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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1899
Page
4
Winter protection tips cover vines on stakes and trellises with soil only to the base, avoiding overburdening. Notes emphasize pruning beforehand and discouraging frost damage. The article links leaf health to disease resistance, explaining leaves as oxygen exchangers and highlighting potash as key to robust foliage and fruit quality, citing Spitzenberg and Pippin apples.
Farmers often overlook straw as a dietary component in fattening. Even highly fed stock will eat straw daily to add variety and bulk, balancing ration when nitrogenous feeds are used. Oats offer an advantage as husked grain reduces stomach heating.
The article argues against culling large early turkeys for holiday meat. Save the earliest and largest hens for breeders with limited corn. Early birds fed wheat or rye begin laying in March. later chicks may not lay until May or June. Prefer mating yearling hens to gobblers at least two years old for stronger chicks. Gobblers grow until three and improve usefulness up to four years.
Professor John Clark explains a shift from dense pruning to sowing clover under pear trees to combat pear blight. The clover remains year round, is cut and left to decay returning nitrogen, with potash via fertilizer or wood ashes. The method, used in Ontario, aims for firm determinate growth and profitable yields.
A fruit grower emphasizes that healthy foliage is essential for quality fruit. He notes that leaves must be kept in good condition to prevent poor yields and describes early attacks on foliage as a warning sign for tree health.
A 19th century admonition urges consumers to check milk origin for tuberculosis risk, heat milk to 150 degrees for five minutes to guard health, and ensure proper stable ventilation. It cites a State Sanitary Commission test on thirty-two cows showing overall health with minor illness.
Professors Adams and Nicholson of McGill University Montreal report a method to mold marble by applying sustained pressure through iron tubes and steel ingots. The process bulges and reshapes the marble center while preserving solidity, after which the castings are removed. The article notes the French colonies have 51,615,427 people.
Frederick William, future emperor, plans a confidential tour to the United States. Despite tensions, he holds a favorable view of the country and its people and seeks to learn from foreign lands during an understated goodwill visit. The trip aims for quiet diplomacy rather than lavish entertainments.
The 16 year old Crown Prince William is described as bright and well tempered with strong mental gifts. His lungs remain weak though he pursues outdoor life to strengthen himself and is noted as an expert hunter crack shot horseman and skilled oarsman. He serves as a colonel of the First Regiment of the Guards and makes a striking impression in uniform.
In Oxfordshire two magnets lure visitors to the small South Leigh church. Fifteenth century frescoes, including the Judgment of Souls, amuse modern viewers with a playful imp. The pulpit, from which John Wesley first preached, adds historic interest with a brass tablet noting the event.
Report by Hi C Deming from Vancouver highlights Alaska waters as a vast food supply. Fishermen describe Berlog Sea cod and menhaden, expanding herring runs, and spectacular salmon migrations with fish dense enough to form surges in rivers.
An 1830s Seattle scene details salmon fisheries from Columbia to Yukon with two feet of drying salmon along river banks and vast harvests enriching farms. The writer also notes giant sea life in Seattle harbor including octopus and various fish, and praises the Northern Pacific and Bering Sea as immense storehouses.
A sketch praises Lady Lurgan as England's finest female horse rider and sportswoman. She hunts with hounds, manages horses under her husband’s name, competes in England Ireland and Pau, and excels in gymkhanas and fishing, supported by her Irish peer husband who fell in love with her on a hunter. The column shifts to a parable about one legged men buying trousers, citing an Atlanta clothier who cut off the right leg to sell dress pants for left-leg use.
The Whellezka salt mines near Cracow Poland were first noted in 1044 and have been worked since 1240. The first mine map was created in 1638 by Martin German a Swedish surveyor. Eight shafts exist ranging from 207 to 885 feet deep with 345000 feet of open levels and 115500 feet of underground tram lines.
In the Mabara treasure room a carpet valued near one million dollars is reported. The ten by six foot piece is woven from pure pearl strings with diamond circles at center and corners. It took three years to craft as a gift for a beautiful Mohammedan bello.
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