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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1896
Page
3
The article discusses granary and rice weevils Calandra granaria and Calandra oryza, their life cycle and damages to grain, and recommends bisulphide or carbon fumigation. It also covers Kansas experiments showing pasture harms to winter wheat, and cautions on proper corn cribbing and Kaffir corn yields under drought conditions.
A correspondent details how egg-eating hens arose after limited nesting boxes were used. He describes a remedy by constructing small, separate nest boxes to limit access and discourage the habit. The plan aims to reduce egg theft by restricting space and occupancy per hen.
Brief Desert describes the Sultan breed of fowls, imported into Kus rope about 40 years ago. The birds have white flowing plumage, a compact Polish tuft, small wattles, five toes, and large white eggs. They are non setters, small eaters, hardy when mature but hard to raise, kept as pets and praised as beautiful, with good laying ability.
The St. Louis Republic urges beekeepers to winter bees with no stock in the apiary, install windbreaks, keep hives low, avoid night feeding, and feed only inside hives if needed. Close entrances to limit robbing. success requires quality bees, good hives, modern gear, and time commitment.
Beekeepers are urged to provide ample combs and tight sealed vessels to ripen and preserve honey without solar evaporators. The guidance claims bees will naturally ripen and seal honey under proper conditions, maintaining flavor and aroma in comb honey, creating market demand when properly marketed.
Deep ditches and boles from road work are common on both sides of country roads. Grading created water channels now unnecessary with tile, so they should be leveled for easy mowing. Leave shallow slopes in some spots, seed to grass, and harvest hay with less weed seed.
In St Paul, Mrs Eleanor M Chapron, a dressmaker on Hague Avenue, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing muscular rheumatism after weeks of agony. She details pain in arms chest and stomach eased by a box and a half, three years ago, and notes others she has helped. The article also interviews Mr and Mrs Mark Hole, her parents, longtime Minnesota farmers who saw similar relief for rheumatic pains after using the pills.
A jumble of topics on fashion hooped spinning tops and street carriage, followed by ads promising prize yields in oats and barley. It includes health product endorsements, a humorous quote, and various testimonials. The piece reads like a miscellany from an old newspaper column.
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