Agricultural Hints Caponizing as a Profitable Practice
A farm writer recalls caponizing chickens, praising the method's merits and small risks. Details cover table setup, instruments, age for caponizing Plymouth Rocks, and outcomes including higher meat yield, tender flavor, and market price. The author notes boosts in weight and quietness, with prices cited from six to ten cents above ordinary chicken.
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Epicures
Orange Judd Farmer
Plymouth Rocks
Aisha
Dental method for aging horses challenged by vet
A veterinary surgeon on Michigan Avenue disputes the common belief that a horse’s age can be read from teeth. He notes after eight years no new teeth appear and suggests aging beyond that uses tooth wear plus wrinkles around the eye and eyelid. The Tribune comments on pasture versus confined hogs in fattening under good conditions.
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W. Hoyas
Michigan Avenue
Eage Tribune
Weight of Cattle and Shifting Beef Trends in the Century
Chas W. Murtfeldt writes in the Journal of Agriculture on cattle weights steadily rising since the century began. He notes average dressed weights around 400 pounds early on, 450 to 500 pounds by 1830, and predicts a future shift from Texas steers to Angus and Herefords. He advocates calf-raising, early gelding, and feeding regimes, arguing meat should be cheaper for workers as supply and prices adjust.
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Texas
Innes
Chas
W. Murtfeldt
Journal of Agriculture
Novel Showa era barn design with central silo storage
Modern stock barns shift from bulky hay storage to condensed ensilage fed on farms. The design features a large central or double silo, scaffolding around three sides for hay and fodder, and a cellar below for manure disposal. If no cellar, a wheeled manure car is used.
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Showa
Chetwall
N. Y. Tribune
IN THE POULTRY YARD PRACTICAL HEN CARE
Practical advice from the St. Louis Republic on flock size feeding and coop conditions. A small flock with ample roost space reduces fighting and increases egg laying. Keep drinking water clean and accessible, avoid scaly toxins, and allow hens liberty to forage for higher egg production.
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St. Louis Republis
Fresh Book Notes on Writers and Titles
Miss Kate Sanborn plans The Little Zoo an amusing animal themed tale. Olive Schreiner contributes timely South Africa articles for The Fortnightly Review. Over 80 000 copies of Story of an African Farm sold in Britain. Nora Perry dies at Massachusetts home May 13 her Atlantic Monthly poetry debut line recalled.
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Kate Sanborn
Olive Schreiner
South Africa
Review of London
Great Britain
Zola
Rome
Nym Crinkle
Charles A. Dana
the Sun
Nora Perry
Massachusetts
The
Atlantic Monthly
the Atlantic
Frills of Fashion from Silk to White Gowns and Accessories
The article describes season fashion with pearl, yellow, and pink tan shales for gloves, Vandyke collars in ecru and white batiste trimmed with lace, and tulle and chiffon fabrics sold for gowns and caps. White gowns return for informal and formal wear, paired with white hats, shoes, and parasols, plus Louis XVI trim ming, black lisle bands, and silver bead embroidery on belts and white dined gowns.
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Ecru
The Musicians and Season's Opera Plans
Herr Emil Sauer tours Trussig Mmne with concerts. Bloomfield Zeisler reached fifty concerts. twelve with orchestra. Augustin Daly secured Geisha for the country. Herbert and Smith plan The Wizard of the Nile in Paris and Vienna with premiere in Vienna next autumn. Frangcon sails for England returning in autumn for six months, possibly settling in America. Watkin Mills signs to return next season.
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Emil Sauer
Trussig
Bloomfield-Zeisler
O Orchestra
Augustin Daly
the Geisha
London
Victor Herbert
Harry G. Smith
Paris
Vienna
Ffrangcon
England
America
Watkin Mills
National Educational Association meets in Buffalo
Grand excursion details for July include one round trip fare plus $2 annual membership. The Michigan Central promotes travel to Buffalo with Notes for Teachers and a Summer Note Book on North and East resorts. Address City Ticket Office 119 Adams Street. O W Rungisz, Gen l P o ser & Agen t.
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Buffalo
National Educational Association
Michigan Central
Niagara Falls
Adame Street
O. W. Rungizs, Gen'l Pose’r & the Ag’t
Fraggstown Weather Quip Sets Tone for Opening Season
In a playful exchange, Fraggstown jokes that hot weather suits early baseball, while Homewood questions the reasoning and Frankstown quips about exercise for the “fang.” The Detroit Free Press notes the lighthearted banter from the comic.
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Fraggstown
Frankstown
nicle-Telegraph
Stomach Bitters Promises Quick Relief for Ailments
An aged advertisement extols Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal cure for biliousness, constipation, malaria, rheumatism, kidney complaints, and nervousness. It claims curative results in an hour and reads as a general reassurance from Mme. de Stael quoted assertion.
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Rome
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Detroit Free Press
Gaurry
Mme. de Stael
New York
Mass
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Haroto
Bourne Weekly Times
Charles
Manent Gallon
Balk Aren Srnenetea
Realty
Betas
Yucatan
Ao N
Ayer
Beanttree, J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
Union Nccate
Union Pacific BY. CO
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
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