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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1912
Page
7
Pearl C. Stegall of Louisiana outlines a 10 by 15 foot poultry house with 6 foot front cover and 8 foot side extensions. She recommends dirt floors packed smooth with ash, movable nests, wire netting doors, high back windows, and two front sheds for chicks.
Practical guidance for kitchen and pantry routines including roast goose or duck with sauces, pork with apple sauce, slow simmering soups, gentle cake baking, quick ovens for pastry, slow milk puddings, and using barrels for evaporating or cider due to apple prices.
A New York businessman forced to New Jersey due to ill health built a thriving direct-to-consumer packing business. He buys fruit and vegetables from farmers, repacks and grades them, using clean boxes, tight layers, and gauze to protect cherries, and ships via four 12 to 15 mile routes. He reports net profits of 25 to 100 percent and argues growers can gain by sorting and branding for retail markets.
Michigan article argues restricting plant reproduction improves fruit size and yield. It compares Warfield and Nick Omer strawberries, detailing runners, nodes, and energy concentration for large fruit, with emphasis on starting plants early, removing fruit stems, and limiting new plants to six per mother plant. Also notes migration of farmers from Iowa Kansas and Nebraska to southern states.
The article notes human tuberculosis has declined over 15 years, but tuberculous hogs appear to rise nationwide. It describes outbreaks in hogs, rapid growth reducing disease resistance, and the intradermal test in dogs using tuberculin to detect infection with swine TB, showing swelling after 48 hours if positive.
The readable lines describe a discussion about a mother staying at home and performing household tasks. The text is unclear and incomplete, lacking coherent events, names, or a verifiable outcome.
In Kansas two sisters earned money for schooling by growing peanuts. They planted acre and half, harvested 168 bushels selling at 2 dollars each. Next year five acres produced 622 bushels. net profit 403 dollars. They expect about 700 dollars this season and plan to study at the State Agricultural College this winter before returning to run the farm with their father.
Near Mt. Pleasant a group of young women recently graduated from high school visited a secluded riverbank area on the Skunk River to swim. They hid their clothes in nearby brush.
Last year the Wheat-Head army worm devastated timothy seed in Northern States, especially on high sandy soil. Farmers are urged to plow timothy fields every three years, rotate crops, and use furrow traps with kerosene or crude oil to kill worms. Co-operation and clean cultivation along fences are advised to prevent spread to grain crops.
The readable fragments describe a bathing scene with children and a parrot that followed them, a note on the parrot escaping from town, and comments on animal care and farm labor. It mentions the toad’s appetite and compares old horse driven threshing to gasoline engines as less cruel, with a brief editorial tone about halters and damages from runaways.
Farmers should monitor for cut worms year round and remove them promptly. A suggested treatment mixes bran 100 pounds Paris green dry 1 pound sugar 3 to 2 pounds, dampened with water and spread over affected sections.
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