Cl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 14,1981
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Bisser
Lately I’ve been looking over
some Agricultural Almanacs
printed in the 1870’s. They were
printed by John Baer’s Sons and
lucky for me they are printed in
English
When I find some genealogical
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information in German I can read
that, but not my German bibles. I
tell myself that someday I’ll im
prove my knowledge of the Ger
man language
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These almanacs cover every im
aginable subject trom recipes to
getting rid ot bed bugs by applying
quicksilver and egg whites, with a
feather, to all parts of your
bedstead once a year I never
realized that cows, horses and
sheep could have so many ailments
that needed to be cured.
The contents of these old books
also include remedies for human il
lnesses such as doses of turpentine
to cure headaches.
The mam feature in the 1870
almanac is on the “Profits of Fish
Farming.” They state that sowmg
fish is twice as valuable as sowmg
corn and that an acre of good water
produce twice as much food as an
acre of land. Advice is also given to
the farmer who is planting Indian
corn he is told to soak it over
night m tepid water before coating
it with coal tar or to keep the birds
and squirrels from eating the seed.
One line of advice reads, “Put a
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few live fish m your wells, if angle
worms infest them.”
Bleached celery is given top bill
ing to cure nervousness and
palpitations of the heart if eaten
with each meal and the common
strawberry is extoled as a natural
dentnfice. They recommend keep
ing grapes fresh by burying them
The Berks County Board ot
Farm Women held a meeting
recently to announce the following
events:
The project for 1981 farm women
is quilting. Entries will be judged
on workmanship, neatness,
eveness of stitches, design and
general appearance.
Berks Heim Bmgo will be April
'» Requested are balls, puzzles,
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in a keg in the ground.
What I enjoyed reading was the
article on “Home Cheerfulness.”
They felt that children go astray
not because there is want of prayer
or virtue in the home but because it
lacks sunshine. Parents were ad
vised to talk to their children and
smile so the children will not spend
their hours elsewhere.
afghans, used hearing aids, per
fume, powder, necklaces and
rings Berks Heim Tea will be May
The Berks hoedown will be held
October 24 at the Hamburg Field
House with music by “The Fairer
Sex.”
The 4-H Arts and Crafts Bazarr
will be April 3 and 4.
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