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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1905
Page
12
The piece surveys global consumer choices driven by eye appeal over flavor, noting English dislike of sweet potatoes, color preferences in butter eggs and poultry, and regional shifts in egg and butter color. It outlines color-altered meats, color trends in oysters, and the role of advertising in food selection.
A dialogue on meat mislabeling warns that smelt and lamb may be misrepresented to customers. It notes the prestige of certain product names and the focus on showy packaging over wholesome flavor. The piece ends with a vehicle incident where Hodgins’ car frightened his mother-in-law, leaving her speechless.
The Minnesota Agricultural College held a ploughing contest as part of field day. First prize went to a freshman, third prize to a senior. Contestants built a twenty foot wide land, used stakes, and were judged on furrow straightness width depth weed control and land evenness.
United States Department of Agriculture botanists work to cross northern and southern citrus to create an orange tree that resists cold, potentially yielding fruit and bloom further north including Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. If successful, orange groves may appear in central Virginia and other inland cities such as Richmond, Lynchburg, Lexington, Louisville, Cairo, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Jefferson City and Kansas City.
The article explains that orange breeding may use hybridization or pollenation. It describes Citrus trifoliata, a hardy ornamental shrub from Japan, growing north to Massachusetts. At the USDA, three trees of this species, about eighteen feet tall, are studied in spring to time pollination by transferring pollen from sweet to bitter orange, refining fruit over ten seasons.
An English visitor in New York meets an Irish guide. The Briton lists his many royal and chivalric titles, while the Hoboken man retorts with a boastful Irish patter announcing his own extended string of belligerent nights and exploits.
The item Beveridge discussed remains on sale state wide. Kentucky crops are expected to yield an unusually large volume of pure Cuban tobacco this year.
In Kensington Maryland a government worker neighbors with a gas engine owner to pump water through shared piping. The system delivers water to about six families and plans call for the engine to power nighttime electric lighting. The example may inspire cooperative water sewer and electric schemes in rural settlements.
A light bakery quip asks how to improve doughnuts and answers with a pun about making the holes larger. The exchange features a witty line from a speaker and a playful retort, reflecting a simple humor moment.
The Baler for speed bales 12 to 18 tons daily with a 40 inch feed hole. Adapted to bank barn work it stands up to its task without wheel digging. A self feed attachment increases capacity reduces labor and makes better bales without increasing draft.
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