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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
7
A guide to crafting a tobacco cutter from an old hoe with a half twisted socket and a short handle. The feature describes a stripping table and stresses inspecting stripping gear before the season begins. It emphasizes quick work and practical, improvised farm tools.
Instructions describe building a foldable table frame from 1 by 4 inch boards, three feet wide and as long as space allows. The top uses wire netting like poultry wire, with hinges at the back to attach to the wall and removable legs for seasonal storage.
A compilation of experiments shows wheat favors egg production over corn, dried blood boosts Leghorn pullet egg yield, and no effect for Plymouth Rock. Dried blood accelerates laying, sweet skim milk aids chicks, sour milk should be cautious, and clean feeding dishes matter. Skimmilk helps chicks in hot weather. nitrogen rich rations increase weight and fertility, with bone sometimes outperforming animal meal.
The write up reports large cabbage acreage and many new silos, especially small ones for summer feeding. It notes apple disease from cold wet weather and some insecticide damage in western New York, plus ricemeal interest for dairy farmers. bean crop and hay prospects are mixed, flax acreage grows, and witch grass control remains advised.
Instructions describe building a solar wax extractor box 12 by 18 inches with a glass lid and adjustable legs to capture sun rays. Bees colonies produce wax while honey drips through a wire sieve into a bowl. wax congeals in the box and honey drains away, with notes on heat, ventilation, and maintenance.
Rural New Yorker interviews experts on silo painting tar use and effects. Plumb of Indiana coats interior silos with gas tar while Clinton of New York warns painting may cause more harm than good. Seoville notes long lasting yellow cypress painted silos with interior tar coats. Brooks of Massachusetts favors outside painting for framed silos but cautions stage silos may leak due to moisture.
A Texas station compares hand culture and horse culture for onions. Hand culture proves more profitable. Planting seeds in beds and then planting to the field with either bed or field onions yields higher profits than field planting. Labor costs of 50 to 75 cents per day to grow 40 acres to maturity by bed planting are lower than open field methods.
The Treasury Department lists 88 million dollars in outstanding gold certificates. The oddities include a 16 thousand dollar note and a single ten thousand dollar Greenback, a collectible oddity that would appeal to specialists.
A brief American Agriculturist note describes a green podder feed rack that can be tilled at the fodder patch and wheeled to pasture or barnyard. It explains hanging the rack on a fence by back hooks, with construction from three inch boards and a wheel carved from hardwood.
S L Wright notes best practices for rice: wait for yellow chaff, limit flood to under six inches, two inches yields better stool, cut straw long enough for binding, avoid short straw that misbinds heads, avoid green damp straw to prevent musty odor, dew damp straw can burn grains, stack burned grains left yellow, shock and cap rice to protect heads from dew and sun.
Heief Mention, figs can be grown as far north as Maryland by laying them down in winter. Some of the best Louisiana pecans may be planted where they are to grow. Cane growers seek ripe cane for the factory since sugar weighs more than water and mature cane yields more tonnage. Pasturing cattle and hogs destroys many seeds of red rice. Pea vine makes fine hay. Swine thrive briefly on cottonseed meal before dying. The Unknown and other late varieties of cowpeas may still be sown.
Miss Dillwyn of Swansea Wales writes novels reviews for the London Spectator and runs a flourishing spelter business with farming and hospital duties. She walks three miles to work each day stays in her office from past 9 to 6 and publicly admits a fondness for cigars. She chairs the hospital committee and sits on the school board while declaring she sees no reason for women to smoke in private.
The New York Stock Exchange moved from its old quarters to a temporary site in the Produce Exchange building. A short flight of stone steps on the exchange floor wore down within months due to heavy foot traffic by brokers, clerks, and messenger boys. Masons must reset and replace the steps before year’s end.
An artist returning from abroad narrates a Whistler style moment where J. MacNeill inspects a canvas. The younger impressionist calls it a mere potboiler meant to keep the wolf from the door, and Whistler retorts that it should be hung outside the door.
Sir Herbert Maxwell recounted a tale revealing British fondness for gambling. At a Transvaal hospital three officers were feverish, each patient contributing a half crown to a basin. The patient with the highest temperature claimed the pool, illustrating gambling instinct amid hardship.
A scientific study details a Duststorm sweeping from northern Africa across the Mediterranean, the Alps, and into Denmark from March 9 to 12, 1901. It carried desert sand particles finer as it moved north, traveled at over 43 miles per hour, and was linked with rain, snow, or sleet in Austria Hungary and further north.
The essay extols American bridge building prowess since 1870, noting that long railroad spans exceed 500 feet and far surpass those elsewhere. It lauds engineers for rapid, safe, cost effective designs, arguing the art has reached practical perfection unless a radically stronger or lighter material than steel appears.
A Buffalo Commercial summary notes that Stockholm's government telephone exchange has been testing a device to show subscribers whether the central station operator is listening to their talk. The piece cites rumors of eavesdropping and a woman's remark to a friend about someone listening, with a stranger denying the act.
A Paris Messenger item notes a widow near Charenton who, after losing her husband in 1894, has made eight suicide attempts on anniversaries. On April 30 she again used a chafing dish, but neighbors intervened. she urged loved ones to wait until next year.
Sir James Crichton Browne, a brain disease expert, argues insomnia is not as disastrous as feared and notes minds like literary figures often adapt. He explains some brains sleep in sections with centers taking turns, letting the sleeper rest in fragments across a day.
Senator Spooner, valued at about $250,000, says he does not want more. As a leading corporate lawyer in the Northwest, he could earn a fortune, yet he fears wealth could spoil his sons. He prefers steady, industrious, ambitious sons and a prudent, simple life.
The article urges plain washable rugs and floor coverings, scrupulous cleaning, and minimal use of draperies in sickrooms. It favors light and air, advocates light screens over curtains, and describes simple wooden frames with washable credtories as effective room dividers to combat infection.
In bright sets the wastebasket, sofa cushion, and workbasket appear in agreeable colors. A yellow coutil set trimmed with pink flowered cotton charms, praised by the New York Vines, includes a portable wastebasket and a round workbasket with pockets. Wastebasket priced at $1, workbasket and cushion cover at 75 cents each.
Out of town houses feature whole sets of Verdi mission style furniture and new finishes like silicified ash. Denim wall coverings gain popularity and Verdi becomes a ground tone color. Window shades should harmonize with exterior tones. In rooms with heavy patterns, keep decorations simple and avoid pictures.
The article notes a 25 year trend away from uniform 250 piece sets toward smaller breakfast and dinner sets. Breakfast china now features dainty coloring, while dinner sets are more dignified. 19th century designs, irregular edges, and relief patterns regain favor with white and gold English china seen as a durable, timeless choice.
The latest furniture trend features a new cedar sort popular with golf clubs. It showcases quaint, simple design and denim or roan skin cushions filled with fragrant long leaf pine fiber. The style is unique, attractive, and durable, offering practical appeal for clubhouses.
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