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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1881
Page
4
A worker taught to milk by mimicking a calf's suck reduces milk yield when mismanaged. The owner resets milking and regains previous output, while a skilled milker increases efficiency by a quick, clean grip and rhythmic motion. The note warns that improper milking can spoil a cow's good qualities.
The article advises watching cows in milk for signs of shrinking flow and feeding extra. It recommends supplementing pasture with green corn fodder when pasture shortens and notes heat stress from treeless pastures. It stresses a comfortable pasture as well as food to maximize profit.
Pigs profit from clean grass runs and rapid feed. Early market pigs should be pushed now with extra grain to boost weight. Sour milk alone won’t suffice. liberal grain feed accelerates fattening of early maturing breeds and increases profits.
A Pennsylvania farmer advises sowing clover seed on the stubble in August or early September if spring sowing fails due to drought or other issues. Harrowing can help but is not essential. The extra seed cost is small compared with the benefits of restoring the proper crop rotation on a well run farm.
The article warns that proper management of feathered stock lowers disease in poultry. It argues against inbreeding and close breeding as they weaken constitution and raise risks. It emphasizes that fussing over sick fowls is bad business and stresses breeding correctly.
Sorts are an excellent fertilizer for potatoes. Dampened and put in the hill they produce a good crop and very smooth tubes. They do not cost more per acre than many superphosphates and contain as much phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen as some of the best fertilizers.
The article advises pruning black knot from plum trees at first appearance and explains how neglect leads to incurable disease. It lists average annual milk yields by breed with natives 1794 pounds Jersey 3820 Ayrshire 4300 Holstein 1527 and notes ash as a fertilizer and the lasting effects of burnt brush and manure on soil. It compares sheep foraging to goats, noting sheep need not have heavy pastures.
Martin McCarthy and his four sons lost their home in a bush fire that swept from a distant blaze. The blaze forced a retreat through smoke and heat. at the ruin site the farmer found his wife, a 7-year-old son, and five daughters dead, the eldest holding the youngest. The disaster shocked the Hun dred of Hunker community as colonists mourned the devastating loss.
Humboldt in 1849 estimated 150 000 to 170 000 insect species in collections with Europe rich in insects relative to phanerogamous plants. Ten years earlier Gerstacker put insect species at 225 000, five times all other animal classes combined. If world insects three times phanerogamous plants near 225 000, total about 750 000. likely higher. Oak and pine host hundreds of insect species. one moth has 35 parasite species. If other animal classes double, insects exceed fivefold the rest.
Nearly thirty structures in Plymouth Pennsylvania face destruction as the ground over several mines caves in. Officials warn that further subsidence could affect more homes and street stability as inspections continue.
Instructions for preparing red brown yellow blue green orange slate and dove colors on cotton and wool. Details include cochineal tin salts japonica bichromate processes indigo oxide alum fustic and tea dyes with soaking times heating temperatures and washing steps. Emphasizes clean equipment grease-free goods and even coverage for best results.
A new variation called loghouse quilting enters England. It uses a five inch calico foundation square with a central one and a quarter inch silk or satin square. Narrow ribbon surrounds the center, four rows fill the square, and several squares sewn to form a pattern of alternating light and dark sides. The effect hinges on careful ribbon color choices with a dark but not black center.
A correspondent offers a home remedy to drive out mosquitos. Boil gum camphor in a tin over a lamp until it evaporates and fills the room with smoke to expel insects. The witness claims one night of fumigation left no mosquitos by morning despite an open window.
Recipes offer a light party loaf and a spice cake. The Tirza cake uses sugar butter milk flour egg whites baking powder and lemon for two small loaves. The spice cake combines eggs butter sugar molasses milk flour raisins currants nutmeg cloves cinnamon and baking powder for rich flavor.
The formula blends a pint of turpentine with powdered rosin to a thick resin that will not dry quickly without dryers. A Japan dryer additive speeds curing. if a spot remains sticky after overnight drying more dryers are needed. Shellac costs have driven this method into common furniture finishing.
Any person may paint a wooden mantle or similar piece to imitate marble. Apply two coats of white paint, then while nearly dry draw lines with a piece of chalk in any color. The chalk blends into the white to create natural vein effects, finished with a gloss coat of copal varnish.
The usual solvents in India rub ber work are naptha and turpentine which keep the rubber dissolved while not exposed to air. On exposure to air the spirits escape in small quantities. These solutions cement hose and pipes of leather. Heating india rubber to about 210 or 220 degrees melts it and it does not solidify again.
A historic stain removal method advises tying cream of tartar on a stained spot then boiling the cloth. If unresolved, apply a mixture of lemon juice salt and starch with soft soap, lay the fabric in the sun and renew the treatment several times.
