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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1896
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a lyric about an aging harp, fading vision, and a mournful refrain. It references a longing mood and the old verse cadence, with faded imagery of a world-weary singer and a recalled refrain. The text appears incomplete and jumbled.
A doctor relates the story of John Hinkleman who wooed a farm island girl for years. Irene accepts his proposal at last after a long withheld romance, and John plans a grand wedding and new home as friends seek the mystery of her delayed consent. The tale ends with the doctor leaving to greet the couple and the group debating Hinkleman’s fate.
A farmer named John Smoker details a long trial of twenty one breeds to find the most profitable for eggs, early broilers, and winter yield. He champions single Comb Brown Leghorns, describes his housing, diet, and strict cleanliness, and notes profits and disease control methods.
Thomas Convey discusses the need for balanced rations in livestock feeding. He notes that unbalanced diets waste more feed, urges mixing bulky foods with concentrates, and emphasizes hay quality. In Wisconsin, formulas using ground peas, oats, bran, corn meal, and silage are suggested for milk production.
Wm M Smith details decades of poultry breeding choices using Black Spanish Brown Leghorns Black Langshans and Plymouth Rocks. He favors Sail Shans and White Plymouth Rocks cross for market and notes feeding regimens, separate houses, winter resilience, and success with hatch rates. He reports losses to hawks skunks and disease and claims lice were eliminated by coal ashes.
Bulletin 23 of Maine Experiment Station notes a growing demand for fresh sweet cream for domestic use and export, with Maine cream trade surpassing 150,000 dollars last year and rising annually. The piece discusses fostering cream markets to reduce butter supply while boosting dairy profits amid seasonal abundance. It also covers udder inflammation in ewes, a note on high priced stock abroad, and progress in plow design and farming tools.
A railroad strike was rapidly ended after Superintendent Van Winkle faced a mass meeting hall doorway ban. He entered, spoke with yards workers, and convinced many to return. By an hour later the strike dissolved and workers were back at their posts. The Indianapolis News notes the swift resolution and Van Winkle’s role.
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