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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1886
Page
4
A ground plan for a four compartment poultry house enables keeping breeds separate or mixed with light, heat, and egg collection features. Also discusses forming farmers clubs, improvements in farm life, and a note on Red Clover blossom medicine and court delay reforms.
A speech argued that farming is the noblest, most demanding occupation and that successful farmers need brains and effort. It critiqued politicians who fail in other fields and noted farmers face natural and political challenges, praising the farmer as heroic and mentally sharp.
Instructions from the Toronto Globe describe aging sheep to two years or more for red mutton, fasting twelve hours before slaughter, and rapid killing by neck spinal insertion. It details skinning hind quarters, inserting a gamm or stick, removing intestines to avoid wool-taste, and hanging the carcass wrapped in wool skin.
The article discusses honey production preferences between comb and extracted honey, noting Florida’s climate as a factor and urging producers to meet local demand. It also gives dairy advice on cow cleanliness and comfort to improve milk yield and market appeal.
Rural New Yorker praises using a hen with chicks as an effective insecticide in orchards. The piece notes these hens keep pests down when roaming the grounds and compares to ducks, while also sharing farming tips on chick prices, incubators, fencing, and drainage to reduce costs and improve family welfare.
A testimonial from Rev. J. B. Fly and Susan E. Fly of Brookline Station Missouri praises White Wine of Tar Syrup for pulmonary consumption relief after eighteen years of illness. They obtain the medicine via John Potter and Crowder & Reed advertise its sale. Mention of spring planting and waning skating season in Florida closes the note.
The sheet lists prices per unit: hay 600 dollars per ton, wheat 0.85 dollars per bushel, flour 5.50 dollars per barrel, beef cattle 0.314 dollars per pound, stock cattle 0.21 to 0.3 dollars, fat hogs 0.344 to 0.4 dollars per pound, sheep 0.210 to 0.234 dollars, corn 0.25 dollars per bushel, butter 0.10 dollars per pound, eggs 0.16 dollars per dozen, fowl prices hens 0.04 dollars per pound, roosters 0.02 dollars per pound, turkeys 0.05 dollars per pound, feathers 0.20 to 0.40 dollars per pound, ducks 0.04 to 0.48 dollars per pound, geese 4.00 dollars per dozen, dried apples 0.02 dollars per pound.
Reports from Chicago show higher bids and varying quotes for corn, provisions, cattle, and hogs. Carrie Market steadies while hogs remain firm with sales in the 8.45 to 4.65 range. grain prices fluctuate across regions, and Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Indiana Iowa markets display mixed coarse and fine washed/unwashed categories. New York notes higher prices with March and March Spot activity in Western markets.
February wheat and rye readings appear mixed with No 2 White at 56 and No 1 rye at 59. The report references higher values in February and May terms with a Corax firm at 8 for No 2.
Cincinnati market notes show mixed demand for family provisions with pork at 11.25 and lard at 6.00, while grain prices list wheat and rye with various daily figures. In St. Louis, wheat futures rise for No 2 Red Med at about 91 01/2 to 95 cents, with corn higher and rye steady, lard around 5.65 per hundredweight.
A garbled note claims a leading Texas governor candidate was involved in the murder of two women at Christmas. It is unclear if the item is a campaign document for or against the candidate. Also advertised are patent remedies for menstruation and complexion, including Gilmore’s Aromatic Wine and Ayer’s Sarsaparilla.
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