Farm hog butchering gear and other rural notes
Practical agricultural notes cover hog butchering methods with timber and iron hardware, denatured alcohol production guidance by Dr Wiley, ginseng issues in Missouri, cattle lice control, Montana onion growing yields from transplanting, onion maggot remedies, and sagging fence supports using crossbraced two by six boards for durability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Ht Wo Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Wiley
de Wiley
Missouri
Missouri Experiment Atation Bulletin
Montana
R. W. Eisber
Repairing an Old Picket Fence Post From a Stake
Farm Progress suggests using wind from tipping over as a warning, then nail or wire a post to the stake for a sturdy repair. This creates a solid post suitable for fixing an aged picket fence.
Milk Cows and Dairying Practices Highlighted
The article discusses Hollanders and Frieslanders as models of profitable dairying with cows yielding 3000 to 4000 pounds of milk annually. It critiques low-yield farmers and suggests breeding and feeding higher producing cows. It also covers pruning bark preservation and a note on preventing hens from eating eggs with nesting tips for hens and beaks.
Quizzical Gossip From Distant Pages
A collage of humorous exchanges and witticisms from various papers. Snippets cover domestic life, marriage, finances, class commentary, and clever wordplay featuring names like Chicago News, Philadelphia Press, and Tit-Bits. The tone is brisk, period-voiced, and lightly satirical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget
John
Iusband
Marrial
Storles
Chicago Daily News
Monk
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Record-Herald
Peat
New Yorker Devotion To Reading Alarms Boston Critics
The New Yorker is praised for constant reading from morning until night, with overlap of ads and signs shaping daily life. The piece contrasts New York’s relentless reading with Boston’s supposed lack of time for books, noting endless ads, streets, and mail influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New Yorker
New York Press
New York City
Petite Boy Described by Characters in Dialogue
Fragmentary dialogue shows Wille and Mim Pert Parsay reacting to a boy, with misread names and garbled speech. The scene hints at a playful mood and a child’s petite description in a domestic setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wille
Mim Pert Parsay
Phite
Queer smoking habit of West Indian women and sailors
Visitors note natives smoke with the lit end inside the mouth to protect the cigar in strong tropical trades winds. Women on docks carry heavy loads of coal and fruit, keeping the light inside the mouth to avoid losing lighted cigars, a practice learned over years by the older workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Spanish Main
New York Herald
Tropica
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clevis
Transit
Archie
New York Sun
Misa
Miss Younger
Cleveland
Germany
Europe
Venlo
Palladelphia Ledger
Sniggsley
Chicago
Intellectual New
Peltte
Bes
Neel Ms CF
Oregon
DR. C.'Gee
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