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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1890
Page
8
A collage of short items touches on Hugo Battenberg’s naval ties, a Berlin roses theft case, a gifted boy's crime curiosity, veterans of Fort Dish, a Hungarian romance scam, Talmage’s preacher fame, a London girdlers ceremony, a Yellowstone Old Faithful handkerchief saga, and a Boston prankster. Names, places, dates, and quirks populate the reel, with curiosities and society notes stitched into one readable page item.
A WRAL Topics item offering practical guidance across farming, stock breeding, poultry, nurseries, and house mice care. It presents concise, actionable tips for improving efficiency, animal welfare, and product quality, reflecting period rural expertise.
Sprouts emerge around damaged apple tree trunks and are hard to remove. Cut them when fully leafed to control growth. some may return next summer and should be cut again. Dormant cuts promote wood growth but reduce fruit yield. trimming while leaves appear yields better fruitfulness next year.
N J Shepherd notes seed quantity depends on soil fertility and moisture. With fall sowing wheat mid September on well prepared soil five pecks of seed suffice, less on rich soil, more if the land is rough or late. Over sowing is safer than under. aim for even germination with proper moisture heat and air.
Agricultural notes urge farmers to retain potatoes as valuable property, apply manure to land, and value ten acres of cured clover hay over coarse forage. It discusses alfalfa for dry climates, pasture improvement, lime and wood ashes as soil amendments, and top-dressing with manure to boost next season’s grass growth.
The article discusses pig feeding using wheat middlings and flaxseed to improve digestion and fattening. It notes how hot dish water aids digestion, the value of skimmed mill, and the impact of corn crops on pork prices. It also advises breeding strategies and timing with the spring drop and next year’s grain.
A New York Experimental Station trial fed growing pigs with ensilage and prickly comfrey, plus bran and corn meal. The pigs rooted for scraps, made minimal pork, while the manure value exceeded feed costs. Authors note the diet offered no pork profit and suggest breeding animals could be kept on ensilage, despite lacking weight gain.
A column on dairy methods discusses machine milking versus calf milking, the need for clean skin and personal hygiene to prevent cow odor in milk and butter, and the role of proper salt use and cooperative dairying. It notes that healthy cows, good feed, and careful handling yield quality butter and better dairy education.
A historical notice warns poultry yards face mink, marten, skunk, weasel and rodent threats. It urges close wire-netting around coops, floor covering to block mice, and the use of steel traps to protect hens, noting nocturnal damage often outweighs disease losses and winter pests remain active.
The article advises greasing chick heads and necks with a lard oil pennyroyal carbolic acid mix to curb lice, warns against greasing bodies, notes large lice lurk among feathers, and cites dirty yards as disease sources. It recommends yard disinfection with copper sulfate solution and rotating poultry sections to grow greens, grains, and grasses for green feed.
A farmer advises simple home remedies for minor burns including baking powder on a wet cloth, linseed oil and lime water baths, zinc salve, and surgeon’s plaster. He warns against cold water, shares a cautionary tale of a child’s injury, and emphasizes preparedness with a ready burn kit.
A guide suggests avoiding bare room corners by placing a small table with selected bric-a-brac. It describes a corner cabinet hung with plush curtains and satin lining, filled with beaks and bric-a-brac for charm. It notes an English tray with night lamp and infant food cup that attaches to a bedpost, useful for homes with an invalid baby and few servants. heat keeps food warm and the tray doubles as a book holder when idle.
The recipe describes boiling 134 pounds of steak until tender, saving the liquor, then the next day cutting the beef, simmering with butter half a pint of strained tomato sauce and the saved liquor for thirty minutes. Just before serving, mash the yolk of a hard boiled egg and mix with curry powder to finish the stew.
Five cups of dough three cups sugar 134 parts butter four eggs and a pound of seeded raisins form the batter. Add a wineglass of wine or milk half teaspoon soda dissolved in water. Spice to taste. Line a basin with buttered paper and bake promptly in a moderate oven using home made yeast.
Tomatoes may be sliced and cooked in butter with cream or milk to accompany cold meats. Dried beef chipped ham and chipped corned beef can be heated in a chafing dish. Leftover cooked fish can be warmed with butter or cream and a yolk of egg for a palatable dish in moments.
Instructions describe making codfish balls from one third picked-up cod and two thirds potatoes. Dry salt fish is washed, layered with potatoes, boiled, drained, mashed, then butter and eggs are folded in. The mixture is shaped into round balls and fried in hot fat until done.
Washington report describes Senate and House reflections after a session adjourned, with Edmunds and Hearst touting the federal election bill and promising swift action next session. Cabinet arrival at the Capitol, president’s reception, and discussions of salaries for government printers frame a day of political theater and logistical moves ahead of new appropriations totals. Iowa orator Dolliver heads home to campaign in the Tenth district.
The Treasury Department closed today in Maryland to honor the memory of ex-Secretary Thoms. Secretary Windom and assistants Poulding and Nettleton, along with General Ap tisey Tichenor, spent the day in conference over questions about implementing the new tariff law set to take effect Monday morning.
About 300 participants of the British Tron and Steel Institute sessions left New York this morning for Philadelphia after a week of meetings. The group includes English and German visitors who attended the events.
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