Open Letter to Women from Philadelphia Reader
Philadelphia reader shares relief after seven months of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound easing irregular painful periods and fatigue. The letter urges others with similar symptoms to seek the remedy and cites forty years of use aiding American women. An ad notes Garfield Tea as a cure for chronic constipation.
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Philadelphia
Lydia BE. Pinkham
J.S. Litrup
Livingston St
Mrs. Little
Lydia E. Pinkham
Artificial Day Favors Hens Increases Egg Production
Farmers light poultry houses for several hours daily to extend the day for pullets in fall and winter. Government tests at Beltsville Md corroborate increased egg output with a 14 hour day for laying flocks and four daily feedings with gradual illumination increases.
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Tropics
United States Department of Agriculture
Government Poultry Farm
Beltsville
Home Made Hides Too Uncertain for Farming
The United States Department of Agriculture bureau of chemistry reports that farmers attempting leather making at scale cannot achieve reliable profits. Experiments show tanning leather at home is uncertain, while packing houses offer better grading and consistent shine.
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Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Adjustable hog creep with perpendicular boards
An inventive hog creep uses vertical boards bolted to cross pieces with elongated holes to adjust spacing. Outer boards are nailed, while the two middle boards move via bolts to admit pigs up to a size and exclude larger ones. Hogs can pass through without rubbing backs.
Gutters Keep Cellars Dry with Homemade Cement Ditches
A USDA guidance describes simple cement gutters to drain water from gutter pipes and keep cellars dry. Ditches should be about 8 inches wide and 2 inches thick, widening at the receiving end like a shallow platter, and long enough to move water away from the foundation. If flush with the ground they won’t hinder foot traffic or mowing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Selecting Best Cockerels for Maturity and Quality
In selecting cockerels they should have short stout legs and full breasts. The comb serves as a good index to maturity, as some birds hatch at the same time but mature at different rates. Good judgment helps greatly in choosing fowls.
Hides and shoes spark farmer concerns on prices
Farmers face injustice in cowhide sales as prices lag behind inputs like work shoes. Leather dealers, packing-house skinners, and junk dealers all cut into farmer returns. Experts advise aggregating hides and selling to large buyers to maximize value. Sunlight also damages fine-edged coals.
Quotable reflections on vanity and happiness
A fragmentary quote set contrasts vanities of expecting sensitivity with Latin wisdom on value, noting a diamond pales beside a tooth. It suggests happiness appears and vanishes suddenly, while people differ in what sustains them from hope to nerve or apathy.
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Earth
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