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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1899
Page
9
A collage of cynical wits and social observations. It critiques appearances, opportune wealth, estate laws, and public figures while noting Prohibition era quirks and Native American policy. Ambassador Choate, mayoral politics, and rail travel mix with satire on endless reform.
Consul General Holloway writes from St. Petersburg that Russia is a vast market attracting U S exporters seeking a direct home company link. He notes Russian merchants prefer American samples via competent representatives and favor American goods over English Belgian or German rivals, except for certain agricultural machinery.
A group of newspaper men including Jim Beasley and Allenton hold a séance after a Thanksgiving feast. An eerie piano, Balfe’s heart ballad, and the Lohengrin wedding march precede a frost-formed face on a window and a warning inscription. Allenton collapses, recalling a vanished fiancée who died after a wedding-night betrayal, and he is found dead hours later.
In a peculiar tale, Mr. Symms silenced neighborhood felines by placing twenty four salmon tin cans in his back garden. Cats supposedly shrank from the sight, attempting escape as their heads remained within the tins, leading to their eventual burial in the garden.
The North Carolina Experiment Station outlines a duck feeding trial over 56 days with soft mixed food plus grit and green clover, fed in troughs with ample drinking water. Cost totals, egg values, and weights by week are tabulated, noting ducks sold at 50 cents each and considerations on hen feeding and egg size.
The Holstein dominates in flat dairy regions while Devonshire and Jersey breeds suit rugged or hillside areas. While specialization grows, producers seek cows yielding the most butter per feed, aiming around 300 pounds annually, balancing fat, milk, and muscle traits.
An exchange explains that small eggs used for hatching depress overall egg size in a breed. By selecting only the largest eggs for hatching for several years a line of fowls that lay large eggs can be produced. Crossing hens that lay good sized eggs with males of the same habit may perpetuate this.
Edwin Powell argues the tuberculin test is unreliable due to repeated testing. He cites a milk producer who tested monthly and killed cows after a bad finding, then bought more tested cows from a dealer who kept testing to pass.
Developing the Milker F A Converse of Woodville New York spoke at a New York institute urging the intensive farming method. He urged testing milk on the 1st and 15th each month to identify profitable cows and losses, raising average milk beyond 3000 to 5000 pounds, and feeding ensilage to winter milk. He stressed breeding from the best cows and using a thoroughbred sire, plus daily grain and succulent forage to sustain year round production.
An anonymous note advises using a dime sized hole in an egg shell filled with strychnine on bait to kill skunks. It claims cats will not eat it and reports eight skunks killed with seven found nearby. The instructions stress careful handling and keeping the poison away from children.
The article urges ongoing preventive methods to keep vermin numbers down, noting that favorable signs do not imply the problem is gone. It stresses consistent monitoring, sanitation, sealing entry points, and routine inspections to prevent a resurgence.
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