Poultry, pests and farming notes from Osage lands
A mix of home farming tips on planting string beans in August, feeding rice for chick growth, and lavender as a mosquito repellent. It covers cooling methods without an icebox, slop disposal to reduce flies, soil care to prevent crusting, and chicken-raising methods versus incubators. It also reports on June 29 land allotments to Osage Indians, valued at about 40,000 dollars per person, plus remarks on water, liquor effects, and dairy cow production and testing for profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osage
Forestry Statistics Highlight European Gains and US Shortfalls
Circular 140 from the Forest Service contrasts European forestry success with the United States. It shows sustained yield increases under scientific regulation in Prussia Saxony and Switzerland, and notes the US currently cuts three times its forest production while spending on national forests exceeds revenues. It stresses watershed protection as a key reform driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
United States
Prussia
Saxony
Switzerland
Uniform Apple Packing Would Standardize Grading
A New York reg slator frames a bill for uniform grading of apples packed for domestic and foreign markets. The measure aims to end wide local variation in labels by ensuring consistent quality, aligning with Canadian and London market practices and benefiting reliable packers and commission men despite possible hardships for careless shippers.
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New York
London
Preserving Fence Posts With Carbolineum Methods
For long lasting fence posts the article advises treating posts with carbolineum or tar to extend life. Dip butt ends or apply two coats above ground with time to dry. Carbolineum costs about 75 cents per nation and can substitute with black root paint if preservative is unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
Locating a Home and the Comfort of Interior Conditions
A short note on choosing a residence emphasizes heat for health, coolness for comfort, and darkness for rest. It weighs the trade offs of dust versus warmth, noting heat’s health benefits and darkness’ value, while acknowledging dust as a nuisance but manageable.
Agricultural notes touch on farms and markets of the era
The piece surveys animal feed, soil lime use, hemp experiments in the Philippines and Peru, clover versus oats rotation, navy beam prices, and bean culture benefits. It covers fly repellents, butter production from creamery waste, dairy hygiene, tuberculin testing debates, and veterinary opinions on bovine tuberculosis.
Sewing Machine Fixes and an Odd Courtship
A man recounts meeting Evelyn Briggs and visiting her at her country home to fix a sewing machine. He boasts of skill, causes a mishap breaking a needle arm, and leaves hoping for another chance to impress, while noting Briggs’s polite dismissal yet optimism for future tasks.
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Evelyn Briggs
Miss Briggs
Sam
Figs Briggs
Do You Remember The Morning Fishing With Auntie
A vivid reminiscence recalls early dawn fishing days with Auntie. The narrator describes stealing downstairs for milk and a doughnut, armed with a spading fork and a tomato can, creeping to the veg beds and barn, sampling currants and berries, crossing fields to the wy er, and finally beginning to fish at the old rock or hollow under a misty dawn while blackbirds fuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orcheril
Wyer
Understanding suction and chimney drawing in thermodynamics
The piece explains that suction is misnamed and results from pressure differences. When chimney air is heated its density drops, allowing outside cooler air to push upward, creating an upward current. No real suction exists. movement arises from pressure differences and hot air rising, per Ackerman in the London Express.
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Ackerman
London Express
Nutshell to Chez Nous The Colonel’s Cottage Name Change
A London Telegraph quote recalls a colonel who left town life for the country and renamed his cottage. A dainty London visitor marvels, asks the new name Chez Nous, and he explains fatigue with neighbors’ doorbell calls and a fond memory of the Nutshell. The tale ends with his warm reply to the name change.
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London
Lofidon
Chez Nous
London Telegraph
A Surprise Coming on Chestnut Street
A horse tied by an iron weight on Chestnut Street amused a newsboy who teased that the animal would be surprised when the weight led him to think he has found a boarding house. The boy predicted the Umpire’s surprise in minutes, while the horse chewed the strap.
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Chestnut Street
Phiadelphia Telegraph
A Washing Mission in a Curiously Worn Tale
A New York Sun account describes a visiting housekeeper who retells her tasks with rising pride. She claims to have washed a sick woman, four children, floors, dishes and windows, implying a broad yet selective view of household labor.
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New York Sun
Untaxed Tobacco Flows From Confiscated Goods
Describes how the government uses confiscated tobacco from criminals to supply Perth and Broadmoor. Claims authorities allow free supply of high quality pipe tobacco cigars and cigarettes to criminal lunatics, funded by seized contraband. Notes the public and government benefit from this arrangement.
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Ussiers
Noor
Perth
England
Staurgtera
Broadmoor
Not Her Abode in a Chinese Divorce Tale
A quirky dialogue centers on a weary suitor claiming a small income and the would be wife resisting a rooftop move. The piece hints at a Chinese legal frame where divorce can be invoked by a wife deemed too talkative, highlighting social and legal quirks of marriage in a historical context.
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