Live Stock Improvement and Farmer Responsibility
Farmers acknowledge advantages of high quality livestock but many still produce inferior stock due to vague aims and carelessness. Charles McIntire notes lack of definite purpose leads to poor breeding and wasted stock. Each farmer should assess their farm, select well adapted animals, and commit to purposeful improvement.
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Charles McIntire
Muskingum County
Ohio
Elise
Eivery
Himeelf
Methods for Rein Adjustments When Driving Four Horses
A Breeders Gazette writer outlines two setups to drive four abreast. The first uses check lines on the outside horses, a four inch strap snapping into inner bit rings, and two hitch reins tying outside horses to the middle pair. The second method places ordinary lines on the middle horses, long cross lines on the outside, and ties inside halters to outside bits to complete the arrangement.
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Breeder's Gazette
Breeders seek better sire choice for farm horses
George McKerrow of Dane County Wis says many farmers rely on coarse coach horses bred to nondescript mares and fail. He reports only a small fraction of resulting colts suit general purpose use, while finer hackney or American trotter sires yield better farm horses.
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George McKerrow
Dane County
Wis
Feeding Hogs for Leaner, Tastier Meat in Pasture Systems
Thomas Convey of Iowa County Wisconsin argues that hogs finished with a balanced ration after pasture grazing produce lean, well-muscled meat. He notes hogs fed on skim milk, peas, oats, corn, and ample pasture can rival thick fleshed lard hogs, challenging corn only systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catte
Thomas
Iowa County
Wis
Grooming Improves Stability and Health of Horses
Grooming the well being of stabled horses yields strong health benefits. Vigorous grooming cleans the skin, keeps pores open, and stimulates skin action, ensuring horses are at their best for work rather than merely improving appearance.
When It Rains Animals Seek Shelter From Storm
The piece describes how animals old and young react to rain and approaching storms. Cattle, poultry, and wild birds grow uneasy, seek shelter indoors or under cover, and hurry to find safe places as clouds gather. It contrasts prepared shelters with improvised refuges.
Postmaster Trial and Charley Over the Water Ring Game
A child centered game scene describes choosing a postmaster by local knowledge of places, with a line of players posting envelopes and attempting to identify cities and states. The activity includes a chant Charley over the Water as participants dance and a final capture mechanic for the center child to swap places with someone caught.
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Charley
Alliterative Game Prompts Consonant Story Fun
Players receive a distinct consonant to start each word in a timed tale. For example S$ yields a humorous line about Simple Simon and slow seafaring scoundrels, while F produces a piece about Fanny Ferns fancy fathoms. Conjunctions may be reduced to maintain alliteration.
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Simon
Fanny Fern
Meanings Behind Classic Girls Names and Their Origins
A list of female given names with ethnic roots and meanings. Names include Alice Alicia Agnes Amy Amelia Anne Anna Arabella Bertha Blanche Bernice Catharine Charlotte Caroline Chloe Clara Deborah Diana Dorothy Eliza Elizabeth Emma Esther Frances Grace Helena Isabella Mabel Margaret Mary Maud Matilda Mercy Priscilla Prudence Payche Rebecca Rosa Ruth Salome Sarah Sophia Susan Susanna Ursula Winifred with origins Greek Hebrew Latin German Greek Saxon and more and meanings such as noble chaste beloved fair bright and gracious.
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Alice
Alicia
Agnes
Amy
Amelia
Anne
Anna
Hannah
Bertha
Blanche
Bernice
Catharine
Charlotte
Caroline
Chioe
Clara
Deborah
Diana
Borothy
Eliza
Elizabeth
Emma
Esther
Frances
Grace
Helena
Isabella
Mabel
Margaret
Mary
Maud
Matilda
Mercy
Priscilla
Payche
Rebecca
Rosa
Ruth
Salome
Sarah
Sophia
Susan
Susanna
Ursula
Winifred
Dollar Game with Clapping Hands Passing the Coin
A circle game where a dollar is passed from hand to hand as players clap and extend their arms to touch neighbors. The right hand downward and left upward motions accompany a rhythmical song about the wandering dollar.
Follow the Leader game described as reckless play
The article explains a street game where a leader is chosen by counting out and others follow in single file through outdoor obstacles. It notes the southern practice of dangerous stunts such as going under a horse or between wagon wheels, with drivers stopping to accommodate the danger.
Optical illusion proves perfect square by side rules
The text argues the figure is a perfect square, shown by laying a straightedge along each side in turn. It notes the visible curvature of the sides is an optical illusion caused by the surrounding circles.
Ex-Secretary Long Criticized by Mayflower Descendants Banquet
At Plymouth Massachusetts on September 8, speakers at the General Society of Mayflower Descendants banquet assailed ex Secretary of the Navy Long. Morton Dexter of Boston denounced the claim that Pilgrims were hypocrites and repudiated the conclusion.
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Plymouth
Mass
Long
Reodety
Morton Dexter
Boston
Dexter
Prince Rupprecht in Auto Crash Near Berlin
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria was thrown from an automobile on the way to army maneuvers when the car struck a stone pillar and toppled over an embankment. Mrs Warcaret Evans, widow of John Evans ex governor of Colorado, was also involved.
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Berlin
Prince Rupprecht
Bavaria
Warcaret Evans
John Evans
Colorado
Favorite Prescription Aimed at Women's Ailments
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription marketed through druggists as alcohol free and specially prepared for women's weaknesses. It boasts medical endorsements, offers a free booklet, and claims to relieve headaches backaches and pelvic symptoms. The ad invites free consultations and notes the Medical Adviser volume and Pellets for digestion.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
People’s Common Sense
R.V. Pierce
Earwigs hatch and cluster like mother hens
Earwigs differ from other insects in origin and structure. They hatch from eggs and naturalists often see the mother earwig with her newly hatched brood crowded under her like chickens under a hen.
FiveYearOld Unveils Navy Painting at War College
In Newport Rhode Island on September 8 a five year old, Harry Clase, unveiled a large oil portrait of his grandfather the late Rear Admiral Henry Clay Taylor in the library of the Naval War College before a distinguished gathering of naval officers.
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Newport
St. 1
Harry Clase
Henry Clay Taylor
Naval War College
Suave minister and a curious name reference
A humorous London Tit-Bits excerpt depicts a suave minister approaching a font with an armful of fat and flounces and a long comic name Augustus Philip Ferdinand Codrington Chesterfield Livingstone Snook. The scene shifts to a flirtatious exchange asking for water and air.
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Augustus Philip Ferdinand Codrinton
Chesterfield Livingstone Snook
Absence test in romance from Pittsburg Post
A young man asks if absence makes the heart grow fonder and a young woman replies to test the idea by promising five or six years apart. The snippet ends with a Plato quote about wisdom and honor guiding a happy immortality.
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Pittsburg
Plato
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Meadow-Grass Singing Society
St. Nicholas
the Fox
FOX Typewriter Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Hendy
Nebraska
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Neb
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Burlington
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Omaha
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J. E. Kunath
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