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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1876
Page
7
Compact reader notes include recipes for cake wafers bread omelette and shortcake guidance on cow salt feeding in spring and strawberry preserving. Also remarks on stock health nutrition meat and oats tea, beets for animals, and a feature on moose and wildlife in northern New York with Governor Seymour’s moose shot as a lore highlight.
Analysis of soil absorption by type shows fertile East Lothian soil gaining 18 pounds moisture per 1000 pounds dry soil in an hour while calcareous sand and loams vary. Drier or more porous soils better support tillage. underdraining aids water management. Emphasis on improving air and moisture exchange through tillage and mix of organic mold sand clay lime to enhance crop returns.
A reader recounts a Dutch farmer's method to preserve imperfect cabbage crops by digging a deep trench, placing heads close together, then covering with boards brush and earth. In spring the cabbages prove firm and tender though smaller, with less odor, but market potential remains uncertain without broader testing. American Agriculturist.
The article argues orchards should not be mowed as lawns and must be kept free of competing crops. It notes trees ten to twelve years old crowd intertree space, urging constant manuring to sustain annual fruiting as seen in Newtown plippina practice. Pruning should be frequent for rapidly growing trees to remove useless shoots and conserve nourishment for fruit.
Discussion warns that cleanliness equals health for farm animals and criticizes lax practices. It notes wide variance in care, from monthly stall cleaning to keeping excrement for months, and cites farmer letters across the South West and even the Empire State. The piece implies negligence in stall cleanliness reflects broader neglect in food, water, and shelter.
A New York Sun summary urges farmers to keep stables clean and well drained, provide dry bedding and ample food, and maintain dry pastures. It links filth and poor diets to common diseases such as black leg, hog and chicken cholera, and parasites. Cleanliness and proper feeding are stressed as the best defense for cattle, swine, and poultry.
A Kentucky farmer protected his tobacco beds by draping a thin cheap sheet over the rows. He raised it with small stakes and pinned edges, allowing plants to grow well while preventing bugs and flies from penetrating.
The piece touts that The True Medical Philosophy and Stomach Hitters cure dyspepsia constipation general debility fevers nervousness and mental depression. It argues old medical systems exhausted patients with drastic purgatives and violent remedies, while Invigoration with mild regulation offers better results, crediting the remedy’s success.
A historical notice challenges Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as a fraud and patent medicine hoax claiming to be from distant lands. It argues the remedy is a simple mild tonic for catarrh and related ailments, disputing grand claims of exotic ingredients and magical travel.
Du Witnorr's Anxtr-Pentonic on Fever is advertised as the real chill cure and the only reliable harmless medicine. The claim cites thousands of certificates from top customers nationwide, stating it cures malaria and fevers from lakes valleys to torrid zones. Sold by G. T. Fisnay & Co and J0Lprern at 225 and 227 State Street, Chicago. Furniture offered lower than any West house by No.tox & J0Lprern. Prussing's White Wine Vinegar also advertised.
Dr Schenck presents Potwonro Synup Sea Wrep Tonic and Mandrake Pills as superior cures for consumption. He claims opium free formulas with herbs act on lungs stomach and blood to expel disease. Office at Sixth and Arch streets Philadelphia offers guidance Mondays. remedies imply strong efficacy statements.
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