Silos Transform Farming Methods Across Regions
An essay explains silos as airtight pits for preserving green fodder like cornstalks and clover, detailing construction, placement near barns, and the importance of rapid filling to prevent fermentation. It notes regional adoption in England and Canada, and cites William M. Singerly's 1200 ton capacity and practical outcomes such as feeding efficiency and winter storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Singerly
Gwynedd
England
Milking Qualities Hidden Behind Rough Frames
A cow that yields milk should not be judged by appearance alone. The text argues milk quantity and quality define value, noting top milking cows often look unremarkable to casual observers and only experts can discern true potential behind a rough exterior.
Selecting Breeding Sows for Breeding Stock
Begin by separating breeding sows from the others and feeding them nourishing but not fattening rations. Choose sows with long straight backs and at least ten or twelve teats. Some sows have more pigs than teats, a playful comparison to surplus hungry patriots after an election.
Two Ways of Making Butter in Ohio Farms
The Ohio Farmer notes two methods of butter making. It contrasts the old farm method with tobacco smoke and poor cleanliness, against the modern creamery system in several states. The article details creamery processing, farm labor reduction, and standard creamery can sizes and the amount of cream needed to make a pound of butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Stephen Powers
Power
Powers
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Michigan
Creamery Association of the
United States
Live Stock Notes and Dairy Improvements Across Regions
A digest of agricultural commentary covers swine feed from barley ground and corn meal, heat effects on cattle appetite, and veterinary notes. It highlights English milk can innovations with wrought iron stays, dustproof lids, and interchangeable necks. Creamery shifts to buying cream by butter value and paying patrons accordingly. A North British correspondent notes New Zealand frozen meat trade lifting sheep values, while warning of shipping costs eroding profits, a signal hopeful for American sheepowners.
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Ohio
Marshall
N Rth
British Agricultur
New Zealand
New
Colonies
Planting Nut Groves For Long Term Profit On Farm
The article advises sowing nuts this season in the burr or soon after harvest, planting thickly and shallowly in the intended locations. It notes moisture challenges for storage, insists on sturdy fences to protect young trees, and suggests alternating rows of chestnut, black walnut, victory nut, and butternut. Over time thinning will yield a valuable nut crop and timber, especially from black walnut, requiring no cultivation beyond natural growth.
Vermont Foresters Cite Forest Husbandry Profit Model
Forestry notes from the Vermont Forestry Commission stress guiding public awareness to profit from intelligent forest husbandry. Some lumbermen avoid land depletion by pursuing steady income, while in Washington County a landowner harvests about a million feet annually, keeping forest resources intact.
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Vermont Forestry Commission
Washington County
The Cultivation and Uses of Parsley in Gardens
Parsley should be sown in a sandy bed and lightly covered with leaf mold, best in autumn or at corn planting time. Maintain warmth and moisture for three weeks, then regular watering. parsley lasts for years. Curled varieties suit garnish while plain parsley excels in cookery, with lampooned health benefits and ancient uses noted. Lyonnaise potatoes with parsley highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vick's
Galen
Farm Brevities on Tools Fertilizers and Silos
Farmers receive quick notes on tools and management from Peruvian guano dwindling and stable manure making to Dripless drains and windmills. Pyrethrum insect powder shows promise for currants and roses while Britain rapidly expands the silo system with 610 in use and vast capacities due to wet climates and experimental farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur Industrial News
France
Amherst
Britain
United Kingdom
Argyllshire
Hants
Feeding Fowls Too Rapidly
Advice on poultry feeding emphasizes rationing and controlled access to grain. Do not offer constant food. provide only what birds eat cleanly and slowly to prevent gorging, fattening, and to encourage laying. When large quantities are fed, scatter on clean dry straw and require scratching to eat.
Ducks thrive with daily water access and careful care
Ducks do better with a daily stream or pond but profits rise with access. Gather eggs each morning after laying and set them with a broody hen. Feed ducklings crumbled bread soaked in milk, then introduce johnny cake oatmeal barley meal and occasional boiled vegetables, and delay pond access until nearly half grown.
Poultry Profits and Winter Care Advice
The article argues poultry can yield 160 to 185 eggs per hen annually if properly housed in winter. It criticizes wealthy farmers who keep birds in trees and neglect feed, leading to starvation and freezing. It urges investing in a coop to sell eggs and poultry, noting many farmers fail to stock their homes with poultry sales.
