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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1904
Page
7
A poem about leaving a homeland, a woman recalling past fields roses and days before she came over. The speaker and others share in the farewell to familiar lands as memory glows then fades. The piece ends with reflection on the many isles of age beyond memory.
Parson Joyce tends the garden and meets Sybil Luttrell the manor heiress who seeks counsel on love. She confesses she is in love with a man who has not spoken, and Joyce urges her to declare her feelings. She then kneels, begging him to help reveal the suitor’s heart.
The National Magazine recalls Garibaldi and Anita’s perilous honeymoon campaign at sea. Anita fired the last shot and helped to blow the vessel, then led the retreat to the woods where Garibaldi began his famed military career. Their life with Rio Grande do Sul forged loyalty and legend amid long marches and hard privations. Their son Menotti was born during a forced march, with Anita again at the head of the column.
Ida A. Fiske outlines a versatile rat and cat proof chicken coop design tested over three years. The structure uses a soap box house, a four by four foot yard with inch mesh netting, and a top run of two inch mesh netting. It moves in two sections and can be insulated by a wood slide on cold nights.
The French parliament passes a bill to establish lace making professorships in public schools in lace industries areas and opens artistic schools for girl workers. About two hundred thousand women and girls are employed at home and the government aims to grow this number, hoping American demand will boost the craft and let brides wear hand made Valenciennes lace.
Yaks in Tibet carry loads over 200 pounds on steep terrain and survive on minimal forage, averaging eight miles of work daily. Tame yaks come in white, black, gray, and brown, while wild yaks are always black with long winter coats. a hunter once shot his own pack animals by mistake.
Mr. Allen Mansfield of Harris Kansas predicts a seismic shift in cattle feeding toward shorter, more systematic rising markets. He argues long yearlong feeding is outdated and calls for targeting high grade steers weighing 1350 to 1400 pounds rather than 1700 pound fed cattle to maximize profitability.
A swine breeder argues for separate housing and possibly separate lots for each sow and litter to achieve best results. If separate lots are impractical, a separate house suffices. Young pigs stay with their mother, but once they eat mixed slops they may share runs.
A Farm Field and Stockman note recommends giving a small amount of oil meal to horses during winter. It aids digestion of other foods, stimulates bowel movement, and keeps the system in good condition.
Practical poultry guidance from Prairie Farmer on treating common illnesses with salt water kerosene and onions. It describes roup canker and cholera signs, with cautions about kerosene taint, prevention through cleanliness space fresh water and treated grain, and simple remedies like kerosene swabs lard vaseline and borax applications.
A Northwestern visitor to an Illinois farmer praised his hog feeding method. Hogs fed corn soaked and swill made from water and linseed cake thrived without hog cholera. The farmer claimed 25 years of success, arguing hog meat could become a table delicacy nationwide.
A durable hayrack proposal describes a customizable outdoor rack ideal for cattle feeding. It forms a windbreak when placed northeast to southwest, with an 18 inch feed trough and fifteen inch high crosspieces and four foot posts. Hogs use it for shelter in cold weather, and the design uses 1x6 inch crosspieces eight feet long and 2x4 posts.
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