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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1890
Page
6
A short essay blends farm life notions with a note on rent free living and daily care of horses. It touts patience gentleness firmness and petting as key to horse training. It compares bran and cornmeal impacts on milk and manure quality.
The article notes that almost all winter snow has melted and soaked into the ground, leaving ample moisture to begin operations. It highlights the prior dry autumn and the need for soil moisture to support upcoming farming activities.
The cost to haul 100 bushels of grain by wagon over ordinary country roads is sixty cents per mile. The figure highlights the need and monetary value of good roads. A good road dramatically lowers hauling costs compared with poor surfaces.
The line hints at seasonal corrosion affecting tool production as cold months worsen metal wear. It implies winter-specific challenges for makers, with rust and decay impacting performance and longevity of implements more than summer wear.
Dr. W S Hoy of Point Pleasant West Virginia reports a thorough test of Scott's Emulsion in pulmonary troubles and general debility. He notes exceptional results for children with rickets or marasmus and calls the product unequaled.
A community notes changing sentiment toward a citizen every three months. For eye irritation, Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water is advised and sold by druggists. The ad urges readers to prepare for spring by addressing their eye health.
Congressional findings hail Cheyenne as one of the world’s wealthiest cities with strong resources. Union Pacific plans a 6 million dollar shop complex employing 200, plus rapid land sales and favorable investment terms offered by the Interior Land and Immigration Co. The piece also includes public notices and consumer endorsements for Dr Bull's Worm Destroyers with testimonial from Mrs J D Blair and a fleeting remark about love and hatred.
A sequence of physician testimonials from Georgia Tennessee Alabama and South Carolina praising Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a leading blood remedy. Doctors report rapid relief from rheumatism ulcer healing and notable improvements in various patients using the tonic.
It is demonstrated that spirits turpentine is one of the best remedies for roup in fowls, suggesting poultry farmers may use it to treat respiratory disease in chickens.
A tonic made from figs and plants claiming to cleanse the system and aid kidneys liver and bowels. It says to dispel colds headaches and cure habitual constipation. Potential health claims are stated as beneficial effects.
Ann L. Cooke of Mt. Vernon Indiana describes chronic stomach and liver troubles, headaches, skin eruptions, and general debility. After trying multiple doctors and sarsaparilla products, Bull's Sarsaparilla improved her digestion, appetite, and vitality after five bottles.
The statement links high crop yields to rich soil good seed and thorough tillage. It stresses soil quality seed selection and careful cultivation as universal keys to productivity.
A Garden City correspondent answers reader questions on alfalfa value. It covers seed yields of five to ten bushels per acre at four dollars per bushel, hay yields of three to six tons per acre, and feeding for hogs milk cows and bees.
The article notes that nine-tenths of the world’s peppermint oil comes from Wayne County New York, detailing planting in April May cultivation two feet apart plants two feet tall and August harvest with sun wilting. It also reports a summer experiment showing salt supplementation increases butter yield by about one fifth, due to improved digestion, urging rock salt kept available for cows.
A rural note suggests adopting smooth wire fencing to reduce colt self injuries. It argues two herds meeting at a fence causes cuts, while same-farm colts rarely injure themselves. Moving colts between farms increases risk of burk and injury. The writer favors smooth wire as a safer alternative.
Advice from the Journal of Health recommends scalding incoming milk in hot weather to prevent souring. Use a glass bottle with cork, fill near neck, place in a kettle of water, gradually boil thirty five to forty minutes, then cork tightly. Properly treated, milk reportedly stays sweet for a month in a cool place.
D C Thompson of Pendleton County Kentucky seeks a reliable rule. The proposed rule states to multiply length breadth and height in feet to get cubic feet. Then multiply by four, strike off the right hand figure, and the remainder gives the approximate number of shelled bushels.
W F Massey with thirty years gardening experience says striped cucumber beetles seldom harm crops after seed leaves appear. He recommends dusting each hill with bone flour to keep them away during seedling stage.
European observers promote apples as healthful, claiming they counteract overeating effects. German chemists reportedly rate apples highest in phosphorus among fruits and vegetables, aiding nerve tissue renewal in the brain and spinal cord.
If calves are fed by hand, do not allow suckling. Remove them from the cow, keep in a dry warm place, and feed regularly. This approach is better than letting them suck for a few days before weaning.
A farmer notes kerosene in a boiler of clothes aids rubbing while dampness harms young stock. Dryness and warmth boost health and save food. mares should be the majority of teams with a good colt yearly. Pigs gain eight to ten pounds daily to age one year. clover hay, finely cut and scalded, aids growing pigs. Each animal should pay for its feed. useless stock should be removed.
Stains on Warve Goops are treated with oxidized acid in water and washed immediately to avoid poisoning. A Washing Compound blends soda ash borax and sal soda in water to soak fabrics. Recipes include a coffee cake with sugar molasses butter raisins and coffee and a cocoanut pie using grated coconut milk bread eggs sugar butter and cinnamon.
The Swckbridge formulas claim 100 bushels of potatoes remove 21 pounds of nitrogen 34 pounds of potash and 11 pounds of phosphoric acid from the soil. Without returning nutrients it is unlikely sustainable to draw at this rate indefinitely.
Early cabbages are not as hard or large as later varieties. They provide a supply while waiting for better kinds. They are of little value unless early. Seed for early plants should be sown in a hot bed now and young plants set out as soon as possible.
The introduction of the bush lima bean provides a valuable aid to growers. The main cost in lima cultivation is supporting poles, which suffer wind damage. Bush beans are claimed to be as prolific as pole beans and equal in quality, offering a labor saving option.
The German emperor bans French in postal use while the czar orders all abroad mail to be addressed in French, with Russia not ensuring transit for non French addressed letters. The Forth Bridge cost fifty six workers their lives over seven years. engineers defend the toll as a reasonable safety record given the scale and danger.
The government of Saratoff sells large yearly tar credits to peasants who cannot read. Entries are recorded by tar signs on doorposts and annual paydays in autumn reset the accounts as new terms begin.
In St. Petersburg tailors avoid publishing debtor lists in newspapers by posting a large chalkboard in shop reception rooms. The board lists chief delinquents and their bill amounts and they claim losses dropped by about 60 percent.
It notes ten pounds of clover seed may cover an acre only under ideal conditions. The key is a good stand, as uneven emergence is common and saving seed is often wasteful. Birds and surface loss reduce output. about sixteen quarts is safer to prevent a too heavy catch.
Digestive discomfort, indigestion, and related symptoms are claimed to be alleviated by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The ad asserts the remedy provides prompt, lasting relief, improves appetite, and aids the stomach in converting food to blood, while also addressing nerves, mood, sleep, and various ailments.
The fertility sustained by solely using potash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen may persist only until a seemingly less critical ingredient in the soil is depleted.
A Gainesville Advocate editorial urges care for women’s health, contrasting attention to animals with neglect of women. It promotes Dr John Bull's Sarsaparilla as a remedy to restore rosy cheeks and strength, noting it responds to potash in soil.
An advertisement claims deafness results from inflamed Eustachian Tube mucous lining and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for proving an uncured Korean case. The notice urges sending for free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. and mentions druggists offer the cure for 75 cents. A separate line references a shelter blocking air as unprofitable.
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