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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
3
Farm Journal outlines a line of pigeon pens with a back aisle for minimal disturbance. It recommends 9 to 12 foot wide rooms, 6.5 to 7.5 feet high, and 8.5 to 12.5 feet deep with nesting cabinets up to five high.
The article argues that successful poultry raising demands broad, ongoing learning. A poultryman must master diseases and prevention, seed chemistry and ration balance, breed standards, experiments, markets, incubator operation, and extensive practical details, with time and effort spent reading and observing.
A gardening writer extols the old gander as a guardian for young chicks against dogs cats crows and magpies. The fowl is praised for alerting and driving off intruders with noisy vigilance and prompt action, aiding poultry keepers and game rearers.
A correspondent from the Indiana Farmer outlines a monthly program for growing a beef calf from April to six months. It emphasizes strong mother care, abundant forage, milk, and staged feeding including oats, corn, rye, peas, and oil cake, with dehorning and trimming at two weeks.
The article describes a low open sided shed with drop shutters facing the direction of least rain. It notes no floor saves lumber and suggests using the structure as a winter shed for sheep or storage. It explains teaching cattle to use it at night for shelter and manure management benefits and cautions about pasture waste from cattle manure.
A report by Prof WA Henry notes horses cover over 40 miles daily with a third in walk trot and gallop creating energy needs of at least 23 748 000 foot pounds and a feed need of 14.77 pounds of digestible matter. Rations average 5.5 pounds hay 11 pounds oats and some straw. Fowls segregate into small flocks with varied feeding grounds when possible.
An excerpt advising on home remedies and daily care from a Chicago Daily News feature. It covers onions for malaria, sunlight for health, skin care with fat and oatmeal, foot care with wool stockings and neat routines, black currants for anemia, and candy for children's energy, citing Dr. Fothergill on molasses taffy as preventive for consumption.
A Detroit Free Press account recalls a sleeping car mishap when Gertrude and a companion tried to take malt tonic without a corkscrew. In the dark, the cork failed, the bottle fizzed, and tonic splattered the berth while a porter joked about beer spillage. Gertrude’s insomnia cure proved futile as she giggled through the night.
A Boston Globe pudding recipe describes creaming one teacup sugar with half teacup butter, whisked egg whites, milk, baking powder, almond extract, and flour to bake as a round loaf. A sweet sauce of sugar butter and corn starch thickens over boiling water, with optional currants dates or walnut meats.
A Chicago Daily News quote notes that everyday spending habits rarely lead to savings, illustrating how the average person’s approach to economy fails to build financial cushion.
An editor remarks on giving money to a sad, middle aged man claiming hardship. The man is revealed as Henry A. Salzer of La Crosse Wisconsin, renowned for Salzers Seeds, who sails with his wife for Europe to pursue new seed ventures in Russia and Hungary.
An old ad claims a cold can be cured in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets and offers a money refund if it fails. The piece also includes unrelated quotations about bravery and a cough cure testimonial from J. W. O'Brien of Minneapolis dated January.
Hon J D Botkin of Kansas cites Peruna and Mana Lin as cures for chronic catarrh of the stomach in a Washington letter. Captain O Bertoletto of the Italian Barque Lincelles endorses Peruna after relief from long stomach catarrh. The piece promotes Peruna as a universal remedy for catarrh and invites readers to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice.
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