Farm Manure and Composting Advice for Winter Plowing
A Kansas correspondent suggests hauling horse manure and prairie hay for winter plowing. Spread it now to let rains wash nutrients in, and emphasize saving all farm manure. The piece notes hog manure as a valuable slow fermentation fertilizer and urges keeping barns and yards well managed to avoid drainage into swamps. It warns artificial fertilizers can reduce attention to home fertilizers and stresses that farms once supplied most manure relied on natural sources.
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Feeding Sheep and Improving Flocks Through Proper Rations
The article argues many wool growers fail to maximize results due to inadequate feeding and poor management. It cites 20 years of experience showing open air exercise and liberal, regular rations prevent high flesh and improve breeding and shear outcomes. It also notes lambs require ample pasture and feed to develop rapidly, with changes needed only at later life stages. Also included is a recipe for preserving butter using salt and aromatics.
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National
Hereshoff blind inventor to build government launches
A Washington Car Boston Herald report notes the Bristol, Rhode Island shipbuilder, founder of Herreshoff Manufacturing, is blind yet designs torpedo boats and sea craft for governments. He demonstrates launches in Bristol and pitches government sales, claiming rapid setup and seaworthy life boats. A separate item recounts a drunken man strung by a rope with a balloon ascent in Warsaw, New York, causing neck abrasions but no serious injury.
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Sheep Pastures On Rocky Lands For Large Flocks
The Rural New Yorker outlines profitable use of rocky and partially barren lands for sheep pastures in the United States. It argues owning extensive tracts, employing shepherds with trained dogs, and using English pasturing and soiling methods to maximize forage and crop rotation. It recommends South or Down type breeds for American flockmasters and notes richer lands suit larger long-wooled breeds like Oxford and Leicaster.
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Fraud leads to three year sentence in Berno case
A Berno merchant was convicted of a heartless fraud tied to a London marriage scheme. He imprisoned three years and a half, aiming to marry a young woman, but stole her fortune of three thousand dollars and her jewelry, leaving her penniless at an inn. The jury found him guilty with no extenuating circumstances.
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London
Senator from Illinois Endorses Rheumatic Remedy
The text cites a U S Senator from Illinois praising Durang’s Rheumatic Remedy after past rheumatism and illness. It promotes various products including Maur Bitters, Bitters, Frazer Axle Grease, Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water, and Russia Save, with brief claims of efficacy and price references.
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