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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1906
Page
7
Farmers urged to provide large movable sleeping sheds for hogs. Shelters, 8 to 10 feet square, without floors, keep hogs clean and comfortable. Build with about 200 feet of lumber, 5 feet high at the front, tapering to 3.5 feet. Move ground periodically to refresh bedding.
In growing horses the key factor is the man. Some should grow draft horses, others trotters, with most suited to the former. Very few can reliably raise superior trotting horses, and even fewer can develop both. Those who lack understanding or interest should not pursue it, but with clear taste and skill in a chosen class, success is likely.
The discussion compares feeding oil meal for 60 days at the start versus the end of a cattle feeding period. H W Mumford notes uncertainty and observes cattle fed oil meal first start gaining sooner, while corn and clover fed cattle peak later. He advocates scientific testing to determine impact on finish.
Discussion at the Great Britain Board of Agriculture focused on copper sulphate baths to prevent foot rot in sheep. Experiments suggest a weaker solution may suffice when used as a preventive, with powdered copper sulphate of 98 percent purity used in baths.
The shepherd should breed for size weight of fleece distribution length of staple and fineness plus vigor health and constitution. This approach will quickly yield a flock of large thrifty sheep producing fleeces of the highest merit each season.
The piece stresses early care for lambs to prevent downhill health decline and promote thrifty growth, noting that prevention is wiser and more economical than recuperation. It advocates attentive management from birth to sustain a healthy flock.
The article traces sheep breeding from the middle ages when care for improvement began to emerge, noting earlier practices kept sheep with little selective effort. It highlights the shift toward deliberate improvement over time.
Robert Schoenhauer of Newburg New York describes a severe blood poisoning case with foot and ankle damage after two months in hospital. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, the foot healed in two weeks and the wearer regained ability to walk and work. August 21 1905.
A mother admonishes her son Johnny about avoiding violence to recover a lost ball. Johnny recounts trying to retrieve it peacefully once, twice, and thrice before resorting to force, finally obtaining the ball on the last attempt.
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh with a $100 reward for any failed case. It explains the constitutional nature of catarrh and claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, urging readers to send for testimonials and buy at 75 cents. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Technical World highlights women in demanding jobs from Monterey lighthouse keeper Mrs Fish to South Portland diver Mrs Gordon. The piece notes many more seize tough roles from Utah sheriffs to Chicago street cleaner bosses, proving women’s bold influence in labor.
In Orwell Oswego county New York a grave memorial for a lumberman features a scaled granite and marble replica of his Redfield sawmill. The inch to foot model includes saws carriages rollers skids and a loaded lumber carriage. One man has escaped conventional angel figures in the design.
An article notes coffee importers and roasters promote Postum Food Coffee as a remedy while warning that habitual stimulant coffee or whiskey use irritates tissues and causes disease. It claims many ailments improve after ten days off coffee and on Postum, proving the point with a mathematical demonstration. There’s a reason for Postum.
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