Going It Alone Horses Pace and Trot Without a Driver
The piece highlights two mares that race unaided by drivers. One trotter, dubbed the golden haired guideless flier, is praised by a trainer for speed and showmanship. The other, a guideless pacer of Blackhawk and Ethan Allen blood, is noted for a 2:06 mile pace and high intelligence, with a recorded time of 2:33 at Poughkeepsie on a wet track.
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Aml Bunko
Blackhawk
Ethan Allen
Poughkeepsie
Which is da Best beef breed for weight gain
The article discusses finding the beef breed that yields the greatest weight gain by two to twenty three months. It compares Shorthorn Hereford and Aberdeen Angus, urging breeders to start experiments. It proposes that western experiment stations feed four calves of each breed under fair conditions and record feed intake and weight gains to determine the best performer.
Beef breeding guidance evolved in agricultural discourse
Fragmentary notes discuss breeding beef cattle and the need for a basis to guide those wishing to breed. The text hints at a date and context but lacks clear names, places, or actions.
Handsome Clydesdale Stands Out Among Prize Winners
A portrait features a leading Clydesdale stallion, aged 11, weighing about 2300 pounds and standing 17.15 hands. Imported from Scotland, he is described as unusually large for the breed, rivaling a Shire in size, with a dark coat and white face and stockings.
Cement Rooflag Paint Mystery
A reader describes mixing cement with milk versus water for roof coatings. The milk mix yields a browner, greasy film that eventually dries white, while the water mix dries pale and powdery. The writer asks why milk changes the paint’s hardness and color.
Wired Hog Trough Protects Feed From Hogging
D. H. West outlines a trough modification using a wire across the top to prevent hogs from hogging the food. He describes using a 2 by 6 and 2 by 8 nailed together, with No. 9 or 12 wire stapled four inches from each end and angled across to create eight inch spaces for each hog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. West
Gafford Found Guilty in Lloyd Killing. Death Verdict
Birmingham February 10. The jury in John Gafford’s murder trial returned a guilty verdict for the shooting death of Francis Bartow Lloyd, known in literary circles as Rufus Gexfare. The penalty was fixed at death. The crime occurred in Jane last year.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Gafford
Francis Bartow Lloyd
Greenville
Jane
Lloyd
Rufus Gexfare
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William Enders & Son
Texas Street
Shreveport
General Blue
New Orleans
Wm-Endersand Son
Goldstein, Mabry & Co, Limited
ROSE
Maal
Henry Rose
T. L. Stringfellow
Cashier
Cor
String & Milam
Shreveport, la
J. Bb. Grubbs
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