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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1908
Page
2
The article advises orchardists on spray practices for apples, detailing pressure ranges from 100 to 200 psi, the use of Bordeaux mixture and lime sulfur, and the importance of preventive spraying to coat foliage with a fine mist. It notes higher pressure for first moth broods and cautions about skin damage to fruit from gritty particles.
A simple fruit evaporator costs little to build and yields a bushel per day. A 44 by 44 by 44 inch box houses 24 drawers laid 16 inches square and 3 inches deep. Heat rises through a lath bottom. Stonework on sloped ground supports arch furnaces with a 50 inch sheet iron header. Turning drawers is quick and flies are kept out. weather does not hinder operation.
To estimate the price you can pay for a good ram add two dollars for each ewe you plan to breed. A ram fit to use with a flock of 30 good ewes should be worth at least sixty dollars.
Farmers urged to convert poultry raising into orchard work as chickens and turkeys clean insects harming fruit crops. The practice reduces pests while providing fowls with forage, benefiting both orchard health and poultry yields.
A note urges proper sanitary care for fowls as for all animals, stating an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and that birds receiving clean conditions seldom fall ill.
Ducklings must not be housed with chicks as they eat most of the feed and contaminate drinking water, risking health and proper growth for younger poultry.
Advice warns against overfeeding hens as heavy feed makes them lazy and sedentary. Encourages stopping heavy food to maintain activity and productivity.
A discussion of an early printing error in Longfellow’s Hiantha where the line Dove as if he were a beaver appeared instead of dived. The incident caused quiet suppression and later editions replaced it with div ed while defenders note the mystery behind the editorial action.
Pope Alexander VI planned a lavish palace to aid a starving population. A Venetian builder suggested inscribing over the gate: Command that these stones be bread. The pope, moved, funded relief instead of construction and fed the hungry.
A Huntsville Texas Post Item excerpt notes a viewpoint on poverty as a virtue of hardship. The author reflects that poverty spares one from social obligations, visitor pressures, solicitations, flattery, debts, and deceit, while true friends reveal themselves by staying away.
A humorous vignette from Success Magazine imagines Confucius meeting William Penn at Cleopatra’s tea hour. Penn boasts of founding Philadelphia while Confucius questions his claim and remarks on sleep. The dialogue toys with fame, invention, and lasting legacies in a witty exchange.
A daring woman climbs to the summit of a mountain five miles high in a thrilling account. The exchange highlights excitement and wonder over her ascent.
A Nashville American cartoon caption features a cartoon dialogue about truth telling and politeness, with a quip about disliking rudeness to explain why truth isn't always spoken.
Mrs. Youngwife boasts her husband is the most unselfish man: she gave him a whole box of cigars and he smoked only one, then gave the rest away.
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The piece argues that a child absorbs honesty from surroundings and parental conduct. It warns that parental lies teach children to revere lying and urges correcting small inaccuracies. It advocates homely talks and anecdotes to illustrate truth and to name lies plainly.
Washington Star prints Hal Chase promoting teetotalism among players. He recalls Leroy Vigors in an amateur game, who struck out after mishearing the umpire to hit the middle ball, claiming he hit it with the outside part.
A 40 acre western Clallam county tract holds 9 million feet of standing timber. The quarter section, part of holdings tied to the J D Lacey company, includes 8 541 000 feet fir 393 000 feet spruce and 181 000 feet hemlock. The full 160 acre quarter carries 22 217 000 feet merchantable timber according to owner figures.
Paris Le Figaro notes aviation has advanced from 25 meters to nearly 20 kilos in under two years, a 1 to 900 ratio. If this pace continues, a 20 minute flight could become 250 hours, two year voyages 20 days, and trips of hours or a day by air may soon be normal.
In a brisk exchange, a woman asks the tramp if he is up to sawing wood. He replies that equality is weak and that he is superior, greeting with a brisk good morning.
Eva He is thoughtful as he provides Edna with intriguing books. She stays focused on reading to avoid looking up while they are together, revealing a studied strategy to manage attention.
A list of six questions extols home improvements and comforts, urging the reader to adopt baths, indoor plumbing, water filtration, watered lawns, and fuel for health and convenience. It argues lack of money is not the issue but lack of economy and enterprise.
The world’s largest rock crusher started operation in a cement mill at South Pittsburg Tennessee. It processes rock for a 4000 barrel plant with 800 tons per hour capacity and produces 60 percent four inch or smaller pieces and 30 percent ten inches or smaller. The crusher stands 19 feet high weighs 425000 pounds and has a 20 foot hopper. It alone requires 29 horsepower to operate.
The Chicago Tribune notes unthinking workers cost U S railroads tens of millions yearly in expense. It urges employers to consider the financial impact of thoughtlessness on staff and operations.
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