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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1896
Page
8
The article discusses a patented bee house with six doors and a central passage, divided into hive compartments by vertical partitions and cross boards. Brood frames hang from vertical strips and honey sections sit above, aiming to replace individual hives but risking greater spread of diseases and pests in dense colonies.
Excessive aweating of a horse pes et work is a good sign of weakness. Stock depreciates when cut short in rations. Pigs should be fed for bone and muscle growth over fat. All stock need salt. Feeding practices that maximize manure boost farm profits. The man who feeds stock well makes stock feeding pay. Generally condensed near finished products yield better farm returns.
A Pennsylvania farmers institutes superintendent states that each two day winter institute will dedicate the first evening to ladies with a focus on Country Homes. Topics cover home construction heating lighting ventilation sanitary arrangements water supply sewage cooking child care flower and kitchen gardening house decoration and comfort in country life.
The Philadelphia Record notes higher profits from feeding beef cattle to slaughter by two years old, suggesting smaller breeds mature faster and should be fed to reach market weight early. It cautions against overfeeding and emphasizes breed differences in long-term fattening and flavor.
In a southern Illinois creamery skim milk sold at one cent a gallon while farmers lose value letting skim milk go to towns for half price. Feeding skim milk to hogs and mixed with corn yields 26 cents per hundredweight in value including manure. The piece urges farmers near progressive creameries to divert skim milk to pork, poultry, and eggs rather than discard it.
The Ohio Poultry Journal discusses seasonal poultry ailments. Spring prompts crop-bound birds from rapid green grazing. summer sees cholera-like outbreaks. autumn brings rop and canker. winter causes frozen combs and feet without proper housing. The piece links disease with fowl care and season.
A illustrated method shows turning the space under a stable stairs into a harness closet and a grain bin with hinged front for easy access. It notes that keeping manure and spare waste pay for feeding and that space under stairs is often wasted.
A Chicago area patient testifies to a dramatic cure of rheumatic and neuralgic afflictions after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits relief to the pills with sleep restored, pain vanishing, and overall renewed health for herself and her sister who also found cure after initial medical failure. The ad boasts pill benefits, prices, and a Schenectady company address.
Fragmentary ad copy notes a benevolent medicine claimed to cure malaria nervousness and kidney complaints. It mentions a Mr Hosack and Miss Tenspot with quotes about beauty and a photograph. The wording is garbled but presents a sensational recall of a life magazine blurb.
Free mailed pamphlets outline agricultural and industrial resources of Missouri and Nebraska for homeseekers. Request via L. W. Wakelry G P A Burlington Route St. Louis. Also notes a literary quote from Fliegende Blatter mentioning an heiress and a humorous line about locating lieutenants after a ball.
An 1898 notice details round trip excursion tickets from Chicago to numerous Western and Southwestern points via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad with greatly reduced rates on November 17 and December 1 and 15. The item also includes a collage of humorous and promotional quotes from period sources and patent medicine ads, reflecting a digitized collection fragment.
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