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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1878
Page
4
An article argues that covering manure protects it from rain and sun, doubling value to two loads from one. It urges farmers to invest in sheds and proper manure preservation, noting straw used for bedding, winter feeding, and high returns from protected manure.
The article discusses protecting young fruit trees from winter waterlogging by building small dirt hillocks and shaping soil in summer to aid water supply. It also covers poultry feed, noting rice as a superior alternative to cornmeal for chicks, with costs and regional feed implications. Finally, it surveys cattle breed preferences over ten years, highlighting Devon and Short Horn as exemplary for oxen and butchery respectively.
A reader lists culinary herbs available at agricultural stores and notes perennials versus annuals. The piece shifts to Cheshire England on pasture land underdrained with bones, cow capacity per acre, and potential pasture improvement. It then covers England's planned great agricultural show, funded $150000, under Royal Agricultural Society auspices, amid declines in agriculture and reliance on imports.
A novelty in cattle food is reported from India. Flowers of the Mahwa tree Bassia latifolia are gathered in Northern India's plains and eaten by wild herbivores and cattle. A single tree yields several hundred pounds of flowers and this food is very appealing.
A jumble of old kitchen instructions covers sausage mixing and meat curries, ginger swarSa sauce, oyster soup with cream, and cake jelly methods. Also described are a decorative Bristol board needlework box and potato bread making, plus a Milwaukee boy’s sweet compliment about his future wife.
A jumble of satirical quips and short anecdotes on fools lectures and social ironies. Bits include a lecture admission gag and lines about a country church choir, a Yankee stunt, a centenarian circus tale, and a cobbler’s wisdom.
The passage references vague figures of 27.50 in money and 702.0 in property per person in the United States. A dialog with Tom Smith discusses knowledge of an Irish friend and a historical remark about someone known since his father’s time. Mentions a stray advertisement for a tonic, Dr. Jayine's Sanaive Pills, claimed to aid healthy action and vitality.
An old travel notice describes stops at the Grown Union Cover opposite Grand Central Depot with baggage handling to hotels free. Elegant rooms reduced to $1 per day, elevator, Burypeak plan Restaurant, and moderate prices. Cars and stages pass all city parts and depots.
The ad promotes The Pictorial History of the World by James T. McCass. It covers ancient to modern times with full national histories and a focus on the Russia Turkey war. It highlights 1249 pages, over 100 engravings, cost details, and subscription sales through agents.
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