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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1892
Page
7
A detailed illustration presents a poultry house with a mass portion of 14kz W feet clear and four apartments. The east side features belag elements and varied compartments, highlighting an arrangement aimed at poultry farming efficiency and display for the fancier and common raiser.
The document describes a complex poultry building with front large windows and a rear annex 6 by 23 feet, featuring a main passage, nests, troughs, droppings chutes, dusting rooms, and multiple yards and coops. It includes detailed dimensions, placement of windows, ventilation, and material estimates for framing, flooring, wire netting, ramps, and finishing work.
Fragmented piece discusses sheep care, fattening times, and a curer. It notes twenty one million pounds of wool used last year by sixty woolen mills in Lawrence Massachusetts. Wool and mutton demand rising in the United States with emphasis on husbandry. Feed options include shelled corn whole wheat bread or middlings.
Farmers debate balancing crop growth and soil fertility. Small farms gain proportionally from feed and manure handling, while larger farms face greater hauling and application work. Rotation with grass, green manures, and on farm feed improves yields but may still fall short of sustained fertility. Prairie Farmer notes managing soil requires planning, not just applying manure.
The Orange Judd Farmer presents a flexible stock barn layout for hay grain cattle and sheep. The illustrated design adapts to different sizes with stalls, cribs, bins and central breezeways, detailing front driveway central area stall access and mow spaces.
The article describes barn elevation and ground plan with stock stalls on the sides and various bins for oats and wheat. It recounts using dry straw nests under the floor for hogs to stay warm, removing damp material regularly to keep bedding dry and comfortable, avoiding artificial heat and improving pig comfort during winter.
A southern Christmas described with warm weather and open doors. It recalls planter estates, gifts for slaves, and family trips to New Orleans or Mobile. The piece contrasts southern midwinter scenes with northern snow and notes violet blooms, magnolia evergreens, and soft gulf breezes. Arkansas Traveler reflection on work and ambition follows.
A vintage newspaper fragment highlights March illustrations and poems, mentions Mrs Harriet Marwell-Converss concluding her Iroquois life chapters, and notes Lieut-Col Thorndike's War Correspondent series. It lists serials by Marie McIntosh Cox and Abd el Ardavan, plus verses by Ward Kendall Bates.
A Maine resident testifies under oath that August Flower cured severe dyspepsia after eight years of illness and three doctors failing to help. The witness says heart, kidney, and liver troubles plagued them and that all food caused distress until the remedy.
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