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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1894
Page
8
A reporter visits a bright workshop filled with belts and pulleys where women work on contraptions that supposedly cure illness through mechanical exercise. Couches move, limbs flex, and workers simulate unusual gymnastics, while onlookers marvel at the eerie scene and question its legitimacy as a medical cure.
An analysis of culvert types and best practices for roads, comparing ceramic and stone pipes to crude, improvised methods. Emphasizes diagonal placement, control of water flow, and durability, warning against wooden box and chestnut-rail substitutes.
The fittest material for roads is trap rock and durable stone for foundations. Stone should be laid closely, rolled with a two ton roller, and a thin loam layer used to create an even surface. Top screenings are desirable but optional, and repairs should occur in sections as wear reduces thickness.
Siftings notes new paving ideas including a bridge paved with India rubber by a German engineer, praised for durability and slip resistance. London officials report a section near St Pancras station reduces wheel noise and offers foot comfort. Cork and bitumen blocks also prove elastic and promising for roadways.
The Prairie Farmer urges beekeepers to plan hive numbers frames and smoker condition, prepare a catalog of supplies, and order all at once. Once received, nail and paint hives and cases, assemble sections with foundation, stack cases tightly, and store ready for quick use to protect the honey crop.
Experimental stations report potato yields under shallow and deep tillage with 206.88, 204.87, and 186.7 bushels per acre respectively. Oat varieties Japan and Improved American rank well in Pennsylvania tests, while farmers are urged to adopt hot water seed treatment to curb smut. The Salt Bush Atriplex halimus and Atriplex nummeraria are highlighted as valuable for dry or saline soils, with worldwide interest and seed demand noted.
A public highway system is essential for rural settlement and economic growth. Better country roads will check urban drift, support farming districts, and justify modest tax increases as future benefits accrue. Rail transport is important, but roads dominate rural development and civilization.
A Rural New Yorker report by J. F. Sarg details peat bedding from bogs as a superior alternative to straw. It absorbs three times as much liquid, yields triple humus, and can be spread easily. drainage, damping, and a grinding mill process are outlined for producing usable peat bedding for cattle horses and pigs.
The Tatersalls estate at Madison Square garden New York drew Atlantic buyers with the 2 year old filly Directors Flower 2:20 selling to R L Rose Providence for 5100. Charlie C 1 year old brown gelding fetched 3600 and Steve Whipple 9 year old stallion 2:12 went to L R Peck Providence for 8100.
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