Butter carrier innovation for dairymen in box packing
Frederick C. Sibley describes a simple butter carrier design enabling easy lifting and display of brick shaped pounds. The device opens at top and side, with sliding shelves and central openings to lift out individual bricks, improving customer viewing and reducing direct handling. Built from smooth hardwood, leather hinges, and wooden buttons, it can be made by any skilled hand in a shop or at a grocer.
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Frederick C. Sibley
N.Y
Porto Rico cattle praised for milch and beef production
The Porto Rico agricultural note highlights cattle quality, noting historic breeding links to Holstein stock via Jord Durham in the eighteenth century. It observes favorable conditions, abundant shade, and water, with emphasis on preventive measures against plant and disease risks in cattle herds.
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Porto Rico
Jord Durham
Lim
Asmumbes
Panto Rico
Red and Black Ants How to Kill Them with Carbon Bisulphide
Ants of red and black varieties that burrow underground can be killed with carbon bisulphide poured into the nest after a rain when ants are active. A half to one cupful is usually enough for small nests, with damp ground aiding effectiveness. Caution: highly flammable and explosive. keep away from matches and pipes. Product may be costly for large-scale use. homeowners may find it worthwhile for nuisance nests near doors or on public walks.
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W. W. Skinner
Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station
Protecting Plants From The Striped Beetle On Vine Crops
A method to defend cucumber squash and melon vines from the striped beetle uses mosquito netting or cheesecloth stretched over a frame. For small plantings place nets over 18 to 20 inch squares with oil-dipped fabric, supported by wire stakes two inches in the ground. Remove after about three weeks. nets stored dry can last several years.
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H. L. Try
Tor
Truck farming urged to boost local economy
Farmers' Voice argues community should adopt truck farming and small fruit growing to rival a cotton factory. It cites a hundred acres of strawberries and vegetables as more valuable in dollars and rents, urging enterprising farmers to act despite limited capital. It also warns on pruning and tree care for orchard health.
Celery, Camelia and a Rose in a Camille Tale
A New York Times tale recounted by Mise Clara Morris describes a Camille stage moment where a missing camellia rose leads to a clever remedy using celery on stage. The anecdote accompanies other items including Allen's Foot-Ease ad, a comic exchange, and a cold remedy offer.
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New York ‘Times
Clara Morris
Camille
Armand
Sakhalin forests praised. Java poisons via bamboo roots
Reports survey distant topics including Sakhalin forests as Russia’s penal colony, bamboo roots mixed in food as a poison in Java, and Kent county council requiring baby carriages to carry lights. Greek architects plan Erechtheum restoration limited to stabilization, with fragments repositioned. Antique brandy from late Lord Benton’s estate fetches high prices in London. Hock from 1861 commands $100 per dozen.
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Sakhalin
Russia
Java
Kent
Lord Henry Bentinck
H. Chaplin
London
Hock
Taking a Man Unawares in Bland Missouri
F B Crider recounts a sudden kidney illness that worsened over years until back pains signaled trouble. After trying many remedies he found relief with Dodd's Kidney Pills, claiming they cured him and that no other medicine helped.
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Dodd
Alabastine Promises Safe Eye Friendly School Interiors
The piece argues that every U S school district can afford to tint interior walls with Alabastine to improve appearance and pupil health. It stresses eye friendly colors, sanitary cement coatings, and disease prevention, urging officials to adopt this material as the proper choice for classrooms.
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United States
Learned professor and a golf caddy quip
A London News joke recalls a scholar stronger in Greek than golf who seeks caddie advice after a poor round. The caddie quips that teaching Latin and Greek is easy but golf needs a head for gowfs. A Norwich reader credits Piso's Cure for Consumption as life saving. A Minnesota reader taunts those who waste money.
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