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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
5
Practical directions for building a low cost ice house and packing method to preserve ice for a dairy operation. Experiences include sun-shaded wood shed, layered green sawdust, snow packing, and water sprinkling to keep ice for up to a year.
The Barometer explains a cheap home weather instrument using camphor saltpeter and ammonia in alcohol. Construct a sealed bottle and observe indicators such as cloudiness, threadlike top formations, and rising masses to forecast fair weather rain wind and cold, per Farmer's Advocate.
Farmers tend to save by buying cheaper fertilizers or skipping purchases when prices drop, but this is a mistake. The fertilizer cost is a small crop expense compared to labor, and poor soil makes labor ineffective. Using cheaper grades often costs the same to apply and may be less effective than better grades.
The article prescribes rough hay or corn fodder cut and shredded as the base feed for two to three year old steers. It details rations of Indian meal or corn and cob meal and a heaping basket of fodder, plus three gallons of water daily. It also stresses cleanliness, ample straw bedding, and hiring a temperate, gentle keeper who can endure occasional kicks.
Dairymen report widespread use of cottonseed meal with few known health issues despite bulletin warnings. The text notes favorable feeding value and low cost, leading to less use recently, and mentions a new law that will compare nutritional content but not guarantee healthfulness. Local farmers dispute bulletin cautions, asserting long experience with the product in Maine.
Do not train a colt until it is in good condition and lively. Keep young colts on a dry, level ground floor. Provide weekly bran mash for all horses and occasional potatoes, apples, or carrots. Avoid economizing by driving smooth shod horses. Check teeth for sharp edges, and ensure clean, lustrous coats with proper bedding.
Packing eggs in salt follows a simple method: cover the barrel bottom with a two inch salt layer, add eggs with small ends down and spaced apart, then repeat salt and egg layers until full. The process preserves eggs for storage in a keg or small barrel.
Poultry notes warn against using dried blood sold as fertilizer for poultry as dangerous. Suggest split carrot halves for hens to peck, cull flocks to keep breeders, and provide large feed troughs. Recommend beef blood with ground grasp for all stock, note popcorn has high nitrogen and phosphates, discard stale bread in mash, buckwheat boosts eggs but overfattening in long use, and pullets begin laying at four to six and a half months if hatched early and well grown.
A Indiana Farmer correspondent discusses a village paper’s tale of a sixty ton steam roller to compact soil for impervious roads in gravelless West. The piece weighs practical limits, frost effects, and cost, urging real trials and noting roadbed grading and ditching. A second excerpt reflects on women seeking a trustworthy man in crowds, noting the rarity of faces deemed good and dependable.
London correspondent cites Dolby reminiscences of Charles Dickens during reading tours in the United States and Britain. Dolby recalls Dickens generosity giving twenty pounds to old friends calling at his Liverpool reading and his fondness for reading his own works and those of Sir Walter Scott.
A woman asked in a crowded setting what frat behavior comes instinctively when alone among many. The remark prompted several attendees to share reactions about social norms and group identity in close quarters.
New York World reports landlady Mrs Hashover warning boarder Mr Grinsmith to stop his witticisms at meals or pay $2 more per week or move out. She seeks amicable relations but asserts a limit to forbearance after repeated imitation of hypnotizing the butter.
A New York World reporter learns a cheerful butcher helps the poor with discernment. He explains good digestion as a joke but reveals he gives to those who are worthy. An old woman asks for aid, and the butcher offers a beef slice to bless her day, showing character behind the jolly exterior.
The text notes that New Year’s Day marks a one year age for all Japanese newborns and describes how facial color is linked to sudden death risk. It also offers a cultural tip to attract charity donations by calling a brasa band during appeals.
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