Agricultural guidance on mulching and maintaining strawberry beds
The piece cites American Cultivator advising leaves left in forests improve soil and mulch, while garden leaves have value as bedding absorbents. It stresses not wasting time gathering leaves for manure, and recommends plowing up and replanting neglected strawberry beds rather than attempting late cleanup.
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Feeding horses properly on farms as advised by Colman
A Colmans Rural World writer warns against stuffing horses with hay. He recalls boys entering stables to pull down horses during feeding and says this leaves horses lean and unhealthy. He argues hay should be balanced with grain and tailored to each horse to avoid the heaves and wasted nutrition.
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Colman
Farm and livestock tips for pigs sheep poultry and dairy
Practical notes on feeding pigs with skim milk whey and Indian meal plus corn. Emphasizes not overfeeding, winter fattening, and using clover pasture, with pig diets balanced by corn meal and dairy by products. Also covers sheep ticks control, dipping regimens, poultry care, water systems, and farmhouse chores.
Method for making sheep dip with kerosene and soap
The instructions describe mixing kerosene and soap to create a dipping emulsion for sheep. Steps include churning kerosene with milk or soap, adding water to form a bath, and dipping sheep twice or thrice to ensure coverage. A hellebore additive is suggested for faster tick kill, with emphasis on keeping the tub full and re dipping for thoroughness.
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Joseph Harris
Tea Making Advice and a Minnesota Family Tragedy
An aged manual extols proper tea drawing six minutes and hot earthware teapots to prevent odor transfer. It also recounts Olson family migration from Castle Garden to Dakota, where a boy Ole is crushed by a board and dies after his brother Ween cuts off his foot to free him, then rocks him to sleep as tragedy unfolds.
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America
Promised Land
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Tortoises in the South Sea
A New Bedford seaman vanished on South Pacific islands was found guiding a giant tortoise from the mountains to the sea with a club. The massive reptile, likely centuries old, underscored the Galapagos as a barren volcanic archipelago inhabited mainly by tortoises and iguanas.
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Gallipagos Islands
Gallipagos
Gulf of California fish caught at 1400 feet depth
Readable text notes fish caught in the Gulf of California at a depth of 1400 feet. It also contains unrelated advertising claims for patent medicines and assorted commercial phrases about production and climate.
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Gulf of California
Laying Pullets and Poultry Ads Lead Local Notes
Laying pullets encouraged by high prices this month with December as a cutoff for later hatchlings. Rev S W Squires of Franklin Mass touts Sheridan's Condition Powder boosting egg fertility and vigor in hens. Also notes on a Chinese sailing tradition, a new Annapolis cadet vessel, Krems Balsam free trials, and France public schools totals.
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Progress at Congress and Everyday Labor Devices
The text notes the sewing machine heightening women's labor alongside the newly marketed Electric Soap and mentions grocers selling it widely. It also references rapid progress on a new building for the Library of Congress in Washington.
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