Filet of Beef Broiled With Parsley Butter Sauce
A large steak is broiled and served with fried potatoes. Melt butter, stir in chopped parsley and lemon juice, then pour over the steak for a simple, classic accompaniment.
Hot Potato Salad Recipe Note
Slice eight boiled potatoes and white onion, mix with the potatoes. Fry bacon bits in the grease until brown, remove the meat, stir in three tablespoons of vinegar. Pour over the potatoes and serve hot.
White Cake Recipe Instructions
A historical cake method mixing two cups sugar one cup butter four egg whites one cup cold water and flour three and a half cups with baking powder three teaspoons Beat butter until light add sugar then whites of eggs not beaten mix, add water, then flour and powder.
Orange Cream Dessert Recipe Serving Tips
A historical recipe describes making orange cream by beating yolks with sugar, adding orange juice and boiling water, thickening over heat, then cooling and layering onto graes. Top with beaten whites flavored with grated rind. Uses six oranges, one-fourth pound sugar, one pint water, six eggs.
Sliced Apple Pie Method and Tips
A compact guide on baking sliced apple pie with two crust methods. It describes preparing apples with sugar and a touch of cinnamon or none, adding butter and water, dredging in flour, and baking about 45 minutes. It notes sugar amounts, serving warm with sweetened cream, and mentions crab apple pies using Transcendent apples as equal to larger varieties.
Braised Ducks with Turnips From The Caterer
Obtain two fine young ducks and truss for roasting then braise with bacon carrot thyme and parsley in beef broth and white wine until tender. Remove ducks keep hot. Fry turnips in butter brown and simmer in braising liquor. Strain thicken gravy and pour over ducks garnish with turnip pieces.
Spiced Beef Tongue Recipe for Supper
A historical method details salting and brining a beef tongue for two weeks with sugar saltpeter and cloves. After brining rinse bake slowly wrapped in a thin paste, then remove paste and skin and slice thick enough for serving.
Second Hand Toothbrush Trade Exposed By City Dealers
A New York Telegram report reveals hotel chambermaids collect used toothbrushes and sell them as seconds. Buyers pay 5 cents for good brushes and 2 to 3 cents for worn ones, with large hotels yielding weekly incomes of 50 cents to 1 dollar for maids. Dealers rejuvenate them with chlorate of lime and resell as superior imported articles in cities nationwide. Also a note from Berar mp Mourpuy praising St Jacobs Oil for relief from a stitch before a Melbourne match.
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Tts
New York City
Chicago
New York Telegram
How to Craft An Umbrella Case With Linen And Embroidery
Step by step guide to make a two umbrella case from stout gray linen. Cut pieces ten inches by twelve inches with a six inch bottom flare and sew pockets for umbrella handles. Add thirty inch strips for sides, braid edges, embroider a monogram, interline with buckram, and finish with brown braid and brass rings to hang.
Washing the Face and Marble Care in South and West
The piece offers home beauty and household guidance. It discusses facial washing at night with soap and fresh water, plus drying to improve complexion and reduce flesh worms. It then outlines marble cleaning methods using gum arabic, soap and whiting pastes, ox gall mixtures, and stains. It expands to decorative needlework and care for window mantels Lambrequins and related fabrics, stressing affordable, elegant methods and proper washing techniques.
Immortal Souls in Ancient Chinese Thought
The article traces Chinese beliefs from ancestral worship to immortality, noting dualities of life and death, the skyward ascent of great minds, and stars as pure essences. It links historical shifts to notions of communication with supernatural beings and posthumous honors. It also includes an advertisement for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claiming relief from malaria and digestive disorders.
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Heaven
Uncle Jo Richardson Wealth and Odd Habits Mentioned
A New York letter highlights Joseph Richardson known as Uncle Jo, a wealthy contractor building the Grand Central Depot extension. Described as rushing about work, compared to a miller, and estimated worth five to six million dollars, with a boast of never paying more than twelve dollars for a suit and never buying himself an overcoat. He is said to be about 75 years old.
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Joseph Richardson
Uncle Jo
Grand Central Depot
Joe
New York
Bavaria Law Bans Marriage for Impoverished Couples
A Bavarian statute prohibits marriage for pairs lacking means to support themselves, those who have drawn public funds in the past three years, those who owe taxes, or anyone deemed likely to suffer household trouble from drunkenness, waste, or laziness.
