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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1893
Page
3
An explanation from T Greiner to Country Gentleman details how compact yet porous soil improves capillary rise, enabling continuous soil moisture for crops even in dry seasons. It describes plowing, pulverization, and mulching by fine surface soil to limit evaporation and extend reservoir water for roots.
An Ohio Farmer excerpt describes a Michigan built farm truck loaded with a Bissell plow and Gale lever barrow. The rear wheels are heavier, axles are steel from old mowers, and the platform measures 73 by 4 feet 2 inches. The design includes a long oak reach, a heavy kingbolt connection, and a one man driving setup. The truck reportedly withstood heavy loads and rough terrain, costing about 4 dollars for iron and lumber with the rest handmade.
Two prize winning draft stallions, English Shire and Belgian, are shown as heavy types with high premiums at fairs. The piece notes markets and breeding, then discusses spring lamb production timing, Dorset and Suffolk early lamb traits, and Canadian Suffolk producers. It also touches poultry pasture and relates buyers’ price trends for cattle and horses since 1876.
The New York Poultry Show at Madison Square Garden featured about 2,500 birds in exhibition with many American bred specimens. Notable entries included Bronze turkeys and White Hollands, while bantams and Leghorns drew attention for egg production. The writeup highlights varieties from fancy pheasants to Plymouth Rocks and Leghorns, noting breed merits and quirks such as comb design and cold-weather performance.
A garbled collection of quotations and curiosities mentions gods and ends, Turkish views on women, Gaussone, licorice origin, Fielding, Missouri newspapers, 1714 Kansas 185 Texas, copyright, New York city BALCS costs, a tulip auction, Atlan Cathcart Durborow, Hudson Bay, and an acorn flag curiosity.
Bilious colic sufferers can predict attacks by symptoms and use Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to ward off illness. Two or three doses taken promptly are said to prevent great suffering. Sold by Garrott & Paris, druggists.
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