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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1894
Page
3
The article explains bee colony work from comb construction to egg laying. Bees cluster to secrete wax plates, then build the comb as the queen lays eggs in cells. A guard of 12 workers escorts the queen who lays worker eggs for 11 months before drones, with royal cells built while continuing drone eggs.
A historical note explains how bees produce a queen from a worker egg, with workers feeding maggots, cocooning, and the queen emerging on the twenty-first day while drones appear later. a lost queen halts hive work and may force bees to join another hive or perish. Also discussed are tobacco varieties at the Alabama station in Auburn, Cuban types maturing early but coarse leaves unsuitable for wrappers, and Virginia North Carolina and Connecticut types maturing later with some chewing tobacco potential. a cigar-making test shows 120 to 185 smaller units weighing 2 pounds and 69 to 89 larger units per pound, illustrating potential profits from cigar leaf.
In a few days labor squads will begin construction on the Metropolitan Southern Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Linden Station to near the Chain Bridge, three miles west of Georgetown. The line will curve west of Washington and aim to connect with the B and O toward the South.
A North Carolina letter argues girdling for land clearing, noting quick work and long term cost savings, with options to reuse timber for rails and fuel. It describes rotation and returning to crops, plus rough costs per acre and the favorable, if sentimental, aspects of the method.
Agricultural News and Notes reports on a weed killer device using an old saw blade on a raiseable frame. It covers crop notes from Germany’s hop yield to carrot and onion soil prep, potato disease prevention with Bordeaux mixture, and use of insecticides like Paris green and London purple.
A detailed account discusses an elegant Arabian stallion owned in Wisconsin and the Nedjid Hedjaz sire Gadir. It covers Arabian breed traits, historical tales of Bedouin captives, and comparisons to the Morgan horse, plus livestock advice for February, including cattle, sheep, sows, and pig care, feeding, and shelter.
An advertisement pledges a guaranteed remedy with a fair trial and money back guarantee. It notes Dr. King's New Discovery as reliable and offers trial bottles free at Garrett Theatre and a 500 size groundhog proverb referenced in the West setting.
County correspondent reports local deaths and church events. Rev. R M Moore preached on St John while Ernest A Zeigler filled Barnearile School in Warren Price’s absence. Sickness spread through the area and Allan Ormes suffered a severe accident but improves slowly. Frequent visits, wagon loads of goods, and village travels fill Pleasant Hill and Daysville sections.
An ad proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilla as a trustworthy medicine offering complete care and honest advertising and truly fair presentation to consumers.
The text describes bubble blowing methods and a sleight of hand technique using soapy water to create a large rainbow bubble, followed by a fragment mentioning a man near Chancery Lane, and sections on Brace the Nerves and Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters praising nerve quieting and digestive support.
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