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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1907
Page
6
A Iowa farm article details improved pipe layouts to inject steam into barrels for cooking feed. Two designs use angled outlets or a bottom pipe with upper surface holes to vent steam, improving speed and reducing steam loss compared with single end openings.
Freeper temperature should be provided to prevent rat damage and maintain dry storage. Ventilation and a stable roughly 70 degree temperature are advised, with sun stove heating for dry storage. Remove diseased roots and dispose by burning, avoid feeding spoiled potatoes to animals, and spray young diseased plants. Separate fields to prevent cross contamination and focus on seed selection and soil treatment to boost corn yields.
The article notes Delaware grown Kieffer pears delayed before cold storage lose substantial value with 59 percent injury in some cases. Delays of 12 hours cut keeping time by days and 24 hours can allow mold and ruin fruit. It argues small fruits suffer more from delays and cites farm life and farm business viability.
In New England Homestead B W Itish discusses raising Yellow Dent corn on sward with manure, careful plowing, fertilizing, and repeated cultivation to achieve a prize crop. He notes first prize for Yellow Dent at Connecticut state board of agriculture and observes western grazing lands are overcrowded, with stockmen leaving or reducing herds due to winter and drought risks.
Farm Press notes dogs as the major menace to sheep farming in the east and rising nuisance in the midwest. In parts of the south, sheep farming becomes nearly impossible due to roaming dogs. Some dogs are good, but thousands of miserable canines roam at night bent on predation.
An old farming tip suggests covering the hennery floor with road dust or sand and spreading a litter of grass or hay then scattering grain on rainy days. The fowls will be kept busy scratching and foraging.
Praise from medical leaders for Dr Pierce remedies highlights Favorite Prescription as a trusted option for female ailments. The ad claims the product carries a badge of honesty, uses plain English on wrappers, and can reduce examinations by avoiding knives through timely use. It stresses no alcohol, no harmful drugs, and urges sick women to consult Dr Pierce by letter with confidential correspondence. It also promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative and bowel regulator.
An advertisement extols Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney complaints and rheumatic pain caused by uric acid. Andrew Donalson of Hagerstown Maryland credits the pills with relief after twelve years of suffering, noting backache relief and no recurrence. Sold by dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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