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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
7
A collage of jokes, quips, and comic exchanges from various papers. Bits include a baby with remarkable strength, Darwinian musings, bargain banter about an iron bedstead, cider water confusion, a fanciful doctor dinner joke, and a jab at tax on bachelors. Ends with notes on social crowds.
Minnesota dairyman Andrew Boss proposes a ventilation system for a G W Emery barn. A ceiling chute with a sliding lower valve and rear openings controls air, preventing direct drafts. Openings at ends or along the feeding alley allow fresh air, with closures in very cold weather. Install chutes every 25 feet for even ventilation as illustrated.
Guidance from Jersey Bulletin on breeding and raising dairy cattle. Emphasizes starting with a well bred Jersey heifer, balanced feeding, warm milk, gradual milk replacement, pasture access, exercise, dry clean housing, and gentle handling for a healthy growth.
Guidance on livestock feeding and management from the Farm Journal. Emphasizes balanced rations for calves and cows, clean water, salt in horses mangers, exercise for swine, and pasture plans with clover peas rape. Advises against excess grain, highlights coarse forage value for digestion, and notes economic feeding within a balanced diet.
Practical guidance from Farm Journal on calf feeding and care. Emphasizes correct milk quantity, slow delivery, clean equipment, dry clean pens, and avoiding scours. Recommends sour milk if possible, gradual flaxseed use, and balancing butter or cream with veal production to boost profits.
Lewis Olsen describes a wooden stick contraption tied to a calf’s neck. A 1 inch by 5 or 6 foot stick with one end extending past the head catches fence wires, while the longer end drags on the ground, preventing passage without hindering grazing or resting.
Prof. D H Otis of Kansas tells Missouri State Dairymen's association that skim milk feeding reflects the dairyman's character. Calves given warm sweet skim milk in clean buckets with corn, bright hay, water, salt, shelter, and sunlight gain 1.5 to 2 pounds daily. emphasized thrift, kindness, and regularity. He urges two sheep pastures rotated weekly and to fence through the old one if needed.
Exhibits from around the world will appear at the Buffalo Exposition. The event promises interest for all attendees and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness and nervousness. A trial is urged with claimed cures and system toning effects. Hard lines a soubrette quips about pawning a diamond gift.
An item touts the Carrollton Hotel barber shop in Baltimore sterilizing all items used on customers by heat. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide to counter dandruff and act as an antiseptic for scalp and face after shaving. Includes a quip about a well behaved boy and a joke about digestion with Adams' Pepsin.
A Philadelphia Times fragment notes Piso's Care as the best remedy for throat and range affections. The overheard exchange mentions Mr Schnerer resting in the next room, implying casual wartime or domestic scene detail within the clipping.
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