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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1912
Page
6
Agricultural notes discuss silage as cheap feed, silos and barns, cow care, hay and corn handling, hogs and poultry management, pruning for orchards, pasture shade, and soil fertility. Practical rules cover root depth, beet growing, onions, worms, and weed control for better profitability.
An article urges strict house cleanliness to curb mites and lice. It endorses kerosene emulsion spray, two applications a week apart, mixed by dissolving soap in hot water then adding kerosene and water to make a 10 percent solution. Weekly kerosene on roosts helps, but avoid overapplication to prevent blistering and reduced laying.
The article explains simple methods to determine and record a hen’s age for efficient culling and stock rotation. It suggests legbands with numbers and a four web punch system to mark each year, using a leather belt punch or poultry supplies.
Practical poultry writers urge ten square feet per fowl to avoid wasteful crowding. A 12 by 20 foot house for 100 birds gives under 2.5 feet per bird, risking low egg output and poor profits.
Pledging support to Wilson and Marshall ex Senator James Smith Jr filed his petition as Democratic primary candidate for United States Senator from New Jersey. William J Flynn resigns as head of New York Secret Service to join graft probe. A Caesarian delivery in Cambridge Mass brings twin daughters for Mrs Henry Marserau. Napoleon’s Elba villa sells at auction for $60 000 to Marquis Camillo Ruspoli.
The New York wholesale price list shows milk at 26c per quart and 1.71 per 40 quart can, along with varied values for butter, eggs, poultry, fruits, vegetables, and live stock. Includes regional and state references, with prices for crates, boxes, baskets, and per hundred weights across dairy, produce, and meats segments.
A Boston reader reports stopping menstrual hemorrhages after starting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound tablets. Other letters from Mrs. Julia King of Phoenix Rhode Island Mrs. Etta Donovan of Willimantic Connecticut and Mrs. Winifred Dana of Augusta Maine praise relief from backaches irregularities dizziness and general fatigue after using the remedy.
A George D. Pentice quotation extols duty as the only stimulant that never intoxicates, contrasting it with alcohol’s vanity. It describes drink as a false energy that soullessly spins the world while leaving homes silent and empty, urging duty to elevate the heart and spirit.
A Norwegian expedition will study the natives, flora and fauna of largely unknown regions of northern and central Asia. The mission aims to map tribes, collect specimens and document ecological conditions during exploratory travels across remote stretches.
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