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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1898
Page
7
Instructions from Farm and Home advise a movable hip roof system for hay stacks to protect against rain and wind. The design uses four 4x4 posts, pins, and a sliding ceiling to cover the stack as it settles, with construction details and field-tested notes credited to W H Doane.
Prof. Snyder of the Minnesota experiment station reports a chemical analysis of flourine in flour showing very low protein and poor nutritive value. It reveals sulfate of soda and sulfuric acid making health risks. European consumers and governments fear adulterated flour and call for preventing export and sale as pure wheat flour.
Practical advice urges farmers to cultivate land and water wisely, keep stock off public roads, invest in durable harness, and maintain workshops. It notes hemp can combat Canadian thistles and highlights sheep as orchard pasture to remove fallen fruit and pests, while calves learn to drink gradually.
The article argues that breeding alone does not ensure success in hog production. Proper feeding is crucial, using a balanced ration to develop loin and ham. It recommends a diet of shorts with skimmed milk or ground oats with hulls removed, plus corn, and notes pigs should gain about one pound daily with muscle and bone–producing foods.
Rural World advises to buy the best native and graded stock to maximize butter yield. It argues a 300 pound butter cow yields profit, while a 200 pound cow may lose money. Emphasizes careful selection, breeding, and keeping records, using high bred pedigreed stock and avoiding cross bred or scrub bulls.
A practical pig trough setup shows a swinging front-door pen that blocks hog entry while filling the trough. The front end door stays in place at b while filling, then swings to position a to allow pigs access. Described by J. Rasen in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Prairie notes that crossing dairy bulls with beef cattle in Canada has damaged the stock industry and cost home breeders dearly. Indiana and Ohio fields report herds formerly good beef types now lacking suitable animals. Crosses produce animals that are not profitable by any measure, a costly lesson that may be heeded.
A historical roundup lists payments and royalties for famous writers. Notable figures include Conan Doyle earning 35 000 for Rodney Stone and Zola totaling at least 375 000 over twenty years. Tennyson reportedly made 60 000 yearly from Macmillans, while Kipling earned 750 per Barrack Room Ballads and 11 000 for The Seven Seas.
The piece notes drought resistant scarlet flowers and Darwinian plant brains. It discusses heat stroke, Mosso’s thought weighing machine, a new fading ink, and an Italian artist in London delivering an improved range finder for peace and war.
Local retailers display Pixid silk sun umbrellas jacket suits of tan pique and sailors in mixed rough straws. Fifteen-inch high bicycle shoes duck sailors and Tams for boys. Separate crash skirts in tucked effects flat pits topped with a military button. Tiny kid purses with a flat top and chain. Crinkled cottons with serpentine stripes. Large gilt and silver belt buckles representing the United States shield.
A Chicago Chronicle fragment recalls a recruiting scene in the downtown district where 15 of every 50 young men would accept military service. A former schoolmate pretends to recruit, Col Koch and Capt Jones review duties, and a color blind officer debates a card as pale blue versus light green, with chaos over who can be used.
A serenader beneath a window is struck by a large engraved image of the battleship Maine dropped from above. The guitarist, finishing a gentle performance, is hit on the head and retreats in pain as a voice declares memory aloud.
Detroit readers learn of Max R. See sergeant in Co. B praised for wartime service. A veteran reports long battle with dyspepsia and hot-water treatment failed, but Dr Williams Pink Pills eased symptoms after several doses and cured the ailment. Pills offered by mail at 10 cents a box or six for $2.50.
A Philadelphia reader describes long lasting womb trouble and deep despair then reports rapid improvement after starting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter credits the product with lifting spirits and restoring health after months of pain and weakness.
A piece compares a potential US England alliance to the health benefits of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters boosting blood, muscles, nerves and appetite while fending off disease through daily use.
In Washington, a speaker recalls seeing rapid firing as the Spanish minister and attaches were sent home, highlighting a tense diplomatic moment reflected in a Chicago Tribune excerpt.
A concise aphorism attributed to Lavater warning against those who despise childlike joy. The note emphasizes moral vigilance toward cruelty and insensitivity in others.
A historical ad promotes Grain O as a digestive nerve strengthener and coffee substitute for children and adults. It claims health benefits without stimulants and notes a price around three times coffee. The page includes a remedy Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a refund offer from druggists. Lady Mary Montague quotation closes the snippet.
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