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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1899
Page
2
Aben E. Rexford's verse in Golden Days paints autumn fields turning brown and scarlet hills. Quails call while leaves drop, nuts patter, and bluebirds return in faded summer’s wake. Squirrels chatter as harvests fade, flowers die by hedges, and the season mourns the brief reign of summer as winter nears.
Railroad men in Detroit on a depot balcony recall perilous trips as a bold conductor Johnny Ball enforces fares with a punch and revolvers. Passengers yield, paying or facing forced removal, while the brakeman backs him with two loaded pistols. The tale unfolds amid forested miles and tense night.
A collage of humorous exchanges from various papers including Yonkers Statesman Indianapolis Journal Puck and Chicago Post. Jests range from marriage quirks to parlor scenes and verbal puns with light irony and social flavor.
Eliza R. Seidmore explores Peking as a paradoxical capital of China a fortified old world city in the shadows of Mongol rule and Manchu banners. The piece surveys ancient walls gates and customs while noting the harboring of Russia ties and the enduring, martial mood of the old Chinese capital.
The article discusses a new development in the ivory trade with central Africa opening up and elephants threatened. It suggests northern regions may hold hidden ivory from mammoth tusks and notes aging markets and historic use of ivory. It questions how ancient tusks became preserved and hints at evolving supply sources and market dynamics.
A reader requests a cheap convenient poultry house for 50 hens with a scratching pen under the same roof separated by a wire partition. The proposed structure measures 16 by 20 feet with a peak height of nine feet and a six foot front roof slope. Feeding to occur in the pen.
A detailed 19th century poultry house layout describes four equal sections with scratching pens on each side and roosting nest rooms. It recommends three partitions, ventilation, water and grit in roost or nest rooms, feeding in the scratching room, a sunlit dust bath, Neponsett roofing, battened walls, and simple, durable construction steps for farmers.
Rape and turnips depend on soil nitrogen and do not enrich soil like leguminous crops. They increase humus but are less valuable for green manure, and are best used as stock food. Cold weather effects on poultry combs noted with remedies. Bonedust trials show modest live-weight gains in calves.
The article lists breeds and their strengths for eggs, meat, and temperament, noting Langshan winter layers, Brahmas and Cochins for confinement, Plymouth Rocks as versatile, Leghorns and others poor table fowls, and outlines crossbreeding guides such as Leghorn with Partridge Cochins for good layers and Dorking with pit game for table fowls. It cautions against excessive crossbreeding and highlights crosses to improve setting and brooding traits.
A description shows four worn broom butts fixed in a crosspiece to form a yard and stable sweeper. A handle added allows push operation for efficient, clean sweeping of farms and stables. The note appears in the N. O. Tribune.
The article presents a progression of chick growth with a two ounce egg weight, a 14 ounce hatchling, and weekly increases to 41 ounces by week eleven, listing weights for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11 weeks.
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