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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
4
R A Tripp argues in Green's Fruit Grower that barefoot horses, fed scantily and kept natural, outperform grain fed, shod counterparts. He warns civilization and artificial feeding dull native powers, citing endurance, planting, and animal health as proof of natural methods.
A farmer recalls settling in the West and starting a hog enterprise after a neighbor urged he fence a hog pasture. He describes fencing nine acres with cedar posts three boards and two wires, notes barb wire cost fourteen cents a pound bought on time, and that hogs paid the bill by selling at eight cents per round. The fence today costs about half as much while hog prices have fallen to half.
Farmers are advised to keep chicks clear of Qapeca and keep ground clean to prevent gapes. If gapes suspected, inspect hens, dust them and chicks with powder, rub lard into heads and necks, and thoroughly clean and disinfect the brood boxes. Frequent checks and safe insect powders are recommended.
A Rural New Yorker contributor asks readers if proximity of certain plants to fruit varieties can flavor the fruit. Examples include a minty peppermint taste in melons from a nearby mint vine, peach flavor altered by a gourd, and blackberries near French mulberry gaining a fragrant, improved taste.
An antiquated study outlines dairy cow management focusing on feeding quality, housing, and milk yield. It emphasizes proper stalls, consistent nutrition, and attentive herd care to improve milk production, calf health, and overall dairy efficiency despite archaic language and fragmented phrasing.
Tips on selecting breeders and managing fowl herds. Notes stress nitrogen-rich feed, clean housing, and kerosene leg treatment. Warn against defects in breeders and emphasize systematic breeding goals. Cautions about ducks' appetite, confinement risks, and early bantam hatching. Emphasizes egg vitality and practicality over ornament.
A farmer recommends selecting the largest ears from big plants as soon as husks turn white. Choose ears near the ground with small cobs and long grains that extend past the ends. Tie two ears’ husks together and hang high to keep safe from vermin, aiming to withstand any county freeze.
A description of a dry skin condition on the shank with cracking and filth entry between the seat and skin. The text attributes a possible hereditary taint and suggests softening the skin with petroleum jelly or vaseline and zinc ointment to restore normal condition.
The article describes chicken pox in mature and young poultry with ulcers on the head face and wings. It advises carbolated vaseline daily, indoor management on wet days, light mash from meat and ground grain with milk, and summer insulation. It also notes eczema symptoms on the skin and a treatment of calomel citrate iron and quinine for ten days, plus care of wattles shaving and ointment application.
The article explains how comb color and wattles reveal a bird’s health, detailing the fungoid disease Fungoid with swollen glands and yellow discharge, its spread in flocks, and the need to isolate and burn affected birds while treating others with pepper and water or restricted feeding. It also describes White Comb, a separate ailment causing white heads and neck lesions, requiring removal of infected cores and removal to green fields for cure, with doubtful cost effectiveness of treatment.
Senior class officers named Pres Osear Hills Vice Pres Algernon Speer Treas iid Richart football manager Murray Frame member ex board Jim Henry Junior class elected Pres LP McCulloch ice Pres Miss Jamé Glenn Lee Miss Alice Hankinson Treas Earl Fisher football manager Tom Hills ex board John Lyon Munday Freshmen elected Pres Joe Turner Vice Pres Miss Kinney Sec Miss Lucey Warren Treas Fred Merrick football captain E W Meese football manager and ex board member Mr Robinson Senior Preparatory class chose Pres I S Mc Connell Vicepres Miss Mary Newton Sec Trens Miss Frances Forman football manager Luther Hayes Third year Preps Pres Geo Fitch Vice Ires Miss Mary Hickok Sec Harver Smith Trens Miss ienita Allis Preps chose J S Ewing Oo as representative on executive board of Athletic Association Tennis rules posted committee Ritchey WC McClure Thomas Hills campus busy with senior junior and freshmen teams practicing
A fragment notes that atmospheric and electric conditions do not directly affect souring milk. It mentions a change growing during the warm sultry period just before electrical storms, but lacks clear details or figures.
Advertisement warns against mercury based catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Care by F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio. Claims mercury can damage smell and mucous membranes and urges prescriptions by reputable physicians. Product is taken internally and claims to cleanse nose and mucous surfaces. Includes note about test testimonials and price per bottle.
A collage of trivia from a historical column covers odds on students in Europe and the United States, clerical and religious notes, a memoir of an Irish undertaker and his 6000 burials, estimates on family generations, and a Jewish Catholic exchange about the word damn its origin and correct usage.
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