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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1917
Page
3
A fragment lists market prices for corn hay cattle and sheep plus a humorous tale about John who avoids animals for dinner. It ends with a note on highly variable tides along the West Australian coast and extreme spring tides in the Bay of Fundy.
Markets show decreases across dairy items with Butter Fancy Creamery at 38 and Choice Creamery at 37, plus nearby dairy pring at 34. Poultry section mentions live chickens but details are incomplete.
The article notes Inca sun worship and high places as symbolic phenomena. It cites Hiram Bingham and Tardy on linguistic study challenges. It lists national flowers by country and states that the United States has no official flower, with goldenrod proposals and various state flowers including magnolia for the South.
Advice warns a calf’s cry unsettles the mother reducing milk output. Separate lambs early to curb their strength. Hogpens harbor rats. clean them out to boost hog health. Strainers fail to remove milk odor. Early lambs bring money if stabled from the start, rats and wheat bran aid growth.
In the fjords along the Norway coast the water remains remarkably clear. Objects can be seen at depths of twenty five to thirty fathoms.
Ohio Experiment Station horticulturists propose a bed method to grow celery for family use. A four foot wide bed is prepared with a six inch ditch, layered with stable manure and soil, then settled by soaking to ensure crisper, more delicate flavor for harvest from November to mid winter.
A fragment notes a banking feature reaching about a foot in height. No further context or entities are readable to specify location or purpose.
Early crops such as radishes or lettuce may precede celery. Watering relies on embedded tile rows two feet apart with clay stops and a raised end for hose access. Transplants go crosswise in July six inches apart, varieties Golden Seil Branching and Giant Pascal noted. Plants are weeded weekly, banked with soil when a foot high, then covered with dirt and straw by late November to extend use.
Selecting dairy bulls should rely on pedigree across generations rather than a dam’s remarkable but possibly freak record. A well bred sire of mature age can still boost the herd if vigorous with good disposition, while avoiding discrimination against older animals.
The Fortymile district in Alaska figures in a historical account describing early placer mining from 1886 onward. It details large gold yields, the Kiondike discovery on the Canadian side, and the role of Fortymile in Alaska’s Yukon mining era with about six and a half million dollars in gold produced by 1880s to 80s.
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