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Newspaper
The Clayton Enterprise
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
2
The piece laments corn freshness from field to table and recalls a Jersey farmer’s claim that market corn loses sweetness in transit. It notes New York’s 1906 street animal counts and stray cats, a Croton reservoir land sale, and a flea entertainment anecdote at a party ending with a comic misstep.
The London Times argues that Americans are not all allied with big interests such as beef trust and railway bosses. It contrasts Pharisees with the majority who quietly uphold probity and duty, noting a “saying remnant” that binds society through honesty.
A Washington dispatch notes a shortage of small denomination bills and warns the situation may worsen. The report mentions officials from Fes and underlines broader cash flow strains amid ongoing economic pressures.
A Farm and Home correspondent explains an ideal piggery layout. The suggested width is 32 feet with a six foot central passage and pens on both sides. Length can vary but 80 feet accommodates ten brood sows and their progeny. A frame building with 14 foot studding is preferred for loft space.
The design describes a hog house with exterior rough lumber and felt paper, insulated with matched siding. It includes a warm structure workable with a stove in extreme weather, a south side split into pens for brood sows, a six foot wide feed room, a ten foot boar pen, and remaining space divided into two finishing pens.
A description of a hog housing setup featuring a windowed, well lit pens with a cement floor and a raised plank sleeping platform. Partitions use plank lumber to deter break through. Each pen has a simple feed trough, brood sow trough depth limited to three inches, and a constant water supply.
Sunstroke is common when horses work in hot sun. Signs include no sweat, dry hot skin, sluggishness, heavy breathing, drooping ears, and red eyes. Stop work, unhitch, move to shade with breeze, hose briefly, rinse head with cool water, and avoid overhydration. Call a veterinarian if serious.
Warnings from W. H. Perrine of Marion County Illinois outline spraying preparation tips and practical limits. Avoid large nozzle caps, heed wind and mud, spray from height with towers, use ten foot poles for tall trees, invest in safe elevated platforms if saving labor, avoid untested patent connections, and remain open to neighbor learning.
The Rural World advises treating pig lice like sheep by using a shared dipping tank or a cemented earth wallow. Pigs readily enter when guided by the hindquarters and broom, then exit as they begin to improve in condition and growth after a minute in the dip.
A Prairie farmer subscriber provides a photo and drawing of a salt box for cattle and horses built on the rear of the tank house. It measures about a foot wide, two feet long, and two feet high with a floor three inches below the door sill to prevent salt loss. In storms the door can be closed.
The text notes the weather is paid to and the door stays open year round. It describes a box with an 18 inch high back, a slanting roof, and a rear side that could be carried up to the roof if desired, though this is a minor feature.
A rural observation warns that city cats are prone to prey on chicks while farm cats will often spare them. It explains that city cats view every feathered creature as prey and outlines how owners misjudge the differences between city and farm cats, risking flock losses.
The article argues that better conditioned lambs at weaning require more feed, richer than their prior milk intake. It suggests not removing lambs from ewes but rather removing the ewes from the lambs to manage weaning in cages.
Practical guidance urges gentle handling of sheep, avoiding extremes in all dealings. Keep stock calm by offering even small attentions, never enter field unarmed, respect boundaries with other stock, and track flock location at all times to grant them freedom.
Blackwood's Magazine comments that British officials in the Persian Gulf face an impossible task. They must advance British interests preserve national prestige and correct wrongs with limited on site authority and little backing from home.
Seventeen year old Lillian Cox of Santa Fe dies of pneumonia in Chicago. Hillsboro Mines & Reduction Company files incorporation papers in Santa Fe with $1,000,000 capital. Southwest Indians earn $20,000 from Colorado beet fields. over 400 workers in Colorado and Kansas. Cement plant near Ancho awaits orders as a Carmely brick kiln nears completion. Cerrillos Coal and Iron directors named. stockholders meet in Santa Fe. Fatal accident near Amarillo kills John McAdams, brakeman. Santa Fe pathwork advocates praise route progress. Albuquerque group forms to mine Madrid mines. $50,000 capital. Democratic territorial committee backs joint statehood. convention set for Sept 12 in Santa Fe. Missouri Attorney General Hadley promotes enforcement against vice and gambling. Territorial Sunday School convention planned in Santa Fe with Miss Mary Poster Bryner to speak. Frank Nicholson predicts $750,000 in improvements at Little Fannie mine. gasoline engines adopted at mines due to wood fuel cost. Governor Hagerman appoints irrigation congress delegates. Fe Fe shops expansion approved for Santa Fe system. Topeka endorses $250,000 Albuquerque shops funding. Governor Hagerman hosts a grand housewarming at the new Governor's House in Santa Fe with notable guests and a modern, stylish mansion.
United States Geological Survey issues Water Supply and Irrigation Paper No 158 detailing geology and underground waters of the Roswell basin. Coverage extends five miles north of Roswell to below Seven Rivers mouth and notes artesian water sources rock formations water-bearing beds and prospects for flowing wells. Includes surface water for domestic and irrigation use irrigation systems climate and agriculture in the region.
The county leads in sheep production with 400 000 head out of over five million in the territory. San Miguel markets handle 12 to 15 million pounds annually, while 2 000 010 pounds are grown here. Water and grass lower losses and mutton fetches steady good prices. University of New Mexico groundsmen build two dormitories for 50 occupants each by August 20, as fall term opens. Professor Angel’s house nears completion opposite the science building. Ging Hasegawa, Japanese silk worm expert, to conduct experiments in Albuquerque next spring after two weeks here studying climate. 2 000 insects on ice at El Paso to be shipped here. Governor Hagerman announces multiple appointments to health, institute for the blind, normal university, surgeon general, aide-de-camp, and delegates to the sheep growers convention in Albuquerque.
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