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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1895
Page
3
An onion fed to a growing fowl can flavor the flesh within ten days. Dirty barnyards taint water and feed, risking disease. Emphasizes clean boards for feed, sparing soft foods, pure drinking water, and exercise to raise poultry health and meat quality.
A Washington Pass note reports a bureau of engraving official in New York tried to pay a hotel bill with a brand new 20 dollar silver certificate. The clerk refused, believing it counterfeit, until the official insisted he himself printed the note, prompting a mutual misunderstanding.
Orange Blossom described as a common female remedy that alleviates pain and soreness. Sold by J H Blackburn.
The article argues that protecting livestock from cold and wet weather saves feed costs and preserves animal health. It compares fuel use in animals to traditional stoves, urges weatherproof barns and dry bedding, and describes practical shelter needs. It also notes climate advantages in the Sunny South and warns against poor housing harming milk, fattening, or work outcomes.
Farmers submit brief questions to the Georgia Experiment Station with name and address for possible public answers. One item asks for a safe remedy to remove horse and mule warts. the director, Redding, notes warts may sometimes be destroyed by bacon roughened with lard.
J E Pinkerton provides cautions on feeding cotton hulls to horses and mules noting hulls are bulky for a horse's stomach. A maintenance ration for a 1000 lb animal is about five pounds oats five pounds shelled corn ten pounds cotton hulls with hay as needed. For work animals increase grain but reduce hulls. avoid continuous hull feeding beyond one or two weeks and be aware of possible dust-ball intestinal issues.
Agricultural test comparing Unknown and Wonderful pea varieties shows identical outcomes. Trials used seeds from Georgia Experiment Station and Hastings & Co, with five-year Georgia source peas versus Hastings supply. Measurements from 70-yard plots and random pod samples indicate similar yields and pod counts, confirming no advantage of Wonderful over Unknown.
The text compares late heavy producers with strong vigor for two pea varieties, Wonderful and Unknown, detailing stalk size growth color, blossoms and pods. It notes renaming and pricing questions, concluding no further sales effort will be made to market the new variety as distinct from Unknown.
J L Tallapoosa Ga notes Carman among older Munson seedlings for shipper use. Carman late, vigorous, hardy, rot and mildew resistant with large showy bunches making good shipper fruit and strong compatibility with Concord. Other Munson seedlings like Brilliant Bell Rommel Dr Collier Beacon America Gold Coin Fern Munson Hermann Jaeger need more testing for ship, home use, or quality. Two promising early-elearning: Presly red and FL Market black, Elvira Delaware cross.
The director notes common salt contains sodium and chlorine and has no essential plant food. It may only slightly boost yields at great cost, as shown by tests at Kansas Station. Salt from meat may add trace materials but offers little fertilizer value beyond possibly some marine plants like asparagus.
The director explains US ginseng is native Panax quinquefolium gathered from the wild, not cultivated successfully from imported seeds. Seed germination failures mean commercial seed worth is unclear, while roots fetch several dollars per pound in markets.
A humorous essay contrasts Sam the fixer with the wife’s steady labor as “man and helper.” It riffs on household tasks, tools, and the ages old division of labor, invoking Genesis and Eve to lampoon traditional domestic roles. The piece closes noting the polar night at Hammerfest from November 18 to January 23.
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