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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1897
Page
6
Agricultural notes urge early corn planting to endure frost and heat, explain bone meal and ash as plant food, and describe making fertilizer from farm bones. Advice covers bones and ashes, curing methods, and the value of ash bone mixtures for crops. Also discusses after rain cultivation, red pepper use for poultry, and beets growing with horse labor.
Eggs should not be stored near odorous commodities as they absorb odors. Shipping requires care. a shipment near apples imparted apple smells and reduced salability. Pickled eggs resist odors better, though shell deposits may clog pores and cause shells to burst when boiled.
The article states salt in moderate amounts aids digestion in cattle and improves cream for butter. Lack of salt may cause fermentation in the stomach, fever, and higher casein in milk. It advises cows be salted at least twice a week or have constant access, noting cows won’t overeat for their good.
Government tests show 48 hours of exposure to carbon disulfide destroys weevil in seeds but leaves some germination in peas beans cotton and other crops. Farm Notes advise pruning young trees to avoid large cuts later and explain cows chew cud best in shade with pasture or open shed for comfort and milk yield.
The article recounts the 1857 Indian mutiny with Nana Sahib leading rebels to Delhi and Cawnpore. It notes disproportionate forces, brutal massacres of Europeans and civilians, Havelock and Outram relief of Lucknow, and Campbell’s final siege victory restoring British rule with heavy losses.
The article discusses the garrote as Spain’s feared method of execution named after its inventor, its mechanism including two iron bars and a neck-tie device, and its reputation as a brutal yet sometimes prolonged death. It also notes women in professional fields, including teaching and medicine, and ends with a peculiar Tennessean’s coffee abstinence and church attendance record.
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