Snow and feed notes and home and farm tips
Snow intensifies earth effects and prompts ammonia usage. New Jersey station finds sorghum meal safe for dairy cows with potential milk increase. The American Cultivator warns against relying on strainers for clean milk. Clifton loaf cake and an egg batter cake recipes appear. Salmon with lobster sauce offered as a delicacy with steps for sauce and serving.
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United States
New Jersey
Clifton
Indianapolis Journal
Chicago News
WN. Y. Post
Composting Manure in Farm Practice
Massachusetts Ploughman argues on manure use methods. Green manure applied directly to soil often outperforms yard composting, but some crops benefit from immediately available nutrients. The piece warns against excessive absorbents and notes labor and cost of transporting materials.
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Alassashusetts
Divorce trends in Maine reveal rising home life concerns
Maine recorded about 2400 divorces over five years, suggesting a troubling future for family life and roughly five thousand separations from marriages once solemnized. A Maine ratio suggests one divorce per ten marriages, compared to Massachusetts one to twenty-one in 1879. A Montana report notes a Massachusetts woman traveling to Bozeman to marry a man she had never met, but he was not found when she arrived.
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Maine
Massachusetts
Masssachusetts
Bozeman
Proper dairy management improves butter and milk quality
The article emphasizes strict cleanliness in stables to produce fine dairy butter, noting that neglect leads to thick milk and lower yields. It argues cows should be well fed with early-cut hay and grain, and discusses the benefits of acclimation, stable confinement, and breeding native stock for milking quality versus imported Jerseys.
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Cincinnati Times
Arnold
Europe
Structure of the Udder and milking effects on cows
The text explains the udder has four distinct quarters and glands, with internal ducts and muscular constrictions to hold milk. It argues for a symmetrical, well-developed bag, discusses the influence of milking techniques on milk yield, and notes the dairy cow is a nervous, artificial creature whose milk production suffers with harsh handling and slow milking.
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Ayrshire
W. ¥. Hamitner
Cleveland tale of a reputed invalid’s cane revenant
A Cleveland man recalls a childhood tale of a sick woman who for twenty years stayed bedridden yet secretly observed visits from a lively group. One night she rose with a cane, chased the guests, delivering stinging blows before escaping. She later helped at home and appeared robust at eighty seven, while the narrator did not marry the courting girl.
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Cleveland
Massachusetts
Misdelivered Registered Letter From German Household
A Pittsburgh Post item recounts a narrator delivering a registered letter and mispronouncing the recipient’s name. Neighbors, mostly women, crowd the hallway, argue in German, and correct the misnaming, leading to a scolding but eventual handover of the letter. The scene ends with the narrator escaping, amused but chastened.
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Pitsburah Post
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