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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
3
Farmers guide to perennial care notes divisions every two to three years. Prepare soil to two feet deep with good drainage to prevent root rot in wet springs. Incorporate well rotted stable manure and nutrients. Plant healthy stock promptly and evenly distribute roots. Most perennials need little winter protection though light frost cover helps. Straw or leaves provide safe insulation. Dividing renews growth as crowns die after two to three years.
The article explains a Chinese technique for cooking rice that yields dry, fluffy grains. Rinse rice to remove starch, use two quarts water per half pint rice, add slowly, avoid stirring, drain, finish in oven until completely dry, and serve with individual salt at table.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes beekeeping as a widespread activity with profit potential for skilled practitioners. Practical tips cover packaging honey in sixty pound new tin cans, maintaining thick honey, controlling moths via pollen presence, and promptly replacing weak queens to improve stock quality year by year.
A reader from Jonetson City Oregon commends the Chaim berlain cough remedy as the best medicine for whooping cough and good for colds and croup. The ad notes it is sold by M E Snook with a complete line of optical goods at Mrs Crosby's store.
A 1911 account describes a detective proposing a scent based method to identify individuals. The narrator recounts a Civil War era case involving Edward Nolan and a disputed inheritance. A tester named Mathews identifies Nolan by smell through a hat, suggesting a unique personal odor as a forensic clue.
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