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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1887
Page
7
Domestic economy note advises horse care and stable hygiene to keep feed boxes free of filth. It warns against leaving uneaten hay and grain, promotes feeding only what will be eaten, and suggests giving leftovers to other animals outside the stable. The piece also includes agricultural guidance on corn cultivation and root development to maximize yields through careful plowing and soil management.
The hoe serves beyond weed control by loosening baked soil and aiding tillage. Glenny notes hoeing improves soil pores, enables deeper penetration, and helps thinning of crowded crops. Care is needed for young plants while deeper stirring suits established fruit trees and roses.
A correspondent asks if freezing harms butter. The answer is that butter may freeze on edges while center stays unfrozen, causing quality variation. Butter should not undergo large temperature swings and should be used promptly if frozen to minimize differences.
The article explains profits in dairying, noting milk and dairy products yield little profit to producers, limits in city distribution, and perils of spoilage. It outlines churning science, the role of agitation, heat, and air, and stresses the importance of proper temperature around sixty degrees Fahrenheit for butter production.
The text explains that insufficient flavor and soft butter result from too little air in the churn. Air oxidizes fat globule coats, increasing friction and aiding separation. Any churn works if air is admitted, and churning speed should produce butter from well ripened cream in twenty five to thirty minutes.
The article explains conifer diversity in leaf forms from pines and spruces to the Chinese ginkgo, noting evergreen leaves last multiple years while some species shed annually. It describes how shoots grow yearly, how oldest wood loses leaves, and cites Norway and black spruces holding needles up to nine years, with shedding patterns varying by species.
An article on nitrogen in egg white and the need for nitrogen rich feeds to boost production. It highlights gluten meal linseed meal and cottonseed meal as strong egg producers and notes yolk sulfur content. It calls for more study of poultry diets and sulfur adjustments.
Miller Purvis describes a six year effort to protect Leghorns from frost. His system crowds up to fifty birds in one 36 foot room when nights turn cold, keeps the house clean and ventilated, and feeds varied warm scraps. He notes greasing combs with tallow helps withstand freezing wet conditions.
Practical advice on keeping fowls healthy and fattening them efficiently. Notes on charcoal and sulphur in feed, duck favored, confinement for hens, pest control, and use of nes egg gourds. Feeding schedule and mix recommended, including corn meal oats shorts and scraps.
Regular salting of cows is discussed as essential yet risky if misused, with notes on milk flow and health. A London Institute lecture by Prof Flower explains the evolutionary link between early horse ancestors and modern ungulates, using fossil finds in the Rocky Mountains.
J. P. Little of Amesbury wins first premium on a pair of six year old Devon oxen weighing 4250 pounds and second premium on a pair of five year old Herefords weighing 4050 pounds. He notes Devons worked hard on his farm and in outside tasks since ownership began fifteen months prior, with varied feeding and careful care.
An article from Good Housekeeping urges women to exercise outdoors daily as recreation not work. It recommends simpler meals, less routine housework, and more time for relaxation to preserve health and reduce medical costs. It warns against confinement to home life and emphasizes prevention over cure.
Practical household tips on remedies and storage from a bygone era. Lemon water eases headaches olive oil mixtures aid joints potato penwipers for pens cloves in pickles avoid dark liquid tea and coffee stored airtight tea and coffee care avoid rust bites with copperas ivy poisoning meat handling broom care and carpet maintenance notes.
The article touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for kidney and bladder diseases, noting their obstinacy and danger. It claims the tonic stimulates sluggish kidneys, prevents inactivity and organic damage, and helps expel impurities from the blood. It also links relief to constipation, biliousness, fever, age, rheumatism, and dyspepsia.
Two boys ask for base balls and a dealer lists many names like Game-Cock and Bruiser. At 25 cents each, the boys buy a Bruiser and a Game-Cock. The dealer notes names appeal to different buyers and observes bloodthirsty labels sell to the wealthy and Shakspeare or Dandy to others.
A jumble of anecdotes and ads from a 19th century page notes a young wife fearing her husband’s love, a fire company bell, and his sense of duty. It also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pellets, Prickly Ash Bitters, Dr Harter’s Iron Tonic, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, and a London fire engine superintendent’s testimony on timber ignition risks.
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