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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1894
Page
8
Rural New Yorker presents a parable of two farmers after long days of toil. One man is driven by money and hoarded wealth, losing his humanity. The other, though wealthy in stocks and lands, lives with honor, wisdom, and charity, a noble figure who finds joy in generosity and virtue.
The plum gouger beetle damages plums similarly to the known curculio, with a smooth brown body and a forward snout. It lays eggs in small crescent punctures on the fruit, larvae bore into the stone causing round exit holes, and pupation occurs inside the stone. Adults emerge in spring as fruit grows. spraying is less effective, and jarring is the recommended control.
The text argues temperament as vital in breeding horses. It warns against vicious mares and hereditary faults, citing D. Carnieu that a mare used for breeding should be perfectly well known and free from vice or temperamental taint. Stallions’ temper is hard to gauge, so breed only from mares not vicious themselves.
The passage discusses profitable duck varieties, crossbreeding Partridge Cochins with Houdnn stock for broilers, and general poultry economy. It covers yearly rooster introduction to boost egg yield, hybrid vigor, turkey market demand, ideal weights for birds, and care for weak chickens including millet, cracked wheat, greens, and exercise to aid digestion.
Practical farmer guidance on rearing ducklings without a stream. Advice covers brooder pen setup, warmth, ventilation, and safe space for up to 20 ducklings. Details include materials for a protective cloth shelter, feeding from days one to three, then barley, vegetables, and milk, and always providing drinking water to prevent death.
The Holstein-Friesians prize winner from Meved at Chicago is praised for high milk yield though quality cited as inferior to Jerseys. Noted as robust butter cows with good beef, the specimen from Columbian’s Columba’s second, Sir Henry 10.407, received commendation at the fair.
The report notes Pat Holstein Qebian Tuli as a prize winning aged bell and top in sweepstakes. It cites awards for first and third prizes in bull and produce classes, a milk record of seventy pounds daily at age three, and butter production figures. The bull is described as vigorous, stylish, five years old, nearly perfect in form, with strong lineage from Maplewood and Colnbria stock per the World.
Rural guide discusses Sealy legs in poultry as a non constitutional disease confined to feet leg joints, caused by filth and moisture, and removable by soaking brushing and creosote solution. Recommends clean housing and dry yards, plus home market for root crops like turnips beets carrots and onions for livestock feeding.
The Journal of Education surveys widespread tree spirits in European folklore, detailing legends from Greece to Sweden and England. It cites juniper, elder, rowan, ash, and other trees as dwelling places for spirits, protective charms against witches, and biblical associations with the cross.
A curious scene unfolds on a street corner where a woman in masculine disguise is observed by passersby. She deflects attention with a composed stare while a large man sits beside her, lights a cigar, and receives a curt glance in return. The incident leaves onlookers puzzled by the edge between disguise and propriety.
The excerpt offers kitchen guidance from Farm, Yield and Piresite including methods for boiled potatoes with purses, tapioca with cherries or grape juice, and a chili sauce recipe that matures in jars. It also describes Summer Bread with hot fat batter and pan baking, plus a method for delicious beefsteak with curry notes and tomato sauce as an optional accompaniment.
The piece describes lace varieties in purpure, gauze, cream, and butter shades, and recalls skirts with buckled trims standing from the waist. It notes silk ginghams, muslins, and soft wash fabrics needing ribbon color coordination, and outlines evolving hat styles with waved brims, flowers, feathers, and varied trims.
The article reviews climbers suitable for screens and walls, favoring Ampelopsis veitehti the Japanese creeper and Shui's Japan honeysmile. It notes clematis jeclinanni as an annual flowering option from seed, with Delichos luhlab and a Chufaead bean mentioned in passing, and highlights a strong, fast covering climber with pinkish purple flowers for fences from a rural guide.
An assorted clip lists round trip tickets from Chicago on select dates to Kentucky Tennessee and other southern states with twenty day return validity and stopovers. It notes ticket offices in Chicago and a northern passenger agent and includes varied quotations and theater notices from Inter Ocean and Washington Star.
An assortment of market chatter and health ads fills the column. Mentions of Sidney complaints and a return to regularity via Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters mix with notices about a stolen flock suit in U.S. courts. Also promoted are California liquid laxative syrup and various cosmetics, while stray quips and reader anecdotes pepper the page with light, era-specific chatter.
In a fragmented dialogue the signal man chides a caller for having nothing to say while Washington asserts ample remarks await. The garbled text hints at a domestic or frontier exchange with misread words and missing context.
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