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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
4
The orange judy farmer describes a new milking machine that uses a vacuum pump and cup system. It features a hanging pipe, a tight lid bucket, and a simple valve operation. One man can milk about 50 cows per day with this setup.
The text outlines established factors affecting milk butterfat including cow breed traits, bull prepotency, feeding effects, and environmental changes. It adds notes on milking frequency and the relative safety of herd milk for infants. Also starts a section on irrigation using box irrigation as a practical western method.
Col Brownlow in Congress proposed 20 million dollars for national road aid, while New York contemplates 50 million dollars over ten years. Support grows for state and national aid, with proven local benefits, smarter road construction, and stronger supervision, as several states back measures.
The article discusses arranging pastures with a highway between them to allow cattle to pasture on both sides. It suggests locating the pasture near a small rise of ground, about two to four feet, to ease handling and reduce time spent driving stock back and forth.
A historical note describes building a cattle causeway under a road with a 10 to 12 foot ditch, plank bridge 5 to 6 feet high, natural drainage to prevent waterlogging, and a tight fence on both pasture sides. It advises using excavated earth for grading and limiting dumps to meet lawful width requirements.
W F McSparran argues in the Tribune-Partner that storing corn in silos dramatically increases feeding value, preserves nutrients, and doubles livestock carrying capacity per acre compared with unprotected shock or exposed fodder. He notes weather losses and stubble waste, urging silo use as essential in animal husbandry.
A farmer describes using a sled to remove manure from a barn two feet long with two rows of eighteen cows in each row. The invention involves harnessing a horse to pull the sled and clear the stalls efficiently.
A reader describes a specially built manure sled used to move manure from 18 cows in 16 hours. The sled, six by two and a half feet, uses a ten foot pole to lift and flip loads, with two by six inch runners, six inch sideboards, and a solid board floor.
The treasury department issues a ruling on renovated butter clarifying branding and marking. The secretary of agriculture and treasury cooperate in enforcing the law that government brands and stamps cannot be removed or defiled upon repacking. Jobbers and wholesalers must handle butter only in original manufacturers' packages and cannot break or alter the packaging or its marking.
An old Farmers column suggests using a melted bottom of a small container over the dasher handle to catch splashes in an old fashioned churn. It also urges making butter in a mold to sell attractively, noting buyers pay more for well-presented butter.
The Missouri Agricultural College professor H J Waters outlines rations for dairy cows. First ration uses corn and cob meal six pounds wheat meal five pounds gluten or cottonseed meal two and a half pounds hay six pounds. Second ration adds eight to twelve pounds corn and seeds with alfalfa or cowpea fodder. Third ration specifies eight pounds of corn and cob meal seven pounds cornmeal and four pounds of gluten or bran.
High quality breeding stallion HIIGEHI AND LAD a full blood Shire stallion registered five years old noted for strong stock. Service to insure 16 dollars two or more mares 315 season 10 dollars per single service 36. Week schedule lists various partners including J Lyunss Max-Sicard Louis Vanier Jno Cameron Geo White Cranial Chisdig Aug Shenk Westacott Bottineau Sam Lomnsbrough with dates and locations at different days across the week describing breeding events and listings.
Royal news notes Duke Robert of Parma extends his large family with a newly born daughter by his second wife Inefanta Maria Antonia of Portugal. The duke already has nineteen children from both marriages, including five sons and six daughters from the second union and three sons and five daughters from the first.
A DIY farm implement uses a fly wheel from an old sewing machine, wooden plank, and three spring steel teeth to form a hand cultivator. It weighs little and costs under a dollar to build, yet works as well as a $6 or $8 tool when pushed through rows to weed and stir soil. The article also briefly advertises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, claiming it cures stomach troubles and improves health, sold by A. Prothes.
A Glasgow Herald note recalls the May custom in Edinburgh where brides could kiss the king on foot, while James IV allegedly paid a bride who met him barefoot. The London Mail reports New Holland women scar themselves with shells for ornament, and bamboo nail casings to lengthen nails. An Hoxton lunatic asylum inquest cites a doctor noting lunatics have brittler bones than sane individuals.
A fragmentary miscellany of quotes and ad copy notes on love before and after marriage, witty exchanges, and household tips. Includes snippets from Yonkers Statesman, Philadelphia Press, and other papers, plus an advertish object about a laxative pill and a rice cooking tip.
B S Zaweins promotes quality work with guaranteed service and furnished estimates. A full line of wallpaper samples will be carried, inviting customers to browse durable patterns and styles for homes and offices.
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