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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1897
Page
3
Practical notes on pruning tomato vines tied to stakes with strings pinching off suckers to maximize fruit size and timing. Also coverage of roadside watering places aesthetic roadsides and guideposts reflecting cultured rural communities and related agricultural topics from The Country Gentle.
The gypsy moth eradication effort in Massachusetts progresses with care and scientific methods. The fight traces back to 1870 and 1889 with commissions and growing infestations, leading to state funding, police detail, and extensive tree inspections as control measures expand.
The article discusses Maltese donkeys in Jamaica, their 14 hands height, black coat with light under parts, and the Jamaica Maltese lineage from 1845. It contrasts American jack size with British types and notes driving mules in tropical regions. It also touches on corn crop waste uses and evolving cattle feeding practices and prices.
Major Alvord's work at the Maryland station shows cornstalk waste from mills can feed naval vessels. The pith mills convert waste into a new corn product, yielding digestible matter and protein comparable to or better than corn and wheat bran. It promises a market for stalks in farming and potential export use.
The article explains hydraulic barber chairs using a vertical piston, cylinder base, and oil pump operated by foot leverage. A single pressure lowers the chair by returning the piston to the reservoir, while raising it requires pumping oil into the cylinder. The piece also cites Dr James Cantlie in The Lancet on bubonic plague cases rising in Asia and its spread to Bombay.
A detailed 6 by 6 foot milkhouse design under grape arbor provides drainage and screening for cows on summer pasture. It explains water pumping, overflow and milk handling, plus notes feeding grain on pasture and how to adjust cream fat with skimmed milk and fat testing.
Cream selling forms a profitable but challenging part of the dairy business. Ice cream makers require 15–22 percent fat, dessert cream 25–30 percent, and extra heavy cream 35–50 percent. farms must test each batch to match trade demands and avoid overfattening.
Samuel Kenney a Pennsylvania born farmer who fought as a spy for Union forces amidst Civil War turmoil is confirmed dead after decades of uncertainty. A northern spy executed at Tollehomma Tenn. is identified, and kin in Dwight Illinois learn of the grim discovery as relatives travel to Tennessee to uncover further facts.
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