Selecting Vegetables and Livestock for Farm Use
A scanned note on choosing vegetables and preserving crops, advising on lettuce quality, mushrooms storage, and when to feed goats. It discusses the health of farm animals, rough feed, and the practicality of milk as a basic need for working men, with general guidance for rural labourers and farm practice.
Cordon Fruit Trees and Royal Fashion Observations
An OCR rich with gardening notes on cordon fruit training and a long fashion column recounts Lord Bravornais and the Princess Royal era dress reforms. It covers cordon spacing, wire setup, and training details alongside critiques of Empire coats, dress fits, and women's attire in a period tone. The piece also references royal anecdotes about jewels, the Princess and Victoria era style.
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Bravornais
Tokester
London
Princess of Wales
Helen
Mount 5
Tallore
Farming Advice for Pigs and Pigeons in Early Rearing
The text emphasizes using early sowing periods for milking pork and keeping pigs in a steady feed cycle. It notes pasture runs are important and corn should not be the sole feed. It describes light feeding before farrowing and gradually increasing intake, keeping pigs warm, and providing access to roughage like shelled corn and pollard mixed with sweet bran.
Ambassadeur Count Mettermich and Anglo German Ties
Fragmentary text discusses Count Mettermich and German relations with Britain. It hints at efforts to improve friendship, tensions between Britain and Germany, and a young man named Bopl Akurantrintion amid cautious diplomacy.
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Count Mettermich
Eeman
Britain
The Window Garden Notes on Sowings and Plant Care
Mignonette may be sown now and musk bulbs planted in outer boxes. Mignonette likes the sun, musk prefers shade. Prepare dim soil in the box, sow chinets or Indian pinks, avoid overburdening bulbs, and prune shoots to keep plants bushy. Do not place in direct sun windows. Repot when needed and use a little fertiliser for flowering plants.
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Fushuina Inn
Ladies' Column Describes Red Plaid Wool Garments
The passage notes women in a column wearing red plaid wool garments, describing their fashion as stylish yet impractical for wear, with references to bold patterns and mismatched accessories, reflecting social attitudes toward clothing.
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Cordon Fruit Trees
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Ottege
Porto
Lalie
M Deans
Tis
United States Bureau of Eegraving and Printing
St and
Mise Ada Meller