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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1883
Page
4
An agricultural note describes forging a double edged weeding hoe from plow steel 3 by 6 inches. A forked handle socket seats the shaft with a 45 degree blade angle. The tool, usable by pulling or pushing, cuts weeds between young plants with minimal surface disruption and is not patented.
The article advises feeding milk cows with leftover Irish or sweet potatoes that are too small to sell. Potatoes should be cut fine, using a trough or box, or an improvised implement attached to a handle to slice them, reducing wear on tools and preventing rust.
A prudent writer argues most farm tools are too heavy. A wagon rated for a ton suffices for general use. for two tons, make two trips. Saving horseflesh and feed over years can cover the cost of a lighter wagon, so order light, top material wagons.
C. H. Johnson tells Ruth Grover that careful annual inspection and burning of diseased plants reduced raspberry rust to at most six cases last season on his three acres, while a distant grower lost nearly all stock without identifying the cause.
A handy hay hook made from a young tree stem and a cut branch forms a compact tool. The stem becomes the handle about three feet long, with the sharpened branch and stem forming the hook for pulling hay from stacks or mows.
Among raspberries the Turner is a ram pant grower and requires severe pruning. Cregg is a front rank black cap. It needs a strong loamy soil. Ke fiance is an excellent berry for canning and home use. Hansenl is a red berry noted for hardness, earliness, and solidity. Brannywipe is a first class market berry.
The passage notes Concord grapes as common though others exist. It lists Delaware, the Catawba, Clinton and varieties like Prentiss, Pockington, Worden and Lady Washington as vineyard essentials. Growers favor varieties suited to soil and locale.
Reports from Iowa City and Stillwater describe hog disease initially termed hog cholera but doctors say it is a new illness. Local correspondents are urged to share details on symptoms, spread, and mortality to aid understanding.
The note advises that horse plants need much winter care and insects require attention. It recommends tobacco tea to kill green fly, white hellebore for mealy bugs, and red pepper as a general insect repellent for many pests.
Tuosz people living in the countryside are advised to give cellars careful attention. Warns that disease lurks in decaying vegetables and calls for improved ventilation away from doors and stairs.
The article advises onions must not freeze and thaw repeatedly through winter. It recommends spreading them on a barn floor in large quantities and covering with hay or straw, or keeping them in barrels sealed and placed in a cold place.
Professor BeaL recommends packing celery and other vegetables in damp moss to preserve through winter. Vegetables packed this way reportedly keep for a long time while retaining flavor and quality, making them hardly distinguishable from fresh produce.
The text notes that waterways move millions of tons of fertilizer toward the area and cites the Nile pouring over a thousand tons of nitrate into the Mediterranean each day. It asserts annual losses exceed guano deposits when considering the earth's surface.
The thoroughbred horse stands about sixteen hands high, is lighter in frame than Clydesdales or Percherons yet muscular and finely boned. It notes superior endurance and speed compared to larger breeds for farm use.
A handy substitute for a basket to carry corn vegetables from house to stables. It is an eighteen inch square ten inch deep stout box with a hickory handle bent and fastened with screws. It will last a lifetime and can be made to exact measures.
The article argues that turning off young animals as early as possible yields capital efficiency in breeding and feeding while reducing risks from accidents diseases and other factors. It emphasizes growth quality and cost minimization for livestock producers.
A claim that ink can be completely removed from white fabrics by applying milk immediately after a spill. The method emphasizes rapid action to lift ink stains from white goods.
A note describes feeding all nonmarketable sweet apples to pigs and horses. It calls the fruit healthful and particularly enjoyed by the animals, noting the practice as a simple farm routine.
A domestic fashion piece offers safety advice for cold weather on farms and urgetes women to protect health. It provides practical tips from layering to mittens and shawls, plus several old time recipes for soup scallops fried in fat and coffee. It includes cooking instructions and household care notes such as glass polishing and lint removal.
A verbose mock-legal aria contrasts ancient giants Briareus and Cyclops with a modern blindfolded figure. The speaker hoists steelyards weighing gold carats and horticultural carrots, declaring she moves with no North South East or West.
An attorney from New Haven recounts his rheumatic arm and hand pain relief after using St Jacob's Oil, claiming instant relief and a cure. The piece includes a xenial tale from an educational meeting and a cautionary note about shooting around a residence, plus a brief ad for Diamond Dyes.
An article touts Hop Bitters as a preventive and curative remedy for Bright's disease, diabetes, kidney and urinary disorders, claiming it can reverse even severe results from fake cures. A separate anecdote narrates an Austin youth pressuring a woman with false devotion, asking to win his mother’s marriage.
Dr Robt Newton former president Eclectic College City of New York and once in Cincinnati Ohio extols Dr Wm Hall s Balsam as a sovereign lung remedy. He cites living patients cured and urges physicians to prescribe it widely for consumption and all pectoral complaints.
A man in an easy chair claims that he and his wife are the most contented couple. He says they never quarrel and that she always gets up to build the fire while he is willing to let her. The anecdote mentions Kellinger’s Linitment applied to the head as a remedy for headache and hair loss.
Retired physician follows East India missionary's lead to offer a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous debility. He claims thousands benefited and will mail the remedy directions in German French or English to any requester in Rochester New York upon receiving a stamped reply.
A country farmer toils in his field while two sharpers ride by. One piggishly tells him he should reap what he sows. The farmer calmly replies that he is sowing hemp, implying their misreading of his work and perhaps their own fate.
An old advertisement from Allen's Pharmacy claims a tonic cures nervous debility and weakness of generative organs. It offers a circular for $1 and lists address 313 First Ave New York as the contact.
A snub nosed lady snubs a fashionable beauty while Mr Blunt agrees no argument follows. An ad touts Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer as the age marvel for nerve diseases and urges readers to send to 931 Arch Street Philadelphia Pa.
A visibly stressed man, described as unable to endure the strain, sits down and appears more comfortable as the proceedings continue.
An elderly couple faces a domestic clash over taxation and whisky as Mrs Gunnery uses a wash pitcher to interrupt her husband’s rambling on tax cuts. The humorous exchange ends with a quip about moving tax from whisky to water. A series of snappy vignettes follows, including a funeral ad and odd anecdotes about medicines, fashions, and Reginald’s sled.
A collage of ad blurbs and anecdotes touts Hop Bitters as a health remedy, promotes Vegetine for skin and blood purity, and favors Carboline for hair revival. It cites Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya as a top tonic, plus notes on Lydia E. Pinkham’s vegetable compound and various household cures.
Two tablespoons of sweet cream whipped with one of sugar and four of vinegar beat well then poured over cabbage cut very fine and seasoned with salt. This is a crisp dressing mixture for a light cabbage salad.
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