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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1900
Page
7
An historic note describes a barn with an open center plank frame replacing traditional posts to ease haying. The design uses two planks forming a truss, a feeding gate, a loft above stables, and a granary with a cat-access channel to deter rats. The writer suggests lining the granary with sheet iron as a cheaper enhancement.
The piece reviews a timber barn built under a separate contract on a former lightning-destroyed site with 60 by 30 feet dimensions. It discusses cost estimates from era, structural details, and furniture like stalls and a manure pit, noting overall expense around $100 with potential 150 more today. It also shares advice on swine housing and seasonal shelter, preferring small, windproof shelters for six pigs and favoring bluegrass for spring pasture with clover for late season.
The article outlines caring for a foal from birth to six months, including dam nutrition, gradual weaning, and early halter training. It stresses gentle, intelligent management, building trust in the master, and avoiding brute force. J C Ware notes that confidence in the master is essential for safe handling.
A Farm Journal description shows two posts beside a half hogshead trough with a wide board nailed across to hold the trough steady and separate cattle while drinking. The plan works for any trough shape and prevents tipping and mingling at watering sites.
Practical guidance from American Cultivator on lamb welfare and feeding. Topics include pushing birth flow, culling weak twins, superior feeds like alsuke, starter mixes of bran corn meal and cotton seed meal, and treating cuts with tar. Also covers cold lamb incubation and udder clipping for nursing lambs. Discusses corn and cob meal value and grinding cob with meal for digestibility.
A chaotic collage of ad copy and fragmented dialogue describes a court verdict followed by a consumer testimonial push for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and other remedies. The text references sleep, stomach health, and miscellaneous disjointed scenes from a newspaper page.
An advertisement touts Lydia Pinkham’s remedy as a life saver for women across the coast. It claims to have cured more sick women than any other medicine and invites readers to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts for advice and information.
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