Hints for Farmers on Flock and Poultry Health Care
See Hints for Farmers reports advise careful selection of parent stock and well bred rams to maximize lamb returns. Emphasizes feeding to meet market grade, castration of ram lambs early, and maintaining flock health to avoid parasites. Also notes remedies for air blisters in chicks and poultry diet with iron carbonate and charcoal, plus oatmeal and grit.
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W. C. Coffey
Illinois Agriculturist
Western Poultry Journal
Cure In Feeding Fowls
The Western Poultry Journal advocates limiting fowl intake to what they will eat cleanly. Dry feeding keeps food available in hoppers and champions say birds overeat only by degrees. The authors propose dry mash only and restrict full grain to a handful per fowl, scattered to encourage exercise.
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Western Poultry Journal
Black Knot In Plum Trees Remedies Described
The best treatment for black knot in plum trees is to cut out the knots in winter down to healthy wood and paint the wound with copper sulfate solution. Worms on currant bushes are killed by dusting leaves with powdered hellebore or Paris green, hellebore being non toxic to people and animals.
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New Yorker
Breeding Season Rules For Iowa Flock Warned
An Iowa farmer in American Agriculturist stresses breeding season timing and ram maturity. Once selected a ram should be at least one year old before breeding to avoid shrinking flock quality. The season runs from October to December 1, based on lambing accommodations and financial outcomes.
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Iowa
American Agriculturist
Horse Cough Remedy Mixture For Feed
A home remedy combines chlorate of potash six ounces lobelia five ounces Jamaica ginger four ounces and granulated sugar one pound to be mixed and given as a table spoonful in the horse feed before feeding. The instruction notes to place the powder in the feed box prior to feeding.
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Jamaica
Worm control for grazing horses in Breeder's Gazette
Green grass grazing suffices for worm control in horses during this season. If grazing is not possible, feed a mixture of equal parts dried sulphate of iron, salt, flowers of sulphur, and ground gentian root twice daily for ten days, then ten days off, repeat. Do not give iron to pregnant mares.
Summer Care of Chicks and Natural Rearing Conditions
The article emphasizes cleanliness in housing and regular feeding with a variety of wholesome feed. It urges keeping the flock on virgin soil with ample vegetation and shade to provide natural conditions for healthy birds.
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Cor
American Agriculturist
Remedy For Bloody Milk Instructions From Country Gentleman
Remedy for bloody milk instructs dosing cow with a mixture of epsom salts potassium nitrate gentian and hot water then feeding twice daily. A separate powder combines bicarbonate soda potassium bicarbonate powdered charcoal to be given as two tablespoonful doses.
England Farm Area Under Cultivation and Land Use
England’s land use shows 26 percent under cultivation, 54 percent grass land, and 5 percent woodland. The figures reflect the distribution of arable, pasture, and forested areas within the country’s total land area.
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England
Unclear Dialogue on Matrimonial Matches
Conversational exchange contrasts heaven made matches with unhappy marriages. Mrs and Mr Crimsonbeak discuss fate and compatibility in a Yonkers Statesman styled quip about relationships.
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Mrs. Crimsonbeak
Mr. Crimsonbeak
Yonkers
Quotable Proverb Recounts Satan’s Fall in The Fall
A wry exchange from The Fall cites a devilish line about Satan’s heavenly origin and his inability to endure prosperity. The Atlanta Constitution frames the quip as a representative moral on envy and hubris.
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Satan
Atlanta Constitution
Eagle as emblem of the republic and its freedom
The text extols the eagle as the freest bird and the symbol chosen for the republic, highlighting independence self reliance and unconquerable courage as its defining traits. It frames the eagle as a guiding emblem for the nation and its citizens.
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Our
Republic
A Trick Demonstration on Strength and Water Flow
A reader description shows two stage tricks. The first uses a concealed wet wad hidden behind the ear to simulate water flowing from a knife after squeezing the handle. The second demonstrates arm strength by testing whether two people can pull hands apart when held palm to palm.
Game of Cockfighting Among Boys Described
Two boys are tied to simulate fighting cocks using handkerchief restraints and a broom stick as props. They sit facing each other with toes aimed to flip the other onto the floor. The first to turn the opponent over wins, with rematches if both fall simultaneously.
Warning Game Among Boys Described With Bouncers and Chick Catch
An outdoor game for boys features a boy called the cock who marks a ground line as his boundary warns others then chases. If he is touched or cannot clasp again he must run back, and those who catch him become chicks and join the chase, continuing the round.
Feather circle game and forfeit chant from era puzzle pages
Players form a tight circle with a flossy feather and blow at it to keep it aloft. If the feather lands on someone, they pay a forfeit. Also quoted conundrums name Russell Sage and pair Burns Southey as examples from a puzzle column.
The Ducks Play Day Then Pekin Loses Track of Friends
A playful duckling group enjoys tag shinney and a fun day, then Pekin spots the others hiding in a meadow. He searches the grass and water as the flock rests with heads tucked beneath their wings, signaling a peaceful nap after the chase.
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Pekin
An American Joke From England
A humorous tale notes the quick temper of an American senator at a Washington dinner who shoots a wit dead after being teased about fish. The punchline explains the senator later attends the wit’s funeral to show there is no grudge despite the rash act.
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England
English Illustrated Magazine
Washington
Vaal
Vaas
Queen Elizabeth Makes a Wet Dress Joke at Court
The London Tatler recounts a tale from Essex about a maid of honor whose new dress was seized by the queen. On a very wet day Elizabeth I dressed in the garment and dragged it through the mud to amuse onlookers, humiliating the wearer who pretended delight in the royal fun.
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Elizabeth
Essex
London Tatler
Hamlet and Ophelia Playtime and Hair Gatherings
A mother hosts a crowded gathering and prompts Edith to organize a game of Hamlet and Ophelia while Maude fetches her mother's false hair. The scene unfolds as guests observe a playful, staged tableau.
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Edith
Maude
Mamma
Ladies’ Home Journal
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