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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1883
Page
8
The article explains that fat producing foods do not build bone and muscle. It emphasizes a balanced frame, noting corn for fattening but not for bone, milk as ideal for young stock, and oats and wheat bran as general stock food. It also dismisses buckwheat bran as valuable. Western rural.
A reader argues for home butter, detailing clean milk, and a unique cow housing plan. A single cow kept in a spacious dry bed stable, fed away from the resting area, results in cleaner milk and easier care. This method suits small New England farms with one cow per household.
Practical farming notes on soil enrichment with garden vulture and wood ashes, buckwheat to deter wire worms, buckwheat as a pest remedy, mixed rye and corn meal recipes, corn fertilizer needs, and corn root depth affecting wind blowdown in level culture as discussed by Prairie Farmer and the Chicago Journal.
The text explains pruning as applying a general principle: direct growth toward fruit by limiting excessive wood. It stresses understanding plant habits, surveying for crossing limbs, and removing interference to achieve even bearing wood with light and air. Remove crowded twigs, early shaping, and avoid stubs. learn by practice to improve with each tree.
A gardener describes planting celery between two rows of Early Rose potatoes to save space and boost yields. Benefits include two crops from the same ground, easier trenching, and shading from potato tops to protect celery during heat. Best with trenching and careful Paris green use. celery thrives as summer ends and rains begin.
The Department of the Interior warns the public that no Special Examiner or Pension Office employee may accept money. Report any fraud to the Commissioner of Pensions, who will direct examiners to issue public warnings and pursue action under applicable laws. William W. Dorey, Commissioner.
An old advertisement blasts Electric Bitters as a cure-all for biliousness and debility priced at fifty cents a bottle at Colby & Scotts Drugstore. It also touts Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and lung ailments with trial bottles offered. A testimonial from Lt. Jessie Thomas of Morristown praises Browns Iron Bitters for relief from weakness and indigestion.
An advert style passage touts Dr Biglow’s Positive Cure as nature’s helpmate to cure consumption and throat and lung diseases with trial bottles offered. It includes endorsements from Lowell Massachusetts merchant Hoop Co and Dr W E Buckman in Easton and TowandaPa, plus claims for Ely s Cream Balm for catarrh hay fever and cold in head with trials and prices.
The article notes that dyspepsia chronic diarrhea and other stomach distress arise from humor in the stomach. It cites several cases cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla and claims the medicine's rare curative agents earn public confidence through simple proof of cures.
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