Farm Advice And Practices From An Agricultural Journal
Reader guidance on farm management covers breeding for health and vigor, feeding values for crops and animals, proper seed bed prep, insect control, and the benefits of exercise and fresh air. It highlights crop rotation, manure handling, and market notes on nuts and dairy income with a practical farming tone.
Plan for hatching season and farm stock care
Practical guide on winter poultry and cattle management. Emphasizes keeping hens busy, balanced feeding, warmth with fresh air, profitable dairy stock, timely egg collection, and using by products wisely. Advises shelter, pasture, and careful breeding to maximize profits and health of livestock.
Protect the Young Chicks in Covered Coops and Yards
Farm and Home advises protecting young chicks from birds and predators with enclosed coops and shaded yards. Build 20 by 40 foot yards with 1 inch mesh on the first three feet and two inch mesh above, burying edges to stop digging. Attach small covered yards to brooders and move coops daily for fresh grass.
Feed Hopper for Poultry Demonstrates Multi Feed Tray Design
A diagrammed hopper for poultry feed shows internal partitions to dispense several kinds of feed from one unit. Constructed from four boards, the sides form an open-bottom tray that auto-refills as grain is consumed, with a narrow tray width to prevent hens from trampling the grain.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Spring Health Cure
Hood's Sarsaparilla claims unique medicinal merit for spring humors caused by harsh winter living. It promotes blood cleansing and system restoration with over twenty ingredients and offers liquid or Sarsatabs. Do not substitute.
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Hood
Follation Cause of Disease in Poultry Yards
A rural health note explains why crowded poultry yards breed disease. Pollution from a year's worth of birds in one enclosure contaminates ground and house, requiring long cleanup. Dividing adjacent grounds and rotating crops with deep plowing reduces illness and pollution.
Exercise for Fowls Encourages Outdoor Foraging
The piece advises giving fowls ample exercise to obtain their food rather than overfeeding. It promotes active foraging as a healthier practice for poultry.
Green Foods for Chickens Card
Instructions to build a green feed holder for fowls using a wooden back, two 24 inch ends, and a hinged front with leather straps. Cover with coarse mesh wire and hang high to prevent roosting while allowing feeding of clover grass or chopped cabbage without soil contamination.
Geese Said More Profitable Than Chickens and Turkeys
The article argues geese are more profitable than chickens or turkeys due to lower feed and labor needs. Geese mainly feed on grass weeds clover and alfalfa, reducing costs and care compared with other fowls.
Poultry Health and Feeding Tips From an Old Guide
A 古 guide extols balanced poultry diets to avoid excess fat and liver trouble. It warns against sole corn feeding, stresses green forage for geese, clean housing, sunlight to deter mites, and the trap nest to separate layers. It also notes using beet for fowls and the value of a proper incubator and varied feed.
Chauffeur Warned Passengers With False Teeth On Bad Road
Pretty Thais X, a New York vaudeville star, rushed to Vermont to visit a sick mother. A hired car sped along rough roads and the chauffeur asked if she wore false teeth to avoid accidents on the dangerous trip.
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Thais X
New York
Vermont
Dale
Thals X
Barmaids Shortage in South Australia Impacts Hotels
South Australia faces a barmaid famine after an 1890s act abolished new engagements two years ago. About 400 barmaids remain, causing wage rises from 26 shillings to £3 weekly. Hotels relying on bar staff report worse receipts due to the shortage.
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South Australia
Tey
Dog Dies From Grief at Master’s Funeral
A fox terrier in Villeneuve Saint-Georges mourned his master Constantin who died of lung congestion. The dog refused food and lingered at the cemetery moaning at the tomb until it too died, reported by le Figaro.
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Villeneuve- Saint-Georges
Constantin
M. Constantin
le Figaro
Forty Years No Doctor for Etna Resident Hamilton
B R Hamilton has lived near Etna for forty years with no doctor ever summoned to his home. He notes periods of hunger in the past but claims the family was never sick, despite his long residence and large family. The Portland Oregonian reports his record.
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Etna
B. R. Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Portland Oregonian
Outlandish remedy quoted in cautious banter
A frail man says he must sleep outside and a friend reassures him with humor about landlord approval. The exchange reflects a lighthearted discussion of hardship and resilience.
Woman of 70 credits Grape Nuts for renewed vigor
A widow once married to Ohio's celebrated editor and political figure says at 70 she is stronger than many in her age. She attributes health and vigor to Grape Nuts food after long stomach issues and failing cereals. The testimonial appears in a Postum Co. letter and references The Rozg to Wellville book.
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Ohio
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Cure for Severe Eye Disease Promoted by Cuticura
A letter from Mrs. Julia Csepicska of St. Louis describes her sister’s eye infection worsening until treated with Cuticura products. She reports clearing swelling, mucus, and watering within weeks, with improved vision after six weeks.
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Julia Csepicska
Utah
St. St. Louis, Mo
Railroading and Dancing
Stuart C. Leake a major Richmond Virginia railroad manager is praised as a top southern dancer. A branch failure awakens the president who quips Leake was “Leauine a german,” calling it a dirty Irish trick in a Popular Magazine excerpt.
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Stuart C. Leake
Richmond
Leake
Leauine
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad for Foot Powder
Antiseptic powder for feet to treat corns bunions ingrowing nails swelling sweating blisters and callous spots. Bold everywhere. 25c. Free sample. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Boy New York.
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Allen
Rample
Olmsted
le Boy
N.Y
Weigh and Consider: Bacon Quote as Guide
A concise note presents Bacon's call to weigh and reflect rather than accept or argue, urging careful judgment and thoughtful scrutiny of ideas. It frames rational examination as a disciplined approach to understanding.
Wizard Oil Promises Cure for Cold Suffering
An advertisement claims Haml ns Wizard Oil cures consumptives and colds. It urges readers to rub the oil on the chest to draw out inflammation, promoting a quick relief from the illness.
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Haml
Executive ability to delegate work to capable hands
The saying highlights that leadership hinges on finding a person to perform tasks and allowing them to execute. It notes many can identify the work but fail to empower others to carry it out.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Introduced Forty Years Ago
A historical note recalls Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first marketed four decades ago as a sugar coated remedy claimed to regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels through tiny granules.
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Dr. Pierce
Garfield Tea Promotes Healthful Herbal Laxative Claim
Nature's laxative Garfield Tea is described as made from clean sweet herbs. The statement cites cleanliness as a virtue with a signature line by Joan Wesley.
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Joan Wesley
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