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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1893
Page
7
Advice on creating durable, low maintenance farm walks using coal ash, sand, gravel, or plank paths. Describes curved layout from road to house, sod removal, and filling with suitable materials. Details a Woodbanks example with two inch by ten inch planks and weed control by hoe or spade, plus spring soil leveling and weed care.
A farmer explains moth control in stored honeycomb using zero weather to destroy all moth stages and a sealed cellar to prevent reinfestation. He details removing infested combs with a needle, repeated over weeks until no moths remain, aided by a wire-gauze covered window.
A father visits his son at college and remarks on fencing. He urges practical work building stone fences to benefit their local area rather than rail fencing, reflecting regional needs and values.
A Breeder's Gazette image shows a valuable hackney aboard a ship headed for the United States with luxurious quarters for the horse. The piece contrasts the comfort of the equine passenger with steerage conditions for humans and notes precautions to protect the horse during rough seas. It also includes a long agricultural aside on lamb farming, feeding, and breeding practices.
Bulletin No. 25 from the Mississippi Agricultural College gives guidance by Dr. Tait Butler on colic causes and preventives. It emphasizes irregular feeding, advises pure water, regular watering before feeding, and caution with oats, corn, and hay. It outlines feeding quantities, timing around work, and gradual changes, plus a routine watering schedule to reduce mule losses. It warns against foul water and stresses the need for ample clean water for all work stock.
Instructions outline cheese making stages from heating milk to curd cutting, pressing, and aging. Includes vat temperatures around 86 88 degrees, salting rates per 1000 pounds of milk, pressing times, curing room temps 60 65 degrees, and hygienic practices. Also comments on dairy equipment quality and general farm dairy notes from Hoard's Dairyman.
Fragmentary OCR style item cites a customer seeking relief for 17 years of misery. A Tribune quote mocks Biggs about salary versus debt, noting his wife buys everything on bargain. Source tone mirrors a satirical press exchange from Chicago Inter Ocean.
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