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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1907
Page
7
An American traveler seeking rest arrives at a ruined castle in a Germanic realm. Gretchen and a younger English companion offer shelter and dinner while mysteries unfold about ghosts, conspiracies, and a hidden motive. The narrator poses as a guest and weighs his chances amid cautious hospitality.
A riverman showcases true skill by riding a log in water. The feat proves balance and control beyond standing upright or jumping between logs, with the sawlog serving as both labor tool and transport.
Emerson Hough portrays the western outlaw as a thrillingly brutal figure and divides wolves into two types the gray wolf and the coyote, noting the coyote as a sneak and murderer. He emphasizes frontier courage and risk in log rafting and river drives, describing drivers who ride timbers and defy danger.
A reminiscence compares the Ninth New York cavalry and Maj Keenan’s Eighth Pennsylvania at Chancellorsville with the Light Brigade. It cites 637 officers and men, 247 casualties, and honors Keenan’s doomed stand to slow Lee’s advance. Also notes Redstone Peace Pipe find and fish industry figures.
The piece recounts Athens Georgia’s lone double barreled cannon and its disastrous test, which damaged fields and killed livestock, then notes its removal and current display near College Avenue. It also weaves in unrelated excerpts about New York water reserves, War and Peace, and maxims from Franklin and Emerson.
A reflective piece recounts the Civil War’s deadliness from 1861 to 1865, citing 385 245 Union casualties, 109 893 killed on the field, disease deaths 199 720, and higher losses at Gettysburg than Waterloo. It notes regimental losses like First Minnesota and Twentieth Massachusetts and urges respect for veterans and remembrance of sacrifice.
A guide on shield budding for fruit trees explains the economical use of buds, stock requirements, and execution. It notes that buds are taken from the current season's growth, and that stock thickness, defined by a pencil, affects timing for apple peach and other trees, with peaches sometimes budded in the same season as planting.
The article details T bud insertion on stock trunks, flap lifting, and securing with cotton twine, plus instructions to cut above the bud and remove ligatures after union. It then shifts to promoting the farmer's vegetable garden, urging heavy manuring, fall and spring applications, and soil care for steady yields and satisfaction.
A Rural New Yorker writer explains constructing an elevated oil stove hotbed to grow tomatoes peppers and eggplants. The design uses two one wick stoves under a sheltered wind-protected frame with a glass area and a false bottom of sheet iron.
Describes a wooden hotbed base with sheet iron bottom and oil stoves to heat soil. Details include six inch soil depth, air holes, and air circulation between wood and iron. Warns against air-tight builds and notes two-wick stoves overheat. Mentions an English gardener using manure beds for comparison.
Guidance on gathering dry road dust during dry periods and storing it in a salt barrel in a barn or smokehouse. When needed the dust is mixed with insect powder to create an effective protective dust to combat cabbage worms and related pests.
A horticulture note explains tomato blight is caused by a fungus attacking seed beds. It states no cure after infection, but prevention is possible by thorough sanitation of frames, soil sterilization, and a home steam system using iron pipes to sterilize soil. W Paddock.
The article notes apples as a foundation for export trade and advises keeping tools clean. It states commercial orchards were rare before 1860, with growth since then and potential in new plantings. It mentions high fertilization boosts yields on small plots and describes straw management after threshing. It cites profits of 510 dollars per acre from strawberries in New Jersey and 250 dollars per acre from raspberries near St Louis, Missouri, with broader farming profitability beyond corn and hogs.
Hogs in the orchard are described as more effective than chickens for destroying windfalls. Hogs eat the entire fruit including core and worm, while chickens pick out only soft fruit around the core. The piece also notes tomatoes potatoes and corn as suitable orchard crops and warns that any crop consumes moisture and fertility.
A correspondent from the Valley Farmer describes a makeshift bit using telegraph wire sized equipment to pass through the cow’s mouth and connect behind the ears as a headstall. The device aims to prevent the tongue from forming suction while allowing normal eating and drinking.
Fall wheat needs soil rich in humus to supply nitrogen and make minerals available. Proper soil preparation affects water holding and capillary moisture rise. Fall plowing can harm seed germination. better to sow between corn rows or surface cultivate and harrow. Fall plowing ahead of spring sowing can improve soil mellowing and subsoil moisture rise.
A guidance note from an Iowa station discusses salting butter by moisture content. Uniform moisture distribution ensures consistent salt dissolution, avoiding brine pockets. Best results come after washing and draining, with salt added only when butter has a gathered, medium soft condition.
Denmark sustains about 1 300 creameries producing roughly 100 000 tons of butter annually. Intelligent dairying methods prevail and separators aid sales of sweet skimmilk. Avoid metal contact with butter, keep utensils stored in the sun, and beware salt and rust. Fattening old cows for beef is usually unprofitable as corn prices rise. Milk remains essential yet cannot replace water for any life form relying on it.
In Norway and Sweden 36 per 1009 people live by seafaring. the next best is England with 17 per 1000. The figures highlight Nordic reliance on maritime livelihoods ahead of England.
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