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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1856
Page
2
A Germantown Telegraph correspondent asserts that cut mature coarse grass from meadows provides the best winter feed for sheep. He notes five to eight tons per season, often without other hay, and reports fewer losses using this method. The grass remains palatable and prevents cow clogging, sustaining appetite even in winter unless supplemented by richer foods.
A lighthearted note on buckwheat cakes differs by the addition of heavy oats for better digestion and lifted spirits. Also, M. Cabinet of the Academy of Sciences in Paris cites a large comet expected this year, with Hind and Bourne rechecking calculations for a 300 year periodic return around 1858 to 1860.
A Country Gentleman writer presents a swift remedy for a founder horse. He advises pulverized remedies, urging forceful administration with the horse’s tongue drawn out and the head held up to ensure swallowing. After about eleven hours any severe swelling or pudderr should ease and the horse be fit for moderate service.
A passage from the Ohio Farmer suggests farmers on flat stone-rich farms can easily and cheaply wade groundwater. It argues for immediate drainage work using common digging methods to prove benefits before introducing tiles and ditching machines later.
The text argues that true science is knowing one’s own business, and a farmer who maximizes profit with minimal labor and capital while improving the land embodies real science. It emphasizes practical farming knowledge as the core of scientific understanding.
The Lafayetw Journal reports Timothy Hay of Aurora Portage County Wisconsin found on the morning of the 14th with his head severed and mutilated. An Irish farmhand once connected to Hay is at large amid rumors the crime involved a Scythian assailant.
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