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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1889
Page
6
A compilation of farm tips and methods including a DIY fuse and ant control recipe, plus guidance on selecting and feeding dairy cows. It contrasts novice and expert approaches to breeding and management, stressing protein-rich diets and careful cow appraisal for butter yield.
A Washington Stars note describes a plant fertilizer mixed from two pecks sheep manure one peck soot two quarts guang four hogsheads rain water. Stir for a day or two add a quart quick lime and apply weekly to weak plants during flowering while strong plants may need every day or two diluted with water. Stop after flowering to avoid overgrowth.
Farmers plan to sell old hens at fat and in demand while avoiding too young stock for next season. P H Jacobs advises using second year pullets with mature cock for better hatch rates, and notes hens lay till four with strong chicks. Also covers dairy cow traits, lice in chicks, shipping coops, and garden tips.
Practical home laundry tips for black cashmere and silk including blueing and ammonia cleaning methods. Also guidance on drying, mending trims, and preserving fabrics. Then advice on broom care, storage, and hanging, plus robust household recipes for desserts, sauces, and savory dishes with stepwise instructions.
A poet laments city life and seeks escape to simpler scenes. He contrasts the artificial shine of urban displays with the enduring serenity of nature and childhood, longing for a dreamer’s lasting life while a working life ends quickly. John Boyle O'Reilly is cited as the author.
A collage of quips and jokes from various papers including the Baltimore American Burlington Free Press New York Sun and Philadelphia Press, featuring puns wordplay and humorous exchanges. The clippings showcase playful dialogue quirky lines and satirical remarks on manners fashion and society.
The article notes storks are beloved by northern German and Dutch peasants. Travelers find them tame around farmers and rails, often sleeping on one red leg near work. Dutch farmers even set up twenty to thirty foot poles with round platforms to attract nests, where storks perch like sentinels over crops.
In a lively exchange from Analecta, Pittyfeld notes a nap and fatigue while arguing against ads yet concedes advertising brings twenty times trade for one dollar. The tale contrasts two shopkeepers in hot weather as they debate customer flow and publicity.
At Rockaway Beach New York young men tread the sand bars at low tide to harvest clams. They wade in mud up to their knees, collect half a bushel per hour, and roast them on a drying spot after gathering. Razor clams sometimes cut feet, causing occasional bleeding.
The piece asks if a horseman can detect lameness blemishes and ailments such as spavin splint or sprain and if they know how to treat them to increase a horse value. It notes the importance of naming parts like pastern stifle hock and assessing age by teeth.
The National Museum in Washington adds a hand molded swivel harpoon to its fisheries collection. Captured by the Cape Horn Pigeon under Captain L Nathan Rogers in the Okhotsk Sea, the harpoon bears marks indicating it came from the ship Dickerson, lost in 1857 after sailing from New Bedford.
A historical list names many birds deemed useful against insects in general warfare. Included are Robins Swallows Night hawks purple martins pewees wood thrushes wrens cat birds meadow larks woodpeckers crows blue throated buntings canker worms black red winged birds jays doves pigeons chippies chinch bugs moths hawks owls tanagers curculios nut crackers fly catchers chimney swifts indigo birds chipping and song sparrows blackbirds mocking birds titmice vireos orchard orioles.
The Falcons describe Flint River Georgia as changing from bright calm to dark turbulent. In placid depths reflect mag nolias and wild fowl, while rising torrents churn foam and uproot forest limbs. The piece likens river color to a choleric man’s bile and notes floods after rains along its banks.
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