French Poultry Fattening Practices Highlighted at Paris Show
The Paris poultry show showcased La Bresse La Fléche and Créveccean breeds, housed in light buff pens with efficient feeding setups. French methods rely on dairy milk, lighted housing, and hydra incubation, while the USA lags behind in adoption. Capons ducks and pigeons exhibited as market fattening examples, with emphasis on size, weight gain timelines, and natural feeding over cramming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Turkey
Soutea
Voelcker
Voelaker
Sprouting Potatoes Seed Potential and Best Planting
The Country Gentlemen advises on using sprouted potatoes for seed. Sprouts can renew but exhaust the tuber, yielding fewer plants than unsprouted seeds. Best practice is to plant rows of sprouted tubers and unsprouted seeds in parallel to compare yields, and to handle sprouted potatoes carefully to protect shoots for earlier, larger gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture of
Connecticus
Stockbridge
Agricultural Society
Canada
Lana
Thomas
Elizabeth Street
Domestic Health Folio From Early 19th Century Tips
A fragment from a household guide discusses diet and health by simple rules. It covers meat versus grains, fish as nourishment, and air quality. It includes home remedies for choking, cramps, and digestion, plus recipes for sour milk drinks, potato biscuits, and sago pudding.
Modern Marine Engine Economy and Related Inventions
A historical survey compares 1840 Britannia and 1877 Britannic steamers showing dramatic gains in cargo fuel efficiency and speed, while noting petroleum formation theories and petroleum deposits near volcanic regions. It urges inventors to submit torpedo and defense ideas for protection by English and Russian authorities, and reports on spruce pulp, concrete mix, and early telegraph current velocity facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Maginnis
Cinard
Britannia
Britannic
H. Byaxson
Tong Mountain
Black Sea
Russia
England
Admiralty
Bloated Jumble of Jests and Anecdotes From Old Pages
A collage of quips and snippets quotes from various sources with jokes on marriage women and men, playful lines about poets editors and a drunken lout, plus a farmer milk joke and an editor narrowly escaping theft. The piece preserves a late 19th century humorous miscellany tone with scattered names and places.
Camels Roam Southwest Near Mineral Park
Avon Maver reports camels have been at large for nearly a year near Mineral Park. Three older camels and a young one wander, reportedly from Asia long ago. They are gentle but frighten horses and cattle. locals question ownership as numbers may grow. A Louisville Courier piece notes camels are easily raised and require little care, feeding on brush and cactus.
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Beveridge
Mrs
England
Truedon
Hint
Avon Maver
Mineral Park
Asia
Snobman
Nevada
Montana
Louisville Courier- Journal
Garden cabbage culture tips from early spring prep
The author outlines common cabbage failures due to poor cultivation and heavy autumn ruts. Advice stresses early spring soil preparation, thorough ground conditioning, and reworking after planting. Ensure plants are healthy, compact, and not rushed by cold-frame growth. The text notes soil conditions and the need to manage mulch and protects.
Cubic fool of cars weighs fifteen pounds
A compact note reports a cubic fool of cars weighing fifteen pounds, noting an odd measurement or toy-like description. The statement reads as a quirky unit measure without broader context or identifiable persons, places, or organizations attached to the claim.
Jaynes Expectorant Promoted For Coughs And Colds
An old advertisement-style note claims persistent coughs and general weakness respond to Jaynes Expectorant, described as effective for coughs and colds and beneficial to pulmonary and bronchial organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayne
Grand Union Hotel New York City Ad Mention
Advertisement notes visitor stop at Grand Union opposite Grand Central Depot with free baggage transfer to hotel. Rooms advertised at 350 dragants reduced to $1 per day, elevator, European plan with fine restaurant. Carriages and stages pass the hotel to all city parts and depots.
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Tuporiant
New York City
Grand Union How
Grand Central Depot
Cara
Stages
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Coast Survey
Roger Bacon
Lima
Sunita
Meissonnier
Europe
Chicago
Thomas Rooth
T. Rooth
Earth
Cincinnati
Earl Granville
New York
Trig
Great Republic
Burlington Hawk-Hye
Chaucer
Ming
Hurlington Hawk-Hye
Massachusetts
Franklin Company
Win &T
Matattat
Digtasa
Keyrour
New Josey
Messia
Tit Franklin Company
Uaying
N. Callaman
taisEian Ee
Wsa
Wiel ‘Boslag
Nipanga
Marantes
Athiver
Broadway
Nour
Brobfme Kelso
Jomil Rirkham
Warsey & Trt20
Kelso &Kirkham
Duane
Dean Watlings
South Second St
Philadelphia
Bievcoe County
Aix
Uncle Sam
Duryi Ow
eli-Loker & Cavitt
Fivini Mo
Caine Inge Wavis
NTH Ste
Mas
Triumph Truss Co
Chestiant
Plila
N.Y
Repte
Boylston
William Street
AGF
National Publishing Co
Poquian
Marles Et Luany Addriesa
WM. Heboner ’&Co ,Igts
Cheatnut Street
Peiladelebia
R. Angemarer & CO
Piilad A
Ee Pool
New ‘Fork
Picare State
Fitch
East Twenty-ninth St
Hebbard
South Wight Street
Lane
Bond
Barone
Dmaeioty
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