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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1897
Page
7
Rural New Yorker readers proposed portable fencing relying on panels of wood or wire anchored by triangular supports at post locations. The illustration shows the common fence type using this simple post arrangement for stability.
An Indiana farmer promotes a fast erecting hog fence using a single plank and barbed wire, plus stake driven posts and a simple wire loop key. The text also outlines best manures for asparagus, recommending soil-based fertilizer choices, ashes or potash, bone meal, and nitrate applications to boost early growth and root reserves.
An eastern Country Gentleman correspondent advises corn as the primary forage for fall and winter, detailing drill planting, repeated cultivation, and weed control. It also covers mangels, suggesting 30 to 40 tons per acre with careful preliminary soil work, and underutilized ground to be sown with a peas barley and rye mixture by mid August.
The article advises keeping land covered through the season with young vigorous plants after corn used for ensilage. It suggests starting a second crop when the last cultivation occurs, using tornip seed, crimson clover, barley and peas. Final cultivation should be two weeks after the usual laying by of the corn to maximize fall feed from the same land.
The state geologist studies Holland dikes and drainage and suggests diking and draining the Hackensack and Newark salt meadows totaling 27 000 acres. If cultivated they would be highly valuable due to proximity to New York and other cities. An Early Potato named Bovee shows promising yields at stations and the Pennsylvania station. Roves is listed among the first Earlies and claimed to be a heavy croper.
Guidance on sowing mangels early in spring to secure good stands, notes on drought risks, and variety performance with Mam moth Long Red and Yellow Droid. Also reports on the Campbell Method for wheat, a Texas Farm and Ranch claim of high yields, and a simple garden marker design using tracer wheels.
Senator Gallinger pushes a 315 006 dollar appropriation for a New Hampshire fish hatchery while Massachusetts funds a major tuberculosis eradication effort with 250 000 dollars. The piece also notes Massachusetts prizes for school gardens and horticultural classes, plus a sensational claim about an inextinguishable fire discovered by John Floyd.
A Texas experiment at a college dairy herd discusses efforts to control cattle ticks known for Texas fever. The article reviews past prevention ideas such as pasture timing and sulphur treatments, and highlights a shift to post infestation remedies. After years of trial the station finds cottonseed oil in Dip Dip Dip most effective for destroying attached ticks.
A reader asks how to feed two 1100 pound horses for barn work using oats corn hay and grasses. The writer notes hay quality and dust, advises not overfeeding hay, and states grain needs vary by horse, work type and digestion. Oats are preferred for nerve and muscle. daily feeding should be set at what the horses will eat in an hour plus four quarts split morning and night.
Article describes a 5,600 gallon cattle dipping vat engineered by Mr. R. J. Eleburg of Alize Texas to treat range cattle. Cattle enter via shoot, swim the vat, and stand on a platform to drain. Cottonseed oil mixed with water aims to destroy ticks without skin irritation, with salt added to improve performance.
An early dramatic letter or stage piece mocks bachelor bravado as a speaker pleads for a rival’s blessing in love. The speaker laments skepticism from rivals, addresses an unknown beloved, and pleads for gentle rejection if love is not returned.
The National Butter Makers Association awarded two Best Butter Medals for creamery butter and dairy butter. Each medal, draped with a national flag above a butter tub, cost 50 dollars but is valued far higher by its fortunate recipient.
F A Leighton reports from Philadelphia on butter prices through commission men vs wholesale grocers. He urges creamery men west to use parchment properly, reveals ripening of cream as key, and notes milk supply must stay steady year round to prevent price swings.
The article emphasizes distributing fresh cows year round to aid shippers, using soiling crops like oats and barley, and reducing costs through efficient processes. It critiques aging equipment, urges waste management, and stresses cleanliness and udder washing for dairy health, citing practices from Denmark and Germany and data from Elgin board of trade.
A Rochester Union and Advertiser feature explains the rubber manufacturing chain from Brazilian raw material to finished bulbs used in syringes and atomizers. It covers mixing with pigments, rolling into sheets, forming tubes, vulcanizing, assembling necks, seam knitting, mold curing, and final polishing for market. It notes hand and machine work, pattern cutting, and the role of chalk, talc, and ammonia during finishing.
The text describes a mysterious bovine illness starting with a blister at the udder tip and spreading upward to destroy the organ, killing high-producing cows. It cites an authority blaming winter stall confinement and rich feeding with poor ventilation as the cause, noting no remedy exists once symptoms begin.
A New York Times report notes that co operative banks in Ausssachugens have formed a four mate league amid strong opposition to state banking reforms. The league holds a vital stock of about £12,665,080 and defends current rules on deposits early withdrawal profits, arguing reforms would harm depositors and that cooperatives educate thrift alongside churches and schools.
A dialogue hints at the superiority of a republic over monarchy as a question of government form. The line about the "Kingdom of heaven" is contrasted with calls for peace, noting tension between inciting war and favoring peace.
Historical note describes attempts by Ericsson to use solar heat to power machinery. A curved mirror concentrated sun rays onto a water filled pipe to generate steam, driving a steam engine that powered four printing presses.
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