Southern States urged to boost poultry and beekeeping profits
The article argues that California's poultry boom can be replicated south of the Virginia line through modern breeding, market farming, squab cultivation, and beekeeping. It promotes government support for southern agricultural development, notes egg fertility factors and hatchability, and warns against misused funds while citing trials from Rhode Island Maine and Ohio stations.
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Virginia Line
Gulf
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
California
Agricultural Department
Missouri
Kansas
Rocky Mountains
Owever
South
United States
Department of Agriculture
Rhode Island
Maine
Ohio
The Telephone on the Farm Generating Rural Wealth
A farmer uses a phone to coordinate seed potatoes and corn planting with neighbors, buys supplies, and learns of new equipment. The device speeds shopping, reduces labor, and strengthens social ties, turning the home into a productive hub. It highlights fertility studies in poultry and the practical value of rapid communications.
Caring for cattle brings lasting stock success
A stock raiser emphasizes humane, practical care as the key to profitable farming. He urges built shelters and adequate feeding, noting cold, neglected stock harms both animals and a farmer’s conscience, and condemns shiftlessness as outdated.
Nitrogen Bacteria Promises Questioned by USDA Warning
The USDA warns farmers about nitrogen fixing bacteria sold for soil inoculation. In many cases the inoculation adds little without basic fertilization and is ineffective if soil already contains nitrogen. Of nineteen market samples, only one was very good, five good, most others poor, and eight worthless.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Fisher Building
Chicago
Maxwell
Homemaker
Nature
Homemaker Magazine
Pig Beck
A. L. Rice
Adams, N. Y
W. Rice
Manus'r
North St
Adams
Uncle Alee Reflections on Pride and Record Beat
A reader recalls Uncle Alee trying to comfort a man by noting his trouble could be worse. The tale hints at pride in defeating the record, even amid misery and self pity.
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Alee
Dean Nebber
The Old Woman’s Bargain on a Narrow Economy
The text notes a frugal decision where an elderly woman aims to stretch a dollar by paying ten cents for a cab fare and buying ninety eight cents worth of goods. She chooses not to spend more on unnecessary items.
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Vine Mfg, CO
Mill St
Concord Junction
Mass
Henry Labouchere Defends Libel Suits Costing One Million
Henry Labouchere, editor of the London Truth, has expended about one million dollars defending libel suits filed against him. The amount covers legal fees and court costs in the ongoing actions.
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Henry Labouchere
The
London Truth
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T. PF. McGrew
White and
Plymouth Rocks
Biltmore, N. C
Mississippi
Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm
Maxwell's
Postoffice
Maxwell's Homemaker Magazine
State of
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Ieee
Revure
Monte AN Remi
Wineral Heave
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St.Us
Quincy
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W. M. Crane Company
Broadway
Room
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