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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1899
Page
3
An Ohio Farmer piece describes a simple inexpensive icehouse built from nine rough posts and planks. It explains layering ice with sawdust, a front door, sloped site drainage, and a battened roof. Vines on the exterior aid shade, keeping the structure cool and inexpensive to construct.
A practical guide describes storing ice without a building. Blocks are stacked in a favorable spot and covered with thick straw. In northern Ohio such stacks can last through the season, with an exterior straw wall and a thatched roof to shed water and keep the ice intact.
A New York reporter advises New York Ohio Farmer readers on winter marketing of celery cabbage and other produce. Techniques include packing celery in boxes with soil, blanching in dark cellars, watering via tubes, and transporting in wagons with blankets to prevent freezing. Stored cabbages onions turnips and squashes are kept in pits for winter sale and boxed for flexible sizing prices.
A veteran farmer discusses profitable cabbage, Hubbard squash, and onion crops for fall and winter storage, noting soil and crop choices, pricing, and crop rotations. He describes cabbage rot prevention, snow clearing with improvised tools, and methods to keep paths open. He also covers ice covering materials, feeding whey to pigs, and improving livestock feed value.
The London Illustrated News describes the Notable Stock Show at Islington attended by the Prince of Wales and other royals. Queen Victoria's lineage and prize awards feature prominently, with Lord Strathmore winning the centenary chief prize for an Aberdeen Angus heifer. The Smithfield Cattle and Sheep Society began in 1799, expanding through railways to 94 classes in 1898, offering substantial prize money and prestigious cups.
The Boston Cultivator reviews ensilage use for fattening cattle and sheep, noting water intake issues from damp feed, risks in cold weather, and the need for dry feed to prevent rises in flesh. It discusses feeding milk cows, breeding animals, and how silage affects different stock, plus tips on early winter corn stalk feeding. It also covers weighing stock, mating ewes with larger rams, and operating dairy separators efficiently.
JERSEY RECORD. Mend Acreage notes from Lowell Maes on Costa Rica cow tests over two years showing 19,194 pounds milk and varied fat and butter yields. Breeding lines trace through Upright 6147 and Laura Leo, with grand connections to notable dairy lineages. Also discussed are cheese demand lessons from a New York grocer and calf raising from skim milk experiments, plus export batter quality and market shifts in London.
A discussion on milk aeration and cooling warns farmers against adulteration and poor handling. The Cornell and New York State bulletins advise proper equipment and careful practices to preserve sweetness and quality, warning buyers to verify purity and report suspected fraud to authorities. Also notes Omaha mayor sent gilded keys to President McKinley with a playful remark.
A wartime anecdote recounts how a volunteer soldier’s wife adapts at home. She orders a surprise yacht visit, shells out the wife’s friends for a night away, and eventually helps arrange household items. The tale, told at dinner, contrasts the couple’s playful rivalry with the Enlisted man’s pride in service.
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