Home and the Farm: Planting Tips for Raspberries and Currants
Early fall is ideal to set out raspberries blackberries and currants with minimal care. Plant spacing four feet for raspberries six to seven for blackberries. mulch heavily or earth if manure is unavailable. renew mulch every six to eight years and protect with spray when needed. Gooseberries require rich moist loam and some shade. English varieties resist mildew with fungicides. Large crops come from proper fertilizing and soil conditioning. protecting grapes from frost with nightly coverings extends ripening.
Oat and Barley Fall Feed and Miscellaneous Farm Notes
Oat and barley fed on corn and potato grounds in fall preserves soil fertility, boosts subsequent crops, and may be more valuable than seed cost. Mulberry leaves resist many pests, while silkworms prefer them. German bee keeper reports success with full-strength carbolic acid for foul brood. An Oregon fruit list includes Bartlett pears and Italian prunes. Cornell emphasizes drainage to reduce farming faults. Hot water helps CyUke udder in early stages. Vaseline aids teats.
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Ropers
Cornell
Harvesting Potatoes and Swine Breeding Insights
The article discusses early potato harvesting practices for storage in above ground rooms or frost proof cellars to preserve quality and avoid decay. It notes a short potato crop may yield better prices and suggests saving small unmarketable tubers for future planting. It also compares swine breeds noting hair, climate tolerance, and breed stability versus crossbreds and the Cheshire as a pure origin.
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Europe
Essex
Yorkshire
Cheshire
Turtles as Fighters Stir Memories of Peter the Turtle
Deacon Seth Gregg recalls two land turtles fighting on his father’s Illinois farm in 1840 and the later discovery of carved inscriptions on their shells. The tale follows the turtles traveling east and west across decades, ending with both fighting and dying in a ditch, prompting reflections on lasting hate.
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Seth Gregg
Old
Steuven
Bill Spencer
Bill
Pelther
Lill
Ilinois
Massachusetts
Sangamon County
Peter
Illinois
Old Steuben
Turtle
Hill Spicer
Seth
Mlinvis
W. Spicer
Stu
Hill
Bills
Hospital at Home Room For Sick Members Of Family
A home health room should be upper, sunny and separated from the main building. It requires bare floors rough walls and no sewer connected amenities, linked to kitchen by dumb waiter and a diet kitchen. Supervised by the family physician to isolate infectious disease more humanely than pest houses.
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Potter
Materia Medica
Putnam's Duel Over Courtesy and Firepower
An 18th century dispute near the start of the American War of Independence pits Major Putnam against a Doughty regular in a staged duel. They agree to a gunpowder weapon with dual fuses sighted from ten paces, each man lighting one fuse. As the fuse burns, the Lieutenant falters and nearly dies of chagrin while Putnam remains calm, the keys tied with onions.
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Putnam
County paper value over city papers for local news
An argument extols the county newspaper as essential for local interest reporting. It highlights coverage of meetings, deaths, marriages, court cases, land sales, and other community items not found in city papers, urging readers to subscribe to their county paper.
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Noman Ily
Ab Exchange
Sweety Times
Néang Lake
Time Card L and M Fort Wayne Branch Schedule
The Fort Wayne branch lists eastbound and westbound trains with departures from Waterloo and Hillsdale. Services include Chicago Ex, NY&H Ex, Pacific Ex and various Ice lines with times like 6 05 am, 7 14 am, 1 48 pm, 8 37 pm. All trains run daily except Sunday.
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R.y. Fort Wayne
AIR Line
Waterloo
C&b
Chicago
Ny&hex
Pacifico
C & Baco
Main Line
Hillsdale
Ad &T
Jackson
Hilledata
Fremon
Angola
Bird
Pleasant Lake
Sal
Auburn Junction
Fort Wayne
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Samuel Orich
Marton
Green House
Oregon
Turtles
Deacon
Hospital
EMONT
Bank OF
Fremont
Indiana
Busan Ba
Newr
G. Batu
Dossa General Banking Business
Hilton House
Fremont, Ind
S. R. Heberling, Prop
A. Pilliod
Ike Heeler
Wisowsdow
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. CO
Wasasa Ave
Chisago
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