25 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
1
The text speaks of songs that rise with a restless pulse and arrive like a benediction after prayer. It recalls reading from a treasured volume and the poem of thy choice, leading to the rhyme of the poet and the beauty of thy voice.
Polly Marshall, a telegraph operator and train engineer, thwarts robbers attacking the S and C C Railroad express at Kane Creek. She guides her engine to safety, blasts to Mercer for help, and aids in recapturing the bandits, earning acknowledgment and a promotion while her father recovers.
A sailor on an island builds a wheelbarrow from wreck wood using careful lamination and true circles. Instructions detail making the axle, handles, and braces with a broomstick axle and wooden blocks. The article also mentions a teetotum toy from cardboard and describes gypsum sands on the San Augustin plain in southern New Mexico and a note on the right hand for a wedding ring.
Farmers should keep a small flock of sheep to consume waste materials and gain a solid first year return. Roadside neglect harms crops. landowners must manage weeds along roadsides by mowing and burning to prevent seed spread and deter future infestations.
The Cultivator discusses green manuring, noting it benefits light sandy soils lacking nitrogen or porous soils, but can harm when soils are low and wet or acidic without lime. It cites lime, phosphate, potash, and wood ashes as aids and praises green manuring on limestone soils and recently cleared land.
A poultry structure made entirely of oll cloth serves as a temporary chick run. The warm, sunlit addition is designed to be easily assembled and taken down for spring use.
The text discusses building a 12 by 6 by 8 feet main structure with a 12 by 6 by 6 foot cloth run, plus a raised floor leaving space underneath. It praises straw and oilcloth for bedding and manure absorption, suggests cutting straw with an ensilage cutter, and notes shredded corn stalks as effective. It ends with Darwin’s claim of insanity among animals and a remark about the King of Greece enjoying field recreation.
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