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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1900
Page
7
Farmers learn to use wood or stones as substitutes for tile drains in hard to reach areas. Advice covers stone ditching with side rows and middle fill, straw backing, and durable board drains using oak chestnut or cypress. Proper installation aims to keep outlets from freezing and ensure lasting water passage.
A detailed guide on constructing and grading board drains for land. It explains depth guidelines, fall requirements, board fitting, outlet protection, and a low tech surveying instrument using a six foot board, plumb line, and sights to measure grades in inches per hundred feet.
Farmers are advised that horses or cattle should never graze in orchards due to tree damage and reduced yields. Expert guidance stresses keeping livestock out of fruit rows to protect root systems and fruit quality.
Webb Donnell discusses dairy cow form from an illustration, urging breeders to keep a wedge shaped barrelled body, large udder with proper teats, thin neck, and dished face as guiding criteria. He notes many top cows match these external traits though exceptions exist, and recommends photographing the outline to fix the ideal in mind.
The article stresses that a clean odor free stable is essential for pure milk. Regular thorough cleanings with disinfectants, whitewashing, and occasional coal tar painting help reveal dirt, deter germs, and ease future cleaning. Daily discipline and periodic barn upkeep are urged.
Victor Robert, famed French stamp collector, presents his collection to Paris Cabinet de Estampes for the fiftieth anniversary of France postage stamps. Persia issues new stamps made in the Netherlands after Persian official thefts, color changes only. Cuban stamped envelopes issued with Columbus head design and multi color schemes.
A historical note describes the captive animal trade where tigers and elephants struggle, lions breed freely, and elephant imports fall from 10000 to 1500 dollars. It notes demand abroad for American animals, with a 1000 dollar price for young bison and high values for moose elk rattlesnakes alligators and rare hippopotami, mentioning a single hippopotamus birth at New York Central Park Zoo.
France killed 197 wolves last year with bounties totaling 13 075 francs or 2615 dollars. The government pays the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph company 300 000 dollars yearly. France’s wine stores hold champagne enough to meet world demand for three years, about 150 million bottles. Parisians pawn bicycles at Mont de Piete during winter. pawnbrokers keep and maintain bikes to fetch good resale value if reclaimed.
Advice on feeding cows emphasizes generous care for calves, proper rationing to avoid under or overfeeding, maintaining warm clean cow beds, and using silage for palatability. It warns that cows may shelter indoors in cold and that a prudent owner avoids folly while maximizing milk production.
A collection of wry aphorisms from the Chicago Daily News on life, virtue, and folly. Observations on talent, superstition, roads, travel, and family relations, delivered in concise, quotable form. The tones mix humor with cautionary advice.
The Rural World notes butter per capita consumption is increasing and will affect national daily interests. Butter has shifted from luxury to staple, used year round as wage earners stay employed, with butter needing to be sweet and good.
An English language humor snippet depicts misused words like perfect for completely and a man called a teller who tells nothing. The piece mentions a person named Mr. 3 and a deposit question, provoking light ridicule in a Colli weekly style.
A fragment notes rising interest from medical professionals in stimulant use with an exhausted blood condition. It claims Iter's Stomach Bitters renews energy but warns stimulants can cause injurious effects. It asserts the remedy conquers dyspepsia apation and nervousness.
A man approaches the RS desk in a large stockbroking concern, opens a pen to jot a note, the pen sputters and bleeds ink. He discards it with a loud expletive while bystanders mutter about shaving notes all day. Chronicle reports the quirky incident.
A jumble of quips and classifieds from a newspaper page including a brash marriage remark, a cigar seller boast, a bumbo man quip, Putnam dye ad, butter request, Piso’s Cure testimonial, a hospital ad, and a toothpaste drop claim, with scattered dates and place hints.
A feature on Belva A. Lockwood, pioneering woman lawyer and former presidential candidate, praising Peruna Medicine Co. for treating herself and her 88 year old mother. The piece argues catarrh can affect any organ, urging women to use Peruna for health and vitality.
A Springfield Illinois family reports their baby’s eczema clearing after using CUTICURA SOAP Ointment and RESOLVENT. Letters from Mrs. C Brand and others urge parents to test the three product set priced at 1 25, claiming rapid relief where physicians failed.
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