The American Beauty Rose Founder’s Humble Downfall
The piece chronicles John Brady the gardener who created the American Beauty rose for George Bancroft. After a long pursuit of winter bloom, Brady’s success leads to wealth for others while he descends into poverty. Bancroft’s death grants him the rose, but Brady ends destitute, homeless, and estranged, his triumph overshadowed by personal tragedy.
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Washington
Theodore Kreier
Jules Verne
Georges Bancroft
John Brady
Brady
Bancroft
George Bancroft
Germany
England
America
Mr. Bancroft
Abraham Lincoln
Herr Bismarck
Berlin
Bismarck
Pomerania
Lafayette Square
Herman
Seventeenth Street
Arthurs
Mpberg
France
Madame Ferdinand Jemain
William Francis Bennett
New York
Mme. Ferdinand
Judge Hagner
Bancroft Gardens
Mia
Field Brothers
Washington Florists
William R. Smith
National Botanical Gardens
United States
Neat Barn for Small Farm and Winter Storage
A compact $450 barn designed for a small farm to store wagons and implements. Measuring 4 by 38 feet, it uses the driveway for year round convenience and warm winter storage. One end houses doors for easy backing with an empty wagon, and an overhead hay mow holds 15 to 20 tons.
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W. A. Radford
Proper Feed for the Cost
A guide on raising colts and pigs with emphasis on proper nutrition, feeding, and care. Highlights include early growth, avoiding excessive training with the whip, ample feed and water, clean bedding, correct shoeing and blanketing, sun and moisture care, and a suggested V shaped pig trough to ensure equal feeding for Bunty pigs and their bunkmates.
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May Peintner
Early Harness Training for Colts
The article stresses starting colt training early to prevent bad habits. It warns that using sturdy, secure straps and ropes reduces the risk of a colt breaking free from halters or harness, which can lead to widespread trouble.
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Culta
Perhepa
Eliminates Hard Work of Farm Horses in Threshing Days
A fragment recalls the toughest task for a farm horse powering an old threshing machine. The text notes a shift from horse power to gasoline powered machinery, reflecting a change in agricultural labor.
Hogging Off Corn Proves Practical for Hog fattening
A Minnesota experiment and farmers report hogging off corn as profitable. Hogs gain weight faster, corn is consumed fresh, and less husking is required. For best results, confine twenty pigs weighing 100 pounds each to about an acre, rotating as corn ripens and weather allows.
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Minnesota Experiment Station
A. R. Wilson
Minnesota Farmers’ Institute
Suitable Shelter for Hogs From Weather
A compact hog shelter designed for spring or fall pastures provides weather protection. A six by five by four foot shed uses one inch boards and 2x4 studs, with back gable boarded and a front opening. Placed to maximize sun and wind protection, it benefits sows by allowing nesting and warmth with straw inside.
Live Stock Advice From NOFES Bulletin
The article extols humane handling and care of livestock, urging dry sleeping areas, patient training, and regular work routines. It emphasizes improving horse welfare, managing pigs to prevent digestion issues, and the profitability of healthy stock through proper feeding, pasture, and housing. It notes rising beef supply from better feeder practices and discusses seasonal crop rotations for hogs and sheep.
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