Hair-Breadth Escape and Marble Collision on the Erie Train
In a romance set aboard a near-empty car a groom and Ada recall a perilous escape. Van Dorn teases adventures in Munchausen fashion while Dudley praises a life-saving rescue. Ada speaks of misery averted, and the tale pivots on a daring mischance involving Ada’s hair and a red kerchief.
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Ada
van Dorn
New York
Munchausen
Dudley
Stock and Farm Feeding and Animal Care Notes
The article discusses improving flocks by selecting ewes that twins, feeding quality for better meat and wool, and handling animals humanely. It covers cattle digestion, curing dogs that kill sheep, leguminous crops and soil nitrogen, musty baled hay from damp curing, and milk fat versus feed quality.
Practical fruit and farm advice from the southwest crops column
The piece advises Texas fruit growers amid mild winter risks to early blooming and frost damage. It covers winter protection, potato scab prevention with corrosive sublimate, mulching berries for moisture and sun, pruning blackberries and dewberries, planting timber for fuel, and bear blight control by removing diseased parts. It also promotes farm goods and country trips for health and groceries.
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Texas
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