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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1895
Page
6
A Prairie Farmer illustrated piece describes a homemade hay elevator built from a straw stacker and sled, with two planks runners and a carrier elevated by tall uprights. It explains belt width, framing, and capacity. a Pennsylvania correspondent touts the trench method for potato cultivation, boosting yields by maintaining moisture, shallowly cultivating, and avoiding root damage.
A historical note argues eastern farmers can plant corn using horse power with minimal hand labor. It details implements needed, including a first class plow', a sidehill planter, a weeder, and a smoothing harrow. Emphasizes deep planting, timely weeding, and shallow cultivation. Also covers shade for wells and stock notes on Kentucky and Shire horses, plus a papier mache horseshoe invention.
A government irrigation board was organized to study the arid lands issue. Members include Mark Harrinstes, weather bureau chief. Charles Irish, irrigation inquiry chief. Milton Whiner, agriculture chief. Feenewe, forestry head. Gallo war, drainage chief. Charles Walcott, U S sealmeal survey director. Daniel Brown, topography official. and F Newell, geological survey chief.
A New Jersey melon note reports fertilizer mixes for melons using 150 pounds nitrate, 300 dried blood, 409 dressed salved sack, and 150 potash. Stable manure remains best for warmth and vigor.
An 19th century style overview describes drag performances and the spectacle at Madison Square Garden. It notes the appeal of liveried attendants to the spectator while criticizing the idea of Americans embracing such display. The piece discusses horse teams, tandem driving, and public fascination with the show. It mentions Stayy Lub Leoksk and the heavy harnessed wagons as part of the display.
New Yorkers favor a spectacular display with drag and tandem horoes high steppers between 15 and 16 hands. Favorites include matches in color or owners who prefer contrasting hues such as black and white or bay and gray.
In a single pen four Poland China pigs and two Duroc-Jersey hogs were fed to compare fattening. The red pigs outran the black pigs, with the once-starved pig about 80 pounds heavier than Chubby and 40 pounds heavier than the black hogs after 100 days. The author notes vigor and rapid fattening but warns some red pigs show poor feet and will guard breeding.
A plan described to ease butter sampling inserts a cork into a hole bored in the butter tab lid. The modification aims to let buyers and others sample by the lot without prying the lid. Details imply a corked trier mechanism to access the butter.
A government bulletin discusses the chalked up causes of milk souring by bacteria. It notes lactic organisms dominate in dairy environments and that different bacteria can cause milk fermentation in varying ways. The piece references Pasteur andLister’s work from the 1870s and remarks on milk sterilization, contamination, and environmental effects on fermentation.
G D Wheeler argues that dairy farmers face exploitation by middlemen and proposes forming a large stock company owned by 8000 to 6000 farmers. He outlines milk station pricing, potential butter and cheese processing, and suggests three capable New York men invest $50,000 each to manage affairs in New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City to stabilize prices. The plan envisions a $500,000 to $910,000,000 capital, with daily transparent accounts and anti fraud safeguards.
A Rural New Yorker excerpt extols Shorthorn dairy strains and beef milk tradeoffs, outlining economics of milk production, possible incomes per day, and costs. It notes Colorado as a favorable dairy region with oleomargarine spending and batter potential, plus tips on launching a dairy business including samples, marketing, and adding pigs or poultry. The Labock dairy show ties to a local industrial exposition with a German dairy exhibit, and emphasizes foreign machinery exhibits for American manufacturers.
The report describes plans for underwater coal mining off the Welsh coast and a precedent from Michigan. It notes potential start of operations, a harbor approach for ships, and the aim to reduce transport costs by bringing ore directly to ships.
A fragmentary excerpt discusses fetich worship among peasants, likening nine new moon nods and purse offerings to charms, and contrasts it with a gory tale of fetich objects and a peasant’s fate. It then notes Rhodes plans a memorial for 32 fallen men from Lobengola’s war, with medallion portraits near an African temple site in central Africa and a London temple graveyard.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss the abolition of days of grace in Pennsylvania and related legislative actions. Names and details are unclear, but reference to governors, inspectors, and appointed deputies appears amid garbled text. The piece hints at legal changes affecting dates and payable items, with several proper nouns partially legible.
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