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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
7
A New York Tribune suggestion describes using six foot wire poultry netting as a screen between trellises to hide unsightly edges. Plant cranberry heavy vines on each side for a natural living screen that supports fruit and neat appearance. Citizens can have sawed uprights and top rails to extend the hedge yearly, avoiding rough looks of the weathered fence.
N. J. Shepherd notes thinning fruit prevents limb breakage and improves quality. Overbearing trees exhaust vitality, reducing next year's crop. timely thinning after fruit set helps size and uniformity, especially for peaches pears grapes and apples. Removing one fourth to one half of fruit during good season is advised for better yields and tree health.
Farmers explore mixed enterprises to boost income. Poultry yards with plum trees and beehives, market gardens growing curly vegetables, and multi crop open-ground setups yield higher returns. A Philadelphia area gardener profits four acres by Lima beans, another by field peas and late cabbage. Dairymen should keep stables sanitary to provide healthy milk.
Guidance on mulching to protect roots for six months after planting. Use coal ash or sawdust as a soil cover, avoid rich manure, and maintain moisture evenly. Remove shoots, prune growth in October, and limit summer pinching to ensure healthy, long lived trees.
A historical pest note describes the squash vine borer as a highly destructive insect in farming. It reports moths laying eggs on plants and larvae maturing in four to six weeks, with eggs laid in hills and borers entering the soil to form cocoons before pupation.
Plant squashes on the same soil in successive years. Harvest early squash crops to trap pests, then harrow the field in fall to bring cocoons to the surface. In spring plow six inches deep. When vines are sizeable, cover part of them with earth to encourage secondary roots. Remove and burn heavily infested vines and cut out borers. Farm and Home.
In Rural New Yorker essay extracts, I L Woodward extols sheep as voracious protectors against worm damage to apple crops, while critiquing pigs for sleep and neglect. A grafting wax recipe follows, detailing materials, melting, cooling, and application over graft cuts with cautions on heat.
United States Senator W. V. Sullivan of Mississippi writes from Oxford praising Peruna as beneficial for catarrh. He credits the remedy with relief from symptoms and general health improvement after trying Peruna, urging others to request the free booklet offered by The Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
A garbled reminiscence from a Chicago Chronicle item recounts Daly’s poker cunning and habit of folding, a tailor call, and a Western couple’s first New York stay at the Waldorf Astoria. The tale weaves misheard names, a phone exchange, and a note on hotel decor leaving guests awed and slightly amused.
Markets report mixed prices across regions with dairy and meat goods listing at various levels. Butter, cheese, eggs, and butterfat show steady demand while cattle and lamb values range from fair to prime. wheat and corn futures noted with spot values and regional quotes across New York Cleveland East Buffalo and Toledo markets.
A chaotic clippings batch discusses Violet Florida Waters in Camille with sharp verdicts from 1899 Daily Gem and 2000 Daily Grind critique, then shifts to grain based beverages Grain-O praising calm sleep. It also includes ads for binder twine, grain products, and various patent medicines and remedies from early American newspapers. The fragment blends theatre judgments with commercial pitches and sensational notes.
Clara Kopp and Lana Rove share letters praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The Rockport correspondents describe long illness, back pain, nerves, and irregular menstruation before reporting dramatic improvements after following Mrs. Pinkham's advice, urging others to seek her guidance.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It claims the medicine cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 to any failure, and promotes testimonials and free samples. It also attacks a financial article as irrelevant to readers.
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