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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1906
Page
7
A Prairie Farmer writer describes inexpensive pine gates five inches wide hung on a two inch gas pipe track to restrain cattle during milking and stable maneuvers. The author notes eight gates used in their barn and credits the design with preventing stock escapes and protecting animals in feed rooms.
Road tarring in France using Lassailly heat and spread method on 500000 square yards began May 25 and ended within ten days. Two gangs of six drivers and eight horses plus eight spreaders and sanders applied tar, with four sweepers removing excess sand. The resulting smooth road promises lower upkeep costs, potentially offsetting the tar expense.
Farm Notes urges farmers to improve conditions through smart practices. It stresses seed corn selection and careful storage for next year, and notes an overall encouraging harvest with no famine signs. Practical tips cover potatoes rotting in bins and building sturdy stone frames to protect crops in bad weather.
The article explains how dry climates cause soil alkali and salt buildup through evaporation, concentrating chemicals in localized patches. It cites a Lake County Illinois pond example and suggests lowering outlets or damming to wash out alkali, noting cost differences and temporality.
A description of Agropyron caninum or caninum grass noting its potential as forage. The grass resembles quack grass and is suggested to be easily grown from seeds. Caution urged due to its relation to quack grass and uncertain cultivation history.
A discussion notes mixed results from seven European pot experiments on whether decaying forest leaves absorb atmospheric nitrogen. Five pots showed no nitrogen gain while two showed a gain, leaving conclusions open due to possible unknown factors. Also mentions Canada thistle eradication by repeated surface cutting and a farmer’s clay drainage improving arability after pulverizing soil.
A Southern Farm Magazine meditation on how adults recall and revise the classic bedtime line Now I lay me and the fearsome If I should die before I wake. The piece notes many pray unconsciously or decline kneeling yet keep the familiar words shaping dreams and moral conduct.
A nine foot bushmaster from South America has reached the Zoological Gardens in London after more than two decades. The yellow skinned venomous snake with black triangular markings shows large fangs and a rapidly fatal bite. It favors damp moss and a stoneware pan in its cage.
Night officer finds a content old farmer on steps of a vacant house awaiting a scientist who promised to show germs on a ten dollar bill by pinning them. The farmer recalls the strange tale while waiting, claiming the scientist would return soon. A second passage notes the vast timber cuts for railroads in the Pacific Northwest and the annual loss of forest land to railroad needs.
J D Daughtrey of Suffolk Virginia reports kidney trouble with heavy gravel passage. After three years without a stone since using Doan's Kidney Pills he praises the remedy as a tonic. He notes he passed 214 pounds of gravel and sediment before treatment. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Tips of monarchs cited with royal sums during visits abroad and to subjects.
In Kamalapuram India heavy rains followed by scorpions emerging from crevices in the earthwork caused the tank bank to fail. The attempt to fortify the bank was abandoned as scorpions swarmed out. Over 30 laborers were stung in the incident reported by the Shanghai Mercury.
A mother from Akron Ohio recounts applying Cuticura Soap and Ointment to her child’s widespread sores after doctors offered little help. She reports rapid healing and states she would pay five dollars rather than the seventy-five cents spent.
The page lists varied items from cosmetic dyes to children’s teething syrup, with Russian rewards for brigand Murad Kisilun at 10 000 rubles. It includes endorsements from Cheney and Company of Toledo and Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills advertise cure claims with testimonials and prices.
A note recalls Henry IV dying in Westminster Abbey in 1413 and claims no life has ended there since, except for a minister named Shepherd who collapsed after finishing a speech during a meeting led by the Dean of Westminster.
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