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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1896
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text discusses claims about a California Fig Syrup product and a Vienna figure with freckles. It states the product does not cause freckles in newborns or children under six, regardless of sun exposure or warmth, and argues air or light effects do not produce spots.
Farmers are urged to create dense smoke over crops on calm frosty nights to insulate plants. Techniques include burning damp hay or tarred materials to blanket fields, with best timing around two to four in the morning when frost risk peaks.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe samples and net labels for a BN KM COP 0 Bos 699 item. The text appears incomplete and lacks clear event or outcome. No definite entities or dates are readable to anchor a full news card.
A tale from Samoa describes a five woman party led by a cowherd who, during a six year war period, crossed lines to deliver food to husbands and brothers. Troops halted firing to allow their passage, trusting local gallantry as daylight held.
An old farmer recalls a clever turkey that disrupted his newly painted front porch. The bird sprinted across the porch, roosted across its length, and spooked the flock, forcing the painter to redo the coating. The farmer killed the turkey and none have since returned to the piazza.
The piece extols dairying as the ethical agricultural line while condemning hog raising horse raising and heef-raising as cruel greed and robbery. It argues a boy raised on dairy farms will not go far wrong.
Advice warns late growth makes wood tender and susceptible to freezing. Recommend cutting off and burning peach orchard pillars, and uprooting and burning all raspberry canes affected with orange rust to prevent spread.
Water horses first thing in the morning and avoid cold water to prevent colic. Water should be about ten degrees warmer than outside air, warmer in winter and cooler in summer. Feed hay before grain or chopped feed, mixing grain with dampened hay for easier digestion. Largest feed should be given when the horse has time to digest. Fat and muscle building occur at rest.
Farmers are advised to pasture rank grain with sheep for short periods on dry soil to avoid trampling. Cattle should not graze unless ground is dry or frozen. Do not pasture when frost is on leaves or when ground is soft or roots are exposed by frost. A careful autumn pasturing can benefit the crop.
The article advises mixing wheat with other grains to reduce danger from indigestion and improve heat value. It notes oats' hard husk aids digestion, making them safer to feed. It recommends coarsely grinding or soaking wheat for horses, cattle, and pigs for twelve to sixteen hours.
Wet brewers grains remain a costly feed though favored for cows and milk quality. Dried grains offer safety and better value, while malt sprouts rival dried grains in richness. Sugar maples redeem waste land, with a New York Tribune note on a school land parcel and maple growth paying for land use over time.
The article notes waste from burning wet or green wood and coal soaked by snow or rain. It urges keeping coal dry until use and storing it under shelter to save heat, promising the savings will repay the cost of shelter.
Report cites a shredder in Indiana used to process unspecified materials amid public concern. No detailed records of ownership, capacity, or safety measures are provided in the available text.
A fragment notes Beed on potatoes stored to avoid sprouting and mentions next season seed selection. The garbled text references autumn timing and a seed phone selection process, implying preparation for future crop planting.
Fragment does not provide identifiable persons, organizations, places, dates, or events to summarize into a newspaper card.
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