Farmers May Form Small Distilleries For Denatured Alcohol
The article discusses farmers making denatured alcohol at small distilleries, noting high startup costs for proper equipment and suggesting farmer cooperatives. It argues current laws and Senate actions limit on farm production this year and next, while predicting future growth in denatured alcohol manufacturing and crop profits for farmers.
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Great Whisky Trust
Speht
Drust
Wilson
Hauling Costs From Farms to Shipping Points in 1880s States
A USDA bulletin summarizes county data on 23 staple crops noting hauling costs per 160 pounds, average ship distances, and price per ton. Corn, wheat, oats, hay, and potatoes ranged 7 to 9 cents per 100 pounds while cotton was 16 cents and wool 10 cents. total farm haulage exceeded 49 million tons with costs around 54 million dollars.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Laris
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Patented Chicago Mop Wringer and Electricity Cookery on Ship
A Chicago inventor patents a foot operated mop wringer with a bent frame and rollers to squeeze water from mops without using hands. Also described is a transatlantic liner using electric stoves for all cooking and an automatic egg-boiling mechanism, promoting cleanliness and convenience for travelers.
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Chicago
Sars Electric Trade
Lttle
Gipsy Song in Munsey's Magazine Verse
A lyrical verse from Munsey's Magazine describes dreaming under a sky and grass with a roaming gipsy as the source of wonder. It evokes voices in the vines, visions in the vales, and a serene nature filled by the gipsy call of birds and the murmur of streams.
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Munsey
Lima Benns as a Special Crop for Profit
The article notes Lima beans offer high profits if picked green and sold fresh, with labor in daily picking and shelling and costs for poles and cultivation. It discusses dwarf varieties, yields of 15 to 10 bushels per acre, and that green sales yield the most profit, potentially up to 200 dollars per acre under favorable conditions. It also outlines a fertilizer mix of nitrate of soda, phosphate rock, and potash as a recommended soil boost.
Rough Feeds and Pasture Feeding Abilities
The article notes rough feeds are often plentiful but wasted through careless feeding. It warns cows select the best morsels, leaving passably good forage unused. It advises feeding only what animals will eat clean and stresses quality hay for export considerations.
Oregon horticultural society calls for prune grading reform
The Oregon horticultural society advocates replacing the current arbitrary prune grading system with a new scheme. It would designate the two largest sizes as first or fancy, the next two as second or medium, and the smaller as third or small prunes to reduce losses for growers.
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Oregon
Remedy for Currant and Gooseberry Worms
The currant and gooseberry worms ruin foliage and stunt berry ripening, sometimes killing bushes. They can be controlled by hellebore spray. dissolve a tablespoonful in a quart of hot water and apply after steeping.
Electric Ripening of Fruit Innovation Sparks Debate
An English electrical expert claims to reproduce tropic rays to ripen fruit, notably bananas, using a glass chamber with controllable lights. Tests show ripening occurs by ray exposure, enabling schedule ripening after harvest, challenging the belief that bananas ripen on trees in tropical lands.
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Danighis
Feneland
Wilh
Ding
New Bag Holder Aims To Ease Sacking With One Worker
A Minnesota nun patented a sack bag holder designed to fill sacks with potatoes grain or old paper using a single worker. The device features an inclined platform uprights with a hinged lever end rings to clamp the bag and a rear pin to hold the lever, enabling upright bag support.
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Minnesota
Triplet Calves Born on Jersey Cow Farm near Bridgeville
A Jersey cow on Mrs. Caleb Willin's farm near Bridgeville, Deh, gave birth to triplets two males and one female. The calves are perfectly formed and all marked alike. About 500 people visited the dam and calves in one day.
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Caleb Willin
Bridgeville
Transplanting Nut Trees Tap Root Myth Debunked
Rural World notes that cutting the long tap root of nut trees during transplanting, once believed to kill the tree, actually promotes many laterals and builds a strong root system for a healthy mature tree.
How to Prepare Lobster Coral Dressing
Instructions describe removing lobster meat, reserving coral, seasoning with mustard cayenne salt and table sauce. Simmer until blended, add water to prevent burning, dilute coral with vinegar, then mix into the pan. Dressings prepared before meat cooks, boil once, add coral, stir in butter, and remove promptly to avoid overcooking.
Simple Cold Fish Chowder With Potatoes and Parsley
A recipe for a cold fish chowder uses two cups flaked fish and two cups white sabre with four large diced potatoes. It layers sauce fish potatoes onion and parsley in a buttered dish, seasons with salt and pepper, and bakes two layers deep for about twenty minutes.
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Lyons
Emergency Dish for Sunday Night Ter or the Unexpected
A quick Sunday night emergency dish uses hollowed bread slices topped with a cheese mixture seasoned with salt and paprika, moistened with milk. An egg is placed into each hollow, the pieces are buttered and baked about ten minutes.
Household Cleaning and Maintenance Tips From Old Guide
Practical advice covers cleaning white paint with warm water and egg white in mashed potatoes, drying damp rooms with air bricks and dry lime, shrinking woolens via borax suds, and rust removal from a rusty grate using a two day process with black lead.
The Detective who Foiled a 1848 Counterfeit Ring
A detective recounts tracking a well crafted 1848 counterfeiting operation from Chicago to a rural village. He identifies Ned Willett as the famed counterfeiter, infiltrates the gang by posing as Willett, and exposes the outlaws at a barn where they forge and distribute coins. The arrest follows after he gains their trust.
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West
United States
Chicago
Ned Willet
New York
Ned Willett
Trayther
Pennsylvania
Sea Serpent Sighting Off Clevedon Causes Fearful Riots
Scotsman Mr McNaughton, cruising near Clevedon Pier, claims a large eel-like monster leaped at his skiff. He says he ducked and struck with an oar, was hurled into the sea, then struggled back aboard and reached Portishead, with many observers noting the event.
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Portishead
The Value of Time Behind a Train Delay
A Washington Star quotation contrasts prudence with delay as a citizen chides a man who studies a timetable too long. The text riffs on urgency and time, with a humorous image of a farmer exhausted after plowing all day.
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Tim
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