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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1883
Page
3
The Evening Observer shares guidance from Rochester nurserymen on proper pruning. Many so called professionals harm plants by uniform shaping. Prune according to each plant’s growth, avoid winter cuts on bloom wood, and time pruning after flowering for many shrubs.
Rich old grass is the most natural food for cattle producing high quality milk. Poor pasture wastes feed and money, so farmers should provide ample healthy forage and water. A sound cow with good digestion and lacteal development yields better milk and returns.
Salt improves wheat by stiffening straw, brightening berries, and boosting yields. It aids silica availability in salt-deficient soils, with about five bushels per acre as a common spring application. Near seacoast, salt shows little effect due to airborne moisture. Rural New Yorker notes this practice especially where grain farming is prominent.
An instructive but dangerous antiquated remedy advises farmers to scatter dry corn for crows, then baked and poisoned corn with strychnine on the third pass. It warns of handling risk and suggests burying or hanging crows as a warning, reflecting unsafe pest control practices.
An Old Quaker replies to a Cincinnati Gazette query about Horace Greeley's advice to plant corn. He argues farmers overplant and mismanage manure, urging less corn and more grass and pasture. He cites drought of years ago when a farmer plowed seven times, producing the largest crop on his farm.
Orren Gauthher leaves today for a position on the BN and P Railroad at Buffalo. The Fire Department has an invitation to a St Catherine Ontario reception. The editor Frank P Hulette plans a Dun kirk home for the coming Mrs Hulette. Dunkirk Elmira Telegram notes possible nuptials. Lincoln Nebraska reports fertile prairie fires. Two children burnedYoung and Joseph Wilsons horse and barn were destroyed by fumes yesterday.
An old advertisement text touts Anti Fat Allan's Anti Fat as a cure for obesity. It cites testimonials from various individuals claiming rapid pounds shed and improved digestion, aiming to persuade readers of the remedy’s efficacy. The piece presents endorsements from multiple city pharmacies and physicians while urging purchase through vendors in Buffalo and New York.
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