Farm and Garden Valuable sap tapping and syrup notes
Detailed rural instructions on maple sap collection and evaporation. J D Hubbell of Delaware County, New York, describes a four-compartment sap pan setup, filtration, and cleaning practices to ensure high quality syrup. Emphasizes steady heat, proper straining, and storage, plus price benefits of clear jars and quality lids. Also argues pure bred poultry stock yields higher profits and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Hubbell
Delawars
M. Y
Agricultural Notes On Farming Methods And Poultry
Agricultural notes urge better calf rearing to prevent wasting young stock and ropy milk. It recommends a shovel design to reduce bending, south-facing poultry housing to maximize sun, and simple remedies to control vermin and pests with sulphur, coal oil, and whale oil treatments.
Sowing Grass Seed With Fiddle and Wheelbarrow Seeders
Adam Leister of Ohio Farmer explains seed sowing methods for grass, clover, and timothy. He favors the fiddle tool for even coverage, warns against tossing seed too far, and advises limiting broadcast width to ten feet for a uniform lap. Practical tips cover seed density, wind effects, and ground conditions on clay or sandy soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Billy
Timothy
Adam Leister
Ohio
One Farmer's Way Keep Two Cows in a Box Stall
L B Pierce describes a box stall system for two cows in a 10 by 12 space. Cows stay clean, move freely, and manure and bedding recycle to keep the stable neat. Manger spans the width, leaving a 10 foot square area. cows fed corn fodder and hay, with regular cleaning and a raised floor as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B Pierce
Hazel and Filbert Nut Cultivation Guide from 19th Century Text
The article explains cultivating hazel and filbert nuts by controlling suckers and pruning to produce many lateral branches where nuts form. It notes varieties grown in England and mentions ashore soil tolerance and high yields, with a reference to "Watton" twig guidance from an agricultural dictionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
McRae
Food and fashion clues from a late 19th century page
The fragment contains household tips on cleaning fabrics with kerosene, preparing boiled crabs, and making desserts like silver pie and fondue. It also previews spring fashion, describing walking costs with hip pockets, new trims, hats, bonnets, and gowns inspired by Paris milliners, plus long gloves and English style hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
Boston
Detroit Free Press
N. Y. World
Sim
Parisise
Hedford
London
Aft
Fragmented snippets from late 19th century notices and ads
A collage of odd phrases, personals, and ad blurbs recounts curious lines about travel, weather, cures, and moral tales. It cites a remarkable medical case via the Albany Evening Journal, warns about debt to buy a dog, and mentions various newspapers like Oil City Blizzard, Ram’s Horn, and the Washington Post with a Galveston News tease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
W. H Hill & Co
Detroit
Mich
Odd Medical Remedies and Notices From Various Papers
A collage of antique ad copy and brief notices touts medicines like Bradycrotine and Brown's Brovenian Taccums, praising quick reliefs for headaches and coughs. Featured quotes praise Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Lane's Family Medicine for daily bowels, with scattered reader letters and light social quips.
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Excallent
Orange Judd
Blouing
Hazel Ando Filbert
Firgror Arma
Oklahoma
Hie Beerie
E.erwwene
Join Marshall
Albany Evening Journal
New York State
United States
Fred Loneng
Wasluiodton
Galveston News
New York
Minnesota
BUGS
Toledo
Medina
Cola Fig Ayeup Ca
Hicke
Muarberry
Barton
Morar
Willington
Del
Tre
Binghamton
Alsraen
Buatneva
Lowell Courier
Europe
Matchiess
Wallpasie
Boston Post
Hale
Piko
Somerville Journal
Lane
U. S
G. W. Simmons & CO
Oak Hall
Mass
FLACS
Catarrah Ty
Eam BE
Ely
Douggins
Rely Brothers
Warror
Hayfever
C. W. Hopkins
East Lamoine
Swift
Swift Specific Company
Atziarta, Ga
Pyle
James Pyle
Cupehun
Aisconsin
Cue City
Fa Neuen Ag
Eurhetl
Ecreerterea
Ieado
America
Rie
Kennedy's
Donald Ken WA
Sada
House of
Walter Baker @ Ce
W. Baker & Co., Dercheater, Mast
Ivers & Pond
Ivers & Pond Piano Company
E. Sprague Correspondence School OF Law
Omen
Avery Tee
Yng Coals
Jones
Binghamton, LL
Euclid Avenue
Bas Fog
Yar
Consure
LA Tow
Fe Rumely
Rumely CO
Laporte, Ind
Pensions Eet
Bultiere
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