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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
7
A Wallace’s Farmer inspired design outlines a convenient sorting pen for stockyards. It emphasizes a stock scale, dipping tank, loading chute, branding and dehorning chute, plus a movable platform to repurpose the tank when not in use. The plan uses nine foot posts, elm fencing, and brick dipping tanks with cement work.
Massachusetts dairy practice uses open air sheds for calves year round with sunlit pens and daily manure changes. Calves grow rugged, healthy through winter, with service bulls kept roaming and unfenced, improving vigor and longevity.
Draft horses are the most profitable on farms as demand favors heavy weight animals. The Drovers Journal notes industrial drafts reach 1600 pounds or more, with extreme weights pulling six to eight tons efficiently. Docile, marketable, and free sellers from weanlings to mature stock, they offer steady profits despite price fluctuations.
In some pastures there are open sheds with roofs on strong posts. They stand about eight feet high and let wind sweep through day and night. The roofs shelter animals from rain and sun, letting stock sleep under them during hot, rainy nights. This is humane farming.
A Wisconsin farmer, Mr. Hyatt, claims turnips are good cow feed when given after each milking. He notes that feeding before milking could not affect flavor immediately, as hours pass before milking. The same logic extends to feeding rape and cabbages.
The best feed for sheep in milk is whole corn and oats in equal weight and all animals will eat clean. Yellow Swede turnips sliced fine add succulence to the feed. Then alfalfa hay is given in abundance but not so as to waste.
Three poles of 2x6 pieces fourteen feet long form a derrick like the Prairie Farmer illustration. A rod from a self dump hayrack with a wheel at one end serves as the fulcrum. A pulley at the top directs a five-inch rope with a hook on the end for hoisting.
A Farm and Home correspondent shares a feeding plan for brood sows with litters. Ground oats and corn with a touch of mill feed, soaked 10 to 12 hours, is the best slop. Pigs eat it from three weeks old, with gradual additions of fruits and vegetables as they grow. Summer greens are advised, and small clean trough feed helps keep the trough neat and pigs reaching 180 pounds in seven to eight months.
The piece notes that a horse fed only grass or hay should not be expected to work much and that such work warrants adequate feed. It also advocates rotating the barnyard to keep stock busy and screening cow stable windows to repel flies and mosquitoes.
The article extolls Chickasha in Grady county Oklahoma as the garden spot of the earth. It notes seven railroad lines, cheap electric power from water plants, and the area's productivity in corn cotton wheat and alfalfa. It mentions a thriving Commercial Club and booster interest from capitalists and tillers seeking opportunities in Indian Territory.
A brief exchange at table shows a husband deflecting a compliment about his wife a brilliant talker. An admirer notes the wife’s lively chatter while the husband hints he avoids noon meals, leaving the admirer to remark on the wife’s conversational talents.
Two travelers remark on a prolonged halt at a station. The first passenger questions the reason for the wait while the experienced traveler suggests no one is attempting to catch the train, implying a quiet schedule with little activity.
Two farmers leaven local news by debating the board reading Death of Frank Miller, then humorously confirm they are not the deceased. One asks if the notice is about him, the other says no his name is John. The exchange highlights rural skepticism and wit.
A Chicago clerk describes how a boarding house diet and overwork caused illness, but adding Grape Nuts to two meals daily restored health and allowed her to keep her job and income. The company cites the letter as a genuine, human-interest testimonial and promotes The Road to Wellville.
Kind Gentleman asks Rupert about his worst scrape. Rupert replies the worst misfortune came when he was shaved at a barber college. The exchange hints at a humorous mishap and public curiosity about past misadventures.
Mrs Lillie Wilcher of Chattanooga Tennessee reports that two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment cured her skin disease after years of itching and burning. She credits one treatment set with curing her baby and two other children and notes the remedies also helped her uncle's infant.
The star soprano Melba was met with a remarkable reception at a recent Paris opera gala. Years earlier in St Petersburg she endured an hour long encore, with fans serenading her to the hotel, and autograph pencils torn into pieces as keepsakes at the departure platform.
The teacher reminded Freddie not to lick his plate during the end of term ice cream. He complied, then quietly returned to licking the plate before resuming his place at the table.
The text recalls Gambetta during his peak fame when admirers unyoked his horses and dragged the carriage to his home in Paris. He would recount with pride that he never saw his horses again, adding a rueful smile about the incident. The cruiser Leon Gambetta was named in his honor after his death on December 31, 1882.
Excerpt from the Washington Star recounts a Fourth of July address by a prominent statesman in a country town. Beveridge notes the crowd’s hiss as the speaker, visibly intoxicated, ad libbed that he preferred to be seen as an inebriate.
Horace confesses fear when aroused while Maud asks what time they wake. The exchange hints at tension and routine in their waking hour.
A Philadelphia Press item shows Willie resisting a big pink necktie his mother demands he wear. He warns he will cry all over it if forced, illustrating a temperate domestic scene.
A clerical friend revisiting Africa asked the cathedral verger where a bishop’s late wife lies. The verger replied he cannot be certain but notes the bishop tends to bury his wives at Brompton, hinting at a recurring site.
Mrs Gadder mocks mail order shopping while Mrs Ascum counters that one can only buy by mail, delivering a punch about shopping methods in a light dialogue.
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