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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
7
A farmer describes methods to grow tender radishes beets and lettuce early by using manure trenches and poultry netting to warm and loosen soil. The account notes expanding plots near the barnyard for asparagus rhubarb and current fertility gains and urges proper drainage to prevent fertilizer loss.
Advice for hog farmers on keeping sows cool with ample water, a vegetable diet during hot weather, and delaying heavy grains until inflammation subsides. Emphasizes gentle handling, quiet surroundings, and using clover or alfalfa pastures to sustain litters, noting alfalfa can outperform other grasses for growth.
Farmers can profit by forcing cucumbers under glass in winter. A forty foot greenhouse with bench and wire frame yields more than summer plots. Gherkin productivity exceeds English cucumbers, with careful soil mix and staged repotting from seed to transplant. Weekly light irrigation after establishment is advised.
The USDA crop report shows peaches apples and grapes weaker than last year with New York and New Jersey poor to fair. Ohio Michigan Indiana and several states report declines and frost injuries, while California Missouri Kansas and Nebraska show some strength in certain fruits. Overall yields vary by state and fruit type.
Montreal Trade Bulletin reports largely agrees on a healthy green apple crop west of Toronto and up to St. Catharines with fine appearance, but red varieties like Baldwin show failures. West of St. Catherine a fair Greenings and Spies crop with Russets will occur, while east toward Brockville greens will be fair and some red fruit.
Guidance on lifting tuberoses in bud by late August and transferring them slowly to window gardens. Recommends sowing August seed for extra stock, removing plants as they reach size, and praising forethought as early winter winds arrive.
The article argues country women grow old and worn due to isolation and heavy farm life. It notes scarcity of water for daily baths, infrequent hair washing, and fatigue. Mental stagnation from limited reading and relentless drudgery leads to aging, while city women stay engaged with books and current events.
In a playful piece from the Chicago News a narrator extols decorative lamps from vivid canary yellows to sunset hues and crimson library shades. Imagery ranges from Egyptian talismans to Indian warrior motifs, with a child’s stocking joke closing the vignette.
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