Wild miscellany hints at spring, society, and society
A sprawling column notes diverse tidbits from delivery men and motorists to Grandchildren of Napoleon in Los Angeles. It mentions fashion, money, and public life with quips about vacations for wives, Communal tax, and a New York jewelry theft.
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Eradicate Hog Louse Dipping Creoline Versus Lime and Sulphur
A veterinary guide explains hog louse, a blood sucking parasite on swine. Dipping hogs every ten days with creoline or lime and sulphur, cleaning housing, and using coal tar dips reduces infestation. Use warm dips, hard water when possible, and a properly designed dipping vat on large farms.
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Incubator Advice for Better Hatches and Poultry Health
The article counsels using reliable incubators and fresh strong eggs free of disease for higher hatch rates. It warns against weak hens and disease like roup. It recommends charcoal from cobs as a health booster and feeding charred corn after cooling, advised for about two weeks.
Beeda From Alaska Describes Future Farming Prospects
Beeda from Alaska envisions future farming potential as Alagka someday provides farmers. He argues lower altitude grain seeds will surpass home crops and references the Wheat Map of World as a symbol of higher civilization reflected in global grain production.
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Alaska
Water and Sheep Growth How Water Reduces Cost of Mutton
The article argues that ample water for sheep and pasture increases moisture, reduces dry matter, and lowers production costs. It asserts water is essential for bodily function, blood content, nourishment, and removal of impurities, and that constant access to water improves growth and efficiency.
Cull Out Undesirable Hens In Poultry Management
A Poultry Journal article urges culling undesirable hens from flocks. After breeding, select profitable two year olds for breeding, and continue year round culling based on production and behavior such as feather pullers and egg eaters to maximize profits.
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Homemade lawn roller instructions for moles
Farm and Home recommends a heavy homemade lawn roller to keep lawns in shape and deter moles. A practical roller can be cement based with a gaspipe axle and handles, weighing about 200 pounds and two feet long.
Do Not Feed Moldy Corn To Horses
Moldy corn causes blind staggers in horses and should never be fed. It also harms overall physical condition and pasture safety in fields with moldy corn. The text notes frequent disease in wear and warns about using stalk fields with moldy corn. It adds that bran is used more than brawn in livestock and that hogs and corn alone are unprofitable.
Theatrical Angels and Wings In Money Files
A fragment remark ponders if theatrical angels possess wings and claims their money files reveal this odd inquiry. The odd source wording blends speculation with finance themed imagery, suggesting a playful or cryptic note rather than a formal report.
Judge Miller Credits Dodds Kidney Pills for Recovery
Gray County Probate Judge Philip Miller of Cimarron Kansas reports six years of heart trouble and kidney issues relieved after taking Dodds Kidney Pills for about a year He claims heart symptoms subsided and stamina returned and invites readers to publish his letter along with an offer for free household hints music and recipes from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo New York.
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Stolen Kiss Reclaimed in Quiet Exchange
In a terse exchange a man asks to return a kiss he took last night while a woman confirms it should be restored. The dialogue centers on consent and reconciliation following a moment of affection.
Paradoxical remark on crime and excuses sparks debate
A quotation about crime legality and motive circulates, suggesting there is generally a warrant for crime even without excuse. The exchange highlights conflicting views on punishment and justification within public discourse.
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Cuckoo Clock Strain Amid Kitchen Cat Stir
In a rustic scene Bridget notes a strange cat by the kitchen as the clock ticks. The chatter speaks of a cuckoo clock and a startled bird inside fearing the intruder.
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Intensive Gardening Confession in Soap Box Geranium
An exchange recounts Mrs Hoerake answering a visitor about belief in intensive gardening. She replies she spent last winter tending a single geranium planted in a soap box, illustrating frugal, focused horticulture.
Stalling Banter Over Green Strawberries At The Market
A terse exchange features a dealer offering strawberries at a quarter a box. The buyer notes the fruit looks green and poor, with the dealer insisting it won’t harm anyone despite the small quantity.
Definition of Dry Farming by FB R Parsons
The article discusses moisture conservation in dry farming, stressing moisture accumulation before conservation and evaluating mulch use. It covers mulch depth, crusting, wind effects, deep plowing to prevent crust, mulch types for arid California-like climates, and the role of topsoil as mulch, asserting fallowing before planting improves yields.
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California
Drouth
Benefits of Deep Plowing and Moisture Retention
The article argues deeper plowing leaves more soil for crops, preventing crust formation and aiding drought resilience. Shallow plowing dries surface layers quickly, while deeper tillage preserves six inches of workable soil, with packing increasing conductivity but reducing moisture retention.
Best Bushel of Dry Wheat at International Dry Farming Meet
At the Seventh International Dry Farming congress in October 183 competitors entered the $2500 traction engine sweepstake for best bushel of hard wheat. Henry Holmes of Raymond, Minnesota won with 400 bushels of Marquis seed wheat valued at $40 per bushel, declining $1000 offered for the winning bushel and distributing it to agriculturists and officials. A note warns that draft from sleeping is harmful to sow condition.
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Raymond
Alts
Expensive Library Joke From Ingersoll Interview
The anecdote recalls journalist questions to Robert Ingersoll about his infidel library. He quips the collection cost him the governorship of Illinois and possibly the presidency, highlighting his provocative stance and public persona.
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Mr. Ingersoll
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United States
Ladies’ Home Journal
Quotations and Q&A Exchange from The Baltimore American
A page feature presents humorous exchanges and witticisms including a line about two men named Cannon and Ball with a pun on firing and bouncing. A joke about calling a parent “mop” leads to a playful retort. Cincinnati Inquirer contributes a quip about a black eye and truthfulness in a mock interview.
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One Comfort Maud Hag Promise Echoed by Friend
A fragment shows a man recounting a promise of marriage from Maud Hag. His friend consoles him noting that women often break such promises, reflecting that assurances of wedlock were common but uncertain.
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Seven Reasons to Strike Versus One Dissenting Voice
A pamphlet debate presents seven reasons to strike contrasted with a single opposing reason. The exchange reflects tensions in labor discourse with vivid street vernacular and local opinion rhetoric.
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London
Frustrated sermon links world flesh and devil
A religious speaker references a sequence of topics starting with the world then flesh and hints at next exploring the devil. The remarks frame a moral progression aimed at the audience.
High Finance and Gasoline Victim Bits in Detroit Free Press
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press shows a line about Brown borrowing ten dollars and a reply about not letting him have it. It mentions Eurala treated for auto intoxication and a judge referencing the automobile incident amid a garbled gun story.
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