Farrowing Sows and Spring Farm Cleanups Advice
A Farmers' Review summary outlines sow farrowing care emphasizing isolation, dry nests, regular exercise, and avoiding overcrowded pens to prevent illness. It warns against winter indoor housing, advises open air feeding, and stresses fresh air, proper bowels, and disinfection. It also urges spring farm cleanup practices including hedge removal, willow clearing, modern fencing, and preparing stables for the coming season.
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Alexander
Farmers' Review
Spring Cleaning Time And Farm Work In Spring
The piece notes spring odors of smoke as geese head north and people seek farm work before seeding. It highlights cellar cleaning, whitewash, hog house and dairy stable upkeep, garden care, lawn care, and general seasonal labor as admirable, necessary tasks amid ongoing warmth and farm life.
American stock breeding surpasses British in dairy and beef
In a study of leading herds and flocks across Britain and Continental Europe, Prof. W J Kennedy argues American farmers now rival and often surpass European methods in feeding dairy cows for milk and fattening cattle for beef. He notes Britain has long led as a central pure-bred stock breeder, but American progress in the last fifty years has captured chief markets, while Europe watches with jealousy and curiosity about what comes next. He sees vast opportunity in breeding the highest class of pure-bred livestock in the United States.
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Great Britain
Europe
Continental
Prof
W, J, Kennedy
The Agreeable Woman Charm and Comfort Her Presence Brings
A reflection on the agreeable woman who brings sunshine and warmth into any room. She greets with a genuine Good morning and a firm handshake, lifting moods and infusing the air with spring's scent and cheerful feeling.
Change Crops This Spring in Cropland History
Hundreds of thousands of acres across farming districts have exhausted soil fertility by repetitive cropping. The piece urges rotation, green crops, and nitrogen restoration via clover and legumes, warning that long-cropped fields yield poor profits without soil nourishment. Advocates deeper cultivation, lime where needed, and intelligent soil use to sustain profitability. A. S. Alexander urges breeders to inspect pedigrees and avoid outcrossing in stallion selection, stressing sound stock and domestic breeding.
Breeding Stallions and the Need for Pure-Bred Records
The article urges mare owners to verify a stallion’s pedigree through recognized stud books in Washington to ensure blood purity. It warns that many stallions may falsely claim pure-bred status, notes cross-bred sires lack prepotency, and stresses consulting the secretary of the stud book or an expert to avoid risky breedings and the spread of mongrel progeny.
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Breeders’ Gazette
Nus Cronus
A. S. Alexander
Farmers’ Review
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Cultivation Tips For Surface Mulch And Deep Plowing
The article emphasizes deep plowing and thorough surface cultivation to conserve moisture, kill weeds, and improve soil fertility. It advises plowing to depth, pulverizing turned earth, and using spike tooth barrows for surface mulch before and after planting. It notes riding harrows on large fields is inefficient and promotes a riding cart attachment to increase daily work output.
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Ue Hag
Prairia
True Matchmaker Reveals 1860 Oregon Letter on Western Life
Joaquin Miller preserves a New England youth's 1860 Oregon letter to his father describing the west's scarcity of women and the urge to marry. A playful postscript jokes about sending the girls new teeth out west.
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Joaquin Miller
New England
Oregon
Marketing Cranberries and the Rise of Wisconsin Shippers
The Wisconsin State Horticultural Society heard an extract on cranberry marketing from a grower describing shifting sales channels from direct retail to commission men, brokers, jobbers, and finally shipper buyers. He notes coordination among four major cranberry shippers, a near 10,000 barrel contract, and the formation of a sales company to standardize future marketing.
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Wisconsin State Horticultural Society
Rastala
Bis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Valley
The Butter Judge and the Difficulty of Scoring
A brief discussion on butter judging outlines the lack of fixed standards for saltiness color and especially flavor. Judges rely on taste and personal perception, making consistent scoring nearly impossible. The piece notes fixed salting and coloring are possible, but flavor remains subjective and variable across tasters.
Bracket Clock You Can Make At Home
A simple bracket clock design is detailed with materials such as thin boards bur lap and a spring driven movement. The box measures eight inches square with a three and a half inch depth and a six inch diameter dial frame. The construction notes include detachable bracket ends, a five and a half inch front hole, a beveled shelf top, and lead fake nail heads for edges. The movement is mounted to the back before dialing and requires clockmaker assistance for mounting and adjustment.
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St Nicholas
Wecessary
Arbor Day Observance urged across Illinois
Governor Deneen designates April 21 Arbor and Bird Day urging citizens to plant trees shrubs and vines and schools to hold activities promoting forest and bird protection. Illinois ranges greatly in climate making timing varied. many school grounds lack trees. The Farmers' Review calls for planting in rural and urban areas and warns nurseries to supply quality trees and pest control awareness.
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Milnois
Deneen
Intnois
Illinois
Illinois State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Wingis
Farmers’ Review
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Ong
St. Paul Gord
Cranberries
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