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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
6
Instructions describe building a hay derrick from timber parts and bolts. Notes cover mortising, bolting, pole base preservation, and frame assembly with open side for braces, to be completed with block and tackle, pins, pulleys, hoops, and bolts for securing the arm and pole components.
The Ohio Farmer describes a wheeled frame with a pole and brace pieces. The pole is pinned into a base N, G is bolted to hold it, braces EE are added, and a crowbar lets the arm swing. The device is portable, needing no disassembly, and a string through pulleys eases rope retraction for next year.
George W Brown of Mount Corey Ohio describes a home made road plane using two 2x& inch oak planks nine feet long braced with 2x4s and shod with iron from old grain drill wheels. Dragging it along each side of the road, it grades dirt to the center, aiding highway upkeep during rains. Rotation of crops is advocated by a Kane County Illinois farmer, citing benefits in oats and corn yields with clover sometimes failing in dry years.
A writer extols gathering ferns and violets for free yard adornment and notes plants repay the effort. The discussion mentions the D. A. assumes insects cause about ten percent crop loss annually.
An analysis of how much concentrated grain to feed dairy cows depending on forage type. It notes clover or alfalfa rations require less concentrated food than fodder like oat straw and corn stalks, and suggests 8–10 pounds of meal for a typical cow during lactation, with potential small gains for very large cows.
A design for a 20 by 30 by 14 foot cattle barn includes space for 12 head and hay. A central entrance driveway with double doors six by seven feet allows wagon entry for hauling manure and straw. A feedway extends from the entrance to the rear.
The article details a cattle feeding barn with six stalls per side, mangers beneath the outer wall connected by a four by one inch strip chute from the feed room, and hay racks above the mangers opening to an upper hay room. It notes extensions using the same width to add more stalls by narrowing them slightly.
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