Cattle Cure and Farm Advice From The Cincinnati Gazette
A collage of rural tips on cattle feed and farm economy from the Cincinnati Gazette. Practical methods include liberal feeding with bran and salt, optional linseed oil or meal, and planning daily tasks to avoid haste. A North Egremont man shares a hog weight rule, plus various recipes and home economy notes for farm life.
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Cincinnati. Gazette
Joseph Ramady
North Egremont
Maas
Hen Housing And Feeding Methods Observed At Benton Farm
The article details Benton's successful poultry management with coops arranged for two pens per feeding box. Indian corn serves as main feed, kept in partitions with access for hens via boxes. A nail-keg water dish and long nest boxes line the coops endpoints. Hens enter through holes in dim lighting, and lids allow nest access. Benton advocates corn for heating hens and notes table scraps, butchers’ refuse, and greens supplement diet. Corn and fat reportedly spur laying.
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Mir
Benton
The Gay Season in Washington Social Scene
The piece notes how lawmakers and officials in Washington spend hours daily on business yet frequent dinners balls and receptions. It highlights that 53 Senators have wives here and 143 Representatives with accompanying wives plus a cadre of diplomats and officers adding to the social crowd. It underscores the balance of social life among male and female attendees in federal circles.
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Washington
Congress
Perley
Boston Journal
Cannon
Utah
Salt Lake
Army
Navy
Civil Service
Broad-Chested Horses and The Wind Secret
An old horseman emphasizes wind as the key to speed, arguing large, capacious chests are essential. Chest shape varies with work, from circular for slow, heavy draught to deep for racers, noting a shallow chest is useless and depth should approach a greyhound’s as speed increases.
Dead Letter Office Oddities From Washington Sale
A dead letter office sale in Washington reveals varied unclaimed packages sent by traders and the public. One parcel from New York included roast spare ribs veal jerky venison buffalo tongues butter bread cake candy raisins oranges vin ey and two Limburger cheeses along with seasonings and condiments.
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Post-Office Department
Washington
New York Post-Office
Pickled Bath Tale on a Nevada River Trip
Three men Tom Joe and Jake travel from Pine Grove in Esmeralda County Nevada to hot springs near Walker Lake. They bathe in a mixing pool of hot and cold water, then prank each other by hiding from the others as they seek revenge. The misadventure ends with taunting by Tom and a standoff over pistols but no lasting harm.
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Lexon
Baxen’s .Granau
Tom
Joe
Jake
Pine Grove
Esmeralda
County
Nevada
Walker Teke
Livestock per Capita by Nation Report
A historic statistical snippet lists cattle density by country with figures: United States 651 cattle per 1000 people, Denmark 587, Norway 564, Sweden 482, Holland 395, Switzerland 388, Germany 384, Austro-Hungary 354, France 325, Russia 325, and Great Britain 300.
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United States
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Holland
Switzerland
Germany
France
Russia
Great Britain
Miscellaneous items of interest and odd facts
A collection of curiosities and brief notes including trade figures, natural history quips, a boggy fossil claim of a submerged schooner near Lumberton, exotic dogs in Paris, a morbid Zurich death notice joke, a Biddeford pupil’s clever remark about his mother’s death, and early 20th century crime and exploration updates. It cites Great Britain and France trade data, U S tobacco shares, and timber theft prosecutions in several states.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Lumberton
N. C
Central Asia
Zoological Garden
Paris
Europe
Zurich
Brandolf Lichtier
Biddeford
Prima
Minnesota
Mississippi
Florida
Louisiana
Hildebrandt
Berlin Geographical Society
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