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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
7
A farmer shares a design for a sheep trough noted by E. R. Buck in Wallace's Farmer. The plan uses 2x4 posts, a one-foot ground clearance trough, beveled top boards, and 14 inches of feeding space per sheep. Thirty sheep can feed along a sixteen-foot trough, suitable for grain or roughage.
An Indiana farmer advises dipping the flock in a cheap commercial dip and separating barren ewes and those with lambs for grazing on clover or blue grass. Rotate pastures to keep grass fresh, mix cows or calves in, provide dampened salt to deter flies, and note mutton cost efficiency with wool income.
The text warns constipation as a precursor to livestock diseases and advises keeping bowels open with abundant green feed or liberal doses of epsom salts or raw linseed oil.
A farmer learns proper handling of work horses to prevent injury. Start with half-day heavy pulling, then switch to light tasks and gradual conditioning. Provide ample hay grain salt and plenty of clean water, and ensure a comfortable rest place to avoid fatigue and illness.
A Prairie Farmer notice describes looping a rope around a horse’s upper jaw and passing the rope through a ring or sill to lift the head. The lower jaw remains free to swallow, presenting the method as a new head-elevating device.
The text explains that butter fat and casein levels do not always rise together. It notes early reliance on fat as the cheese value standard, but after extensive research, milk for cheesemaking is now judged by both fat and casein content. A special analysis shows the casein and fat levels.
The term foolscap stems from a watermark showing a fool’s cap and a heliotrope, used on early sheets to denote size and identity. The watermark signaled paper quality and origin in historical printers and governed its naming in trade.
The informal debate praises a rival philanthropist who has donated two dozen Deadwood Dick books and another twelve Nickel library volumes in the past week, highlighting generous public-spirited acts.
A grandfather recounts severe eczema affecting his grandson in 1884 and credits Cuticura with a swift recovery. He also describes his own winter-long suffering before using Cuticura Remedies and achieving final cure, citing Louisville Kentucky addresses and dates in 1907.
Rockefeller cites economy carried to extremes as a fad. A farmer near Cleveland ties a hen to his buggy seat to save feed, the hen eating spilled horse feed at noon. A clerk misreads a dairy wagon label, mistaking pasteurized milk for pasturing cows in winter.
A letter from Michigan cites dramatic gains in weight and energy by replacing meat and coffee with Grape-Nuts and Postum. The writer claims improved mornings and track performance, noting weight rising from 124 to 140 pounds after starting the diet during training and praising the Postum brand as part of the regimen.
The Marine Eye Remedy Co describes Marine as a soothing solution for red weak weary and watery eyes without smarting. Druggists sell Marine for 50 cents with a 48 page book included in each package. Chicago based company promotes this home eye care product.
A fragmentary advertisement offers Mrs Winstow's soothing syrup for teething relief and gums, claiming pain reduction and cure for wind colic. Also promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for tired feet with a free sample offer, by A S Olmsted, Leituy, N.
A playful exchange about a troublesome car stirs light tension between two speakers. One quips that the automobile "gets on my nerves" and the other retorts with a pun about motor nerves, reflecting a humorous, domestic moment.
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