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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1915
Page
6
A farm instruction piece outlines preventing novielis in foals by clean stables, disinfected bedding, and careful handling of mares and umbilical cords. It cites washing the cord, using disinfectants, and gradual tightening of the stump, with veterinary help for infections. It stresses daily cleaning, proper isolation of birthing mares, and general vigilance.
A historical design outlines constructing a hopperdozer from galvanized sheet iron. It describes a long single sheet forming a shallow pan, with edges folded to create front and back walls, riveted ends, soldered joints, and reinforced with rolled wagon tire runners at ends and center.
The article discusses keeping old work horses in good condition with adequate feed, argues against relying on imported sires, and promotes American breeding of draft horses. It stresses the importance of round hooves, proper hoof care, and critiques prepotency and foreign origins in breeding. It notes improper feeding leads to slow growth and poor form.
Runners are riveted to the pan and should extend both backward and forward to balance uneven ground. Soldering at rivet heads tightens the pan. The pan is fired with water and a kerosene film, then hooked to the end runners for operation.
A historical snippet describes tools for orchard work. One is a cane cutting tool like a tomahawk with sharpened blades fitted to a wooden handle, angled to cut without tearing plants, made of best steel and kept very sharp. Another tool uses a file or wood rasp with a turned shoulder to fit a scythe haft, best with a straight handle and kept sharp for effective work.
Guidance on sow management during weaning. Reduce daily feed before weaning, separate from piglets, restrict pasture access to stop milk flow safely. After weaning, feed slop with bran, short feed, and corn. Maintain water, charcoal, and salt. Post breeding, increase millfeed, reduce corn for about eight weeks, then add tankage to reach satisfactory results at farrowing.
In late dispatches dueling fronts, ships U boats and aerial bombardments appear. British vessels Hopermount Levetra Strathnairs Arndale torpedoed or sunk. Austrian planes bomb Kragojecata Serbia. casualties reported. Capmetto heights seized by Italians. Yaqui valley alert calls three cruisers to west coast. Western news notes bank closure Kansas harvest need and notable deaths.
A string of quips and notices mix theater quips with racing results and upcoming events. References include a San Francisco harness race 2:11 class, Omaha and Winnipeg horses, and future road races in Phoenix and Denver. Mentions counterfeit notes, rising lead prices, and Ship Rene Kervilier reaching San Francisco after storms. Also notes Dedham Mass marriage of Junius Spencer Morgan’s daughter and Red Cross relief to Mexico.
A string of clipped quips and sketches on manners and talk of the times. Sly humor centers on social pretensions, marital foibles, and the noisy absurdities of daily life, with quips about propriety and the mischief of parlour conversation. The piece reads like a vintage humor column.
A humorously cranky exchange unfolds with Alexander Akinside the dyspeptic dissertationist declaring most people boring while J Fuller Gloom jokes about three exceptions. A character named Duckfitz is seen wandering with an automobile tire on his arm, explained as a mere habit during car repairs.
Eph Wiley warns that the mixing of everyday items can fail to harmonize, noting that a street car conductor and his necktie illustrate an out of tune pairing. The phrase promotes a general practical message about compatible combinations in daily life.
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