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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1903
Page
2
Readers encounter reflections on city streets as stages for daily drama and human feeling, plus a foreign suggestion for night visible clocks. A separate anecdote recounts George Anderson fending off a black bear on a Pennsylvania line, killing the animal after wounding it.
A family moved from Swanley Kent to Dedham Essex with two cats. One cat vanished for six days, later returning to Swanley eighty miles away. The piece questions how the cat crossed the Thames. The text also references a Haward style London Answers version and a Hartford Courant note on fakirs at Simsbury fair with a claimed money scheme and a beggar audience.
The Rev A L Wilson in Knowledge notes accidental coincidences among objects. They include the Jaw Bene fungus resembling a human ear, starfish resembling an anemone, and Kenessi to a bird’s nest. many mappings are so exact a large fungus could pass for a small bird nest.
An array of striking notes on executioners and death practices across cultures. It contrasts India’s headsman with European hangmen, notes ceremonial dress and public perception, and includes curious tidbits on methods of death and remarkable figures from around the world. It ends with a claim about a colossal statue in Yokohama weighing gold.
A travelers' nights in Constantinople describe sleepless streets filled with barking dogs and a climb through mosques. The Valideh mosque, St Sofia, and Ahmed mosque impress with minarets and tiled interiors while dervishes chant in prayer rooms. The journey continues aboard the Orient Express to Paris after visiting sacred sites and museums.
A. A. Anderson of Macon County describes trials with barn designs for fancy poultry. Earlier sheds failed due to leaks and messy floors, but a four pen south facing house with a cement floor and battened siding is praised for ease of cleaning and better warmth, marking a notable improvement in rearing conditions. The article also notes follow up on butter and cheese imports, with Denmark and Canada as major suppliers and commentary from Dairy World on prices and Australian exports.
In Nebraska's City County M. M. Johnson argues against doctoring flocks with antidotes to force laying. He advocates a balanced, varied diet including corn wheat oats barley millet bran grass insects and greens, noting grain mix and free range. He stresses scratch feeding, fiber for digestion, and bone for summer production, concluding such feeding yields eggs and profit.
The article notes that Channel Island cattle imported to the United States have increased in size over generations. It observes that the American Jersey cow tends to be larger than the Jersey cow from its native island.
H R Wright the dairy commissioner says Iowa leads in dairy, with creameries producing about 0,000,000 pounds of butter annually and farms contributing 61,789,288 pounds. United States totals reach 420,954,016 pounds from creameries and 1,071,743,127 pounds from farms. Iowa's 56,025 square miles yield nearly 20 percent of creamery butter and about 10 percent of U S butter, with dairy value near 28,000,000 dollars yearly plus by products. Despite large output the average creamery patron owns seven cows and yields under 140 pounds of butter per cow.
Report on managing dry cows for March or April freshening and the risks of inadequate winter feeding. Advocates balanced rations using corn stalks, wheat straw, clover hay, corn fodder, timothy hay, and bran to support calf development and future milk supply. W B Anderson signs the note.
A fragment discusses Brahmas formerly called tha Pootras and claims about their origin. Some assert they come from North India, while opinions differ on whether they arose from breeding other fowls on Cochigz.
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