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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1900
Page
6
Practical notes on dairy exports and beefing up poultry yards. Articles discuss the rise in cheese exports to the United Kingdom, tuberculin studies at the state station, and the link between bovine tuberculosis and infant deaths. Also includes home fencing and dog-proofing methods for poultry quarters.
Consul Murphy reports Germany is taking note of a new packing method tested from Melbourne to Kimberley. Butter is placed in a glass box of six panes with gummed edges, covered with plaster gypsum, then wrapped in waterproof paper. Gypsum slows heat transfer to maintain steady internal temperature. current boxes hold 220 pounds. The system could aid US firms shipping butter and other items to tropical regions and may have domestic value.
A rural column suggests dividing a large poultry run into two smaller pens. One pen grown in green etul and the other fed down. The writer notes success with tape poultry and invites readers to share their results this year. It also recommends wider fences and notes women on farm with interest in poultry.
A poultry writer observes that strong instincts can be bred out through selecting for rapid growth. Ducks bred to gain weight by nine or ten weeks often lose their aquatic tendencies, becoming hesitant to swim and preferring confinement. They show little natural curiosity about water, resembling creatures who know only eating, drinking, and growing.
Professor T L Lyon of the University of Nebraska clarifies his position on weed control. He did not advocate a different crop than smother crops or cover crops to suppress morning glory and regrets the published error.
Co operation in dairy matters has strengthened across Ireland. Eleven years ago Ireland had a single dairy society with 50 members. now 153 societies exist with thousands involved. Butter from these factories competes with Danish, reflecting uniform quality and modern production. Ireland has strong export potential as the English market demands more butter than the home market can absorb.
A Wool buyer says it is almost impossible to form a definite opinion on which wool grades will return the best profits to producers in the coming years. He notes that outcomes depend on evolving fashions in woolen goods and no one can predict the direction they will take.
The June stockyards show light sheep weights at 81 pounds, with July buyers deeming over 75 percent of arrivals unwanted. Experts urge Michigan farmers to double sheep numbers, noting favorable wool and mutton prospects. West plans for large dipping yards near Chama NM and rising inter-state sheep traffic strain facilities. Eastern Montana ranges suffer drought, water scarcity, and low feed, signaling a difficult fall to feed lots.
Professor Herbert W. Mumford of Michigan Agricultural College explains that fleece cleanliness matters more than weight because foreign matter raises manufacturing difficulty and cost. He urges growers to prevent burrs seeds and dust by barn and pasture practices, noting weed seed contamination seen at mills and in mill refuse.
Fowls kept to confinement will not do as well as those granted a free range, provided care is ideal. Best results come from no free range or a large range, especially for commercial poultry farming. Molasses As Food for Cattle notes low cane crop 1899 raises molasses demand for stock feed and exports to England.
Chicago Chronicle reports a single winged fish seen above Lincoln Park lagoon, the first such sighting in Lake Michigan and along the inland seas. Park officials and witnesses described a 17 inch creature with a fish head, scaly body, emerald green color, and wings, sparking a six hour vigil and netting preparations while theories of origin abounded.
The International Magazine notes most moonshiners live in the Appalachian mountains of Georgia Alabama and Tennessee. Descendants of English fugitives portray a civilization as crude as their ancestors. They are uneducated in basic decencies and wary of outsiders, especially revenuers.
A rugged warning about outsiders entering a moonshiner stronghold. The piece argues that strangers face deadly vengeance if their presence or potential to reveal distilleries is suspected. It notes killings can be committed with impunity in mountain hideouts and bodies disposed of in concealed caves known only to locals.
A disordered brain tale contrasts calm Doctor Siddale in a dangerous loch encounter with a violent would be attacker. The narrative jumps to Moliere and friends plotting philosophical suicide before dissuading themselves, ending with a morning awakening and no deaths.
Dr. Benjamin Sharp at the Academy of Natural Sciences meeting described a human thigh bone found fourteen feet underground while digging a Honolulu well. The bone, broken and rejoined, measured about twenty three and a quarter inches before fracture, implying a man of at least seven feet tall.
A stark warning describes how a latent weakness in the mucous membranes can allow disease to take hold in any organ from lungs to stomach. The passage emphasizes a common underlying cause behind various ailments and urges vigilance.
An aging promotional piece extols Pe-ru-na as the sole remedy for catarrh and its complications such as pneumonia grip colds and fevers. It claims the delicate pink mucous lining is easily irritated and asserts only Peruna reaches the right place to cure.
A lighthearted New York World note describes boys staging a prank by tossing a colleague into the water. The boy, kept safe by his friends, ignores his mother’s warning and uses the stunt to claim mischievous behavior by a group of peers.
J H Rindland warns against drinkers losing attention in a quip about an attempted marriage. The dialog features a man asking to marry and a retort about discipline, set within a light piece from Smart Set.
A garbled OCR fragment cites nonsensical claims about dyes not staining bands, cures for consumption, teething syrups, and dubious medicine brands. It includes scattered phrases about life’s struggle, social norms, and various product names, all in an unreadable historical newspaper style.
To study fellow fever, the Liverpool School of Tropical Diseases will dispatch an expedition to the Amazon. This marks the third such expedition organized within the last nine months.
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