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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
7
E R Buck in Wallace's Farmer details a durable sheep trough design. Corner posts of 2x4s are set, a 4 inch trough sits one foot from ground, and slats form a feeding rack with 14 inches per sheep and space for 30 sheep at a 16 foot trough. It accommodates grain or roughage.
The article explains that casein in cow milk varies with butter fat content. It notes the old view of fixed proportions changed after extensive studies. Now milk for cheesemaking is judged by both fat and casein content, measured by a specialized analysis method.
A Wyoming station bulletin describes a movable alfalfa feeding box for hogs. The box stands about two feet high and eight feet long with a two foot width, a cover, and three side holes for hogs to reach through and feed while the cover protects the contents from weather.
Farmers favor keeping sows in individual farrowing houses for cleanliness and warmth. The DIY design uses eight foot boards and two by fours forming a movable, weatherproof structure with a fitted floor and end boards set to prevent cold. Edging earth helps retain heat and the houses dry when tipped to sun-dry.
An Indiana farmer advises dipping the flock in a commercial dip, separating barren ewes and those with lambs for pasture and corn feeding, and marketing by June 15. He recommends rotating pastures, mixing ewes with other stock, using clover or rape, providing salt with turpentine to deter flies, and notes mutton’s lower cost per pound compared to beef plus wool income.
Delft-blue Indian-head cotton shirt waist pattern No 2435 with full front fullness from wide tucks and wrapped waist line. Back tucked center yoke with gathered waist, small left front pocket, and narrow cuff sleeves. Six sizes 32 to 42 inches bust. Pattern 10 cents.
A rope loop placed around the upper jaw with the other end passed over a sill or ring lifts the head, keeping the lower jaw free to swallow. The technique aims to allow the horse to swallow during drenching using a head-raising loop.
Pattern Pattern Department presents a one piece dress for children aged one to seven. The design adapts to chambray cotton linen and checked ginghams with trimming options in red chambray and gold brown linen. A three year old size requires 3 1 3 yards of 27 inch fabric or 2 1 2 yards of 36 inch fabric.
An editorial stresses using the Babcock test and scales to learn what individual cows produce. It argues that fat percentage resists change from feeding alone, but total milk output rises with better care and wetter feeding. It urges dairymen to improve feeding and management to unlock cows' potential.
The article warns that constipation signals livestock disease and advises keeping bowels open with abundant green feed or epcom salts or raw linseed oil. It urges not starving pigs, aiming for a 200 pound hog by seven months, balancing pasture with grain and avoiding overfeeding corn.
A Chicago Tribune quote recalls a playful exchange about Miss Goodsole. The speaker notes she became a sociologist and married a tramp, while another says she once called him her beau but later chose a hob0 ideal of a man.
A brief note reflects on mortality among alumni with a somber tone and avoids sensational detail, referencing the New York Mail's commentary on existence and education.
An amused crowd reacts as organizers describe Andrew Carnegie as a regular philanthropist. In the past week he reportedly donated two dozen Deadwood Dick volumes and a dozen Nickel libraries to the community, underscoring his literary and educational gifts.
A Louisville reader recalls 1884 eczema attack on his grandson who improved after Cuticura and was later cured. The same person suffered a severe winter outbreak to the knee with virulent sores until using Cuticura, reporting immediate improvement and final relief.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. warns that economy can become a fad. A Cleve land farmer supposedly carries a hen tied to his buggy and uses it to prevent waste by feeding the mare and letting the hen eat spilled feed at midday.
A custom house clerk and former schoolteacher mocks the dairy wagons marking pasteurized milk. He argues winter pasture is impossible and questions a bystander about hair and eyes as Miss Fairley plays along, revealing a lighthearted, local color exchange.
A letter from a Michigan athlete credits Grape-Nuts and Postum with major muscle gains and steadier mornings. The writer notes weight rising from 124 to 140 pounds between June and September after cutting meat and pastry and replacing coffee, praising the pair as the principal training diet.
In Alabama a deputy marshal chases a bail jumper to Georgia. He telegraphs the judge that the man will come, then rides into town on a mule leading the prisoner. The judge asks if the man walked all the way. Jim says some of the way he dragged him and the man swam the Tallapoosa river.
A Philadelphia mother hurries to a nursery scene where Thomas, nine, sits on a table with his mouth full as Jack and Ethel wail. Ethel cries we were playing Garden of Eden and Jack accuses Tom of eating the apple, in a tale from Bohemian Magazine.
A young man troubled by stubborn hair sought a plan from a weekly paper. The advised recipe mixed molasses bees wax india rubber glue eggs cod liver oil and required slow boiling then a lawn mower passed over the head as it cooled. He did not follow the instructions.
Josselyn returns from a visit to a New York manager with a new drama penned in an odd rimed hexameter style. His wife, noticing his disheveled look and gloom, urges him to lift his efforts and pull up his socks to make a hit.
An old village woman asks if city living is costly. Her city nephew says living costs are similar, but maintaining appearances in the city costs three times as much. A couple debates taking a refreshment at a booth while waiting for a moonlit train.
Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago markets Marine for red weak weary watery eyes and eye pain. The remedy is sold by druggists for 50 cents with a 48 page booklet included, claimed as valuable for every home.
A public figure from the west proclaims rivers nationwide will run dry in time, prompting a wry reply about the forecast. The exchange highlights local skepticism toward prophecies of weather doom.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winston’s Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming it softens gore reduces in damination and allays pain at 25c a bottle. It also notes Allen’s Foot-Kase remedy for tired aching feet 25c with trial package free. The ad ends with a quip about a spinster’s romance.
Brief scene shows a boy admitting a quarrel with the Carter boy, despite a parent’s rule to avoid fights. The dispute centers on tensions between families and the fallout from parental estrangement with the Carter family.
A quoted dialogue debates whether hot weather increases crime and dulls moral restraint. One speaker notes crime rises with heat while the other warns a close atmosphere weakens principles. The exchange explores cause and effect in behavior.
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