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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1905
Page
3
Advertises Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passenger traffic offices in Winchester for rates tickets and baggage handling. Mentions D B Martini manager and T B Pattom admission at Winchester as contact points for travelers.
Train list for Berryville and intermediate stations with Nos 18 9.09 am 1 2 39 am 27 6 31 pm 28 9 83 am 14 8 24 pm 2 2 19 am. Includes routes to Bristol Roanoke Welch Welch and destinations via connections to Baltimore Philadelphia New York Harrisburg and Cincinnati. Rates and timetables available from Roanoke Virginia agents W Bever and Brace General Passenger Agents.
Train schedule entry noting arrivals departures and stops for the R R line on November 27 1904. Includes times for local and through trains and indicates station at Waller.
Effective December 4 1904 additional eastbound local trains run daily except Sunday from Carlisle 7 05 am 12 30 pm 3 15 pm Mechanicsburg 5 54 am 7 29 am 12 52 pm 3 36 pm and Dillsburg 5 35 am 10 00 am 6 23 pm Trains 2 8 and 110 operate daily between Hagerstown and Harrisburg. Court clerk’s office Frederick County notes May 18 1905.
All trains arrive and depart from Pennsylvania Railroad Station Washington DC with connections to Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. For maps folders through ticket rates apply to nearest agent or No 121 will stop at Herndon Heights and Coral to pick up and drop off passengers. No 129 Sunday only.
The article notes water consumption among dairy cows ranges widely from about 5 to over 10 gallons daily, with variations by age breed weight diet and health. Younger cows drink more, dry feed increases thirst, pasture reduces need, and individual cows regulate intake when given running water and individual vessels.
A Field and Farm note warns that using dish water containing washing soda as pig slop can cause severe sickness and death. Early signs mimic cholera with diarrhoea vomiting fever lameness paralysis and nervous distress. Post mortem shows swollen dark lymphatic glands and pale shiny intestinal lining. Prevention relies on avoiding alkali laced slop.
The New York Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva studied why vinegar quality varies and how to produce 4.5 percent acidity from York State apples. Proper methods use sound ripe fruit, clean pressing, hot water treated barrels, air access, and two fermentation stages with temperature control and starters to shorten time.
Itching indicates possible local irritation and parasites may hide on skin. Cleanse with soap and hot water then a two percent carbolic acid rinse. Skim milk and corn may balance a ration. skim milk reportedly boosts hen protein more than corn alone, and may yield better returns than feeding pigs. Readers’ opinions invited.
A vintage guide notes hens begin laying mid March to early April and may lay in changeable weather. It advises locating nests, protecting eggs, using a coop, and preventing wandering to guard hatchlings. Feed should be early, frequent, and moderate, avoiding overfeeding and rich foods, with grit provided as coarse sand.
Article reports on bee experiments proving pollination boosts fruit set with covered blossoms showing higher fruit rates than uncovered. It covers pure bred seed corn benefits, farmer lobbying, model apiary plans at Arlington Farm, coal ashes as soil amendments, and a ruling on unstamped mail found in rural boxes.
A carload of goats is released on Branham Hearn farm ten miles northwest of Columbia to exterminate rattlesnakes. The ground is thick with undergrowth and snakes, making entry difficult. Hewitt Brothers ordered the goats after success of similar work at the state farm in Columbia.
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