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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1902
Page
7
A condensed review of carnation improvements over the last decade, noting larger stems and stronger forms. Highlights include varieties such as M. Bradt with variegated petals, Psyche as a tall bloom, and notable whites like White Cloud and Flora Tfil, with Evelina described as a dwarf variety.
A Pennsylvania grower cites Gueen Louise as a premier white carnation with large blooms and long stiff stems. Genesee, Storm King, G. H. Crane and America are valued reds and pinks. Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson, a famed thirty thousand dollar bloom, is pink with long stems. Governor Roosevelt and General Gomez are highlighted among dark reds and strong performers.
In the Pacific Northwest peach and Myrobalan plum predominate stock. In France Germany and Austria plums are grown on plum stock and peaches to some extent. Root choices affect longevity vigor and soil interactions with buildings nearby. French horticulturists favor plum root for peach due to deeper feeding and resilience. Professor E R Lake notes espaliers and wall-grown peaches reflect this view. Charcoal dust proposed as a preventive against bulb rot in potting mix.
The author describes a poultry feeding plan for Wyandotte hens using a balanced nutritive ratio of one to four. It details animal and grain components, daily feeding twice, and seasonal adjustments. Morning rations range from one to two quarts. evening mash from two to three quarts, for twenty five hens. With these rations, at least 200 eggs per year per hen are achievable if hens are not broodier than necessary.
Illustration depicts an incubator house built and used by Mrs. Ruth Morris on her farm near Fairhaven Kansas. The structure is described as a sod incubator house common to that region.
Large mud blocks are dried and stacked like bricks with sod layers and timber caps. The structure is washed, seeded with grass and flowers, producing a green gray exterior. Leases are dry, clean, and comfortable, with stables and barns similarly built for diving?
Eastern Shore Farmer urges saving and feeding turnips beets carrots roots and herb scraps to poultry cows and hogs. Peelings from potatoes turnips vegetables and even apple peels boiled and mixed with mash provide a nutritious substitute for green food and could save a dollar or two per bushel this winter, benefiting hens more than hogs.
Nature offers balance as evils countered by goods and favorable or unfavorable conditions. High egg costs prevail now as producers face higher inputs. We know families feeding forty hens for three or four eggs daily. Individual control of prices or production is not feasible.
An amusing recess game teaches city geography by transposing letters to form new city state pairs. Players guess the original city from altered names like Troy New York becoming New York Troy and score two points for correct guesses with a one point deduction for mistakes.
A runaway left J B Owner of Franklin Grove Illinois with a four year ulcer that baffled doctors. Bucklin’s Arica Salve cured the infection and also helps boils burns bruises cuts corns scalds eruptions and piles. Sold for 25c by Daugherty Bros Indiana W I Moore Homer City L N Park Marion Center and other druggists.
Miss Florence K Jewell, once noted for marrying Lobengwa's son during an Earl's Court exhibition in August 1890, applies for a divorce on grounds of cruelty and misconduct. She testifies of black eyes and a stabbing with an as fag al. Judge Sir Francis Jeane questions domicile and remarks that the petitioner bears responsibility for the union's outcome.
Tomas Estrada Palma, quoted in Success, reflects on his mother’s pivotal influence. He recalls his mother’s role in shaping his character, gratitude for her care, and how her patriotism and guidance inspired his path toward freedom and nationhood.
The article outlines a feeding regimen for poultry, advising farmers with fifty to one hundred chicks or two hundred adults on using cornmeal bran and drench in a given ratio. It recommends rolling water, soaking, and a resting hour before use. For under four weeks, mash in milk is safer, followed by slow feeding. baked food keeps for days and reduces diarrhea risk.
Travel improves the human being and also benefits crude whisky after sea voyage by ripening it. Cottonseed kernels sent from the United States abroad come home labeled as the best quality olive oil, according to the Mexican Herald.
The passage asserts that imagination separates humans from brute, enabling access to extreme happiness and misery. It notes happiness hinges on the ability to forget, presenting a philosophical view on memory and emotional life.
A lighthearted item notes a baby showing a curious palate for the piano. The exchange remarks that the child seems to have a natural taste, followed by a humorous line about gnawing polish off a leg.
Outlook recounts Brahms as kindly and simple he carried candy for children befriended waiters and servants and shared touching stories of loyalty and modesty from his circle including the Strauss daughter and a postman. A friendly portrait of a great musician’s generous nature.
War department funds set aside to exterminate rats in Manila with a 2500 prize for killing a rat. Surgeons recommended the plan and Filipino youths eagerly compete, draining the fund as hundreds of thousands of vermin are expected to be captured.
A veteran Philadelphia sportsman recalls a childhood incident when a wounded heron struck him between the eyes after he attempted to catch the bird. He reflects on how close he came to losing an eye, and notes the bird’s powerful bill. The piece then shifts to a medical ad about malaria, praising Electric Bitters as a cure and preventive for fevers and related ailments, with testimonials and distributor names.
W. H. Daugherty operates the planing mill as the headquarters for all building materials. He receives yellow pine ceiling by the car load and notes prices have not advanced over last year. He solicits orders for porch and veranda materials including columns spindles and all other ornaments. He keeps a full line of doors.
Two farms totaling 153 acres are advertised for sale, one at 100 acres and another at 53 acres. For details, contact Joan D Ganway Beringer Pa. The ad also mentions wallpaper supplies from brown blank to Lincrasta Walton via J T Boucher.
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