A Myrtle Ontario dairy farmer with a 20 cow herd increased milk yield by 2 453 pounds per cow. Financial returns rose from 52 72 dollars per cow in 1905 to 76 76 dollars per cow in 1908. The text notes the value of cow testing and its perceived benefits.
A method to build concrete barn stall floors drains toward a gutter. Grooves three inches apart and half an inch deep are cut along the top to channel water. The grooves prevent shoe damage and keep bedding dry, improving animal comfort and reducing grooming labor.
A New Jersey farmer hires a detective after nightly milk thefts. After two fruitless stakeouts the cows return milkless again. A neighboring geese flock was found to accompany the herd at night and drink the milk. The geese were impounded and the owner had to reclaim them in court.
Bulletin reports the cost of feeding five calves from birth to two years. First year feed averages 28.24 dollars per head and second year 27.25 dollars. Total estimated cost for two heifers about 71 dollars, minus 5 dollars manure value. Feed costs list New milk 2 per 100 pounds skim milk 25 cents per 100 pounds hay 12 silage 4 and grain 30 per ton.
When heifers reach the age to thrive without milk they should have the best day the farm affords with succulent food and engaging feeding practices.
The article argues that dairy farming yields profits for enterprising farmers who select quality stock and apply sound feeding methods. It highlights quick returns, stability through bad seasons, year round work, and the need for knowledge and skill to succeed.
An illustrated guide explains a simple concrete milk cooler built as a box form with an inner cavity eight inches smaller on all sides, reinforced by a four inch wall. The unit uses one part Portland cement to five parts sand and gravel, with an overflow at the low end and a can height within two to three inches of the top when filled. It can be enlarged to hold ice for faster cooling.
Instructions for converting a small building into a pigeon loft for 25 to 35 pairs. Details include pen dimensions, nest-box layout, alighting boards, fly pen, bathing pan, doors, and wire netting. Emphasizes cleanliness, feeding schedules, water management, and proper drinking founts with carbolic acid solution.
The Baltimore American cites Fillmore Farm's method selecting top heifers and cows and mating with the best breed bull affordable, then allowing offspring full development. The plan has so far shown satisfactory results with promising young stock emerging.
A dairy-focused guide emphasizes cash basis farming, high producing Holsteins, clean mangers, and proper facilities. It advises culling cows under 5,000 lbs annual yield, bi daily watering in cold weather, proper silos, and careful handling of cream for better butter production.
Describes a 40 by 20 foot log stable plan with concrete floor for horses and cows. Details foundation, wall width, material needs for gravel and cement, floor coats, log shaping, and methods using poles or a horse team to raise and place logs.
Journal of Agriculture for Ireland reports experiments on charcoal as a health and fattening aid for ducks and geese. Eighteen Aylesbury ducklings across three pens received boiled potatoes barley meal ground oats skim milk and tal low greaves with charcoal. Fattening continued longer and health remained better with charcoal, with similar results in geese using the same diet plus steeped oats. Charcoal used was burnt wood ground fine.
Lettuce can be grown on benches or in ground beds. Bench systems save space but prepared soil at ground level yields more area for crops. Use rotted sod rich with well-rotted manure and avoid fresh manure. Water moderately at planting and increase as plants grow.
Traveler Mr. Frank G. Carpenter notes farms in the Holy Land are tiny, often no larger than bed quilts, with only three or four acres typical and few farms larger than an acre or two. He points to the poverty of the countryside and scattered holdings.
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