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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1885
Page
4
A young group of women from St. Clair Michigan tempt adventure with a proposed camping excursion led by George Florence. Anne Helfenstein, the eager sister, and sisters from an Eastern household weigh peril, travel plans, and the promise of romance as they prepare for a September start.
A London letter notes French Canadian habitans and a bride misreading the market scene in Quebec. It adds Canon Farrar tailoring a Browning lecture for Boston, predicting his U S tour at seventy three with plans to visit Harvard, Niagara, Yosemite, and a new poem in progress.
The American of Baltimore publishes a Rome letter on the Plenary Council decrees. They redefine church finances and education, limit parish benefices, extend clergy liberty, establish bishops councils, and regulate secret societies and marriages. Rome approved the decrees after detailed examination by the Propaganda.
Fergus Falls reports a serious crash on the Northern Pacific line near Ames Station six miles west. Four cars broken, five men dead, many injured. rear section collided with forward section on a steep grade, demolishing canvasmen sleeping cars. Injured sent to Brainerd hospital, inquest planned, property loss around $5,000.
A six year old girl named Birkley near Sandoval lost her life when a plow tongue dropped an inverted iron kettle with four legs onto her head. The accident occurred Saturday as the child played around the implement. the leg pierced her brain, causing death. Also notes England freight trains averaging twenty five miles per hour.
The text argues winter is optimal for crows control as food is scarce and they can be trapped or shot more easily. It notes crows harm bird eggs and young, countering any claimed benefits to farmers, and urges others to con-crow despite possible good deeds.
Jirah Blackman of Wheatland New York reportedly produced an extraordinary wheat yield in 1834. One measured acre yielded sixty eight bushels and forty three pounds, grown from a seed mix of White Flint and Hed Chaf. The Monroe County Agricultural Society awarded him a premium for the remarkable crop.
When pen floors sit on well underdrained ground bare earth is best. Add loose earth twice yearly and remove as manure when needed. Do not place plank floors near the ground. If using a plank floor, raise two feet and keep it open to allow cats and dogs to reach vermin.
Farmers with limited barn space stack grain and hay and use oilcloth coverings for grain and boards laid clapboard fashion for hay. Oilcloth fails in cold weather, while wooden coverings, secured by wires, extend from the top to the stack bulge. Boards seven to eight feet wide protect stacks nearly as well as a barn and can be reused for years.
The Iowa State Register outlines several historic ham curing methods. It covers salt brine procedures for 25 to 30 hams, sweeteners and saltpeter ratios, and instructions for smoking with pure smoke from hickory or sugar tree wood. It also cites a Maryland State Agricultural Society award to T. E. Hamilton for a tested recipe, plus notes on English and alternative dry curing methods and storage best practices.
Nutrient rich cotton-seed meal can boost milk color and winter butter but must be used with coarse feed to prevent harm. A small daily ration may help, but calves and young stock should avoid it. only well cleaned meal should be used as husk is indigestible. Bran pairs well with the meal to balance feeding.
The Chicago Tribune argues that superior breeding yields long term gains even in mixed herds. Fine stock like Herefords and Jerseys show faults when underfed, while good feeding enhances form, maturity, and feed efficiency. In mixed stock, careful selection can still push desirable traits forward through heredity.
The Missouri and Iowa farming regions are moving away from wheat raises to dairying. Iowa hosts 40 creameries with room for more while Missouri already has about fifty creameries, mainly north of the Missouri River. Experts argue that reallocating labor from wheat to dairy could double net results.
A Live-Stock Journal correspondent extols the Dorking breed as superior among table fowls. He notes its large size, tender juicy meat, broad deep breast, full shoulders, and long body shape akin to cattle in form. The piece mentions the Ondan and a claimed cross with the Poland, though a trench publication is cited for that assertion.
Slow feathering breeds like Brahmas show hardy growth while double yolk eggs often hatch poorly or yield deformed chicks. France reportedly houses 43,855,780 fowls with three eggs per hen and about one hundred eggs per hen annually. A French woman’s pallet named poulette reflects affection and productivity, a lesson for poultry keepers.
Prof A J Cook challenges Doolittle on honey oozing from capped cells and swelling only from dampness. He notes fermentation in comb honey in cool damp atmospheres and recalls a Wisconsin barrel that exploded, venting gases and spilling honey across the floor.
A Bee Journal correspondent describes a bee keeper's star that aids swarming. Constructed from light timber with cross pieces, the star encourages bees to cluster on it, allowing easy removal to the hive. The device reduces handling, minimizes branch damage, and lets a single helper hive swarms efficiently.
In setting out a young orchard the rows should be numbered and a map of them to indicate the varieties. This is especially important in orchards for family use containing a tree or two of many varieties. If labels are lost or a tree dies the owner can at once know its variety and harvest season.
Farmers can save grafts by packing fall or winter cut scions in sand or moss, though not essential for ordinary use. Grafts cut and planted the same day often fare better than earlier cuts, but late-season grafting favors earlier-cut scions. Cherry and plum grafting should occur early before leaf emergence.
A Wyoming County committee of the Western New York Horticultural Society urges proper orchard management. It warns against leaning trees, stresses pruning discipline, removal of water sprouts, and preserving the central leader. It champions mulching, soil health, manure use, and grazing for nutrient recycling to sustain productive, well shaped apple orchards on clay loam soils with underdrainage.
Instructions describe making a chenille cord by cutting half inch paper strips, winding them with a light or heavier wrap, stitching through the center on a sewing machine, removing the paper, twisting the cord, and finishing by wrapping around cardboard to create a fringe for lambrequins. It also notes sewing lengths of chenille to gimp beading or knitting wool as needed.
Christine Terhune Herrick explains in Good Housekeeping how careful preparation of scraps can transform leftovers into appetizing meals. The piece provides practical methods for saving money and reducing waste, with examples like croquettes from cold bacon and mashed potatoes, a savory salmi from chicken carcass, and ideas for repurposing stale bread and cookies. Emphasizes that saving time and money in the kitchen reflects broader household prudence and skill.
Recipes describe lemon cake icing with lemon juice rind and baking powder, a milk and poached egg toast method, Pannie's Pudding with corn starch, and baked pork with apples and herbs. The writeup blends dessert, breakfast and savory dish steps for family meals.
Mr Edward Sidel chief assistant to the Exposition B architect in New Orleans reports using Jacobs Oil with best effects in a severe rheumatism case and recommends it as the quickest and most certain remedy for similar afflictions.
A Sun excerpt notes Henry Ward Beecher on duty and a Buffalo man William Ryder recalling a twenty year abscess cured by Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It also mentions an elderly woman’s will and self-control weakened by paralysis, repeatedly uttering “I won’t” and “You shan’t.”
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