Notable Yet Uncommon Garden Treasures for Southern New York
A farmer's guide highlights vegetables rarely grown in northern plots such as okra and Brussels sprouts, plus salad greens like fetticus endive and chicory. It extols spinach dandelion and kohlrabi, notes easy cultivation, extended yields through winter storage, and links these choices to richer table variety. It also covers poultry and geese breeding to improve stock, recommends February start for geese laying, and praises ducks for rapid growth and economic meat production.
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New York
France
G. Fowler
New England
Green bones boost winter egg production in farm setting
The article explains using green bones and kitchen waste to feed hens for higher egg output in winter. It advises a measured regime including a morning mash in a trough, greens, and limited wheat, plus a controlled fattening plan with mashed potatoes and corn meal, cleaned coops, and regular feeding intervals.
Keep the hens busy for steady egg production
The note urges constant activity for hens to prevent idleness from reducing egg output. It emphasizes that busy hens lay more and warns against repetitive idling as wasteful for productivity.
Dairy Farmers encouraged to grow roots for winter feed
The Iowa Experiment Station Bulletin urges expanding root crops to supplement dairy cattle diet during winter. It highlights silage, root crops, and carrots as key feeds, noting three main stock crops: red or yellow globe mangels, golden tankard mangels, strap leaf flat turnip, plus a white or yellow carrot for horses.
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Iowa Experiment Station Bulletin
Best sitter hens and cross breeds for brooding
George O. Wood suggests a medium sized hen with smooth shanks as the best sitter since feathered leg varieties tend to break eggs. Nervous hens should be avoided as they fly from nests and cause damage. Old barnyard fowls are still reliable sitters though scarce. Leg horn crosses make good sitters. Handle sitting hens gently at first to build docility after they learn they will not be hurt.
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George O. Wood
Farm News
The World of Dress Origins and Early Fashion Terms
Frieze was once falding and silk brocades entered men's dress. Paris saw heels in 1527, while hand-ruffs called ruffles for wrists. Chaucer times refer to gowns as cote and aprons as barme cloth, with English gloves sold across Europe by 1247.
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Paris
Chaucer
Europe
Timely Topics and Odd Facts From 19th Century Notes
A collage of curiosities: British Museum shelves, a New York cafe raffle sign, subcutaneous injections for insanity, Baltimore population figures, German prison counts for drunken crimes, Thames mud ammonia, dew detection at sea, hollow steel billiard balls in Stockholm, and lathes shaping them.
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British Museum
London
New York
Baltimore
Germany
Mqnor
Thames
Stockholm
Ambitious talk reveals child’s future plans
In a brief dialogue a child asks about future careers. The talk ends with a comment about a syndicate controlling money nowadays, as the father and child discuss possibilities.
Looked Like It New Girl Engagement Rumor
A caller reports a rumor about a new girl and engagement at home. The exchange mentions a crush and social chatter, with slang reflecting a rural or old-time voice.
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Sweetie
Digestive health in old times with Stomach Bitters remedy
The excerpt emphasizes maintaining orderly bowels through measures to keep them functioning. It suggests Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a mild effective remedy for dyspepsia, malaria, rheumatism, liver issues, and kidney troubles. The tone mirrors early medical advertising urging regular use for various ailments.
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Wuich
Electrician Confesses Seen in Action in Old Tale
Dialogue reveals a character named Jones admitting no prior action, while another recalls a father mentioning charging the batteries, establishing the speaker as an electrician in the scene.
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Mr. Jones
Drs Green & Sons Advertise Dropsy Cure
Atlanta physicians claim to be the greatest dropsy specialists and offer a purely vegetable preparation that removes dropsy rapidly. Ten days of treatment mailed to every sufferer, with an advertisement in another column.
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H. H. Green & Sons
Atlanta
Hood's Sarsaparilla Advocated for Spring Health
A reader-widely quoted admonishes for women to fight spring household dust and fatigue. It argues depletion of the blood causes weakness and nervousness and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy to vitalize the blood and restore strength.
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Hood
Hood's Sarsaparilla Endorsed for Health and Vitality
Mrs. F. H. Anpurns of Woodstock Connecticut credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with sustaining nerves and bodily functions, aiding house cleaning and farm work, and helping heart palpitations. She also praises Hood's Pills as the best she tried and urges others to get Hood's.
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Hood
F. H. Anpurns
Woodstock
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