Practical Farming Advice From an Era of Patience and Work
A lengthy farmhouse guide covers pasture for calves and swine, chicken and sheep care, hornless cattle breeds, caustic caping to suppress horns, hog housing with cement and slats, and the value of proper road maintenance. It urges timely dipping, sun and wind exposure for poultry, careful feeding, and steady teamwork between farmer and youth. It notes the 1902 foot and mouth outbreak costs and praises silage for milk and summer forage.
Arctic Explorer Capt Comer Studies Island Southampton
Captain George Comer of the New London whaling schooner A Z Gifford reports from the Arctic frozen in near Cape Fullerton Hudson Bay. He charts Southampton Island and records natives folklore geography and possible mineral wealth. He notes daily weather checks and ice thickness measurements while awaiting election news.
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Comer
New London
Cape Fullerton
Arctic
Hudson Bay
George Comer
A. Z. Gifford
United States
Southampton
Htte
B. 8
Osbon
The
Arctic Club
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Po- Nce
Ways of the Ant Reflect on Urban Life and Labor
A Pathinder essay describes ants as a miniature civilized society with kings and queens, soldiers, and workers. It details ant cities with multi story galleries, nurseries, dairy like aphids kept as milk sources, and seasonal rhythms from milking to winter storage.
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Panama Canal
Culebra
New York
London
Aize
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Corn Belt
Willem Cir
Yankee Whaler
Arctic Islands
Scotland
Mee
Cnanne
Pibhers Eraairs
Southampton Island
ANT
Western
Canada
Chicago
W. Wit
Crawford
H Street
Kanan Cit