Qualities Desired In a Table Fowl and Market Demand
Poultry manager Samuel Cushman of the Rhode Island station lists key traits for table fowl including yellow legs and skin, quick growth, early maturity, good feeding, and high breast and back flesh. He notes hardy breeds like Cochins and Brahmas, warns against long legs, nervous dispositions, and excessive offal, and discusses market preferences for yellow skin versus white flesh in different regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Cushman
Rhode Island
Plymouth
England
France
New York
Philadelphia
East
Some Donts For Farmers From Prairie Farmer
A condensed advisory cautions farmers about treating sons helping on the farm. It urges avoiding harsh grading of youths at the grindstone and overburdening him with tasks. It warns against neglecting his input and postponing time for hobbies or hunting, noting fairness in workload and respect.
Experiment Stations at Seventh Conference
At the seventh annual convention of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations the scope of work was outlined. Over 500 persons are employed in the stations, producing about 400,000 to 460,000 pages of agricultural literature annually and mailing lists totalling over 300,000 names. Directing and staff roles include 71 directors, 120 chemists, 47 agriculturists, 60 horticulturists, 30 botanists, 36 entomologists, 22 veterinarians, 14 meteorologists and others. Nearly 1,000,000 is spent each year from private, state and federal appropriations to support these stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Jensen hot water treatment for oats at Rhode Island station
The Rhode Island station used Jensen hot water treatment on all seed oats to combat smut and found no smutted oats during growth or at harvest. The Cincinnati Price Current notes 1898 corn plantings at 72,950,000 acres versus 79,626,000 the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jensen
Rhode Island
Cincinnati
The Six-Eared Corn Bell of Grosslaswitz Story
In Grosalaswitz, Germany, a village church bell’s history is carved on its surface and a bas relief shows a six ear corn stalk dated Oct 15 1729. A schoolmaster reuses a single corn stalk to spark a funded second bell through a sequence of sowing and sharing across farmers, ending with a large crop that funded the bell and its story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grosalaswitz
Germany
Grosslaswitz
Gottfried Hayn
London Globe
Depew Immersion Tale Delights Chicago Post Dinner
Rev. P B Henson of First Baptist delighted post prandial listeners with anecdotes about great men spoiled by praise. He recounted a Baptist social tale of Chauncey M Depew who joked he almost became a Baptist after a dinner remark to a lady. The exchange ended with Depew quietly moving to the next course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depew
Chicago
Rev
P. 8
Henson
First Baptist Church
Daniel
Story of Longfellow's children arms anecdote
A Cambridge friend's tale recounts a circulating rumor about Mr Longfellow's children. Mr Lowell corrects a passerby in a car who claims one child had no arms, prompting a rebuke as the woman insists she heard it from a friend of the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gilman
Cambridge
Longfellow
Mr. Lowell
Boston Transcript
Traveling bathtubs double as trunks for clothes
Novelties in bathtubs made abroad for traveling use feature tin iron construction with oak outside and white inside. They fold shut with a strap and serve as a trunk for owner’s clothing. A self heating gas bath uses an atmospheric burner to heat the tub via flues, completing heat transfer in 45 minutes at three cents.
Dr King's New Discovery Endorsed By Readers In 1894
Canajoharie New York resident D W Fuller says he keeps Dr King's New Discovery at home and his family has the best results. Druggist G A Dykeman Catskill New York calls it the best cough remedy after eight years use. Trial bottles offered at local stores. Also advertisements for Mystic Cure and Hood's Sarsaparilla with brief testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.W. Fuller
Canajoharie
N. Y
Dr. King
G. A. Dykeman
Catskill
Tom E. Hildebrand
Indiana
Wm. I. Moore
Homer City
Milt G. Miller
Blairsville
Vast array of figures on wealth and consumption
A digest of diverse trivia notes cites Astor jewels worth over 3 million, mine extents in Saxony, 128 miles of galleries, beehives in California, and annual U S meat and bread production. It also mentions patents issued and a Bacchus thyrsus claim, plus a Berlin royal garter museum and a Birmingham dental mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astor Family
Saxony
Castoria Ad Through Generations
A nostalgic fragment notes a child named Simi who used Castoria from infancy to adulthood. It recalls the product’s role at every life stage from infancy to motherhood, suggesting enduring brand use across generations.
Cure for rheumatism circulates testimonials from Indiana
James Anderson of Indiana Pennsylvania is urged to send for circulars and testimonials. A letter from Davi L Razster recounts ten years of lumbago before taking Indian Herb Cure in May 1893. Since then he resumed hard labor, laying stone and building bank walls. The ad touts a mystic cure that works in 1 to 3 days, price 75 cents, Herrick Bros. Indiana Pa. 15jun94
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Anthony
Promise Cuy
Iowa
Herrick Bros
Indiana
James Anderson
Lumbago
Farmers’ Bank
Davi L. Razster
Train Schedule Fragments for Blairsville and Pittsburg Routes
Passenger timetable excerpts list daily weekday and Sunday departures for Blairsville, Freeport, Butler Junction, Springdale, Allegheny City, and Butler Branch routes. Additional sections show links from Blairsville Intersection to Pittsburg and Altoona, plus Indiana via Blairsville intersections. Schedules cite 8 05 a m 11 00 a m and 7 00 p m blocks, with further times including 5 33 7 45 10 11 a m and 4 28 6 10 p m, etc, and conclude with agent addresses Thomas E Watt and J R Wood.
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Blairsville
Freeport
Butler Junction
Springdale
Allegheny City
Butler
Butler Branch
Pittsburg
Altoona
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Indiana
E. Watt
Fifth Avenue
Prevost
J. R. Wood
Ace
Cokeville
Lye
Smith
Annenee Blacklick
Abe
Eeeee TA
Rugh
Graceton
Homer
India
P.meed
Two Lick
Calf
Black Lick
Boye
Smitheen Casese
Niagara Press
West Penn Junction
Oil City
Titusville Express
Jeneee
Kittanning
Buffalo Express
Emilenton Accom
Emlen' TE Sis Aneaes
Junction
East
Emlenton
Eaves Pittsbur
Day Express
Penn Junction
Funet Tl
Amittsburg
Emlenton Accom
Lay
Jenton
Kanittanning
Pittsbur
AL ID McCargo
Jas. P. Anderson
Pass
Sap
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Hood
J. W. Tospon
Lavansville, Pa
Odds and
Life
Mulhall
California
United States
Treves
Moselle
Dolley
University of Pennsylvania
Bacchus
Berlin
William T
Europe
Birmingham
Professor Bartholomew
Olive Catlin
Bartholomew
Louisville Courier-Journal
Dr. Bull
Dr. France
France Medical Institute Co
Columbus
Daugherty, Bros
Vicinity
Simi
Castoria
Boothbay
Ayer
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Bucklen
Wm. I Moore
Daugherty Bros
Pennsylvania Railroad
Allegheny Valley R. R
Fitcher
Ancurr
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Bown
F. Pampas
M.D
125Th Street
7Th Ave
New Yorke Cty
Tue Canrava Company
Mommay Stumer
Cialty
E. M. Lockard
Penn’a
New York Weekly Tribune
THE
Indiana Progress
Penna
Dr. J. A. McGill & Co
Pano
John L. Page
I Cada
Sia
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