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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
7
A writer outlines beekeeping experiments on brood-chamber space under the hive bottom. Using various frame depths from three to four inches, the observer notes ventilation, frost protection, and the effect on comb building. Plans include escape-boards to centralize bee entry and maintain three inches of space beneath combs.
Poultry Bulletin No. 1 Province of Alberta discusses inheritance and variation in birds. It explains prepotence and how pure breeding sustains uniform type while cross breeding yields scrubs. It warns that introducing other breeds repeatedly fails to improve flocks.
The piece outlines modern duck farming focusing on green market ducks raised to ten to twelve weeks, averaging five pounds with substantial fat. It notes younger birds fetch higher value, old ducks come from the west and south, and Pekin ducks are easier to handle in large numbers with rapid growth and low disease risk.
A group of Minnesota editors toured Western Canada and report rapid growth and settlement since a 1900s trip. They note new railways, vast grain lands, growing towns, and Western Canada as a future bread basket. Latest land regs allow 160 acres wheat land at three dollars per acre plus existing homesteads. 1908 crops were strong with Milestone Saskatchewan yielding about thirty bushels per acre. Free lands and transport details available from Canadian government agents.
In a Kansas Zephyr tale a cyclone menaced a home near a telephone call from Frank to Bill Hanmcartner. The funnel cloud struck, crashing through the house, lifting a barn, two cows, and miles of fencing while the family sought shelter in a ravine.
A Tennessee woman testifies coffee harmed her stomach and nerves. She found relief after switching to Postum, reporting improved digestion, strength, and steadier nerves, and credits Postum with helping her recover vitality.
The piece discusses Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative and claims its natural action and physician approval. It includes unrelated quips about a talking phonograph and a child misinterpreting language, ending with a note on constructive reform over faultfinding.
A piece notes a fad for a baby fashion and a claim that whiskey mixed with Torry Compound and Syrup Sarenparuila helps rheumatism. It cites Globe Pharmaceutical Co. and medical quips, plus an Indiana school board recommendation praising a young Mary Wilson for merit.
A fragmented quotation notes that judging by appearances is unreliable. It contrasts ferocious abroad with meek at home and asserts that when men are friends there is no need of justice.
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