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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
7
A compilation of farm guidance on livestock care, dairy management, crop planning, and poultry practices. Topics include calf and lamb rearing, cow comfort, sanitation, breeding, feeding, manure use, pruning, spraying, and building sheds for heat and ventilation.
A design by J. C. Baker of Illinois adds external nest boxes to the poultry house. Hens access nests through a side passage with a lid for egg removal, keeping nests dry and secure. The arrangement yields more space inside the coop and allows selective access by closing the passage at A.
The article notes dry feeding has grown popular though not new, with benefits including easier labor, healthier birds, and potentially higher egg fertility. It describes initial resistance by fowls, the gradual shift to consuming dry mash and whole grain, and how water intake during meals may boost egg production.
A crate illustrated by Orange Judd Farmer shows wooden trays four inches deep and 18 inches square, divided into four compartments with burlap tops. A bran or alfalfa layer lines the bottom, three inches space between trays, wooden blocks to separate, and a carrying handle. Each compartment holds twenty chicks, totaling 240 per crate.
The lesson interprets Isaiah 52:18 and 53:12 within exile-era prophecy, linking Israel's suffering to a future servant who bears sins for humanity. It frames Jesus Christ as the Servant who fulfills redemptive prophecy, bearing sorrows and transforming suffering into character, and calls followers to servant leadership modeled on his example.
In a humorously told anecdote from Youth's Companion Uncle Reuben the village washer borrows two dollars and a half from Colonel Arkwright and delays repayment while explaining he needed the money to pop into the savinrs bank. He promises to remember and pay back, ending with a light moral about borrowing and honesty.
Mrs. F. E. Harmon recalls a six month battle with a scalp rash that caused hair loss and widespread red bumps. After trying multiple doctors and ointments, she used Cuticura Resolvent Ointment and Soap along with Cuticura Ointment. Within days the child improved and hair regrew, with continued use restoring health. She endorses Cuticura for cuts and sores and praises Soap for toilet use. Sept 10 1910 Atoka Tennessee.
The piece recalls Thackeray as the gentlest satirist and editor of the Cornhill who hesitated to reject manuscripts to avoid hurting contributors. It notes a tale of paying authors for unreprinted work, possibly true or false, and questions the evidence behind such stories.
Bishop Thoburn, a missionary in India for fifty years, asserts at Washingtons patent office that there are six hundred plow improvements but no toothpick innovations from India in two thousand years. He argues that nations without God lack inventive faculty and labels nonChristian peoples as savage and unenlightened.
An old advertisement touts Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, claiming eight gums relief, reduced inflammation, pain relief, and wind colic cure at 25 cents a bottle. The line ends with a curiously philosophical note about vision and blindness.
Scottville Michigan woman testifies to the health benefits of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saying it keeps her strong on a farm with thirteen children and that it helps her daughter with painful periods. The ad claims the remedy, made from native roots, has no narcotics and touts widespread cures of female diseases.
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