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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1896
Page
3
Iowa Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver argues the cheese bill protects consumers from adulterated dairy and counterfeits, presses for tax action against fraudulent practices, and defends dairy farmers while stressing food security and fair returns for producers amid a climate of deception.
In the Farmers Review inquiry the writer shares view on Black Langshans. They have been raised for eleven years and performed well for seven years without replacements. The birds are hardy and reach useful size, good winter layers, strong mothers, and quick to mature. Flesh is marbled making them suitable as a table fowl. December yield: from a flock not eighty hens produced fifty four dozen eggs. January yield: sixty two dozen eggs.
The Bureau of Animal Industry recommends disposing of diseased turkeys and hatching eggs from non infected areas, preferably the south. It advises early spring disinfection of roosts and droppings, liberal lime use, and a strong disinfectant mix of crude carbolic acid and crude sulphuric acid added slowly in cold water to create twenty gallons of solution.
The piece argues that lock raising requires experience and time to elevate a herd to high standards. It cautions against rushing to salvage profits, urging patience to achieve quality stock. It notes that investing capital to obtain superior animals can shorten the path to profit, while ordinary stock benefits from ample development time.
March record of 19 Brown Leghorn hens lays 407 eggs total, about 21.5 eggs per hen. Hens reported healthy and hatching. Detroit News mentions a social exchange between two men and ends with a light remark.
The Nebraska Irrigation Annual edited by A. G. Wolfenbarger receives praise as an indispensable handbook for farmers and capitalists. It covers humidity tables water rights river measurements by Prof. O. V. P. Stout, windmill and storage reservoir articles, irrigation law, and practical guidance on ponds and sub irrigation to optimize rainfall use and crop production.
Oklahoma agr icultural experiment station bulletin 18 discusses irrigation feasibility in the territory. It notes most farms will rely on well or storm-water pond sources rather than rivers, warns against overenthusiastic but inaccurate claims, and explains windmills as the practical lifting method. It covers water quality, storage needs, and the high water needs to replace rainfall.
W Y Park president of the New Nebraska irrigation fair writes from North Platte announcing a October 12 16 event. The fair aims to concentrate irrigation information and compare gravity ditches windmill and steam pumping systems with a showing of canals water resources and practical farmer experience. Buffalo Bill wild west show G A R reunion and other amusements will accompany the fair with growing applications for space and a planned grounds enforcement.
Evening gown suede gloves come in delicate shades to match costumes. Lengths are impressive and a jeweled butterfly fastener conceals a new convenient clasp. An iron clasp in the glove shade can be sewn to the sleeve to hold the glove in place. Selections include glace kid calling gloves with silver or gold embroidery and pearl gray with silver stitching.
A New York Post recipe advises making rhubarb and orange jam when prices drop and oranges are available. Prepare rhubarb, orange pulp, and juice with sugar, simmer to a thick mass, then cool in a waxed paper covered jar. An orange free rhubarb jam variant uses one pound sugar per pound fruit with lemon zest.
The author urges farmers to plant rutabagas and turnips on waste land to yield green fodder in August and September. He cites European practice of broadcasting root crops and using foliage as green food. A half pound of seed per acre, sown into cornfields, can produce two crops: corn and roots. Salter’s LaCrosse Mammoth Russian or Milk Globe varieties are recommended for best results.
An illustrated monthly publication named Corn Belt from the Chicago Burlington & Quincy R. A. invites readers to subscribe for one year at 25 cents in stamps. It aims to inform about farm lands in the western United States and is mailed from Chicago 200 Adams St.
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