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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1877
Page
6
Farmers should raise and train walking horses for fast, economical work. A strong walk improves carriage and plow use, and experienced breeders report walkers become faster trotters. The piece argues walkers offer practical value and profit, urging adoption over trotters or runners.
The discussion highlights the walking horse as the most versatile and valued gait for farmers. It notes that farmers favor the walk for long work distances, contrasting it with trotting and other gaits while emphasizing the walk's practicality and broad usefulness to agricultural labor.
Practical notes warn that sick fowls stem from mismanagement. Overcrowding, improper diet, dirty water, and poor housing trigger cholera and other ailments. Remedies include cayenne pepper and strict sanitation. avoid feeding raw meat, ensure clean water, heat, green food, and pest control.
Heat treatment is to give the fowl a quick blow crosswise of the neck with the edge of a sharp hatchet. Scurvy Leox caused by a parasite under the scales of a fowl s legs. Rub with kerosene or lard and sulphur every three days till heated. Don t tear off the scales they will come off.
A British correspondent reports a synecope case during chloroform anesthesia where standard treatment failed. Applying lint soaked with nitrite of amyl to the nostrils rapidly restored the pulse and led to recovery. The patient subsequently recovered.
Pardonable pride prompts belief in hair growth and color restoration via Parker's Hair Balsam. It claims to nourish roots, prevent shedding, stop fading, and improve scalp health without staining the skin. Sold by Swarts & Stocking as sole agents. a perfumed, harmless preparation.
Rail timetable fragment lists trains from Freeport to Chicago and Sioux City with various departures and arrivals. It includes freight and passenger rates, service notes, and agent signatures from A Mitchell and H. Hinckley, date Sept 6, 1877.
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