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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1876
Page
6
A Prairie Farm column by S. D. Jones shares hog-raising results with 25 head including stock hogs and sows, detailing winter shelter, feeding with corn and coal ashes, and pasture use. It argues regular humane care boosts hog health and lowers cholera risk.
The author recounts methods to destroy thistles in fields by persistent hoeing and cultivating crops. A twelve square rod plot near a slop-drain was hoed twice weekly until frost, exhausting roots and leaving no thistles next season. Similar success achieved on a four acre field with constant plowing and harrowing for fall wheat.
The Prairie Farmer outlines how cow types differ by purpose. Dairy cows should have a full round udder yet feel thin to the touch, with a light forequarters, and a fine hide. Fatting cows resemble the best oxen in build but remain lean above the chine.
A dairyman explains that milk from cows soon after calving froths and churns poorly due to fat content and sugar breakdown. After about five months the cream diminishes and butter globules shrink. He reports that feeding salt daily, a tablespoon per cow before turnout, increases milk flow and butter yield.
A Chicopee man killed a cat by hammering it nine times on the head then burying it after boxing its ears with a spade. The next morning the cat reportedly returned to breakfast unharmed and unconcerned about the prior event. The Savannah News reported the odd incident.
The Journal of Health reports that hypophased cholera infantum in children late stage may respond to strong beef tea salt palatable food. It also notes Oliver Wendell Holmes as the inventor of the common hand stereoscope, not patented, with a large collection of stereoscopic views.
Passengers are advised of mixed train times on the Short Line and M and C routes. The Athens and Parkersburg accommodation departs at 4.15 p.m. reaching Athens by 6.50 p.m. with stops at all stations, while the Cincinnati express runs 6.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and 9.00 p.m., with Cleveland and eastbound connections via Columbus, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and New York paths.
On and after Monday May 28 1871 passenger trains depart Columbus and arrive at destinations including Crestline Cleveland Buffalo Niagara Falls Rochester Albany Boston New York City Dunkirk Crestline Pittsburgh Harrisburg Baltimore Philadelphia Fort Wayne and Chicago with listed times for each stop.
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