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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
2
A reflective Athens County column blends poetry and homely science. It ponders patience virtue and time while detailing winter poultry tips. The piece advocates cheerful hen houses, music, and literature to boost egg production in cold months.
A Victorian era ad copy extols laborers earning value with strong health. It claims blood quality drives vitality and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a purifier to strengthen the weak. The fragment hints at dietary boosts and the era’s patent remedy rhetoric.
The Agricultural Expressist argues that to feed a U S population of 130 million by 1431, output must rise dramatically. It estimates needs of 700,000,500 bushels of wheat, 1,250,000,000 oats, 3,450,066,000 corn, and 200,000,000 tons of hay, with 140,000,000 acres under cultivation though only 108,100,000 acres are available. Under necessity prices, profits, and land use may push farming to become highly intensive amid expansion pressures.
Trof Thomas Gray estimates cereals serve as fuel about one third the value of coal. If corn were transported cheaply, it could beat coal in distant regions, lowering corn prices and boosting demand for corn while depressing coal and boosting farmers, per Farmer's Review.
A reader explains an appliance for binding fodder shocks made from wood and metal. The device uses a pointed hardwood shaft, a cross bar, a rope with a ring, and an iron hook to secure the rope. Tightening is done by turning like an auger to hold the shock for feeding and transport on the farm.
A Boston Globe excerpt describes making simple windmills from paper, corks, feathers, and cards, detailing several designs with five or four wings and a cork feather windmill. It also mentions a patented trunk that integrates a life preserver with a waist belt for emergency use.
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