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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1906
Page
11
Home canning of jelly and fruit juices offers income for farmers wives and daughters. Readiness of native plums and apples, selecting ripe fruit, proper sterilization, heat control, and careful jelly making are covered with practical steps and cautious notes on syrups, pectin, and sealing for best shelf life.
R. E. Dimmick explains buckwheat harvest methods noting uneven ripening, drop risks, and the self rake reaper ideal but rare. He covers using a binder or mower with modifications, rolling and staking raked bunches, and drying in shocks before stacking. Buckwheat stores well when thoroughly dry and sheds water quickly.
The excerpt advises on duck husbandry noting ducks seldom go broody and prefer outdoor runs, should not be kept in closed buildings, Pekin ducks breed well even at four years, cleanliness matters in duck houses, and duck eggs for hatching should not be stored longer than one week.
An Iowa farmer describes a homemade two row corn cutter with a 4x4 axle and a 2x4 platform. The device uses old planter wheels runners and blades from a stalk cutter to pull easier than a sled cutter and ties ears with binder twine into a ready shock.
The Minnesota attorney general sues the Duluth board of trade for monopoly and trust law violations. Arizona melon growers form an association to set standards. Indian jute crops remain sizable with higher grain twine prices. Indian Territory farmers build warehouses and form district groups. A 27 inch silk mushroom was found in Wisconsin. Large tracts near Lawton Michigan split into grape farms. Concords yielded 2,500,900 baskets with $300,000 to growers. Raymonville Texas buys 25,000 acres to colonize European farmers under Monsigneur Vilatte and John Sebastian. Washington college urges burning wheat to exterminate Hessian fly. Oklahoma hail on July 10 causes $350,000 losses. Russian farmers head northwest. U.S. Adams Act boosts research funds, Minnesota to receive about $32,000 yearly rise to $50,000, with states getting $25,000 annually.
Neighbors share cabbage storage methods. One uses a cool collar with wrapped heads in barrels to exclude air, storing before cool weather. The other digs a barrel into the ground with one third above, banks earth around, and stores cabbage tightly with light top coverings for winter, valuing small heads to reduce waste.
A playful poem describes a mixed drink with mint, fruit, and ice. It prompts the reader to taste and guess its components, mentioning Pride of Kentucky and a lingering orange peel twist. The piece captures a garish citrus garnish vibe and invites experimentation.
Fragmented dialogue shows a judge and speakers debating inevitability and practical fixes. A motherly interruption prompts mundane requests about a squeaky dining room door and kitchen door hinge. The piece blends humor with legal rhetoric and a hint of unfinished narration.
A fragment hints at a literary exchange about breakfast and poetry. It then shifts to a description of a cistern with stone walls, hydraulic cement, limestone flags, a cemented man-hole cover, brick surrounding wall, sealed air spaces, and a two-vertical-brick filter cylinder with an air hole at the top.
An clue filled description of a homemade Ray derrick built by Sanford Helt of Indiana detailing sled dimensions 3x10 inch runners a 16 foot post boom 19 to 20 feet long and pulley system to lift hay. The article also notes the efficiency of good stock over cheap stock and remarks on brood management.
Timothy hay is more in demand and less valuable as feed than clover hay. It is good business to grow and sell timothy if accessible. Clover is less certain, so farmers should use more Timothy and consider rye for early hay and feeding, with seed bed prep and fertilization specifics. Rye hay rivals Timothy in feeding value and wheat and vetch also yield profitable hay or soiling crops.
James M. Bell argues against harsh colt breaking on farms. He describes brutal methods, the risks of injury, and the benefits of halter breaking and slow, gentle training beginning in infancy to produce steady, reliable horses. He advises patience, firmness, no violence, and gradual acclimation to harness and saddle to avoid fever sores and runaways.
Advice on choosing table fowls notes small recasting fowls sell best. Consumers are urged to buy breeds with the most breast meat for quality meat.
The note emphasizes clear identification of the seller in ads for prime poultry. It argues that consumer trust comes from knowing the seller, as common stock alone does not guarantee quality. Individual birds may look fine, but a flock should look uniform and attractive to appeal to buyers.
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