Farmhouse remedies and kitchen tips from a past issue
A compilation of old household instructions on making apple jelly from Cote apples in a presen kettle, boiling and straining. sweet apple pickles with vinegar sugar spices. oyster scallop dish layering with crackers. bark treatment for willows or locusts. chairback embroidery and fabric tricks. and notes on using pigweed as green manure plus a coffee-making method and winter squash storage guidance from Chicago markets.
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Cote
St. Bouts Globé
San Francisco Chronicle
N. F
New York Experiment Station
Aero Iss
St. Louis Lnge
Farm Account and the Move to Systematic Book Keeping
The article argues farming thrives when kept in business like merchants. It urges farmers to use simple book keeping to track expenses per field and crop, production costs, and profits, warning many acres lose money without such records and that routine, accurate accounts reveal leaks and guide corrective action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally
John
Gohool
Mary Cooper Frightened by Drunk in Delirium Tremens
Mary Cooper faced a terrifying encounter with a inebriate suffering delirium tremens who caused her to become unable to speak. The incident highlights local distress over unsafe behavior and its impact on residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cooper
Drapkard
Treating Horse Colic with Remedies and Cautions
An 19th century veterinary note outlines colic types in horses, causes such as cold water, wind exposure, and overloading after meals. Remedies include saleratus, laudanum, ring of paradise, caraway, peppermint, slippery elm, and rectal drench. warns against mixing alkali with milk and stresses regular feeding, warm, active care, and gradual cooling after exertion.
Adulteration of Sirups Shows Widespread Glucose Use
Professor Kedzie of Michigan examined syrups sold there and found adulterants in many samples. Some contained copperas and high lime levels from improperly prepared glucose, while others carried free sulfuric acid, lime, and iron. A test for iron or copper uses a decoction of strong tea. lime reacts with oxalic acid to form a white cloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kedzie
Michigan
Feeding changes risk health in horses and livestock
An article argues against abrupt diet shifts from dry grain to green pasture for horses, cattle, and pigs. It warns grass can upset digestion, loosen bowels, and raise fever risk in horses, especially when turned out in cold or wet weather. It also notes oil cake and roots as alternative feeds, stressing gradual adjustment and careful care.
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Parsons
Aysely
Elegal
Joridal Diery
Touth
Niman
Chumbag
Lackawannna
Scranton
Chicago
Last of Sobieskin: Royal Lineage Ends in Poor Weaving
The fragment describes Ty the Sobieski heiress in Nen ersior a Saxon town, once a royal scion and descendant of Count Sobieski, now maintaining herself by weaving. It notes her decline after 1831 amid Polish upheaval and exile, paralleling contemporary poverty among European aristocracy.
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Nenersior
Jacob Sobieski
Vienna
John Sobieski
Prague
Sobieski
Veronese Cvbler Marquis
Countess Subieski
London
Lelugraph
Fellon
Lefleche
Three Rivers
Montreal
Rpetor
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