Rub the work with finely powdered pumice stone after washing to remove dirt and then apply putty powder as for ivory. This method yields a smooth finish and a good color.
In Kentucky a woman known for mischief marries one suitor after another at her home where marriage licenses are ready. Instead of violence two weddings occur with the rejected suitor forced to marry a rival across town by altered licenses. The girl’s schemes backfire as both men wed, leaving her with a single, unhappy outcome.
On a Canada Southern train a Detroiter recognizes a Buffalo man across a seat near St Thomas. The pair exchange greetings and reveal a bold scandal claiming the man is running away with Judge Blank's wife, not his daughter, in a sharp town gossip moment.
A Des Moines State Register clipping quotes Hon. S. H. Yoder of Globe Mills Pa endorsing St Jacob's Oil as a superior remedy for rheumatic affections and other injuries. He asserts strong customer satisfaction and frequent use by farmers for people and beasts.
In Baltimore a late returnee, Mr. Wm. R. Travers, faced two men with cadaverous looks who asked if he was a blood-tud or a plug-ugly. He replied with courteous ambiguity, saying he respects both, and was allowed to pass.
In a playful exchange Sammie asks his father why they should go west. The father cites a corny joke about Bill Higins and a banana. Sammie and his father riff on the pun bananza versus banana with light humor.
Pittsburgh firms RK Esterbrook & Sons and City Iron Foundry of Boston report iron workers burn injuries from saws and furnaces. They endorse St Jacob's Oil as an effective remedy and urge its use for rheumatism and pains. A distant digressive note playfully contrasts a captain and sailors with a burlesque accent and a Niagara Falls dog scent claim.
A historical column blends a testimonial praising Hop Bitters as a trusted family remedy with light sketches on medical debates about ether as anesthesia. It also includes quips about a school teacher, a Java island question, a grasshopper tale, and rail road conductors in hot weather.
Spreading manure as the wagon draws out saves labor and distributes double salts like ammonia, potash, and phosphates more evenly in the soil. If manure is heaped and washed by rain, the ground under heaps gets the best nutrients and may become barren for seasons.
Stere sheep will not need much more feed than a good pasture will afford. Give them salt at frequent intervals, and see that they have shade through the hot days of midsummer and free access to pure water. Sheep for the butcher should be fed liberally with meat. A quart of ground feed a day will, with good pasturage, bring the animals into good marketable condition.
Farmers are advised to install a one foot wide board along the side of the sow pen. The board should project like a shelf so piglets can crawl beneath it to escape the sow and avoid being crushed.
Dr O Bornheimer identifies three main products in coffee roasting: solid fatty acids, caffeine, and a heavy oil that darkens to yellow when exposed to air and carries coffee’s distinctive aroma.
An old medical claim asserts Vegetine will purge from the body all taint of scrofula and scrofulous humor, including tumors, through its cleansing properties.
A quirky column notes an Indiana man said to have two hearts while joking about the need for an extra liver for Indiana residents. It references a sciENTIFIC editor musing on drinking and public life, plus light satire on New Haven baseball, Panama canal work, Paris, and Saint Apam as a Western park raisers patron.
A German gun maker presents a shell design using internal cells with non explosive contents that form a potent charge when the shell is fired. The hollow walls resist normal handling but break apart under firing shock, enabling use of nitro glycerine while reducing preflight danger.
Mr. Sherwell of Portsmouth England unveils a flat-bottomed bell-mounted vessel with an octagonal dome as a dual purpose aid. It serves as a warning bell buoy for dangerous shoals and provides a refuge for shipwrecked mariners when lifeboats cannot reach them.
An old clipping touts Hop Bitters as a cure for liquor thirst and cites a Chicago official as a user. It also mentions an electrical low water indicator for steam boilers and a French inventor. The page promotes a deodorized petroleum hair renewer promising new hair.
A Reimann era correspondent notes ineffectiveness of new aniine oil for making ungreenable blacks. Impure aniline oils are less prone to turning green. WeGetTine is claimed to heal and purify blood. Japanese cement is made from rice and water, boiled briefly for strength. Dr. Exner argues galvanic action relies on chemical effects, not metal liquid interaction.
A jumble of old ads and quack cures appears, touting Kidney-Wort for constipation and kidney liver ailments, Lydia E Pinkham tonics for female complaints, Sellers Liver Pills, Lindsey's Blood Searcher, and diamond sales prose, plus pest remedies and a life-insurance note.
An old advertisement argues that children who wet their beds should not be scolded and punished. It recommends Kidney Worth as a tonic medicine for kidneys and urinary organs, claiming it has a specific action and urging readers to obtain it.
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