This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1906
Page
12
The article advises egg plant as a valuable and easy cultivated garden vegetable. It covers soil enrichment, stem uplifting as plants grow, avoiding root disturbance when harvesting, and pest controls like peach ashes sulfur and paris green. It notes egg plant's tropical nature, its Egyptian use, and that it is an annual two feet high sown from seed after warm ground in mid to late spring.
A column cites Professor Eugene Davenport urging cattle breeders to keep bulls past age three or four. He argues four-year-plus bulls prove better sires, noting buyers favor cheaper, docile youngsters for sale as beef. The piece discusses pedigrees versus individual breeding merit and the danger of selling promising sires early.
Describes egg plant features including bluish green leaves purple flowers and edible fruit with varieties like New York Purple and Pikin. Advises soaking slices in salted water before cooking to improve flavor and prevent browning. Then shifts to talking about animal breeding, pedigree, and desire for strong breeding records in choosing livestock.
Farmers should delay turning cattle onto pasture until grass is well started to avoid wasteful shrinkage from a sudden diet change. Keep grain feeding for several days after turnout to stabilize digestion. To deter egg eating by hens, place a crushed egg shell laced with mustard on the path. the trick sicken and corrects the behavior.
Maryland experiment station bulletin by Prof. E. P. Walls shows kernels with large germs yield plants that recover quickly after moisture, grow taller, and resist dry weather better. Heavy kernels generate hardier, more vigorous plants as they age, while kernels from different ears vary greatly. Only heavy kernels with large germs should be used for seed.
Reader notes discuss how a mixed border of flowering plants provides a general effect and is the most approved arrangement. Mentions using flowers for cutting, table decorations, and eventual urns in a vegetable garden context.
The article argues hill manuring is advantageous when manure is scarce and labor is available. It notes one load in hill plots can replace more when matched to tobacco cabbage and corn, with benefits and drawbacks such as required fining and timely application. It cites 1902 tobacco and 1885 cabbage trials showing comparable or better yields with less manure.
Professor Frederick D. Chester explains soil indigestion mirrors human digestion. Excess humus or indigestible forms impair bacteria and enzymes, reducing fertility. tillage, humus addition, and deep plowing restore available plant food and nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash in worn lands.
Instructions on receiving eggs and handling damaged shipments, testing fertility, and communicating with breeders. Includes guidance on documenting conditions, reporting infertility, and evaluating hatch results. Ends with note on Professor von Hifelsberg grafting a toe to a finger.
Simple method to curb egg eating by hens involves nesting in semi darkness and proper nest design. The article recommends large nests about fourteen inches square with easy egg removal, plus duplicate setups in the hatching room to separate broody hens from layers.
H P Purviance of Logan County Illinois runs about 100 cows and calves with Jersey cows predominant. The dairy yields roughly 200 pounds of butter weekly and about $213 yearly income, net about $50 per cow after feed costs. Calves and manure add value while land fertility remains strong over twelve years of tenancy.
An Ohio correspondent shares a method to calm a kicking cow. The technique involves a rope five to six feet long placed around one leg above the knee, with the ends crossed between the legs and carried one side. The description ends abruptly in the source.
The text explains growing onions from sets versus seed, detailing planting timing, spacing, and how to harvest green onions for bunching in six to eight weeks. It notes market advantages when onions are sold as baskets or bunches and warns that high set prices discourage growers, who should produce their own sets.
A Vermont field trial shows sprayed rows using Bordeaux Paris Green mix reduced rot and increased yield. Sprayed areas produced 344 bushels per acre vs 301 in unsprayed, with net gain of 261 bushels per acre and $156 in value on 60 cent per bushel potatoes.
Dr T R Lambert of Illinois shares practical spring garden advice based on common sense. He urges fall plowing, early planting of lettuce and peas, explains double row pea supports, and recommends Alaska onion seed, radish, beets, beans, and Premo sweet corn for a productive early garden.
The dairy barn emphasizes sanitation with iron Crown stalls, frequent interior scrubbing, and daily gutter washing. Udder brushing precedes milking, milk is cooled in a covered strainer, and no feed is given during milking to minimize airborne bacteria. Odor control and septic drainage support farm cleanliness.
Agrostologist W J Spillman details a hay curing method. Cut in the afternoon, let dew not harm it, lie until noon next day, place in flat curing cocks, upset next morning, form four into a weathering cock, stand a day, then hang to barn or rick. Adaptations may be needed for weather and hay quality.
In Arabia the higher classes use sugar in tea and coffee at home but in bazaars many people gather to drink coffee. The excerpt notes differences between domestic and public consumption habits.
The article highlights kohl rabi as a top early vegetable to grow beside cabbage. It explains planting in hot beds around March 1, center crops in cabbage beds, avoid wilting with mud covers, and use insect powder against cabbage worms. Also offers a method to prepare and cook large harvests with white sauce.
Practical notes advise saving clover hay stems for hog swill with liberal root allowances. Feed includes bran middlings oil meal and skim milk. When mixed with grain this diet yields better pork quality. September farrowings gain faster in winter with dry warm bedding and ample dry straw.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.