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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1894
Page
4
Practical notes on pig fattening using heavy millfeed with boiled vegetables. It covers feeding schedules, pen design, water needs, and the benefits of a dry, shaded run. Includes a remark from editor F B Coburn on wheat and grain observations and sowing guidance.
The article emphasizes protecting stored crops from heat and fermentation damage, drying wet stacks after storms by removing the top, spreading sun and air, retopping, and draining surface water. It notes stacks settle and need reworking, plus adjusting hangers. It also discusses variability in wheat seed per acre due to grain size, citing an Iowa experiment station finding one bushel of a California variety containing 480 87? grains.
The Australian Agricultural Department promotes butter sterilizing methods to yield climate stable butter. Export cheese incentives are expanding with a bonus. Government encourages pork poultry eggs condensed milk rabbits green peas and other farm products for fridge shipments. Musty hay arises from rapid harvest and is unsuitable for dairy cows. Feeding corn or meal with skim milk aids calf growth.
The text covers cattle tethering in Holland and crop notes on cabbage corn and silk, an Australian fowl loss from sunflowers, watercress for chickens, butter making and cream ripening, smartweed decoctions for flies, guiding hens laying, the British apple trade, Paris meat prices, U S farm animal values, milk development, summer poultry profits, cotton crop trends, rye for pasture, and treating animal sores with petroleum tar and carbolic acid mixture.
A parish notice notes an English farmer gives his infant twenty six Christian names from Scripture to cover every letter of the alphabet. Clergy pressure led to choosing only the first and last names, Abel and Jenkins, for the official christening.
A dramatic hotel interview with a drummer who sports a bandaged eye jokes about the telltale nature of a black eye and narrates social reactions. The piece shifts to mused observations on naval Chinese cadets, leadership failures, and a Contemporary Review critique of Chinese ships and discipline.
The article advises against washing before treating fruit or ink stains on light fabrics. It warns that berry stains set if not treated, and recommends holding the cloth taut and passing absolutely boiling water through the spot, then rubbing if needed to lift the stain.
A middle aged woman, claiming deafness and dumbness, entered a railroad lawyers office on Williams Street with plaster and small items for sale. She answered questions in writing, revealing six children and a dead husband. When asked for an address she pointed afar, prompting a startled reaction from the lawyer, who then had staff escort her out.
A feature outlines the cost of women’s fencing gear including foils and mask and describes the discipline and etiquette learned. It portrays the sport as training in effort, sportsmanship, and graceful defeat, with emphasis on self control and social poise.
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