Adaptability of Peach to Soil and Climate
The peach native origins trace to Persia and China and spread through Europe to Britain and France, reaching Britain around 1680. New Jersey once led peach cultivation, with vast historic crops and shipments shaping nursery trade. Seed and nursery methods varied by region, with bedding and spring sprouting used to build fibrous root systems for orchard planting.
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Persia
China
Italy
Britain
France
E. S. Black
New Yorker
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
New York
California
Accomac County
North Carolina
Tennessee
Incubators and Brooders Care and Storage Tips
Incubators and brooders cost something and should be put away clean and dry when not in use. Proper storage keeps them ready for use and improves results. Disease germs lurk in poorly stored brooders, so thorough cleansing and disinfecting are essential. Some new brooders come apart for easy cleaning and storage.
Harness inspection guards horse and team safety
It is wise to check the harness each time the team is hitched to prevent injury and downtime from ill fitting gear. Proper harnessing reduces runaway risks and keeps the horse productive.
How to Sell Good Vegetables
Advice from the Minnesota Horticulturist on marketing produce. Emphasizes careful packing, honest sales, and planning before planting. Notes outlets from wagon markets to canneries, urging large acreage for steady hauling and reduced costs.
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Minnesota
Autos for Hauling Milk at Western Dairymen's Meet
At a western dairymen's convention in Elgin and Wisconsin creamery districts producers from five states attended. Of those surveyed 112 were asked about automobile use. 30 owned cars and used them regularly in business mainly for marketing cream. Several farmers reported using autos to operate separators.
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Elgin
Wisconsin
Handy fowl catching device described by Georgia poultryman
A Georgia poultryman reports a handy fowl catcher made from a long wire fastened to a broom handle with screws or fine wire. A bent hook on the wire end fits a small space to snare a fowl by the leg, suited for yards or coops too large to reach by hand.
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Georgia
A Place for Tools and Hand Tools Care
A compact rule for workshop order emphasizes a dedicated space for hand tools. The motto A place for everything and everything in its place guides storage for saws axes hammers screwdrivers wrenches and related items to ensure ready service and efficient work.
Wind and Halloween Games in a 19th Century School Tale
A lyrical wind scene evokes restless weather and endless nights while a reader guides children through playful autumn tricks. The article then preserves a nostalgia laden set of candy apple games and safe but mischievous pranks such as bobbing for apples and a jack o lantern craft with mild risk elements.
Nine Wives Hats And Insurance Of Nine Lives
The verse ponders the comic burden of polygamy and the absurdity of insuring nine lives. It playfully imagines buying hats for nine wives and the resultant trouble, using a cat metaphor to explore risk and vanity.
Sermon Opens with Angel Wings Comment
A poultry raiser and a pastor discuss judgment by appearance. The raiser notes angels have snowy wings in the sermon, and the pastor agrees. He adds personal poultry preferences, naming Plymouth Rock Buff Cochin and Black Spanish as hardiest.
Half the Battle of Life Emphasizes Self-Reliance for Women
The text argues women must train to meet emergencies with swift, decisive action. It claims half of women fail due to fear and doubt, and that uncertainty derails daily tasks like baking, reducing effort and outcome when concentration wanes.
The Spider and the Fly in Insect Life
A retired spider is praised for feeding on freshly killed insects, especially house flies, reducing pest numbers. The piece notes the spider’s shy, unobtrusive nature and mild defense, referencing a critique from Leslie's Weekly about the fable’s sympathy for the fly.
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Musca Domestica
Rogues
Leslie’s Weekly
Ivory fitted English work boxes in demand
Old English ivory fitted work boxes with numerous drawers and hidden compartments are popular with antique dealers. The upper section holds sewing utensils, spindles, small ivory boxes and tubes, offering many secret hiding places that attract modern girls eager to own one.
Origin of Bradbury Hymn Is Traced at Montclair Tribute
A Montclair service at Trinity Church explained the origin of William Bradbury's hymn Victory at Last. Bradbury died in 1868 and wrote the hymn the night news of Lee's surrender reached Montclair. He hummed the words with four friends on the way to New York.
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William Bradbury
Trinity’ Church
Montclair
N. J
Lee
New York
Bradbury
Markets Report Across Cities Reflect Mixed Commodity Prices
New York money and mercantile rates show firm lending and strong sterling. Grain and livestock markets in Cleveland Toledo Buffalo Pittsburgh and Chicago list prices for flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes hay cattle sheep and hogs with notable highs and lows across regions.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Ohio
Chicago
Public notice of a home remedy for coughs and colds
An article promotes a five hour home remedy claiming to cure coughs bronchitis hoarseness and tonsillitis with a laxative whiskey free cough syrup. The recipe lists wild cherry bark cardial essence and white pine syrup with dosing instructions for adults and children.
Tuberculosis Exhibition Tours Southern States
After strong Charleston work against consumption the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis opened an exhibition in Greenville South Carolina. After January 1 the effort moves to Columbia in connection with the state legislature session to seek an appropriation to combat tuberculosis. A separate campaign recently closed in Colorado and now tours Oklahoma with a state wide fight planned and an eventual stop in Arkansas.
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Charleston
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Greenville
S.C
Columbia
S. C
National Association
Colorado
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Needle and Thread Exchange Sharp Remarks
A playful exchange features a sharp thread needle bantering about eye injuries and holes. The needle jokes it must pull the thread through when the thread gets in a hole, while the thimble chides them, noting its push enables both to function.
A Burden. Stella’s Divorce Leaves Yearlong Child Custody
Stella questions whether her divorce was satisfactory as Bella reveals she must keep the children for the entire year, highlighting ongoing custody burden and family strain.
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Stella
Bella
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