Faris Sees Fields Bloom As Cities Gather
Poetic verse depicts the axe swinging, forests bowing, and fields flowering. Harvests prosper behind the plow while urban centers cluster around loom and industry.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1877
Page
7
A Homemade Tar Seed Treatment Shields Corn From Pests
The Country Gentleman describes a method to coat shelled seed corn with tar and dust to deter birds and animals. Process involves boiling water, tar dipping, and dusting with lime powder gypsum or road dust, then cooling before planting. The article notes slight germination delay but effective protection, with limited impact on worm and chipmunk threats.
Phosphorus Poisoning for Rodents in the West
A California Live Stock Journal correspondent promotes phosphorus as a cheaper, effective alternative to strychnine for eradicating crop-damaging rodents. He describes mixing phosphorus into a mush with water corn meal flour sugar and wheat, feeding it to gophers rats and kangaroos and cautions on safety noting a child’s fatal poisoning.
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West
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California Live Stock Journal
San Diego
Field Advice on Squirrels with Phosphorus Paste
A writer asserts that fifty cents of phosphorus will more effectively rid fields and orchards of squirrels than two dollars of strychnia. The remark contrasts cheap remedy with hazardous poison in pest control.
Grandfather Ballard Promises German Goods at Low Cost
An enthusiastic advertisement proclaims James Ballard as grandfather since 1877 and targets Wilhelmina Franziska, touting German and French product offers. It features John Wannamaker as a potential exclusive agent, guarantees a fit or no sale, and emphasizes cash terms, sample availability, and deeply discounted dry goods from textiles to carpets.
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Waterloo Township
Marshfield
James B. Neill
Athens Co
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