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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1887
Page
7
Rural advice stresses sowing permanent pastures on rough lands to create a dense, even sod for early and late grazing. It outlines meadow and pasture seed mixes, sowing methods, timing, and soil preparation, plus notes on underdraining, hay production, and manure practices for improved farming efficiency.
A discussion on forestry emphasizes using old growth wisely while continuing to plant new forests. It advocates selective harvesting to protect future growth and highlights trees fit for shade and ornament along roadsides, naming maples, elms, oaks, and ashes as suitable choices for New England landscapes.
The selection highlights walnuts including hickory, black and English, plus butternuts as prominent. It notes the black walnut suffers ice damage most. Birches such as English, blue, white, black, and yellow are observed, with European or weeping birch praised as a fine street tree. Beeches stand out for brilliancy, especially the purple beech. Tulip trees grow rapidly on extensive grounds but are hard to transplant, best raised in nurseries on a plank to spread roots.
English journals praise high grain yields while urging livestock breeding, noting Ireland and England saw rent concessions last year. The piece argues livestock underpins farming, urges Western farmers to expand feeding stock, and discusses manure value, crop choices, and import dynamics. It cites England buying coarse grains and oil cake, and urges maximizing livestock output for market. It also notes egg composition, market appeal of poultry, and wool-sheep dynamics with Suffolk swine claims.
A detailed guide explains proper carving technique for meats and fish, emphasizing sharp knives, appropriate knife types for different cuts, proper table height, and precise slicing methods. It covers ham, turkey, goose, duck, beef, lamb, veal, and fish such as salmon haddock mackerel shad, with step by step directions for each joint and portion.
Hints describe simple fixes for cooking cabbage taste and safety with red pepper, carpet repair by patching with paste and ironing, and a Goop remedy for hair loss using southern wood leaves and alcohol plus water to wet the scalp daily.
In Rural New Yorker Harry Hales outlines a two-room wire partitioned brooding system with shared yards to keep sitting hens from fighting and laying contamination. He details nest sizes small enough for two hens per nest, a dust box for parasites, ventilation, rotated batches, and simple coop design to save time and reduce egg breakage while keeping hens healthy and productive.
The piece compares dairying by on farm butter making with selling cream to creameries. It argues small herds face higher costs and less consistent quality, while creameries offer lower production costs and steadier grade. Profits depend on local conditions and access to a fair paying creamery, with Emerson and Lincoln noted in a separate column.
In a fog bound North Atlantic, Capt. Crosby’s schooner lost its horn. To warn an oncoming steamer, he used a pig on deck that squealed with each tail pinch, fooling the distant vessel into thinking it was seeing Crosby’s boat, preventing a collision.
Schweinfurth notes toy hose used as money by the Niam Niams of Africa and Tippoo Tippoo describes a Congo tribe of copper workers where massive spear-heads act as currency. The large spears, though of little intrinsic value, are assigned a standard value of about one thousand dollars for ivory purchases.
A veteran from Ashburnham Massachusetts George McKena reports immediate relief from chronic rheumatism after using St Jacobs Oil. Carl Otto Schoenkich captain of the Oriole Yacht Club in Baltimore says the product aided several sprains and bruises during a practice cruise. Sold by druggists and dealers everywhere.
A playful dialogue between Mother and Tommy from Texas Siftings asks to name domestic animals and identifies four legged house dwellers who disrupt sleep with a piano. The page promotes a medical book from the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York with a 10 cent stamp request.
A Glascow physician notes a patient burned by a lighting match after blowing it out, suggesting stomach gas chemistry. a Arkansas traveler mocks politics while a colleague jokes about vestry elections. Ads promote Dr Pierce's Pellets and Prickly Ash Bitters as remedies for headaches and bowel issues.
A fragment describes Pine Cod Liver Oil made from selected livers by Hazard Hazard & Co. of New York as pure and sweet with physician approval. It also mentions a dog show prize, a lively town prospect, and a bank or valley cash bonus program inviting manufacturing enterprises in Valley Nebraska.
A sales pitch urges restoring vitality to a woman described as suffering from nervous debility. The ad promotes Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic and offers a Simepeger Outfit for 225 dollars cash, claiming it will brighten cheeks and revive energy. Address box 21, Fort Wayne.
Thorough cleansing of the blood and improved digestion with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is claimed to restore health. The text touts cures for pimples, eruptions, scrofula, salt-rheum, fever-sores, tuberculous lung disease, shortness of breath, bronchitis, and indigestion, with a marketing flourish and price of 25 cents.
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