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Bavaria
Grand Union Hotel offers luxury rooms at $1 daily
When entering or leaving New York City, guests are urged to save Bagzage Expertee and Carrage Hire and stop at the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot. The Grand Union has 690 elegant rooms costing one million dollars, now available on a European plan with elevator and restaurant service. Horse cabs and elevated rail connect to all depots, promising families a better stay for less than any other first class hotel in the city.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Letter on Lydia E. Pinkham remedy praised by husband
Gro. W. Greex of Campti La writes that after his wife Anne A. Green suffered a displacement and chronic pain, she found immediate relief from Vegetavie Compound. He traveled 12 miles to buy a bottle, felt like a new person after the first bottle, and calls the medicine invaluable and a messenger of peace in his home.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Anne A.green
Tam
Gro. W
Oldest land animal found in Silurian Gothland rocks
Prof G Lindstrom reports a fossil scorpion from Gothland Sweden as the oldest land animal. It shows seven tail and seven abdominal segments eight legs large claws, and a preserved breathing stigma. The find challenges the view that Silurian life was marine only. A poem line and an ad for Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery follow.
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G. Lindstrom
Gothland
Sweden
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Vermont
Forestry Commission
Forestry
Forestry Notes
BerRarp Mourpuy
Australia
Melbourne Sportsman
Ormes
Sydney
St. Jacobs
Kensington
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Horsford’s
J. P. Cowan
Ashland, C
Bettine
Philadelphia
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
American Protective Association
Ely
J. A. Wood
N. High Street
Columbus
Christian World
London
Eng
Ely Bros
Owego
M. N. Lasley
West Chestnut Street
Louisville, Ky
Maryland
Commissioner of Health
Baltimore
Samuel K. Cox
Washington
J.3.gross, M. D
St. Vincent's Hospital
J.D. Fiske, M.D
Morse
M. D
Marine Hospital
Cc.w. Filler,m.d
Fire Department
J.13.caldwell
M.D
Brooklyn
McLane
Roberts
Latrobe
Adreon
Cuarntes A. Vocerex Company
Reo Star
Mark
U. A
Dr. Pierce
Somerville Journal
Allen
Applsey
J. Hileman
A.J. Colbom
The
Somerset Herald
Astosta
Ill
Bure H. Davis
J. N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
Bladder
Troy
James Andrews
Marshal Sr
Spa
Andrews
Paria Kennedy
Rondout
U. S
Gard Nterbrook
Valentine Bros
Jane Aeville
Wis
Cininnati Suspender Co
DE LA Balze
Frank Wet
P.O
Missouri
J. Worth
Louis
A.reed & Sons
REED
FEY Music
State Street
R. U
Lorillard
Golden Seal Bitters
American Protective Association, OF
W. G. Parrar
Commercial Nat'l Bank
Ryan & Co
Adams St
A. J. Powett
Woodbridge St
Detroit
Walt Bitters
Mich
Hop Bitters
Beltsville, Prince George Co
D.stonbroad
Lewistown
T. J. Farnham
Lactic Appliance Co
Binghamton, N.Y
da. J. Stephens
Lebanon
Mre
Vine St
Sia
Geo. E. Williams ¢ Co
Pittsburgh
Cora
Acme Manfacturing CO
Ivoryton
Con
Chicago Ledger
Chicago Leer
Franklin St
Guysoits
Tarkog Cash Prem’s
Int Capital
Prem’s
Farming World
Rankt Portfolio
Holy Angels
Ss . Encel
Alle St
Washington, D. C
Ww. H. Hale, M. Dd
Hearth and Hoxs
Dr. Hale
Puerto
Tur
Henry Askell
Birk
Cartais Aleck
Parton Maate
Expcit Arden
Ritter
Sonos and Ballaps
Bost
Jean Ingelow
Ntxos Borrox
David Hunt
Ever Rson
SkaLiTm
Hous
Hanonoox Or
Userut Informa
PorcLar Titstory
CIVTI
Dr. Foots
Piarx
Dr. Cass
Colorado
Ade Health and Home
LA Grosse
Pte Tote
Barrow
LA Crosse
the Twine
Winona Mowers Axe
Reapers
Ane
Winona
Talogue
Estey Igen Co
Durton's
Moline Buggy Company
Moline
Buffalo Portable Forges
Buffalo Forge Company
N.Y
A. Slocum
Pearl St
Horton Mfg CO
Ft. Wayne
Ind
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