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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1861
Page
4
A Scottish Farmer writer notes potatoes buried six feet deep in an old ice well survived two years nearly intact. Another account says potatoes buried three and a half feet in a garden stayed sound after two years, retaining firmness. Both imply deep burial limits air exposure though soil moisture affects results.
A long excerpt contrasts dirty hog pens with household neglect and unhealthy pork. It condemns poor farming practices as nuisances near homes, linking filth to disease. Included are naval reflections by Charles Wilkes on intercepting dispatches aboard a neutral steamer and legal grounds for capturing vessels with papers.
An English gentleman fed a flock on dry food during summer and found they drank six pounds of water daily and ate three pounds of clover hay to gain fat. Reducing water to four pounds daily led to less food intake and weight loss, showing animals never drink too much when water is always available.
The article warns that cattle may overconsume salt when salt hunger is induced, leading to death. Symptoms include body swelling, eye rotation, labored breathing, and spasms. No remedy exists beyond withholding salt. animals fed dry fodder then placed on rich forage may self harm.
A scanned fragment lists recipes for pie fillings and desserts including lemon custard and rhubarb tarts, plus a detailed pattern for knitting soldiers mittens. It shares directions on egg butter sugar pastry, pork stuffing, custard, and a stitch-by-stitch method to shape thumbs and hands.
The Fife Journal reports cows may calve in daytime with no extra labor. When a cow is dry and milk waning, withhold milking during day and night but milk in the morning. At calving time the calf may be born in daylight, a method said to have been successfully tried by many cattle raisers.
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