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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1893
Page
8
Agricultural hints discuss placing a snug henhouse near the kitchen to save time. A Wisconsin example shows a wife remodeling an outhouse into a warm henhouse, with plans for seven bays of forty deer each and passage at the rear for access to poultry needs.
A historical note describes a small poultry room ten by three feet with a longer shed or building two and a half by thirty four feet and uncertain height. It lists features such as doors nests dust box feed bins heater and entrance to runs. The writer advises consulting a trustworthy builder to obtain a cost quotation.
Step by step guidance from a historic farmer’s column on taming a young horse. It advises patience, non chase, and using treats like oats sugar and apples to entice the colt. It emphasizes calm voice, gentle retreat, and consistent approach to end with the horse approaching willingly.
A rural advice column discusses proper hen age for reliable mothers and the signs of health in birds. It questions cruel means of forcefully culling and notes inconsistent reader recommendations, suggesting a simple sturdy coop and floor construction as a preferred feature.
A condensed livestock note discusses feeding young pigs with buckwheat-based feed and skimmed milk to promote growth. It suggests varying the feed with bran and other adjustments to stimulate appetite, noting pigs fed this way reach weights over one hundred pounds.
Colwan's Rural World argues shallow cultivation is preferable after roots recover from deep tillage. Deep cultivation disturbs roots and can cause wilting in hot weather. Proper timing, soil condition, and measured manure use yield better drought resistance and growth.
An era of timber value spans decades as US supply may last 190 years at current use. Expanding demand could shorten that, while idle land could yield profits through planting forests. Planting steps include June sod break, August furrow plowing, fall or spring planting, and soil care for young trees. Three workers can plant 4,500 trees in ten hours with simple tools.
A described structure titled a useful building for crib storage, holding a corn crib and space for storing mowers plows cultivators harrows and other farm implements. Exterior notes mention height width and length with a five story division and illustrated interior view in a figure.
The passage describes a sturdy building capable of holding about 1,000 bushels of corn on its floor. The remainder of the floor area is intended for family implements, while the upper floor can store tools or other items. The structure is pitched as valuable to a farmer needing sheltered space for machinery and produce.
A farmer notes that young turkeys require open fields for necessary feeding and damp avoidance. Turkeys thrive when allowed to roam but suffer when kept confined. Excess sequence of parasites and weeds challenges northern caretakers, suggesting temporary extra help to manage costs.
In a Mexican collier, twenty miners perish as a mine fire traps crews. Rescue efforts continue with bodies recovered from chambers as relatives gather outside, while authorities arrest parties tied to the disaster and open an investigation into the causes.
A blaze at 188 Washburn Street New York early Sunday morning killed five tenants on the top floor of a five story tenement. Fire began near midnight Saturday then swept through stairwell, destroying upper flats while residents in other rooms fled. Firemen arrived quickly and recovered five bodies after a lengthy search. Observers say many occupants escaped to the street in nightwear as the flames were controlled within minutes.
Frederick T. Day, president of the Phenktetin tank line, is cited in bond lists and asset examinations amid a sweeping Homestead case. Debts estimated at $500,000 with $600,000 in assets may wipe out his private fortune. despite cursory asset review, recovery could cover obligations. Charges against Carnegie Steel officials and Pinkerton detectives are dropped. strikers granted leniency as the case narrows to the steel works dispute.
Fragmentary recipe notes describe soaking, salting, and peppering poultry and fowl pieces. Instructions mention juices from fruits, heating, and stewing with sugar and celery. The text is garbled but centers on seasonings, quantities, and method steps for a kitchen preparation.
A Pittsburgh labeled page mixes biographical notes on a skin graft tale with literary notices and health ads. It mentions surgeons awaiting a patient named Erole Norris Lown Hivulil, poetry and prose by Ann Robeson Brown and Kate Rohrer Cain, a Weird assortment of stories by Louise Culin Jones, and an obituaryish sign about Stratford. The ads warn against mercury-based tonics and promote Hills Catarrh Cure and Syrup of Ipecac.
Fragmentary quips reference glasses for eyes and corns. Mentions names like Jacaskin, Glenn, Lil, Hane, and Winster Dye with $0.01 silvered tone. Notes unclear medical or cosmetic remedies and sulfur soup.
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