The Potato Crop Profitable Varieties Second Crop Seed
A digest from 36 stations reports on Irish potato experiments. It names top varieties like Alexander's Prolific and Triumph. notes home grown seed often outperforms imported seed. recommends planting depth, spacing, and seed size. Practices include mulching in dry weather, shallow level culture, and use of bordeaux spray with paris green to deter pests.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Olin
Indiana
Ilinois
Kentucky
Missouri
Alexander
Beauty
Belron
Burbank
Charter Oak
Dakota
Alabama
Kansas
Utah
Maryland
New York
Ohio
Strawberries Lead New York Growers and Odd Farm Notes
New York fruit growers report Wilcox as state’s leading strawberry variety, followed by Crescent Bubach Haverland Warfield and Parker Earle. Early types Michel and Crescent are popular, late kinds Parker Earle and Gandy. Shipment favorites include Wilson Parker Earle Warfield, while home use votes favor Bubach Jessie Crescent Wilson. A Rural New Yorker Massachusetts correspondent doubts salt improves market asparagus, praising commercial fertilizers. a Philadelphia Times diagram shows a durable end gate securing wagon gates with a simple lever link mechanism.
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New York
Bailey
Cornell
Wilcox
Crescent
Bubach
Haverland
Warfield
Parker Earle
Michel
Gandy
Wilson
Jessie
Massachusetts
New Yorker
Device for Holding the End Gate on Wagons
A holding device clamps the wagon end gate by swinging the end gate outward then the lever inward near the wagon body to bind the sides. The screw eye and nut adjust to take up any crack in the link and transverse rod, with the external lever not obstructing loading or unloading.
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Philadelphia Times
How He Keeps Hens Without a Fancier's Plan
A farmer describes his flock management by letting hens roam together to gather for feed. He notes 25 to 90 hens roosting in multiple buildings, sales of eggs to a single wholesale buyer, and an income near $2,000 from eggs between 1892 and 1895. He admits the method is not ideal but has worked for him.
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Jan
Poultry farming in Florida offers frugal entry for youths
A Farm Poultry correspondent from Plummers Florida argues abandoned orange groves can be repurposed for poultry and fruit, detailing a low cost start with small buildings, simple housing arrangement, and scalable growth. It outlines a cheap, no-sour fermentation feed and notes egg costs based on current grain prices and hen performance, estimating 6 cents a dozen for good layers, up to 12 cents if production is weak.
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Plummers
Fla
New England
Poultry Keeps Family on the Farm Says Farmers Institute
A farmers institute address urged every farmer to keep a pen of chickens. It advised 50 to 100 young chicks hatched by June 1, with meat ready by summer and autumn, and a flock thinning to about 30 hens by cold weather.
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Farmers’ Institute
The Sutherland Evictions and Local Echoes
Betsy Mackay dies at 102 in Kittomey Sutherland recalling 1900s evictions when cottages burned after half hour notices and families fled. The piece notes contrasted modern peaceful conditions on Sutherland property and cites historical recollections from Strathnaver and old West Westminster Gazette framing local history. Also includes notices on Otto Cure distribution and a geographical note on marram grass shaping Holkham bay dunes and gunnery curfew holes transformed into dunes.
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Kittomey
Sutherland
Betsy Mackay
Strathnaver
Strath
Westminster Gazette
Delicate organs need Dr Sadler for eye and ear cure
A Detroit Free Press quotation extols Dr Sadler’s 21 years at 804 Penn avenue Pittsburg Pa and his record of over 21 000 treated cases. It claims he can straighten crooked eyes and adjust glasses when others fail with moderate charges and special terms for those unable to afford care. Personal examination is advised for reliable advice and several patients detail partial cures and improved hearing after his treatment.
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Sadler
Penn Avenue
Pittsburg
W. R. Depp
John Dowd
Charleroi
H. D. Carter
Fee
Castoria Advertisement Rhyme Reflects Family Use
A vintage advertising verse highlights Castoria as a remedy across life stages from infancy to motherhood. The rhyme traces Castoria being used when babies, children, and even in motherhood moments, suggesting trusted family remedy status over generations.
Epoch of international court to settle disputes sought
A quoted speech advocates replacing large standing armies with a globally recognized court to settle differences. The piece notes a desire for peaceful dispute resolution and mentions historical battles and trained soldiers. It also includes a brief, unrelated testimonial about Electric Bitters for old people and a short town sketch about Boxford, Massachusetts police being discharged and financial health of the town.
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Europe
Pennsylvania Railroad Timetable Notices at Blairsville
Train departures listed for Blairsville and connections to Saltsburg Paulton Allegheny Junction Freeport Springdale Allegheny City Butler Pittsburgh Altoona Indiana and Indiana via Blairsville Intersection. Weekday and Sunday times include 8:05 11:00 a m and 7:00 p m for several routes with variations for Mondays and specific stations. For Pittsburgh departures times shown and a note directing readers to Thos E Watt for detailed information. General managers Prevost and Wood sign the notice.
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Blairsville
Saltsburg
Paulton
Allegheny Junction
Freeport
Springdale
Allegheny City
Butler
Pittsburg
Altoona
PrTtssure
Indiana
Thos. E. Watt
Pass
Western District
Fifth Avenue
Allegheny Valley R R Timetable Begins May 26 1895
A timetable notice announces the Allegheny Valley Railroad passenger trains commencing Sunday May 26 1895. Schedule details list departure times and routes for daily service, indicating period operations from dawn to night with stops at key towns along the line.
Dishes to Throw to the Snow Birds in House Furnishings Sale
Advertisement touts Queensware and tinware at low prices. It lists English Dinner sets at 8.50 per 100 pieces, lamps 1.95, burners and chimneys, 2 gal buckets, coffee pots, wash boilers, tin cups, sauce pans, and coffeepots. Promises savings on china, glass, and Rogers silverware with a free Fashion Guide.
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Rogers
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