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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
8
The article describes the fall webworm Hyphantria cunea and its larvae, noting a yellow brown caterpillar forming loose webs on various trees, appearing July through summer. Remedies include cutting or burning webs and spraying or dusting foliage with paris green when safe for fruit.
A subscriber from Sidney Ohio asks for a cheap convenient hen house for 59 birds with an attached scratching pen. The plan shows a 16 by 20 foot building nine feet high with a shared roof, wire partition, four equal sections, feeding in the scratching room, and a hot bed sash vent. Roof to be covered with pon NP roofing and painted. use boards and battens to seal sides. FE. E. Page Ohio Farmer endorses the design as roomy and practical.
A. H. Duff notes in Prairie Farmer that replacing old queens yearly boosts egg laying, reduces swarming, and strengthens winter survival. New fertilized queens from purchased stock or reared on the premises can dramatically lift honey yields. Practical tips cover timing, costs, and managing brood through cold weather.
An OCR filled page advertises medical assurance by Jae you shuld not de lay, then pivots to land sales and travel offers. It mentions government lands in Washington and Oregon for 1.00 per acre, grain or fruit farming, and steady wages with no land for sale. It lists round trip rail fares to many territories, with dates Nov 7 and 21 Dec 5 and 19, from Cedar Rapids to St. Paul and beyond, via B. C. R. & N. Ry.
The Cedar Rapids Route Playing Cards are advertised as high quality with finish and available for order. Cards cost 15 meeting per, rush orders 1.50 per dozen, sent with postage paid. Descriptive literature offered for the Great Region of Good Fruit and grazing Land in Missouri and Arkansas via Frisco line. Bryan Snyder, General Passenger Agent, St Louis, Mo.
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