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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1899
Page
3
A fragmented OCR item describes an operation involving Osman and a related plan at a times or rounds. It notes actions taken, possible outcomes, and mentions local officials or institutions tied to the event. The readable text presents a brief, non-graphic briefing of the incident and its immediate context.
Discussion urges dairy and poultry care, condemns preservatives in butter and milk, and warns of adulteration in meats and seafood. Advocates fresh eggs poultry and strict pure food laws, highlighting Renovated Butter and anti colored oleomargarine statutes. Calls for farm reforms and consumer awareness to protect butter quality and poultry purity.
The piece argues not all bacteria are harmful and some are needed for poultry growth. It describes experiments with sterilized chickens showing weakness without intestinal bacteria, warns against exposing poultry to fresh lime and plaster, and promotes oyster shell grit as helpful feed supplement. It ends with reassurance that overproduction is unlikely.
The New York Produce Review mocks the Chicago pure food inquiry. It notes oleomargarine dealers admit violating Illinois laws while arguing social pressures drive butter requests and oleo substitutions. The piece suggests the committee saw through the rhetoric to a real issue.
A poultry writer outlines a two week feeding plan starting with oats and grit, then adding meat food and grains, with frequent feeding and onion tops as growth boosters. The Cass county sale sees fifty walnut trees fetch ten thousand dollars, largest tree six seven feet diameter, to be shipped to English buyers.
The bulletin discusses commercial fertilizers for New Jersey crops, stressing nitrogen as the costliest and most leaky element, with phosphoric acid and potash being steadier. It urges using best forms to reduce waste and notes soils must be in good condition to maximize nitrogen benefits. It warns on wasteful composting and improper disposal of wash water to prevent pests and disease.
Instructions describe making a two-heap compost beside a house yard. Build a foot-deep excavation, layer manure, sod, earth, and kitchen scraps, weeds, clippings, and forest leaves, then water with wash water and dry soil. Work through summer, stop by September, then sift the first heap for ideal winter potting soil.
A Farm Journal reader argues there is no true honey dew honey. He describes finding sweet droplets on leaves in July, noting a waxy exudate from ash, hickory, pear and maple, and bees visiting after dew falls with oak limiting flavor. He cites local timber varieties and contrasts honey den results.
The article discusses how underdrains with uneven fall tend to break where rapid water is arrested. It advises locating obstructions below the break and repairing in the same season, warning that delaying until mud fills the drain makes replacement easier only in hindsight. It notes the temptation to delay work during muddy conditions.
The text discusses how pansies bloom best in spring and early summer with fall regrowth possible, but heat in midsummer causes dwindling and decline, aided by red spider in dry weather. It then shifts to forest areas in British America and the United States, noting vast areas of timber and rapid depletion by logging and fires, with government efforts to curb destruction.
Secretary F D Coburn of the Kansas department of agriculture highlights remarkable wool production in Kansas flocks. A Sedgwick county Merino ram yielded 52 pounds of wool after one year, with successive years producing 37 ½ and 44 ½ pounds. The flock averaged 18 pounds 12 ounces per fleece across 247 head, with extensive management of feed, water, housing, and winter rations including corn and cottonseed meal.
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