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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1903
Page
3
Leo C. Reynolds argues for sturdy durable gates at farm entrances. He recounts a neighbor losing a cow due to a weak gate and warns that strong gates save livestock and money. Describes a four by four and a half foot gate built from basswood with heavy hangers and careful construction for snow passage and hogs protection.
A discussion on achieving a first class vegetable garden through thorough soil preparation and diverse sowing intervals. It covers manure, plowing depth, harrowing, and selecting top seed varieties for continuous summer supply. Also reports on English farmers adopting automobiles for plowing with an eight horse power electric motor, designed wheels, and easy operation claiming lower costs than horses.
A bee man extols beekeeping as a profitable adjunct for farms with fruit trees and fields. Mutual hive sharing, learning curve, and resilience to stings are noted, along with the claim that many can enjoy honey and winter stores from autumn wildflowers.
Instructions describe procuring heavy oak butter tubs with galvanized hoops, marking a five inch bottom section, and using compasses to divide around the mark into 24 spaces. The process mentions drawing a pencil guideline and spacing for a subsequent step not shown.
An American Agriculturist correspondent describes a compact poultry feed tub built from a half inch or two inch bit and holes drilled every other point to create twelve openings. Removing the top hoop and cutting a dotted line yields a ready to use tub that is portable and easy to stack when not in use.
Practical farm tips emphasize rich soil, engaged labor, and fair treatment of workers and animals. Advice covers clover seed rates, timing for poisoning prairie dogs and pocket gophers, and the value of diligence, planning, and manure for higher yields.
A Stirling Alberta correspondent writes of mild winters, abundant crops and easy home opportunities in Western Canada. He cites barley and oats yields near Edmonton and St. Albert, large future profits, and suggests families from the United States relocate to Lacombe, Wetaskiwin or Edmonton districts for a productive life and low living costs. He notes a beet sugar factory at Raymond and urges readers to consult Canadian Government agents for railway rates and settlement details.
In a humorous scene from a Chicago Daily News item, Mr Slowan is spurned by a fearless fiancée who cites his lack of nerve. She walks away after refusing marriage, noting his hesitation to declare love and his cowardice during a burglar scare.
Dr. Felix Regnault of Paris discusses in La Revue a method to educate the will via auto-suggestion. He urges quiet, nightly practice to overcome sloth and mental disturbances, noting aloud repetition and spoken prayers as effective tools, with examples of visual and direct mental cues and a wall message to reinforce change.
A bankruptcy trustee seeks to set aside a prior sale of the Lincoln homestead near Hodgeville Kentucky. The old log cabin birthplace of Abraham Lincoln was dismantled and moved to Buffalo and then New York with only a flagpole marking the site.
Miss Della Janveau of Globe Hotel Ottawa and Adia Brittain of Sekitan report health improvements after using Peruna. They describe relief from fatigue digestion and headaches and urge others to seek Dr. Hartman’s advice gratis at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
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