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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
7
A Tribune piece describes an improved brooder design with an inclined, three-slope ramp and upper door to prevent chicks from slipping and chilling. It argues many brooders fail as chicks cannot learn to walk the plank, and a simple three-slope incline reduces missteps, saving labor for caretakers.
Advice on turkey hen sitting, feeding, housing, and management from a vintage guide. Includes specifics on egg numbers, open runs, curd with black pepper, feeding frequency, avoiding raw corn meal, and preventing diarrhea from screenings. Also covers breeding ages, selling cockerels by midsummer, and price timing to maximize profits per Farmers' Voice.
Kaneas agricultural college farm tested red and black-hulled white Kaffir corn for nine years. Red yielded 37 bushels per acre for four years, while black-hulled white averaged 43 bushels for the last four years. Based on results, the station now cultivates black-hulled white.
Charles Lamu of Parmers' Review describes using two side by side pastures for swine. He rotates, seeding one while plowing and reseeding the other to ensure abundant forage. He has watered yard with a stream and good shade, says he plans to sow dwarf Essex rape this spring with Timothy as a slight mix.
In Memphis a dealer named Harm bought a buggy horse for 150 dollars only to discover it was blind. A second buyer paid 165 dollars, but the horse immediately ran into a barrel. The seller claimed no prior knowledge, while the buyer threatened action as the trick became known. Memphis Selmstue reports the incident.
E. E. Druley describes a 240 acre farm laid out in three fields under a three field system to save fencing. The plan uses clover corn wheat with stock, hogs and cattle or sheep, with temporary fences for hogs and adjustable use of fences for pasture. Water via wind wheel from a central woodland to wells and barns. permanent rails, post and wire planned.
A Burlington officer records a curious incident after a factory visit when foremen were sent for eye examinations. A hurried note attached to a glass eye describes a late night inspection and a promise to obtain a replacement if the eye proves blind.
Senator Benton of Missouri sparred with Senator James Stephen Green in a famed congressional clash. The anecdote from Hitt depicts Groeg as brilliant and charming while detailing his misadventure with churchgoing. A woman asked what church he attended, he replied he could not recall, claiming he wandered to a place where debate was scarce and journals read aloud.
A dialogue features a worried man and a clever companion discussing love advice and a potential scheme to win a girl. The scene touches on impressing a mother, compliments, and a fragile situation leading to a divorce claim for breach of promise. The tone recalls a melodramatic newspaper snippet from a bygone era.
A jumble of vintage advertisements and fragments appears, offering items like binder twine at discount, foot care products, a kitchen cure and various drugstore promotions. The text includes erratic product names, prices, and stray headlines with no coherent story or date.
A promotional notice for a medical tonic urging women to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts during menopause. It claims widespread success and offers free guidance, inviting readers to write for help.
A compact, period style glimpse into college life with humor about Sambo and a freshman who cracks a racist joke and Sambo’s witty retort. Also notes wedding day embarrassment at the church and the minister’s awkward reaction.
Farmers should quickly cull sick hens for quicker returns and favor hardy, clean-mentioned fowls with small combs. Choose broilers that mature fast and weigh a pound or two with minimal summer feeding. Well fed poultry holds more value than many neglected varieties.
In town from 1490 to 1897, a yard held 24 to 48 chickens within 500 feet. Plum trees surrounded a garden and small grass patch. settlers reported antixfactory renalia and feeding on corn oats and wheat. Mills and kitchen scraps supplied diet. birds roamed freely in a 60 foot yard, with stables and buggy house nearby, kept in day shelter but at night left to their own. B Hoberts Farmers’ Valee notes.
Markets show flour prices at 4.00 to 4.10 for Winter patent flour. Wheat No 2 red at TT. corn No 2 yellow. oats No 2. Butter creamery, York state cheese. eggs Western 1a. Bank of cattle figures list steer values from 5.25 to 6.50 with calves and sheep prices varying. hogs and lambs quoted at several dollars per hundredweight. Cincinnati notes hogs active at 41.40. cattle 25 to 5.15. lambs around 5.50 to 6.60, with regional price swings.
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