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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1900
Page
4
A domestic fowl guide explains clipping the eight or ten long primary feathers between wing tip and bow. It notes flight feathers lie beneath the wing and notch, and that clipping these is not disfiguring. Illustrates with Leghorn chicken fences and behavior after clipping.
The article argues for breeding and feeding practices to increase breast meat in chickens. It contrasts fowl types like Brahma and Gomme with turkeys, noting that rapid gains in breast muscle require focused clipping and selection. It suggests American Garden and related growers study to raise breast fullness in fryers.
Market gardening is a good business when led by a capable manager. It stresses knowing market demands, timing, quality, and, above all, how to market produce to win customers and maintain their spending.
The text presents a garbled OCR fragment about moving Cala over a stone and a double tree, with unclear surrounding context or meaning. It lacks coherent names, dates, places, or events to anchor a proper news item.
A fragmented discussion notes that ducks are hardier than chickens and cheaper to raise for eggs. It mentions hens lay pale yolks in confinement during winter and suggests steamed clover or pasturage as remedies, with ensilage and bone meal as supplements.
A garbled dialogue between a wife and husband mentions an eye in the cout h and references to placing coal. The text is highly obscured and unclear, with many misspellings and nonsensical phrases, making it difficult to extract a coherent event or named entities.
A garbled report from Radu Georgia recounts a man claiming to have taken eggs and a horse after a wife and a child were in a cart a short time earlier. The text is incomplete and unclear.
A veterinary suggestion describes a restraint method for a cow that balks at feeding. Place a strap around the body behind the shoulders and a halter on the head, then connect a pole from the strap to the halter. The device prevents the cow from pulling her head back toward her udder while feeding.
Recipe style note describes treating a cow with sour milk by drying, then giving 10 pounds epsom salts and 1 ounce ginger in water on a date, followed by iodide of potassium bri nish twice daily for three weeks. The text adds a garbled final line.
A quirky report describes udder swelling with non secreting milk in a quarter. Suggestions include washing with soap liniment twice daily and giving two doses of pesine in mash daily, reflecting outdated veterinary advice.
A fragment advises treating inflamed feet by cooling with cold water baths several times daily and keeping the feet elevated. It also instructs taking nitrate of potassium by mouth twice daily for two weeks, attributed to Cora Steer.
A feature describing a floral calendar to be created for the year, with twelve engravings each month showcasing different plants. The outline lists March through December with plants like hawthorn, apples, foxglove, phlox, asters, hydrangea, nasturtiums, coreopsis, and flowering almond, among others.
J G Higgins of Fayetteville Missouri asks when to girdle trees to destroy them. He notes bark peels freely in May when sap is high. For felling without sprouting, many old farmers say August, even in the dark of the moon.
Prof. Thomas Shaw of the Minnesota Experiment Station notes that an average rape crop will sustain about 1 to 15 animals per acre for 60 days, depending on growth. After 60 days the animals should be fit to take tar sete even if lean when placed.
The article explains that using abundant seed and favorable conditions yields the best corn stand. It notes that thinning or using fewer kernels per hill can lead to replanting and poorer yields, with replanting under normal conditions producing little grain.
Representatives of the Wool-Growers' Association of Carbon County Wyoming plan a gigantic lease to secure one million acres for sheep range. They reportedly negotiate with Union Pacific for control, with a rental of one cent per acre per year.
The striped cucumber beetle is best controlled with Paris green when on leaf surfaces. Kerosene emulsion and pyrethrum have shown good results. Planting wild cucumber as a trap crop may lure beetles away from crops.
The Army supports liberal mule purchases for foreign shipment. In eight months exports total 23,000 mules valued around $8 each, compared with 4,075 last year and 6,805 two years ago.
The fragment describes fertilizers for turnips including barnyard manure with a bit of super phosphate added. It notes the practice is likely true of the arable land and mentions corn fodder as excellent, especially when injected with care. The text is garbled but centers on fertilizer mixtures and agricultural quality.
The article argues for improving farm cattle by using high quality sires and forming buyer pools to acquire first-class pedigreed bulls. It highlights increased dairy output from better cows, beef capacity gains, and the practicality of syndicates across farming communities to reduce costs and share ownership of superior bulls.
A Bostow man praised Dr King’s New Life Pills as curing his ill wife, claiming the remedy cured jaundice malaria and liver troubles. An anecdote from a Kingston drug store customer extols Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for rheumatic pain after a fall and offers pruning tips for fruit trees to ensure quick healing and strong growth.
Oleo butter substitutes flood markets with record winter output. The 1899 fiscal year total reached 83 million pots, greatest on record. Despite state laws restricting oleo use, producers continue to ship abroad and domestically, with many factories defying bans. Thirty two states with about 60 million people have enacted bans on oleo labeling, yet distribution remains widespread.
A fragmented note describes cooling bottled milk by freezing and using boards to keep it upright. It suggests submerging bottles necks, filling a container with water to a prescribed level, and covering the setup to preserve cooling, with unclear steps due to garbled text.
Fragmented text discusses insect control for hogs and poultry, with references to lice treatment, feather handling, and feed for farm animals. Mentions a will, a fruitless discussion of methods, and a call for authoritative guidance on farming practice.
A reader recounts severe stomach pain overnight and weakness at work. After using Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from Milter & McCurdy’s, the pain subsided and the writer praises it as the finest stomach remedy and plans to keep it at home. The note includes local shop references and testimonials.
The article lists city officials including Mayor S W Rowson and Aldermen from wards one through three, city clerk F C Gates, treasurer R F Auwatter, city attorney C E Ritcher, street superintendent Emil Droll, and police magistrate J L Hagler. Township officials include supervisor I W Garnet and town clerk Irf A Canedy, with other roles such as collector John Deimling Jr and school trustees J W Gaskill, M F Auwatter, Edward Joseph. It also notes lodge and union meeting details and church references, detailing regular lodge communications and organizational leaders in Troy and surrounding areas.
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