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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1898
Page
5
A discussion of Merino and Southdown crossbreeding highlighting fat lamb advantages and market appeal. Notes on visual traits like black faces and legs, maternal milk, and feeding tips to induce early dry-food intake and steady growth for profitable markets.
Birmingham, CO inventor R. B. Amstutz presents a temporary corn shocking device to hold the shock steady while tying. A broom handle, leather strip, and a short rope create a ring mechanism that sags along the handle to squeeze the bundle before the twine is tied. He offers the device for free use.
Farm News warns of Russian thistle spreading from last fall seed across prairie Illinois and beyond. The weed grows rapidly, shades out other crops, and can cover three feet in a circular patch. farmers must destroy every specimen to protect grain crops.
A traditional pork pickle method is shared: salt to draw blood, soak two to three days, and prepare a brine to cover the meat. Use ten pounds salt, four pounds Orleans sugar, three quarters ounce saltpeter, two ounces soda, and eight gallons water per 100 pounds of meat. Boil, strain, cool, then immerse meat for at least six weeks. Ensure the meat stays fully submerged without heavy weighting.
The American Cultivator notes that growing flax with grain on rich land can improve outcomes by exhausting excess fertility and reducing rank straw. Barley pairs well with flax and can be harvested together, provided seeding remains light if clover is grown that spring to avoid poor clover yields.
The Rural World article notes there is no cure for heaves and suggests feeding small amounts of nutritive, wet foods. avoid voluminous coarse hay such as timothy millet and clover. use finely cut wild hay with mill feeds or steamed foods. feed and water at least an hour before work. animals used for work will tire easily and may be considered cruel if pushed to heavy tasks. emphasizes careful rearing in apiary contexts.
The Farmers' Voice urges corn as the best feed for growing poultry, noting unlimited whole corn drives rapid growth when grazed with grass and bugs. It cautions against overfeeding laying hens, and adds that sunflowers improve plumage and health, touting corn and sunflowers as optimal farm feed.
The Wistar brothers pastured two piebald ponies on Black Island near Tinicum, agreeing to pay Edgar N. Black one dollar weekly. The ponies multiplied to 120 by 1890, costing the Wistars thousands in pasture and legal battles until a court sale reduced the herd to 60 and netted $663 for the buyer.
A light material horse for corn husking is described with a 14 inch rung and ears kept clear to ease pulling. A hand salve recipe using white wax spermaceti almond oil glycerine is provided to soothe and protect sore hands, costing 20 cents for ingredients per the Ohio Farmer.
The report details total railway casualties for the year ending June 30, 1897, including 6,437 deaths and 35,731 injuries among all persons, with breakdowns by employes, passengers, and trespassers. It gives ratios, miles traveled, and per-category losses, based on Interstate Commerce Commission data. The second item is a domestic vignette about a man pressuring a woman with a supposedly selfless gift, tying it to a wager with a neighbor.
In Mt Sterling Illinois Asa Robinson, a veteran of the 88th Pennsylvania Volunteers, recalls severe sciatica and rheumatism after his Army stint. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with his recovery after using three boxes, regaining vitality and declaring them the sole remedy that helped.
The Hungarian agriculture minister predicts a global grain deficit for the coming year. Imports may total 115 to 124 million metric tons, about 450 to 500 million bushels, while exports could reach 101 to 109 million metric tons, leaving a deficit around 14 to 15 million metric tons or roughly 60 million bushels. The Vienna grain congress report compiles official and trade estimates reflecting overall conditions.
Dotty questions halos worn by angels in a church illustration. Her mother explains angels wear halos all the time, even in the house and while sleeping, comedic inquiry ending with a child’s humorous assumption about halos being hung on hats.
In a cross examination a lawyer questions a witness about frequent visits to the prisoner’s house and a shared business venture. The witness admits being at the house every evening and finally states the business involved courting the prisoner’s daughter, revealing potential personal motives behind the case.
A compact blurb quoted from humorous or light writing with fragmented dialogue. It features a playful exchange about knowing oneself and the idea that the young fare best, framed by advertisements for Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike’s Toothache Drops promising quick cures.
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