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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1886
Page
3
The article argues against feeding sheep only weeds and waste. it stresses the need for good pasture, winter roots, quality clover hay, and careful management for true sheep farming success. It notes sheep thrive on substantial, varied food and warns against alien ideas of starving them in rough fields.
The article urges working and composting manure during leisure days to improve soil nutrition. Mixed manures and vault or cesspool contents enrich the heap, but pure manure can burn crops without balanced nutrients. Fermentation kills weed seeds, and placing the heap in the field near use saves time. Covering with loam can prevent ammonia loss.
An assortment of farming tips covers weed control with benzine for thistles and hive-friendly pest management. Guidance includes feeding bran and hay, winter pruning for wood, artichoke and clover management, egg handling for hatching, calf rearing, and milk production with Bran's role.
The article advises feeding hay from straw and sweet verna grass to improve dry hay flavor for milch cows. It notes potash sources from wood ash and muriate potash as fertilizer options, discusses German potash limits, and stresses frequent watering for horses with soft water.
A cache of practical home recipes includes scalded small onions jarred in vinegar, a cabbage dressing with yolk milk vinegar and butter, spiced tripe prepared in layers with cloves and pepper, a lemon gelatine dessert with egg whites, and a milk custard with yolks for a snow pudding.
Practical household guidance on cleaning carpets by beating from reverse to front, removing grease from wallpaper with blotting papers and heat, preparing new earthenware by gradual boiling in cold water, decorating rooms with fewer large pictures, and restoring stained plates with a sal ammoniac vinegar mix followed by soap and water.
A San Francisco Chronicle report describes an electric siding-knife for removing hides without damaging them. The device uses a platinum edge heated by controlled current, resembling a modified lamp receiver, with shields to prevent injury to hide or carcass.
Edison shows sending and receiving messages from a moving train through existing railroad telegraph wires. Claims rapid, noninterfering, weatherproof communication using a sharp high frequency pulse. range through air to 580 feet and ballooned ships 25 miles apart. potential for train dispatch and accident avoidance.
A survey of spring fashion trends and social news highlights women’s attire from hats and veils to furs and pearls. Notes on bridal hair, lace, and millinery, plus stories of notable women and a Kansas City tribute to Maude Long for heroic rescue.
A Heritage tale about Benjamin Camp of Virginia and twenty two offspring across states. The piece notes their courage industry and religiosity. It also cites patent medicines powering a $22 million annual trade with $10 million spent on advertising and describes cayenne as a claimed instant relief for burns.
A New York correspondent recalls eight children aged under ten seen in Central Park with three teachers. He identifies them as the offspring of President Barrios of Guatemala, slain in battle. Their mother, widow of the dictator, resides nearby on Fifth Avenue. He notes Barrios’s fortune and the mother’s reduced wealth.
The piece recalls an inventor associated with steam power and the Savannah trial in 1808, noting ridicule and public interest. It mentions figures named General ist spinks and Robert Fulter, and a Georgian with early ideas from 1788.
A New York man, Mr. F. R. Wilton of Twelfth Street, becomes abusive when drunk, seriously injuring his wife whose death is blamed on the intoxicated assault and fall. The piece argues for healthful stimulants like beef and Hoptonic, contrasting them with liquor, and warns that improper stimulation leads to ruin. It cites Prof. Rose’s Hoptonic as a safe tonic.
The Sperry electric light on the Chicago Board of Trade tower shines three hundred feet high with a forty thousand candle power corona, visible across Lake Michigan to St. Joseph, Michigan, while a political moral and medical tone urges readers to consider remedies for women’s ailments and various advertised products.
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