Experimental farming notes from Canadian and Michigan stations
The Canadian experiment reports best results with 72 inch by 2 foot spacing for palate sets. Michigan station notes pecan trees from Iowa nuts thrive at South Flint since 1890 and are hardy. Sheep graze on loco weeds with caution, and cow cockle spreads rapidly in the northwest as a major weed. Beware of counterfeit remedies, and consider DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for healing.
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Michigan
South Fliven
The Farm Hens A Guide for the Ordinary Farmer
A practical guide explains keeping 100 to 150 hens as a feasible operation for a typical farmer with family help. It stresses not exceeding flock size, proper management, and steady profits of about 1 to 1.60 dollars per year after feed costs. The text outlines winter rations to maintain egg output and overall flock health.
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Jey Es
Farm Journal
Brit Sa
Tate
Ping
Piesa
Pain Balm Endorsed Liniment for Strains in Deer Park
A Deer Park Long Island merchant endorses Chamberlain's Pain Balm as the test liniment for strains citing swift relief from a severe winter lameness. The ad promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, Foley's Kidney Cure, Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, and other products with various testimonials and prices.
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F. H. Well
Deer Park Long Island NY
Chamberlain
L. Burns
Quack Remedies and Odd Notices Clip
A noisy mix of sensational ads and odd anecdotes. Claims for Koley's Honey and Par costs relief for asthma and consumption, plus notes on DeWitt's Little Early Risers for liver and bowel issues. Also a Chicago claim for a whistling bird and a desperate help-wanted line offering high pay, followed by a cold cure ad for Laxative Broth Quinine Tablets and a flippant closing line about flattery.
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Koley
Hodgepodge of ads and jokes from old newspapers
A collage of quips and skits including DeWitts Little Early Risers pills praise, a chorus of streetwise asides, a jailhouse disguise anecdote, a bargain swap gag, hog farming notes in the Northwest, and praise for DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for cuts burns and scalds.
Bad Guess Doctor to Patient Exchange
A humorous dialogue captures a doctor urging more walking while the patient jokes he’s a postal worker. The scene riffs on exercise advice and a playful self identity.
Protective Hay Cover From Simple Farm Materials
A farmer’s Ohio tip outlines a cheap hay cover made from 16 foot two by fours cut and joined to form a roof like shelter. Sections stack eight feet high and are bolted at the apex, with weights or stakes securing the ends to protect hay from moisture and spoilage.
Feeding young pigs on indigestible bran and rough lusk
The article warns that concentrated foods high in indigestible woody fiber irritate pig stomachs and cause indigestion and scours in piglets under five months. It advises avoiding bran heavy mixes and recommends high quality shorts or middlings with ground oats or barley, plus skimmed milk after weaning for best results.
Market Prices for Poultry and Grains
Corrected by N.A. Timmons the list shows prices for pot turkeys chickens old cocks springs oldtoms ducks geese butter eggs per c and corn yellow corn white oats mixed and oats white with corrected rates by the Otterleir.
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Otterleir
A Poor Millionaire Latchy and Early Life Pills
A London vignette notes a poor millionaire who starved rather than divise his fond. It suggests Dr King’s New Life Pills could have helped by boosting digestion and appetite, priced at 250 with money back if unsatisfied. A tropical African bean discovery is mentioned and a Boston correspondent touts Banner Salve curing a facial sore after one application.
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London
Dr. King
Oklahoma Tree Planting and Farm Notes From Archives
The item discusses Oklahoma tree planting options with species like white elm Green ash mulberry catalpa locust hackberry and walnuts. It notes limited upland planting, references beets and dairy economics, and cites farm journal commentary on cattle feeding costs and calf value. The text is fragmented and combines horticulture with farm economics.
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Oklahoma
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Indiana
Eve
Atk
Lafayette
Ind
Kentucky
Banner Salve
Deewitt
Philadelphia Telegraph
New York Evening Journal
Ban Knot
Prioz
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Shence
Foley
Stent
J. A. Welly
Amioss
United States
Tesus
Mr. Kelly
Tenderson
N.C
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Senior Quay
DeWitt
Ciitago Amin
Teale W la
Doe
Salaary
Standard House
Ormer Chienge
Rollingstone
Philadelphia Record
Detroit
Free Press
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Pacific Northwest
L Larus
Jlyry Market
Wwe
Grain Market
Africa
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Jas. Ambertat
Delt QO
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R. R
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Peoria
Tipton
Perne
Rochester
la Port
Michigan City
Western Express
Keansas City
Sit Perver Limited
Ihe
Astern
Monete
Tadianapals
Stadiy
Gramianar
Gol Trattie Myr
Cleveland
FE. Daly
W. B. Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup Company
Monticello
DrWrirr & Co
I. Ww
Harper Kentucky Whiskey
P. Tb. Ward
Uunes
Nothi
Major Cement CO
York
PAO Amet
Eadost
Buffalo
N.Y
Tie
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Indianapelis
Rock Mountain
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