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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1899
Page
3
A fashionable Boston boarding house hosts an elegant Swanberg couple. The bride, plain and unassuming, quietly outshines the room with sincerity, leaving critics astonished at her natural charm and understated worth.
An account extols animal stoicism as it describes horses bearing wounds without sound after initial shock, dogs with broken legs, cats trapped, and birds and livestock enduring pain quietly. It contrasts human companionship with animal loneliness and notes the dove and eagle dying with unspoken pain.
Curiosity warns of Sumideros or quicksand pits in Arizona deserts. Hidden under a wind baked clay crust they appear level with the ground and are indistinguishable from surrounding flats. Moisture in the soil sinks and never reveals bottom, trapping humans and animals with no rescue.
In a light Chicago exchange Mrs. Dix reveals a method to avoid exposing children to parental quarrels. Mrs. Hix replies with a wry observation about the kids spent outside, prompting a humorous exchange about family discretion and street presence.
In response to recent railway accidents the French minister of public works orders all trains to carry requisites for prompt surgical aid to injured passengers.
Practical guidance on dairy and poultry management from farm department notes. Highlights cheese ripening tests at Wisconsin Experiment Station, creamery benefits, community action to keep creameries open, and a method to control henhouse lice via roost stability and whitewashing.
The article stresses keeping poultry houses dry year round to prevent disease, warns against poor ventilation and cold drafts in winter, and advises studying ventilation literature before building. It critiques excessive whitewashing as outdated and ineffective farming advice.
A historical note urges providing shade for hogs during June through September to prevent heat losses. Practical methods include six foot high shade structures with posts and boards or brush and hay, plus planting shade trees like willows to grow by year three. Feeding should occur in cool shaded areas to preserve hog health and strength.
A dairy patron questions shifting focus between milk and beef to boost profits and notes a $18.12 per cow annual gap between butter fat based and college dairy results. Advice urges choosing a definite line, studying industry practices, and sticking to it. Bloody milk is explained as udder injury or gland weakness with timing details.
Dr. Howard of the department of agriculture outlines three destructive insect species attacking American shade trees and the control methods used nationwide. He notes New England spends thousands annually to combat gypsy moths and that large shade trees have been sprayed with poisonous solutions. He urges small town and village action and simple homeowner steps such as burning and winter bag worm destruction to keep front yard trees in fair condition.
The Kansas Agricultural College experiment notes that hogs fed protein rich feeds alongside corn and kaffir perform well. It argues humane treatment matters as much as profit, noting visibly healthier animals when properly fed and cared for, and urges varied diets for dogs too to ensure good health.
Mrs May Taylor advocates oats as egg and chick feed in Journal of Agriculture. She notes oats should be husk cut and finer than current mills, steel-cut and rolled varieties are fine but not readily available to farm flocks. Cooking oats as mash aids hens and chicks. coarse oats fed dry or with water wastes feed. uncooked oats require sharp grit for hens.
The note discusses dairy cow water needs with figures for milk and dry cows and urges multiple daily drinking occurrences. It then promotes killing and cooking old roosters, reflecting a harsh wartime era stance against Black people and poultry theft baiting.
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