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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1898
Page
6
The article warns that soft corn fed indiscriminately can sour animals not chewing cud. It advises cows due to spring calving to receive extra succulent feed, but not heavy grain. Warm wheat bran slop, roots like beets or carrots, and continued milk production support future calf vigor and profitable breeding.
Mulch small fruit plants after ground freezes to protect crowns in spring thaw. Use stable manure mixed with coarse straw or leaves. avoid large manure chunks. Lightly mound soil over canes of raspberries and blackberries, bending and anchoring with stakes or pegs to keep them covered.
Old apple orchards are often unprofitable due to unsuitable varieties or poor productivity. Regrapting large trees can yield fruit in three years, while replanting takes eight or more. Grafting off limbs from the center and placing grafts where cuts were made helps revive aging trees.
Advice on maintaining egg production in cold weather. Emphasizes high quality layers, egg-focused feeding, seasonal changes, warm housing, and constant gravel. Mentions substituting gravel with coal as a winter aid and recalls a personal anecdote about a man and a calf.
The article recalls a calf death and how the hens laid many eggs after the carcass was fed to them. It urges keeping poultry houses clean, supplying water and dairy drinks, feeding wheat as a primary food, and trusting hens to cover keeping costs with egg production.
Experiments at the Utah station show exercised pens yield 26 more eggs per fowl. They produce eggs at 5.3 cents per dozen versus 6.5 cents without exercise, and profit per fowl rises to 84 cents from 68 cents. Exercise improves digestion and reduces food waste.
The American Cultivator suggests farmers should build cooperative icehouses to store fruits and vegetables until peak markets. It argues icehouse ownership can be shared or funded by stock, with space allocated by contribution and surplus sold to best offers. Milk storage and added uses are noted, urging focus on marketing after harvest.
A past test by an express company with 600 horses weighed twenty five chosen for dental treatment. After one month their cuts and maize were reduced and overall condition improved, continuing into the second month.
The author recounts a test on twenty five horses showing an average weight gain of forty eight pounds after dental alignment during July to September. He argues tooth treatment improves mastication, digestion and strength, preventing fatigue, interfer ence and pulling vices. A pony with a decayed tooth became easy to drive on a plain bit.
A Bavarian bridge design treads a creek by carrying the torrent across the railway. After repeated floods toppled five previous structures, a new masonry tunnel and cross walls redirect floodwaters away from the tracks, proving sturdy through severe storms.
Prof Wheeler notes Thebes was crushed after Philip's murder and the rebellion. The population of 30,000 plus priestly lineages were enslaved as slave markets expanded across the Aegean. Prices ranged twenty to thirty five dollars as vast slave supply fed investing, labor, and culture. Slaves came from Lydia to Judea and beyond, often used as teachers and secretaries spreading art and cosmopolitan life.
The article humorously critiques French cyclists' attire and riding habits, noting broad white roads and the preference for black jerseys, tartan stockings, baggy knickerbockers, and berets. It compares French riders to British cyclists and observes their tendency to walk on hills due to brakes and safety.
The piece extols the oyster’s tide knowledge and its shells opening with the ebb. It notes wading birds like redshank and curlew moving with the tide to marsh feeding grounds and returning at ebb. It invokes naval names Samp son Schley Merritt Hobson’s choice and Dewey as cultural references.
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