Illinois Horticulturists Hold Fifty-Year Review in Champaign
The fiftieth annual meeting of the Illinois State Horticultural Society met December 12 to 15 in Champaign with day sessions at the agricultural college and evening meetings nearby. Speakers traced fifty years of progress in fruit growing, marketing, pest control, and tomato culture, noting advances, challenges, and the value of university attendance for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois State Horticultural Society
Champaign
Agricultural College
Illinois
Arthur Bryant
T. E. Goodrich
Association
T. J. Burrill
University of Illinois
Edgard Sanders
Chicago
Prof. Burrill
Jonathan Periam
B. F. Smith
Kansas
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Carroll
S. A. Forbes
Forbes
San Jose
John W. Lloyd
Farmers’ Review
Geo. J Foster
Normal
S. Soverhill
Tiskilwa
Bryant
Princeton
Stanton
Richview
Farme
Old Fashioned Christmas Bible Gifts Questioned
Recipes for Swedish Rolls Kentucky Corn Muffins German Raisin Bread Sponge Biscuit and Corn Starch Crackers are described with measurements and methods. The text ends by asking what happened to the old fashioned custom of giving Bibles as Christmas gifts.
Examining a Dead Hog and Its Causes
A. S. Alexander outlines methods for veterinary postmortems on hogs to determine death causes. He covers healthy internal appearances, signs of tuberculosis and hog cholera, ulcers in the large intestine, parasitic worms, acute enteritis, and bone health including rickets, urging careful dissection of all organs and the periosteum to reach accurate conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Alexander
Farmers’ Review
Hints for Farm Shepherds on Sheep and Hog Health
Practical guidance for shepherds on examining lambs for pale membranes signaling worms, treating with a designed fast then gasoline, and culling aged or unprofitable ewes. Also emphasizes tagging, selective breeding, and feeding. warns hog buyers to ensure disease-free stock to prevent hog cholera spread.
Butter Quality and Profits in Dairy Farming
Joseph C. Weber of Ottawa County Michigan argues butter from farms should match creamery prices. He details costs per cow, production averages, and the need to improve herds and cleanliness to avoid losses while urging farmers to aim for higher butter quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renovator
Joseph C. Weber
Ottawa Co
Mich
Farmers’ Review
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Ilinois
H. M. Dunlap
France
United States
Europe
America
Australia
Black Swan