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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1894
Page
11
In a turkey bulletin from Rhode Island stations, Mr. Samuel Cushman notes a shingling method for turkeys. The technique involves crossing the shoulders with soft cords, tapes, or cloth strips to secure a thin board or shingle across the bird’s back.
The Rhode Island article explains a 4 inch board with bored holes to fit cords, keeping turkeys in a field similar to sheep. When properly shaped and tied not tightly, birds may be restrained up to 12 months without injury, though dogs pose a risk. Diagrammed styles show strings passing over the top and around the wing for fastening.
The article describes a Western style of board work for tying and securing, noting a 10 by 5 inch board used by Mr Barbee with strings under the wings. It mentions ordinary shingles for hens and stronger materials for large gobbiers, including light barrel staves and three-eighth inch holes observed by Mr Cushman.
At the North American beekeepers convention G R Pierce of Blairstown Ia urged thorough winter protection noting cold and food shortage cause losses. George E Hilton of Michigan warned late season honey quality varies by locality and advised saving well ripened combs and using poor honey later. Charles Dadant of Illinois summarized wintering rules: enough bees and young bees, ample high quality food, sealed hives, moisture absorbers, and strong protection.
Pruning can be done when trees are not fully leafed, with fall winter or spring timing based on pruner convenience. Half hardy trees should not be pruned in late fall. cutting promotes cold damage. Pruning in late spring for sap sprouts harms thrift but may help young orchards. The American Cultivator favors dormant pruning with early spring rubout of sprouts for better fruiting, reducing check while boosting productivity.
A New York farmer says hams cured with one pound salt, an ounce of aalt peter, and molasses paste rubbed daily for six weeks produce particularly delicate meat that keeps well. The hams are rubbed, paste applied, and daily recoating ensures proper curing.
The report by Morrow and Gardner details five years of trials on mid to early maturing corn varieties. Boone County White and Piasa Queen are noted for high yields. 12,000 to 18,000 kernels per acre favored maximum output. Planting density, row spacing, and cultivation depth are analyzed with guidance on timing and crossbreeding effects.
Ohio Farmer describes a new style corncrib frame that yields a much wider base and greater solidity than the old design. The illustration shows the framing improved beyond the dotted line depiction, with a sturdier overall structure.
Three beet varieties Vilmorin Klein Wanzleben and Desprez were tested in 18 trials at the Iowa station. The average beet size was similar across varieties. Vilmorin and Desprez matched in sugar and purity percent, while Klein Wanzleben surpassed them slightly in both measures.
Portland correspondent notes weeks of storms have cut nets and meals for Malaga island fishermen and Coast locals. Three dirt huts shelter 25 to 40 residents who, we read, suffer exposure and near starvation. a fishing smack crew provides scant aid while storms trap them from reeling in enough fish for winter. Additional families on Yarmouth Bear and Basket islands face similar distress.
A New Orleans letter recounts a prominent family tale of mental telepathy. A lady fainted claiming a knife wound near the heart and a newborn daughter bore marks matching the imagined injuries. A cable from New Zealand then said her twin brother was stabbed to death the same night, with wounds matching the description.
In Chicago the distinction between literary men and true literati is noted with satirical bite. A London Paris dispatch reports excavations at Oisseau le Petit revealing a Gallo Roman city destroyed by an earthquake with a 30,000 population, remaining temple, theater, monuments and medals including a Constantine era piece.
London discusses a Brussels winter fad where the city’s sculptors create snow statues and groups over two or three days in a public park. The public can view the display for a small fee, with proceeds aiding the poor.
In Panama a single priest, Padre Michelangelo, tames isolation into civility. He builds a church, school, and telegraph link to Sicily while serving as priest mayor harbormaster postmaster and telegraph master, supported by his widowed niece. The island enjoys self sufficiency with farming and craft, few roads, and a peaceful social order.
The Czars will push a Siberian railway project begun May 24 1891 with goal of completing by 1910. About 600 versts laid, surveyors advancing for 400 more. Verst costs 30000 to 367000 dollars. Benefits include colonization, agricultural and mineral development, new markets, increased Russian influence, and shifting Asian trade toward Russia by shortening freight routes from Shanghai to Europe to about eighteen to twenty days.
The article traces the slow spread of chimneys in England from scarce use in 1200s religious and manor houses to later periods. It notes Oxford restricting fires in Henry VII era and Holinshed describing smoky walls and wooden furnishings in Elizabethan times. A 1629 tax imposed two shillings on chimneys.
The article notes vanilla grows wild in forests of Vera Cruz Mexico and jalap native to Jalapa capital of Vera Cruz. It details vanilla flowers greenish yellow with white spots on climbing stalks and pods that grow in pairs about six inches long turning green yellow and brown when dried with palm oil for gloss.
The piece outlines six Hindu life ceremonies from birth to final oblation. It describes the child’s destiny written on the forehead at birth, naming at six months, initiation at six years, marriage, funeral rites, and oblation to the departed soul.
Fringe medical ad promising cures for deformities kidney bladder diseases marriage nervous disorders and many male and female conditions. It offers home treatment free consultation urine analysis and rapid cures by mail from the Institute with promise of staged results and no need to see a doctor in person.
The Charleston News and Courier reports South Carolina tops the South in savings bank deposits and depositors. In 1802 the state had 21,399 depositors and $4,225,453 in deposits, with an average per depositor of 197 dollars, higher than most southern states except Louisiana.
A country town widow faces a solicitor over damages after a railway collision killed her husband. He valued the claim at £5000 while she argues fair compensation should reflect age, health and years since the incident. the exchange highlights the dispute over reasonable settlement.
The article argues flirtation harms moral growth and mutual esteem, opposing lovemaking as tender and ennobling. It warns young people to reason carefully while seeking life partners, condemning silly flirters who mislead and may cause grievous outcomes.
Describes the interior of a Japanese post office with many workers and manual stamping. Follows workflow from posting office to vision, distribution, and registry rooms, then mailing and foreign mail carts. Also describes home collection with hand carts, patrol-style boxes, and ground-level mail retrieval.
The article describes Queen Victoria’s private collection of fifty five dogs, noting a grand living setup with a dining room carpeted for the pets and a portrait gallery of their ancestors. It mentions paintings by the Queen and by Prince Albert and royal offspring Lovise of Lorne.
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