A Beautiful Lawn Not to Be Forgotten PRESENT PLANS FOR FUTURE
An article discusses long term care and display of houseplants for beauty in winter. It covers choosing plants for windows and open beds, timing for potting, pruning to shape, and steps to avoid crowding roots. It advises rotating plants, keeping blooms controlled, and planning staged moves for seasonal displays.
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Evaryman-Gaillarg
Poe
Avery
Dai & Down
Agalinst Casure
Lily bed planting tips from a historic garden note
A dated gardening snippet advises choosing a well drained site for lilies, with evergreen screening and climbing plants behind. It recommends clearing debris, enriching soil with stable manure and sand, planting bulbs 12 inches deep, and covering the bed with litter before winter storms.
Caring for the Colt Ration and Exercise Guide
A historic note on raising strong heavy horses stresses liberal yet balanced feeding for growing colts. It recommends high protein early, gradual weight gain, and breezing workouts. It advises starting colt access to feed at two to three months and mixing three parts oats with one part bran for a solid starter ration.
Timely Garden Hints On Watering and Pruning
Timely hints advise lavish watering of sweet peas at the roots and generosity with the soil. Do not allow seed pods to form if flowers are desired, and cut blossoms as soon as they open to encourage later blooms.
Old Hickory Highway and Crowded Memory of Jackson
The skeleton of the Old Hickory highway is described from Reneville to Knoxville through Bristol Tennessee, tracing the route used by Andrew Jackson on his travels to Washington. The piece ties the road to historic image of Old Hickory and mentions a long-standing nickname and earlier road forms.
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Andrew Jeckeon
Reneville
Tuna
Co Brigtol
Tenn
Andrew Jackson
Mickory
Knoxville
Washington
Plan for Dehorning Calves in Dairies
A dairyman note describes using caustic potash or soda to remove horns by applying to the horn buttons on newborn calves. Outcomes vary with irritation level. One case shows excessive irritation stunting horns. another shows incomplete or no effect, illustrating inconsistent results.
Sheep Trim Up the Weeds on the Farm
A farm note advocates keeping twenty-five head of sheep to clean weeds and volunteer grain from fence rows, stock yards, and idle places in late summer and fall. Move sheep through pasture once or twice weekly to prevent seed set and maintain tidy grounds.
Pasture Weeds Suppressed by Sheep Pasture Change
A historic note explains that giving sheep access to new pastures aids health and thrift. A change of pasture is beneficial for sheep, helping suppress excess growth of pasture and weeds. The passage emphasizes sheep as a valuable, natural weed control method for improving forage and farm efficiency.
Get Breeders In Condition For Winter
The article advises conditioning breeding pigs in the fall to endure winter, noting fat protects against cold, and well fed hogs stay vigorous. It warns lean pigs become costly to keep, older stock tolerate more hardship but yield poorer offspring, and that fall conditioning saves feed and improves spring performance.
Prune Before Spraying for Tea Crops
Prune before spraying any teas to save surface area from each cut. Thin thick tops to reduce sun exposure and shorten long limbs. Destroy hog louse by burning worn bedding from Pena Dope hogs before adding more stock. do so on the same day.
Shipping Bees With Safety Use of Bottle Frame Inside
A Wisconsin Agriculturist hint explains placing a light frame inside a bottle to help ship bees. Bees are lightly smoked and shaken into the bottle through a paper funnel. glass is too smooth for cling, so a frame supports clustering. Cross pieces adjust inside the bottle, aiding safe shipment for apiarists.
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Wisconsin Agriculturist
Pointers for Pig Breeder Teach Feeding and Care Rules
Feeding and care rival breeding in producing good hogs. Good feed and diligent care can salvage runts, while neglect ruins quality. Young pigs need two dry beds and sunshine. Start feeding early and grow until mature. Provide constant clean water. Milk yield boosts pig growth. Lice hinder hog performance.
Killing Off the Crickets and Fruit Garden Tips
Practical home garden notes cover pest control and plant propagation. Instructions include poisoned bran mash for black crickets, carrot and potato bait with arsenic, tips on tipping raspberry canes for new plants, care for old fruit trees, and sharpened methods for successful turnip growing with fine seedbeds and light rolling.
Nobel invented blasting gelatin in a chance experiment
The article recounts how Alfred Nobel, while treating a cut with collodion, mixed it with nitroglycerin and created blasting gelatin by a jellylike mass. It notes the quest to render nitroglycerin safe without losing power, and credits Nobel with the discovery amid earlier efforts to stabilize the explosive.
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Nobel
Euphrates Dam to Restore Mesopotamia Prosperity
The Hindiyeh barrage on the Euphrates marks the first step in a grand irrigation plan by Sir William Willcocks, with a $75,000,000 project to revive fertility in the Babylonian plain. The structure spans 800 feet, supports 35 arches with 16 foot sluice gates, and includes a 25 foot river traffic lock, signaling a revival of ancient Mesopotamian prosperity.
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Euphrates
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Great Babylonian Plain
Chaldea
Babylon
William Willcocks
William Willcock
Bagdad
Hillah
Sample Cuticura Advertisements and Humorous Snippets
A mixed page of vintage ads and quips including Cuticura Soap and Ointment claims for scalp care and dandruff relief. It promotes free samples by mail. The strip also features miscellaneous jokes and reminders about Red Cross Ball Blue and common quips about manners and finances.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Adv
Pigs in Society Islands as Status Markers and Cruel Practices
In the Society islands pigs symbolize position among natives, with boars mated and penned under tile roofs while sows roam free. Doctor Spenser notes pigs are fed yet suffer from toothache caused by cruel practice of knocking out upper canines in males, leading to severe dental growth and jaw damage. The dialogue includes fragmented quotes and moral reflections on sensibility.
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Society Islands
Society Islends
Doctor Spelser
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