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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1923
Page
3
A 125 acre Maryland farm offers 85 acres cultivated 15 acres permanent pasture 25 acres timber and nine room brick dwelling with a 90 ft bank barn spring house and 50 ft hog house. Loam soil with clay subsoil, priced at 5000 dollars due to strong sale potential.
Train times list Berryville Virginia departures for Bristol Roanoke and Shenandoah with Pullman parlor and sleeper cars to Williamson Winston-Salem Ha gerstown and Philadelphia. Connections at Roanoke Shenandoah Junction and Hagerstown with Memphis and Washington routes. Fare schedules and reservations available via H H Burks Berryville or W C Flanders Roanoke.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the article notes rabbits as a nuisance to orchards and crops. It lists control methods including hunting trapping fencing and poisoning. It also mentions that in many eastern states rabbits are protected by law.
State laws vary on rabbit hunting during the close season. Some allow trapping or dog use, but shooting is forbidden. Farmers may destroy rabbits to protect trees, poison may be used with precautions, and barbed fences and trunk washes are noted as effective. Winter feeding of prunings or crops is practiced by some orchards.
Estimates place about ten million cows milked in the United States with products worth less than the feed used. Owners must milk them 14 times weekly, provide water and care, and bear interest costs, making dairy farming costly for little overall gain.
In Clark County Indiana six dairy herds increased cows producing 200 pounds of butterfat per year from nine in the first year to 41 in the second year, following management practices demonstrated by the extension agent. The figures come from reports to the United States Department of Agriculture.
A small home orchard offers value to farmers and tenants who plant fruit trees. Fall winter transplanting is possible, or trees may be set in spring, making fruit growing feasible in many locations.
Historical note states the Azores were named for the many hawks seen there. It mentions uncertainty about the discoverer and date but records that hawks inspired the name, with Acoie cited as the Portuguese for hawk.
The piece praises the American architect as ideal for supervising construction projects from modest homes to grand hotels. It notes artistic yet practical, broad yet thorough, faithful to employers, skilled beyond building while managing finances. A quoted anecdote about an author counting stock and bees as assets appears as a humorous aside.
An old-time home hair treatment touts sage tea with sulfur to darken hair and cover gray. The ad claims even, lasting results by applying a dampened brush strand by strand, or using Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound bought at drug stores.
A historical note describes the first stone bridge over the Thames at London, completed in 1208 with a street formed by its rows, and the later replacement designed by John Rennie and his sons from 1825 to 1831, about 928 feet long and 65 feet wide, with a 56 foot breadth.
The fragment describes a pipe system with stages and separators for oil and water, noting two grades and partitions. It reads as a technical line drawing or description of a pipeline process with unclear context or complete sentences.
Fragmentary report discusses liver issues and a leaking heart valve. The text hints at severe health risks and references a family voice promising care over time. No clear dates or named institutions are readable.
A damaged OCR fragment describes eyes being fretted or fret land by a charcoal frecuriter covering. The text is unclear and lacks concrete names or places. Further context is unavailable.
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