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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1904
Page
6
Poem excerpt recounts a youth and later life still waiting for opportunity. A boy vows to delay life until the perfect moment, while aging self-doubt grows. The piece contrasts hopeful ambition with poverty and unfulfilled plans, attributed to Louise Grey Silll in the Chicago Inter Ocean.
A bystander recounts a street tragedy where a wealthy driver Hamilton struck a child with his automobile while a crowd tended the injured. Dennis, a business rival, prosecutes, aided by a criminal lawyer, amid Hamilton family pressure. The trial reveals Hamilton’s alleged indifference as Murray’s family seeks justice. Five years’ imprisonment follows for Hamilton despite Hamiltonists’ efforts to intervene.
The past summer was exceptionally dry and warm in Switzerland and the Tyrol, crowded upper hotels forced new glacier routes as ice coverings melted. The note remarks a woman’s influence over a man by appearing to agree with him.
An article notes oats as ideal grain for horses but suggests substitutions like bran gluten feed and corn. It explains relative nutrition, advises cautious use for hard work, and recommends mixing oats with bran and gluten feed or substituting corn in moderation for energy, with regional feeding patterns in the corn belt.
C C Bosworth of Ohio Farmer presents a cheap hay unloading rig using pulley blocks and rings to hoist a fork full of hay from barn floor to mow. He claims it replaces costly tracks, works in small barns, and adapts with posts or trees for stacking.
Testimony on skim milk value for hogs shows fed milk and grain reduces dry matter per pound gain. Experiments indicate 100 pounds milk equal to about 24 pounds grain. In Colorado trials hogs fed milk and grain gained more daily and required about half as much dry matter per pound of gain as grain only.
Farmers outline how to use a cultivator for deep cultivation to loosen soil between rows. They warn that two inches is enough depth for cultivation and grass or weeds should stay low to avoid triggering plowing. Deep cultivation can harm crops by disturbing roots and should be avoided when unnecessary.
The article outlines preparation for weaning foals, urging gradual transition from mare milk to grain, halter breaking, and regular feeding. It stresses early handling for tying and reading, boosting calmness for future harness work, and the first winter’s nourishment to shape development, recommending oats bran and carefully balanced corn for best growth.
The Agricultural Epitomist notes silage can be a safe valuable horse feed when introduced gradually. It aids roughage needs and can accompany hay grain or stover, with caution to avoid excessive corn. Used with hogs it can reduce overall feed costs though not suitable as sole feed.
Instructional note by C. B. Robinson details constructing a V shaped trough from solid timber with a swing gate. The design uses 2x4 timber and one inch boards, includes bore holes for hinge mounting, and a latch to allow operation from either side. The trough sits in a hog lot fence for feeding and cleaning without hog interference.
Albert Dally in St Louis Globe Democrat describes a home windmill design built around an upright post and shaft with a hub lifting three wind arms. Sails swing from horizontal to perpendicular, regulated to face the wind, with a two foot top lean and a ground level lower bearing. A four foot pulley near the shaft bottom has a groove formed by burn-in rope heat.
A Washington Star quotation shows Mr. Comrox remarking on the high cost of a picture in his collection. An inquirer asks for the most expensive work, and he jokes that a photographer asked his son-in-law to place it in the family album.
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