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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
3
A description of small four foot square coops for setting hens and chicks. Each coop includes a tight interior nest and a covered run constructed from boards forming a 12 by 4 foot box, covered with wire netting and openings for feed and water, allowing safe passage between run and coop.
A New York Tribune reader outlines a coop with a side slide door and attached run to protect chicks from predators. He reports a brood of 30 raised safely, with minimal loss, and notes easy movement to fresh ground, feeding, and setting hens. Cost remains low, about two dollars for the structure plus 40 cents for wire netting, with carpenter work optional.
A Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes breed debate argues standard weights are too high. Brewers and poultry judges note medium birds often lay better, with few birds reaching standard weight. Farmers may gain by favoring lighter birds and paying more for correctly weighted stock.
A Vermont man calculates household labor by units, reporting his black walnut table spread 32850 times and cleared 32850 times over 30 years as five dut meals per day, totaling 164250 meals at 15 cents each, claiming 24637.50 dollars in value. He notes similar figures for 60 years of service.
Dr. McIntosh, V. S. Swineherd outlines a common swine disease, detailing limp and joint swelling in fetlocks, possible fever and sickness with inflammatory forms, and suggests treatments. Recommendations include Epsom salts, Croton oil, Gaultheria oil, turpentine mix, and tincture of aconite for inflammatory stages.
A compilation of agricultural notes on pig feeding devices, using a swinging front door to hold pigs until feeding, plus observations on Angora goats guarding sheep from dogs. It also covers cottonseed meal as a temporary hog conditioner and cautions about dressed poultry quality and market buyers.
The piece stresses regular feeding and naps for infants to survive summer heat, arguing many infant deaths occur before age two due to digestive issues. It advises early morning outdoor meals, structured baths at 10 am, midmorning naps, and avoiding post four o’clock sleep to preserve night rest. It warns against overprotection and urges tactile play on earth to build vigor.
A fragmented page blends a New York Times style vignette on a hot day with a father and son debating whether motion creates heat while a cooling electric fan hums. The piece shifts to porch gardening tips about fern balls, moss centers, and decorative habits, then ends with a quick recipe for broiled veal steak with tomato horseradish sauce.
A compilation of brief items notes: salmon trust formed in New Jersey, Hetty Green investing in Hartwell oil lands, Ambassador White’s Berlin departure planned for September, 16 300 islands with 370 inhabited, Northern China mostly vegetarian, John Alexander Dowie naturalized American, steel rails price advance of 29 tons, London hotels tipping on wine left on tables, dressmakers' trust organized for 200 100 er age depth Atlantic 14000 feet Pacific 15000 feet, German Empire population 3 000 000 Polish speakers, Fresnes prison near Paris largest, Beatrice a four year old travels alone Dallas to New York, Atlantic to Lake Superior Canadian waters distance 2260 miles, Vanderbilt may enlist in the Twelfth Regiment NYG, Lieutenant Madame beauty product claim, Judge Jax dead in Massachusetts, British dairy industry milking 4 000 000 cows producing 22 million pounds of dairy products, Santa Rosa wooden church built from imported wood, New York port May imports valued 3 169 273 versus 1 322 357 in May 1900, Belgium brews more beer per capita than England with 31% gallons versus 29% respectively.
Mrs Anton Griesbaum Jr of New Baden reports severe female weakness left her unable to work. After three boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills she is cured, with renewed health and no remaining symptoms. The remedy is gaining local reputation for treating Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy, and Rheumatism.
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