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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1896
Page
6
An experienced farmer recounts decades of poultry and dairy work. He details breed trials, favoring Single Comb Brown Leghorns for eggs, broilers, and winter laying, plus his barn setup, diet, cleanliness, and marketing to New York. He notes high chick survival with disinfectants and selective breeding, and shares a simple ration formula.
Thomas Convey outlines balancing animal diets for optimal gain. He notes whole milk is near ideal stock food and stresses mixing condensed feeds with bulky for cud chewers. He warns against unbalanced elements and highlights hay quality, dry matter losses, and varied formulas for profitable rations using peas oats wheat bran corn silage in Wisconsin.
Wm M Smith describes a 25 year poultry hobby focusing on breed performance. He praises Black Spanish Brown Leghorns and Langshans with White Plymouth Rocks for marketing, notes crossbreds struggle, outlines feeding, housing, and market pattern, and recounts disease, lice, predators, and culling practices.
Bulletin from Maine Experiment Station highlights growing demand for fresh cream for domestic and export use. Trade has surpassed 150000 dollars annualy, with summer demand rising as butter supplies fall, prompting efforts to foster cream markets and stabilize dairy profits.
A compilation from Wilcox's Irrigation Farming explains when to irrigate and how to apply water across soils and crops. It covers flood and furrow systems, garden and orchard practices, timing to avoid plant scalding, night versus day irrigation effects, and tips for even moisture, soil deep soaking, and efficient water use.
A fragment discusses thick-soled shoes claimed to be warmer in winter and cooler in summer. It notes variations in fit, warns not to wear an ill fitting shoe, and mentions European sizing discrepancies with a reference to half and one-third size differences.
The article outlines the hazards of Maine lumbering from flying limbs and kicking trees to perilous mountain sledding. It details how steep slopes, long logs, and heavy teams threaten horses and teamsters as they haul logs down rugged grades, with loud warnings and frequent near misses.
Fred C. Heine, a German boatman, paddled his canoe-like craft through ice-choked water above the American rapids to Goat Island and back. Crowds watched as police warned him off state property before he completed the hazardous crossing with two American flags displayed.
A fashionable young hostess on 81st street grows mustard and cress in her dining room to serve as a naturalistic breakfast garnish. She seeds soaked flannel in a soup plate, waters twice daily, and by ten days the plate yields lush greens to eat fresh. This English-inspired fad delights uptown housekeepers and brightens the table.
An old gravestone inscription in Georgetown Maryland warns visitors to pause and reflect. It tells of a youth who pursued wealth, ignored the maker, fell to incurable disease, and faced judgment without mercy. The epitaph urges sinners to repent before death and despair.
A Detroit Tribune excerpt quotes the Colonel pondering a broad definition of "any and all circumstances" and a "good average figure" as a response to a horn of plenty analogy. He presses his brow, weighing limits and practicality in interpretation.
A compact aphorism asserts that no amount of darkness can erase light, framing light as an enduring counterforce to darkness. The line emphasizes resilience and optimism through metaphor.
Last week patent awards include A. H. Molgren and G. Elmen of Lincoln Nebraska with bicycle improvements and J. L. Smith of Valparaiso with a car coupling enhancement. Also listed are Boston a candle lamp inventor Cleveland color bicycle tube maker Brooklyn color photography color screen Sioux City kitchen implement Chicago Miss Estelle J Jennings Texas Mary E Wiggin Philadelphia James Freyne Philadelphia and William Storch Dane among others. Sues & Co. of Omaha offers patent assistance at the Bee Building.
The National Educational Association will hold its next annual meeting in Buffalo. The Michigan Central offers a round trip fare plus $2.00 membership. stamps for Notes for Teachers and a summer resort notebook are advertised. Also notes on investments and prompts about female bootblacks in Paris are mentioned in this mixed item.
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