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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1905
Page
7
A Breeder's Gazette view argues mares are highly profitable on American farms and must be bred consistently. Neglecting mares or delaying breeding wastes potential profit, as failure to mate and manage foal production leads to ongoing costs and poorer foal outcomes.
A veterinary surgeon lists principal causes of lameness in horses. He cites excessive frog cutting, tall wall height, insufficient toe shortening, uneven wall height, improper foot alignment, heavy wide shoes with many nails, and cutting soles and bars weakening the foot.
The imported Percheron stallion Pink won first prize and champion at the International Live Stock exposition in Chicago last year. He also claimed the show title in 1903 and has been first wherever shown. Owned by Dunham Fletcher Coleman of Illinois.
An American Agriculturist guide emphasizes sun exposure for hogs only in well ventilated sheds. It warns against pens with closed breezeways or tree shade masking heat, and urges open, shaded setups with air circulation to keep pens cool and comfortable for pigs.
A pure bred ram accelerates improvement more than a decade of care. Undersized or ill conformed lambs should be sold for mutton promptly. A long pedigree helps only if the sheep is sound, not overly long in leg and neck. The sheep sustains us, so care in adversity is essential. Keep lambs growing and avoid setbacks from poor feeding.
The Electrical Review explains that diamond dies are used for drawing extremely small wires, often under twenty five one thousandths of an inch, since steel dies wear too much. Sapphire dies appear occasionally, while copper silver and platinum are drawn to tiny sizes. Diamonds weigh four to five carats each and cost 15 to 20 dollars per carat, with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth used in U S wire factories.
The London Standard explains Marlborough’s tactic at Ramillies where the French line on a ridge formed an arc. By feinting toward Autre Eglise and moving troops along the arc’s chord to seize the Prenech right, Marlborough exploited the key high ground behind Ramillies and outpaced French reinforcements.
The Minneapolis Journal reports on a shoemaker's comparison of national foot types. It praises the American foot as slender and robust, notes the French as graceful but weak, and criticizes the English for being long and bony with no instep.
Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace chats on Russia in Edinburgh club when a youth imparts views Wallace cannot accept. The youth claims to have read Wallace's Russia, then Wallace reveals he has just written it. The exchange ends with the reveal that the youth is Robert Louis Stevenson.
Reflects on sorrow as inseparable from life, asserting pain holds divine significance. Quoted from F. W Robertson, the passage argues only those who discern sorrow’s sacredness grasp life’s true meaning.
A concise adage notes hypocrisy as folly because it is easier and safer to seem what one is than to maintain the pretence of being another. Lord Burleigh emphasizes the burden of constant disguise.
In a Town and Country exchange a query asks why a wife of a lord is called Lady Marmma. The reply notes that her title is inherent and need not be explicitly stated for recognition.
The quote suggests greed follows a life spent on pleasure and later ambition, implying moral decline. It attributes the idea to a speaker named Johnson, noting the sequence of vices as a philosophical observation.
A brief aphorism notes that even an electric button is useless without being pushed, illustrating a call for proactive effort rather than mere potential. The quote reflects practical sentiment from the Philadelphia Record era.
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