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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1899
Page
8
A historic plan describes a 20 by 22 foot hog house with eight foot posts, a one-quarter pitch roof, four pens along the south side, each pen having a 21 by 21 door. Windows provide air and light, a four foot tall floor plank under troughs serves feeding, and the ground plan outlines pens troughs doors alley and feed bins.
Farm and Home describes a four foot alley with end doors at each side, two eight by four foot doors on the north wall, a stop barrel, feed bins, and platform loading space. Doors open from pens into the alley, gates suspended over troughs, and a platform aids loading. Emphasizes high dry location, sun exposure, warmth, and good ventilation without drafts for swine comfort.
Farmers should lay a layer of dry straw on the earthen floors at night to protect sheep from wet conditions and wool damage. Oat straw is best. even fattening sheep consume it as a daily change. Clean wool remains valuable, while dirted wool loses value. A poultry dealer notes high egg prices for strictly fresh eggs and urges growers to seek niche markets. Clover hay suits idle work horses, though not active ones, while corn crop quality remains contested.
The Boston Globe notes a U S Department of Agriculture report on Virginia hams from Isle of Wight Surrey Southampton and Nansemond counties. About 30000 pounds are produced annually and exported to Europe. Hams come from razor back hogs fed on corn black eyed peas and small potatoes with a unique curing method. Orders must be placed a year in advance.
The Great Bastard or Breat bustard, Otistarda, is the heaviest European fowl found in southern Russia. Old males weigh up to 35 pounds, with records of 38 to 40 pounds when food is plentiful. Once common in western Europe, they now appear in small flocks near the Dnieper sandhills and along the Caspian coast. The hen lays eggs as large as pears, and the cassowary, though flightless, can kick with mule strength and uses wing quills like spurs.
A clipped composite imagines an aggrieved mule rider and a spectator trading quips about the mule’s temper and the rider’s stubborn patience. A garden scene follows with a muffled, comic cry and the man’s laughter reveals a domestic miscue involving a daughter and her eating earnings.
A clergyman’s daughter comes to her father upset that her brother George called her names. She asserts she practices what she preaches, prompting the rector to pause his sermon and explain the expression to her with earnest care.
The article notes lawmakers’ uncertainty on Porto Rico’s future status and contemplates possible measures. It cites historic questions of annexation, contrasts with malaria remedies like Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, and includes an unrelated seed company promotion from Salzer Seed Co.
A gloomily spoken line from An Expedient features a poet lamenting difficulty in keeping the wolf from the door while his wife suggests he sit on the doorstep and read aloud a rejected poem as a coping tactic. The exchange appears in the Somerville Journal.
Mobile and New Orleans carnival tickets offered via the Mobile & Ohio Railroad with low return fares for Mardi Gras from February 18 1899. Addresses include I L Harris 420 Olive St St Louis and Chas Ridolph 351 Marquette Bldg Chicago. G P A Posey Mobile Alabama.
A letter from the Sisters of St Francis at St Vincent's Orphan Asylum in Columbus Ohio praises Peruna as an effective remedy for la grippe catarrh coughs colds and bronchitis after reporting strong results and recommending the product in their institution's care. The note requests the latest book Winter Catarrh from The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus Ohio.
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