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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1902
Page
3
A farmer columnist advocates building a 6 by 12 foot feeding platform for hogs to cut waste and boost profits. With planks of two inch, sturdy timbers and a sloped design, the platform allows clean feeding and separation of litters. The method promises payback in the first year and long durability, citing Ohio Farmer as the source.
West Virginia experiment station guidance on weighing eggs during incubation. Record initial tray weight, then later weight to determine egg loss per 208 eggs over six days and adjust moisture or ventilation to reach normal loss. The table lists expected losses for 190 eggs across the first 19 days.
Practical tips for fowl feeding from a historical guide. Emphasizes natural diets, milk use for hens, dusting turkeys, frequent feeding of young chicks, and avoiding overcrowding. Notes chickens grow fastest with ample nutrition and that fowls self select feeding grounds to form small flocks. Recommends keeping clean water and accessible food, while cautioning about varying ground access and nutrition balance.
The excerpt notes that unlike a foul, calf, pie, or lamb, a chick must rely on an outsider for food, causing high death rates in beginner yards. It highlights that nature provides food only for the first 24 hours and the chick must mature rapidly with limited starter support.
The author describes a durable coop that nearly eliminates chick drownings during heavy rain. A problem with poor soaps previously allowed losses, and the illustrated coop is presented as a practical solution based on experience.
A 16 by 30 inch chicken coop plan outlines ten hen housing, with a back round access hole and bottom cleaning board, plus a 18 inch front hatch for night closure. It cites H. Pfaender and notes hens’ egg output declines after age three or four, favoring younger stock for vigor and production. Canada game concerns in Labradormarked population density and wildlife sustainability. caribou, bear, and other game may endure with regulated hunting in northern regions.
A garbled collage of jokes and snippets notes a northern Swede who returns to Minnesota after thirty years abroad, claiming the old country gives too little sleep. Other vignettes feature a cabin boy’s riddle, a captain’s blunt reply, and quips on memory and infant woes from multiple U S newspapers.
A sloop Sibyl anchored in Fishkill channel, Jamaica Bay, sees a master angler entice Cynoseion regalis, a brilliant sea creature, from the depths. After a tense battle, the fish is released alive, and the tale closes with the angler returning to Central Park West to a worried companion who fears fish shops closed.
Germany invites the United States and delegates from Europe Japan Argentina Brazil Chile and Mexico to participate in a spring seismology conference. Count A Quadt, envoy from Berlin, says the plan follows the St Pierre disaster and California tremors, signaling urgency in global collaboration.
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