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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
5
Rural Home discusses dairy safety and hygiene for fresh milk and equipment. It also covers poultry disease cures including remedies for cholera and gapes, plus guidance on using bees to aid orchard fruit set and pollination.
Elias F. Brown argues in Agricultural Ep? tomiat that hog bedding should use straw fodder or clover hay in winter to reduce waste and improve manure value. He notes straw scarce in some farms and stresses bedded yards daily, paralleling practices for cattle and horses to cut hog losses and raise profits.
A farmer rules that success comes from tending tools and housing equipment in sheds. He keeps mower, rake, binder, cultivators, drill, planter, borer, and other implements protected, not left out to weather.
The article argues for sheltering seasonally used farm equipment to avoid rust and damage. It advises tight inspection, oiling, repainting, and disassembly to save space, noting many farmers lack storage but can use unused barn nooks. It warns that neglect and poor stewardship lead to financial strain and “shiftless” farming.
The article weighs egg production against meat value, favoring White Leghorn or Barred Plymouth Rock for steady returns. It warns lice as a major profitability threat and stresses that proper care and adequate space determine success more than breed.
Gleanings from the Shops describe linen pique and gingham suits trimmed with white braid for boys and delicate lace items for women. New Swiss fabrics with polka dots and vines, batistes with bright stripes, black lace hair wings with pearls, and Melton coats with Persian lamb or astrakhan accents appear. Also noted are ginghams, narrow tucked baynadere stripes, and a wide array of robes and fitted skirts with matching bodices and trims.
The Sherman formerly Mobile sailed from New York for the Philippines with 2000 officers and men from the Third and Seventeenth Infantry. It has modern medical facilities, cold and hot air systems, electric fans, a steam diet kitchen, and ample provisions for a long voyage, including a large refrigeration plant with 90,000 pounds of beef.
In many New York City hotels stale bread is kept separate from swill due to its market value. It is either used in the kitchen as cracker dust or stored in barrels to be disposed of at a rate of thirty five cents per barrel.
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