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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1900
Page
7
A scientific demonstration by J. A. Hummel compares oleomargarine and renovated butter using nickel prisms and microscope plates to reveal crystalline patterns. Tests across dairy samples and milk experts weigh the butter substitutes, while foreign cheeses and hog breeding discuss quality, origin, and profitability in a wide survey of food matters.
The article extols the soy bean as richer in protein than oil meal and soil improver. It notes costs per bushel and per ton, potential milk yield increases in dairy cows, faster growth in young stock, and fatter gains in hogs. Guidance covers planting, row spacing, shallow surface planting, harvesting before full ripeness, and equipment adaptations.
The cultural department notes a settlement of a dispute among milk buyers and cow producers. Illinois State cultural college announces a development in the controversy over cows on stage and milk sales.
L A Spies of St Jacobs told the Eighteenth district institute and Fayette county farmers institute in Vandalia Illinois that he has earned enough in dairying to retire and live comfortably. He credits success to cow selection breeding, generous feeding and milk marketing while using all corn crop as feed or in the silo. He urges new dairymen to visit successful producers before investing in sows or equipment.
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent reports that Georgia and Alabama farmers are embracing a piney woods cattle boom. Western buyers scour the region for cattle, paying high prices for previously valueless stock. Railroads haul vast shipments west to be fattened and sold to slaughterhouses, marking a rapid shift in rural prosperity.
Instructions cover planting times from April to May in New York area, sowing depth, spacing, irrigation, soil preparation, transplanting versus direct field transfer, and the impact of manures and fertilizers. It notes typical yields, costs, and regional contract prices, plus comparative export data for British live stock and a farmer’s anecdote on sweet corn mixing with field corn.
A study of hog behavior describes how hogs bed down during cold weather and defend themselves with nesting, while pigs respond to distinct calls and horns for feeding. The piece notes lean pigs as active foragers, various training anecdotes, and the skill of evading barriers like fences and barbed wire. It also covers breeding choices for ewes, lamb production, and selecting lambs for milking, growth, and fleece traits, ending with a report on the California russet potato’s price and rot resistance in Philadelphia markets.
The article discusses seasonal coat changes in carriage horses and methods to avoid coat damage during shedding. It describes calf rearing advances with a bottle feeder inspired by infant use to ease weaning. It also notes casein’s diverse modern applications including artificial ivory lactite, cooking substitutes, cement, and use in whitewashing and textile color thickening.
A Financial-Opinion style column laments the public and oleomargarine makers failing to be honest in labeling butter substitutes. It insists that when given a chance to be honest they chose counterfeit labeling, and argues that if honesty is refused, force must compel it.
A sermon outlines Jesus parables on the sower and the soils, explaining how different hearers respond to the word of God. It identifies wayside, rocky, thorny, and good ground hearers, noting only the latter produce fruit and urging wholehearted discipleship and reliance on divine power for lasting fruit.
In a strained exchange the man asks for a stone and the woman bitterly recalls her plea for a diamond. He realizes peace in the family hinges on delivering the gem, a line drawn from a Chicago Post caption-like excerpt.
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