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Newspaper
Washington Daily Herald
Location
Washington, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
8
A historical survey traces farm mechanization from wind power to motor drives. It notes early implements like the reaper and binder evolving into gasoline engines, disc harrows, corn harvesters, and manure spreaders, with traction engines boosting westward farm output and labor savings amid labor shortages.
The Guernsey breed arose from Normandy and Britain stocks on the island, kept pure for centuries, and later brought to America beginning with an 1818 pair from Alderney. The first imported record was in 1833, and since then the breed’s dairy performance has grown, led by the American Guernsey Cattle Association. World-class cows Missy of the Mist and Dolly Dimple hold record weights, highlighting the breed’s milk output and breeding progress.
An adjustable rake tool from New Jersey features a pivoting head and movable handle allowing multiple angles and distances. The design highlights flexible use for far to close spacing and varied tasks.
A farm note extols collies as safe with children and useful for farm tasks. It recalls raising puppies into loyal companions and early training to move cattle, fetch milk routines, and care for pasture work.
Suggestions emphasize starting grass growth before turning stock onto pastures. Warns against night clipping, notes horses should be dry and fast. Recommends worm signs treat with concentrated lye stirred into slop. In fattening pens pigs should receive ample food with bran and meat meal to build muscle and bone in young sows.
Copyedit note indicates ewes require sufficient palatable feed both before and after lambing to support flock health and lamb viability.
A narrator recalls a teenage vow to marry against his father’s will. The father agrees only after the son passes mathematics, amid a tale of love, death threats, and a dramatic courtship with Anna. The piece blends dark humor with a coming of age moment and a final twist of parental consent.
Two ladies discuss marriage in a hotel parlor. One notes she is single as does the other. They remark on a passing widow who has been cremated four times and conclude she has husbands to burn.
A humorous exchange has the doctor thanked for his “excellent medicine.” The gentleman replies it has benefited him, then reveals his wife or companion took some of the medicine, joking that she left him his “splellags tee.”
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