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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
3
William A. Radford advises readers on bungalow design and building, praising its picturesque yet practical style. The article details layout, materials, cost around 2800 dollars, and emphasizes individuality through skilled design for a distinctive, comfortable summer cottage or year round residence.
A historical excerpt discusses Hippocrates the Father of Medicine born about 470 B C on the Isle of Kos and living over ninety years. It details his era contemporaries and the oath attributed to him promising to teach without fee and to uphold patient care and secrecy.
An amusing sequel to a window theft in New York features the owner advertising. He will reward a thief who returns twenty of the forty shoes so they can pair with the remaining twenty, offering twenty dollars as payment for the mate.
A Breeders' Gazette feature by W. W. Pisher describes a north south piggery in Franklin County Ohio. The 48 ft 10 in by 21 ft 4 in shed includes four eight by eight foot pens and four by twelve foot pens with tilting windows and sliding doors. It features a cement and brick air space wall, a steam heated system that cooks 200 gallons of feed in 30 minutes, a 200 barrel reservoir, slop casks, chutes, and winter storage for straw and hay. The design emphasizes sanitation with electric welded fencing and heated, insulated compartments, costing about $1200 including labor.
A. I. LGD discusses seasonal feeding strategies to balance rations. He explains maintenance versus growth rations, carbonaceous versus protein balance, and the use of concentrates. The piece notes nutritive ratios for corn, wheat, oats, buckwheat, horses, cows, and hogs, plus minerals and rich feeds like digester tankage, bran, and meal to balance rations for livestock.
Central Nebraska farmers face moisture limits for August germination and may yield better results with spring or August sowing. If spring sowing occurs a nurse crop is advised, with weed control strategies and careful soil prep. Where possible, plant alfalfa with winter wheat to suppress annual weeds and conserve moisture. If nurse crop unavailable, oats or barley can be used, with careful weed and ground prep to secure a stand.
In market poultry practice, separate roosters for buyers eyes, set regular market days, and build buyer appeal. Notify commissions before shipping, avoid mixing white and yellow skinned stock, and market bone and yield before fattening. Emphasize breeding stock with young cockerels, and kill stock the day before direct sales.
Old time custom urged breeding mares days after foaling. Observations show few mares become pregnant when bred during nursing. Best to wait about 18 to 21 days as mares cycle in heat at 18 to 24 days.
Colorado Agricultural Station advises early spring disk and cultivate to form mulch, protect soil from wind, reduce evaporation, and kill weed seeds. Use a harrow to destroy weed seedlings, keep soil loose, and improve moisture retention for better plowing and future rains.
The article argues winds evaporate moisture faster in open land, while corn fields and forests retain soil moisture by shading, reducing evaporation. It claims early cultivation helps hold moisture, preferring windbreaks and tree cover to preserve soil moisture, and notes drought effects when wind sweeps across plains.
The author outlines preparing an asparagus bed with four rows spaced feet apart and 25 feet long, then finishing the strip with four rows of strawberries to accompany the harvest.
Early layers emerge sooner when kept clean and fed well. Breeding for prolific laying requires careful strain selection and dedicated care. Avoid inbreeding in ducks as it harms outcomes. focus on uniform, strong traits for markets.
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