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Newspaper

The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1894

Page

8

Biltmore Forest Plans Pioneering US Management

The Biltmore estate near Asheville NC adopts pioneering forest management on Mr Vanderbilt’s farm. Improvement cuttings exclude cattle and fire, select and fell trees to protect young growth, yielding 95 percent better growth and minimal cost rise. Net costs drop from four hundred dollars on ten thousand spent to a net profit of over twelve hundred dollars in 1098 as trained crews operated efficiently.

Prior Biltmore Forest United States Biltmore Estate Asheville North Carolina Vanderbilt Biltmore Woodamen

Peanut consumption gains ground as a nutritious staple

The National Druggist translation by De Boenig argues peanut meal as a low cost nutritious food with high potential. Tests describe peanut derived soups bread biscuits and chocolate substitutes. Authors urge capital and enterprise to scale production for American kitchens and industry. Also notes Norfolk Southern rail extension shifts trucking toward New Bern area with 8000 acres planted and several premium truck farms earning hundreds per acre.

National Druggist de Boenig Munster Koenig Europe National Drugg.st Norfolk and Southern North Carolina Seaboard Pulico Sound Norfolk New Erie New Berce Edenton Elizabeth City Aurora

Prevent Potato Rot Advised By Health Official

To prevent potato rot, harvest when ground is dry and vines die. Spread on a dry floor, keep dry until planted. Cover and shelter tubers before cold weather to prevent freezing and wetting. Only store potatoes kept dry, as spoiled ones rot. C G Fowxes M D Supt of Health.

C.G. Fowxes M. D

Still They Come in Davie County Alliances

Bro Geo E Hunt reports he reorganized Kappa and Center Alliances in Davie County last week. Groups are joining steadily as members and supporters come forward one by one.

Geo. E Hunt Kappa and Center Davie County

A Wonderful Aerial Cable Railway Bridge in Knoxville

In Knoxville Tennessee a new aerial cable railway bridge spans the river. Two steel cables, each bearing 60 tons, anchor securely to both bluffs. A car carries 40 to 80 people, runs back and forth via an engine one way and gravity the other. The 1,060 foot line climbs from a higher to a lower end.

Knoxville Tenn

Accident on aerial river bridge forces rescue on river

A cable broke on an aerial bridge Sunday February 18 causing a streetcar to rush down the incline. The conductor used the automatic brake to halt near mid river. passengers were lowered 20 feet to a boat and carried ashore while the car was eventually pulled to the line end.

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