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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
3
The article urges both farmers and city residents to maximize home grown foods, explaining simple seasonality and the rise of backyard hotbeds for early lettuce and vegetables. It describes soil structure at a microscopic level, stressing the importance of proper particle arrangements and air spaces, before noting social updates from local residents.
Macedonia Virginia August 30 Mrs J H Lewis and son Olanda of McKeesport Pa visit her parents Mr and Mrs J T Smith Rev H M Stickler preached to a large afternoon congregation Mr and Mrs Joseph Pifer Lewis Smith and sisters Annie and Emily Smith attend the Front Royal horse show John Violette ill at home Henry Crismore of Connellsville Pa visits sister Mrs C J Jacobs Elizabeth Daugherty of Chambersville and Mrs Alfred Seal of Clifton Forge and Mrs John Seal of Winchester at Mr J W Violetts Monday Oaklands visitors include Ray and Elmer Robinson John Smith Joseph Pifer Walter Barr of Stephens City was at Oakland Thursday to Saturday
Mrs William Johnson of Gaylord visits daughter Mrs J W Symons in Swimley. Miss Alice Tate from Washington visits Miss Marie Carter. Mr and Mrs G L Carter of Berryville spend Sunday with Mrs J W Symons. Miss Maud Swimley of Brucetown visits her uncle Mr Miller Swimley.
Farmers Advocate of Manitoba presents a barn plan using a 40 by 84 foot cattle area with two large box stalls, plus a horse section with five stalls and two boxes. It includes a silo, two root cellars, connected driveways, and careful feedroom placement. Caution urged on corn feeding to avoid lamb stomach overload and death.
A horseman notes breeders must pasture young horses on marsh lands where grass lacks upland forage value. He urges daily grain to keep thrifty condition, even on bluegrass farms, where oats and bran or corn and bran supplement grass for best growth of young stock.
The origin of playing cards is lost to antiquity though historians pin dates to early references. In 1377 a German living in Switzerland noted that card games had been introduced into the country.
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