Farm and home advice on barley cloverseed and Kaffir corn
The article offers farming guidance for drought regions, stressing early barley sowing on light sandy loam, winter preparation, and fertilizer use. It covers Kaffir corn as a drought-tolerant crop with favorable yields in Texas and Oklahoma, plus methods for harvesting and feeding. It also details clover seed sowing, lime and manure requirements, and care to grow healthy hay. Additional sections advise vermin control in stables, poultry avoidance with horses, and growing sweet peas with deep, manured beds and careful staking.
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United States
Mississippi River
Texas
Nagsas
Nebraska
Ane
Okbthoma
Feeding Young Chicks and Seed Contracts in 19th Century Guide
Readers are advised on early chick rearing including no feed for twenty hours after hatching and then feeding stale bread soaked in milk or egg yolk with bread. It covers water, light liver food, oats, and grass or lettuce, plus two weeks of milk for a gentle transition. It then discusses growing seeds by contract, land use, and farm labor efficiency with advice on cultivation and garden work for women.
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Poultry World
Regular salting of cows boosts yield and quality
Regular salting of cows, given oats twice weekly, keeps milk sweet for longer and prevents overfeeding. Consistent salt improves mobility and milk quality, with cows eating what is appropriate when salt is always available.
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Cowan
Vegetable Seed Guidance for Planting and Soil Prep
Advice on buying vegetable and grass seeds from a reputable source, using last year’s stock if needed, and ensuring proper ground preparation with well rotted manure. Suggestions include sowing vegetables thinly with two to three seeds per inch and cabbage family seeds one per inch.
English Roads Debate on Road Quality and Maintenance
An observer argues English roads are superior due to Roman origins and scientific construction with solid drainage. He describes county road governance, inspectors, and menders who daily survey and repair, and cites a prairie expert advocating gravel roads and drainage as key to better roads in this country.
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Bath
Flint
Hint
Balthmore
Dr Weed
Park Avenue
Europe
Toam
Prairie
America
Washington
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Broadway
New York
Farmers to debate future action at Sinnett gathering
Samuel Sinnett proposes deliberations in Farm, Field and Fireside to set plans for upcoming steps. Local attendees weigh options and outline possible measures, with emphasis on practical guidance and community impact.
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Samuel Sinnett
True to Life and Burns Patroness Tales
A Dunlop housekeeper judges Burns and a New England writer, praising their works while noting the same rustic authenticity in her father's house. Her candid response to the Cotter’s Saturday Night becomes one of Burns’s esteemed compliments. A parallel anecdote shows a local critic acknowledging truthful storytelling and potential income from such writing.
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Burns
Mes Dunlop
Dunlop
John
Brave Jump Saves Skating Children on Ice Bridge
William Frasher a rear brakeman on the Philadelphia, Withington and Talti more Railroad braved the icy water to rescue a 12 year old girl and her 16 year old brother who had fallen through the Bush River ice as a freight train slowed for a bridge. He leaped from the caboose into the water, swam to the siblings, lifted the girl to the bridge and saved the boy, then returned to the train as companions fetched robes to warm the children.
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Baltimore American
William Frasher
Maryland
Philadelphia, Withington and Taltimore Railroad
Bushiver
Frasher
Lawter
Lawler
Aunt Hannah Chard dies at 108 in Ferrell Nevada
The obituary notes Aunt Hannah Chard died at Ferrell Nevada aged 108 leaving 105 descendants. A former tobacco devotee she quit after reading tobacco shortens life. Her needle threading fading was a source of sadness in later years. The Chard family claimed 1500 acres in Brookley and links to Gen Stekles.
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Hannah" Chard
Hannah” Chard
Ferrell
Nv J
Chants
Dea Sun
Jaekson Chand
Wis
Maniwih
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Lafayette
New Jersey
William Chard
Chard
Brookley
Stekles
Courtroom exchange over motives in Boston Transcript style
Witness and lawyer clash over motives in a terse courtroom exchange. The lawyer clarifies he questions the witness, not the motives, prompting a sharp retort about the right to question.
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Boston Transcript
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