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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
7
R M Winans explains a trellis method for tall peas and pole beans on track farms. It uses straight rows, end posts with wire bracing, center stakes, and twine to support vines. The system reduces labor, keeps rows four feet apart, and promises long-lasting galvanized wire with similar yields to traditional poles.
A Farmers' Review note explains market preferences for sorted apples. Buyers vary: some seek uniform large apples, others favor medium or small sizes if well colored. Families, boarding houses, and hotels buy in large quantities, preferring smaller fruit for economy and longer use, underscoring the need to sort produce.
The cabbage worm hatches from butterfly eggs and many remedies are proposed. Best method is to destroy butterflies. Hot water saltpeter and pepper fail. Kerosene emulsion prevents attack but odors cabbage. Insect powder works if used often. Paris green is used but feared as poisonous though claimed safe.
The agricultural department plans to introduce new fruits and vegetables including croshe, stachus, vegetable marrow, large fruited ever bearing strawberry, Smyrna muskmelon, pistache nut, and superior European asparagus lettuce and onions. An expedition funded by a $20,000 appropriation collected these items from Italy and other Mediterranean countries. These foods promise hardy growth and varied culinary uses with meat.
Practical guidance on planting schedules mulch use and pest control. Suggestions include planting sugar corn late June for market returns green clover mulch for raspberries and blackberries beetles and lice management spraying with cold water for pea lice burning squash eggs as well as kerosene scented sand for onion protection and horse powered cultivation for sweet potatoes with a reminder to respect beneficial toads.
An Orange Judd Farmer note describes building a low cost milk cooling chest using a brick tank in a small room packed with sawdust between ice walls. The method reportedly matches performance of pricier ice chests and encourages readers to improvise with limited brick and ingenuity. It also offers farming advice on growing white beans in clover sod and corn after sod turnover, noting soil preparation and plant sequence.
Prof W D Pickering of Harvard Observatory returns from Jamaica with multiple moon photographs. He divides the moon into 16 sectors and captures five pictures of each under varying sunlight to study surface features. He suggests the snow observed is likely water ice and notes a growing acceptance of a moon atmosphere among astronomers.
In New York on June 1 wheat No 2 red at 77 4c corn No 2 at 46c oats No 2 white 32 14c. Livestock prices in Cleveland show cattle 5.15 to 5.25 veals 4.50 to 6.25 sheep 2.50 to 4.00 lambs 5.50 to 6.75 hogs 6.25 to 6.35. Toledo and East Liberty report varying wheat corn oats and cattle and hogs values with regional highs and lows. Oil City notes credit balances at 1.05 and no bid on certificates.
A compendium notes cryolite in Greenland, Egypt’s early military setup, prehistoric skating, ancient ink from soot, umbrellas in America first, lettuce in Eng from Flanders circa 1520, Archimedes and the organ, Phoenicians and Greeks in naval reliance, the mace as cavalry weapon, the Brookfield school with 699 boys and 699 girls, and NY Supreme Court juror excuse rules requiring personal appearance.
The Missouri Pacific Railway launches double daily service from St. Louis and Kansas City to Colorado Utah and the Pacific Coast with through sleeping cars to San Francisco. Trains depart St. Louis at 9 a.m. and 10 10 p.m. and Kansas City at 6 p.m. and 10 a.m. Excursion tickets available through agents.
Private coaches for exclusive use on the drive. Pullman sleeping and dining cars. Escort of the American Tourist Association Beau Campbell General Manager. Tickets include all expenses. Train departs Chicago via Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Tuesday July 9 at 10 00 p.m.
In a stray story a first physician notes a coupon case yielded to treatment after six months, producing about $500. A second physician confirms success. Also cited is Piso’s Cure for Consumption as a patent remedy with a dated testimonial from N W Samuel Ocean Grove NJ February 17 1900.
A collage of quirky slogans and social notes from era publications. A flirtatious exchange about dreamy eyes appears alongside a pneumonia cure advertisement and a brief social quip about women reading letters, reflecting light local content.
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