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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1907
Page
6
Long annotated notes advise on hog care, water, and feeding, plus dairy cattle selection, wheat yield data from Tatiana station, and tips for milking with cloth covers to keep milk clean. It urges evaluating stock, changing feeding, manure management, and planning dairy cow picks from calves, with emphasis on farm fairs and soil improvements like ground limestone.
A practical guide outlines building a 100 hens house with a 48 by 12 foot footprint, north-south orientation, four 12 by 12 foot compartments, and detailed framing, roofing, and ventilation. It covers dropping boards, perches, nest boxes, windows, and maintenance tips for efficient dairy and poultry farming.
Poultry notes urge careful winter feeding and housing to prevent disease. Emphasizes reducing warm mash, cleaning feeding floors, and keeping water clean to cut cholera risk. Warns frost ends insect pests, aims to prevent outbreaks before they start.
Entomologist Washburn explains that nocturnal mites cling to roosts and henhouses. They breed in manure, cracks, and dust, attacking roosting birds and sometimes forcing sitting hens from nests. Prevention hinges on cleanliness, kerosene emulsion spraying, whitewashing, and removing droppings, with careful nest preparation and occasional insect powder.
A Bee Culture correspondent details a home built feeder that mounts under the hive cover. It stays ready year round, minimizes opening the hive, and uses a shallow dripping pan to hold about ten pounds of feed. In cold weather the pan can be removed and a warm cover inserted. The design is noted as potentially costly.
A poultry judge is mocked by a group of friends for eggs that refused to hatch. He insists his stock is fine while the buyer Mr B bought eggs for cooking at a very low price. The eggs came from a pen without a male bird for months, leaving the group to swap theories.
A farmer laments limited garden choices with 15 available vegetables and asks why country living survives without many comforts. The piece uses rustic questions about rural life, timing for chores, and the idea that culture and patience sustain farmers.
The text explains curing gun shyness in hunting dogs by pairing the gun with positive hunting experiences. It notes most dogs learn quickly when trained during game pursuit, with shooting at distance as they chase. Some dogs require formal treatment as fear may be strong.
A melancholic man muses on fate’s tricks that ruin good plans and misdirect chances. He notes how one engagement misleads when the best tools lie unused elsewhere, lamenting the ironies of omniscience. The Italian Dante society plans a lamp for Dante’s Ravenna tomb.
A jagged collage of anecdotes and quips appears, noting odd births, barber shop rapid growth tales, a boxing glove scene, a lamp description, a Native American prayer for restraint, and a quip about books that helped the speaker during college.
A quirky fragment describes a mountaineer in corduroy boots and flowing hair found near the Sierras, declaring Oregon as his path to the U.S. Senate and asserting confidence in winning. It recalls a note to Walt Whitman about authorship and destiny, praising George Francie Train as a vivid, punchy observer of humanity.
Contested tale from Rome Tribune describes Patrick Calhoun, linked to San Francisco scandals, sparing John D. Williamson with a volley of empty chambers after a duel challenge. Williamson fired first, Calhoun stood ready, then fired into the air as the seconds argued, ending in friendship rather than feud.
The article discusses bowls as a revived Merrie England sport praised for health benefits for all ages. It also notes a great discovery of a natural electrical plant with branches charged to deliver shocks near a magnetic needle. The strength of the influence varies by time of day and distance from the center.
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