Practical Farmhouse Tips From Old Newspapers
A collection of household and farming hints covering cleaning and polishing with kerosene, grape scales preservation, hen gravel for health, feeding tips for pumpkins beets and potatoes, cider flavoring ideas, quick coating for fried vegetable patties, potato serving methods, molasses sauce for puddings, harness care and cleaning, skimmed milk use in pig and poultry feeding, and dairy profit implications for farmers. The piece preserves period tone and practical utility from various sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Herald
Chicago Journal
Troy
Chicago Tribune
Detroit Post
Chickens for the Market
A Cassachuscis Plough man article notes fattening chickens for market does not require large fields. It urges free-range or confinement with attentive feeding, variety, and careful dressing. Proper preparation boosts price. boiling before plucking harms flesh appearance.
Overfeeding of Horses and Endurance Training
A Iowa State Register reading urges horse caretakers to favor regular moderate feeding, constant fresh air, and steady muscular work over fattening. The article cites Dr. Page on horse health, warns against fat horses, and stresses training muscles first to endure hard spring work. It recounts cases of frontier families ruined by overfeeding and lack of exercise, urging sparing winter rations, grooming, and regular activity to prevent loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
New York Tribune
Wallace and
Knapp
Iowa State Register
Oil for Wagon Wheels Practical tips on tightening and preserving wagon felloes
A practical man advises farmers to oil and paint wagon felloes to re-expand shrunken wood and prevent water ingress. He warns against immediate tire setting by a blacksmith and suggests boiling linseed oil applications or swabbing with oil. Regular maintenance prolongs wood strength and saves time and money. He notes use of oil on farm tools as well. In Chattanooga, Tennessee three sisters wed in Second Presbyterian Church to Mr C Lee Pyron and Miss Annie McClure, Mr K T Saunders and Miss Isabella McClure, and Mr Baker Smith and Miss Mary McClure. brides wore cream veiling and satin bodices with orange blossoms.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Chattanooga
Tenn
C Lee Pyron
Annie McClure
K. T. Saunders
Isabella McClure
Baker Smith
Mary McClure
Chattanooga Times
James McClure
The Dairy Advice and Innovations from 1880
The article notes 1880 butter imports from England at eleven percent and discusses dairy herd management. It urges milkers to monitor cow meals, highlights weed-flavored milk issues, and promotes labor-saving tools and butter-making gear while stressing the butterer’s leadership in milking and herd selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Tribune
National Live Stock Journal
The Dairying Season of 1888 Noted by Lave Stock Journal
The Dairying Season of 1888 reports a favorable year for dairymen with large yields and sustained prices. Grain crops were strong, fears of overproduction subsided, and market stability was seen as dairy business grows. Consumption mainly by Americans supported prices and reduced future volatility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lave Stock Journal
New German Butter Washing Method Patented
A German patent describes a centrifugal butter washing process. Butter in churn particles enters a perforated drum with a linen sack lining, and rapid spinning washes away impurities with water until the wash water runs clear. The butter is dried in the drum, then molded and packed, claimed to have finer flavor aroma grain and better keeping quality than traditional methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Cabdwell
BTEAM PRINTING Promises Fast Presses and Low Rates
A fragmented ad touts BTEAM PRINTING with fast presses and design quality. Mentions mallmates on large jobs and claims solicitations from abroad with low guaranteed rates, noting York as a point of reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BTEAM
Idera
First
York
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. Y
Cassachuscis Ploughman
Henry Republican
Steam Printing Office
Geo. Burt, Jr
Marshall County Nu
John Linden
Tax Exan
Cleveland
Ohio
Ladies
Agnetic
Electricium
Magneton Appliance CO
State St
Chicago
Lit
Tehois
H.J. Kurtz
Sansom St
Philadelphia
Tress
Valentine Bros
Janesville
Wise
Towin Price
Garrelacn & Co
South Clerk St
Chicaen
Tit
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Atlantic
Joliet
Peoria
Ottawa
la Lutte
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Pullmar
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
la Fayette
Council Bluffs
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Canada
R. R. Cable
E. ST. John
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