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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1892
Page
6
The article argues sweet corn yields higher profits than field corn when grown in farm gardens. It notes closer planting, fertilizer top dressings, and drill cultivation to maximize yield. It also discusses suitable spacing for different corn varieties and emphasizes soil quality and manure inputs.
An advertisement touts a “Golden Specific” powder said to cure liquor habit permanently in drinkers of all levels. The letter promises harmless administration in beer or tea and guarantees cures with a free 48 page book. It also notes a heating tip to freshen doughnuts cookies and methods to keep pie juice from leaking.
An advertisement touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a remedy for malaria liver trouble and indigestion, presenting it as a general tonic for those conditions and urging readers to try the product.
Instructions on taking off a hide, cutting along the carcass, removing fat and flesh, and spreading and salting the hide to preserve quality and maximize value. Emphasizes proper technique to avoid holes and center damage, with guidance on what parts stay with the hide and how to store it.
Of Interest to Mothers and Children describes Mother Gray a New York nurse who developed a worm remedy for kids now sold in drug stores at 25 cents per package. It claims to remove all worms and be harmless as milk, with additional use for feverishness constipation and headache.
Three year trials at the Illinois experiment station show seed rate variations from one to two bushels per acre have limited impact on yield compared with other factors. Data from 1889 to 1891 record different peak yields by seed rate and kernel size, with little ripening delay and no injury from rolling wheat after sowing. Fertilizer tests indicate commercial fertilizers are not profitable on central Illinois black prairie soils.
Advertised medicine claims to curb headaches dizziness numbness fits and nervousness in women and parents. It is praised by several druggists including Fort Wayne Snow Key Syracuse Hillsdale and many others as the greatest seller they ever knew. Free trial and sample look at Dr John Bunn's Drug Store Batavia.
The article discusses incubators reducing reliance on hens for egg hatching, noting incubator use in France accounts for a large share of poultry output and arguing no single model is recommended. A separate ad touts Allen's Discovery for piles, claiming rapid relief and a new cure, marketed by druggists at 40 cents.
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