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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1875
Page
7
A Rural New Yorker article outlines a soap free washing method using hot water with a little milk to wash dishes and tins. The author claims savings on soap, better tinware brightness, and reduced kitchen odors with charcoal and plaster mixtures for disinfecting and deodorizing sinks.
Mr. J. Gregory, who moved from Tennessee to Murray County Georgia, reports a dramatic improvement after plowing under a rich clover crop. He sowed Boughton wheat and broadcast red clover, harvesting ten bushels of wheat per acre and two tons of clover hay. The next year produced two croppings of hay and a final crop of clover under, with thirty one half bushels per acre total wheat yield.
A Tioga County New York merchant agreed to take farmer oats at forty cents a shelif if the farmer allowed him to tramp the measure when filled. The buyer paid for sixty bushels and then cut them after tramping. The farmer filled the half bushel and the tramp was done, pouring the compressed oats into the bag. The merchant protested the measure and claimed it should be filled after tramping. The farmer said there was no agreement on such sorting and that the tramp could go on after measurement.
A Westchester County New York farmer sows yellow Aberfen turnips among his corn at the best passage of the cultivator when the corn plants are about five feet high. Turnips grow little until the corn is cut, and harvest does not injure the corn. From one to four hundred bushels of turnips have been obtained without reducing the corn yield. Weeds are not tolerated and the land is devoted to useful crops.
The article explains how hens fed on clean rations produce finer flavored eggs, while access to manure and filthy food lowers quality. It notes fish-based feeds and offensive water can transfer tastes, comparable to cows fed onions. Wheat and corn yield richer color. buckwheat makes yolks pale and unsuitable for some confections.
A collation of obscure tips and quips from late 1800s newspapers. It includes a egg preservation method using gum shellac varnish, a Beecher case reflection praising innocence, criticism of rag money, a streetcar anecdote, San Francisco mint notes on gold, a New Hampshire village of editors, centennial upbringing of American boys, and a St. Louis twirler epitaph.
The text relays a playful Boston wife declaring she will rise like a Bunker Hill monument after striking her husband with a chair rocker. It also notes an Athens girl asserting she must pin her dress to a precise fit, expressing concerns about appearance and creation.
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