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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
7
The Berkshire hog is presented as a long bred, superior general purpose pig suited to eastern dairy farmers, corn belt growers, and southern forage systems. Distinctive black body with white markings, robust structure, marbled tender meat, and notable docility and prolificacy are highlighted as key qualities and advantages for improving common swine nationwide.
A Farm and Home writer describes a gate that stays shut with an inside roller mounted on the gate post. The roller uses a bent rod and auger holes, a rope runs from the gate center to a second post, and a 12 pound weight provides tension. A blocking piece inside the swinging post prevents overtravel.
Sugar beets offer superior storage, heavier yields, and better stock food than ordinary beets. While highly valuable where roots are grown, they pose drawbacks for cultivating large areas and may limit broad farming expansion.
In many sheep communities hand-power shearing is being replaced by machines. The new device shears more wool with longer fiber and often pays for itself in the first season for small flocks.
A Farm and Home writer describes a ventilated platform for wells using a frame of 2x4s with a 2 to 6 inch gap between top and bottom sides. Inside is a fly screen to block dirt and insects, outside a larger mesh screen to deter large vermin, providing ongoing ventilation and preventing foul odors. In winter the platform is covered with straw and snow.
The article, attributed to B. Lara, argues farm teams deserve better care. It stresses a good size, quick action, and strength, favoring steady walkers over high-spirited horses, and notes mares are suitable for work and provide breeding value beyond labor costs.
The sketch shows long houses with compartments forming small lots for breeding hogs and fattening shotes. Pigs have access to a larger Timothy pasture. separate quarters in small bunches allow better attention and more uniform growth.
The man entering sheep farming should expect reasonable prices for mutton and wool for some time. Learning comes from experience and study of sheep habits. Start small with 25 ewes and a good ram to educate yourself with minimal expense. Pasture suited to cattle may not suit sheep. sheep thrive on short fine grass. Most farms can benefit from adding a few sheep.
Pigs may be pastured on rape with rapid growth. Supplemental protein improves gains. Hogs finished for market at seven to eight months old and 250 to 300 pounds yield best profit. Sheep fatten on grain alone without any fodder.
A Chicago writer recalls Count Von Haake captain of Company G Fifty second New York killed May 10 1864 at Po River Va. During a woodland retreat under fire he was shot in the chest and died amid flames as comrades bore him toward safety. The narrative preserves his final moments and the Canadian paper’s publication of the reminiscence.
An article advocates right living and proper timing of remedies. It promotes California Fig Syrup Co. laxative as the one perfect option and urges buying the genuine product from the company for general satisfaction. It emphasizes health, recreation, and restraint from medicines except when beneficial.
Fragment from a 19th century column urging readers to overcome fear of new ideas and discomfort, citing Emerson and Bagehot on consistency. It warns against clinging to yesterday and highlights the lure of fresh challenges versus the fear of departure from routine. The piece also notes false cures for tuberculosis as misrepresentation and ends with a classroom anecdote about a cherub misquoting the Bible.
A nurse in training recounts daily midnight coffee use that led to nervous breakdowns and bilious attacks. After marriage she quit coffee, tried Postum and soon felt clearer, steadier nerves, and no bilious attacks. A promotional note invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
Advertiser highlights a farmer who built a house, cleared land, and expanded to 165 acres with crops including wheat corn milo maize kafir sorghum millet and cotton. He reports $416 worth of produce first year $802 second year and forecasted $400 wheat oats plus about $1,000 from remaining crop with stock wintered. Colonia tion agent promotes buying raw land cheaply, promises land folders and six months of The Earth, and provides contact at 3170 J Railway Exchange Chicago.
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