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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1886
Page
7
Practical notes on straight corn rows using horse cultivators, fence choices with post and rails, and warm water from drains for year round stock water. Also includes Prof. Knapp on clover as forage, its palatability, nutritive value, curing challenges, and optimal grass mixes for hay.
The article advises mulching to prevent soil moisture loss during dry weather and discusses preservation of early fruit, pruning, weed control, and returning mulch. It updates on pear blight, presenting Burrell and Protytuy findings that bacteria cause the disease and can spread between trees, stressing sanitation and careful pruning.
Beekeeping note explains bees struggle with combined sun and hive heat at mid day. Shade and cooler nights reduce stress. Observers warn about excessive heat during peak sun and the need for temperate conditions to protect hives.
A Vermont writer argues Beekeeping is too hard for American women while noting some use female helpers and immigrant workers. She describes lifting forty pound honey boxes, stacking them near the dining room, brushing bees from the screen, and reviving chilled bees by feeding a colony.
A Western New York flock owner preserves long breeding records to compare lamb fleece with ancestors. The article outlines feeding cows to maintain milk, correct shoeing of horses, and careful calf rearing to build a gentle, productive herd with minimal cost.
The article explains milk's unstable chemistry and the lack of fixed relation between composition and butter yield. It notes the Jersey breed leads in butter-making, with capacity varying by breed and individual, and emphasizes testing each cow to determine its butter potential.
A fragment from Poultry Raising discusses selecting feed for market chicks. It warns against giving overly rich or frothy foods to young chicks as accelerants may cause rapid growth defects and health issues. It also comments on feeding adult hens, suggesting moderation to avoid health problems in youngsters.
Practical advice on chick feeding including phosphate and chalk mix, milk use caution, water and corn for growth, and humane care. Emphasizes cleanliness, avoiding cramming, and remedies for diseased chicks. Also covers roost construction, pest control with carbolic acid, and sanitation in hen houses.
Mrs Kedzie of Kansas Agricultural College reports kitchen tests preserving five fruits by boiling then sealing in jars with cotton batting. No mold formed. cot ton top maintained with twine, suggesting patent cans unnecessary if jars seal properly. Also includes tips on water purity baths cleaning windows and polishing floors.
A Victorian kitchen column lists multiple unfermented breads and quick breads using baking soda, acids, and powders. It includes Soda and muriatic acid doughs, quick bread with baking powder, Graham and brown breads, rice and corn variations, and ends with a note on Frank Strockton’s novel The Late Mrs Null and a critical quip.
A fragment mentions the Grand Union Motel near Grand Central Depot with 618 rooms costing one million dollars and promising lower living costs for families. It also includes a brief, unrelated satirical exchange about wealth, marriage expectations, and a child’s prayer for a white rabbit from the Washington Critic.
A scattered page notes Ayer's Pills as a stomach stimulant, a grandmotherly tale about daily bread, a Canadian coin refusals on Seventh Avenue cars, satirical quips on foreigners and disguise, a medium's claim of spirit tricks, Archbishop Guibert's poverty vow, Beggs' Blood Purifier pitches, a New York Times quip on ruins and hotels, and birth rates across U S regions highlighting southern rates of 148 to 187 per 1000 women.
A collage of late 19th century ads and quips covers marriage woes wicked jokes and cheap remedies. Items include Leggs blood purifier Piso’s Remedy Rough on Itch and Rough on Piles promotions and a jail joke from Philadelphia Call. Also noted are diamond tales from Wilmer and a Rochester Rural Home offer touting shared volumes and subscriptions.
A Cincinnati Times-Star excerpt discusses a drunken incident with a bowlder at an officer and a three month sentence for the offender, noting the racial undertone of “the same old racket.” It contrasts with a Philadelphia Call quip on porcelain testing and advertising jags for various patent medicines and hair products.
A collage of quips and jokes from various papers. An exchange about subscriptions juxtaposes a nickel watch offer with a year of the Weekly Clarion. A professor and student banter ends with mutual snickering at misunderstood lectures followed by a joke about heel stiffeners and a London Figaro quip on Gladstone.
A letter from William S. Baker of Lewis Indiana describes a boy cured of scrofula in the hip after trying various doctors. He credits ScovIlis SARSAVARILLA AND SPILLINGLA Blood and Liver Syrup with the healing. Now 21, he seeks more for another case and urges others to try the remedy.
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