Dairy and PoultryHints on Live Stock Care and Milk Quality
A Wisconsin Round-up Institute discussion on dairy and poultry care covers milk odor sources, aeration effects on cheese and butter, cream buttering causes, and factors in cream quality. Experts note odors arise from milker and handling, aeration improves testing if samples are well mixed, and cream overheating or jarring during transport can create butter in the fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fom Farmers’ Review
Wisconsin
Prof. Smith
Goodrich
Prof. Farrington
Prof
Farrington
Noyes
Lamar
Taylor
Poultry Industry Growth Seen in Nationwide Outlook
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Missouri shipped 106,988,710 pounds of live and dressed poultry last year, with eggs totaling 34,875,040 dozen and poultry and egg producers earning 12,091,048.54 dollars. The piece notes rising imports from Canada and growing farming scales across North America, urging improved breeds to meet steady demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Missouri
Canada
United States
Massachusetts
Sabrevois
Quebec
S. H. Jones
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Pure Breed Poultry Trade Sparks Growth and Advertising
A pure breed poultry establishment serves as a center from which high quality males are distributed to improve flocks. Fanciers have long advertised and attracted many followers due to the perceived profitability of better fowls, showing strong public response to the push for superior poultry types.
Demand for Horses and Mules Across Tennessee Markets
Tennessee dealers report rising prices for high quality horses and mules by about 60 percent in the last year. Demand driven by wars and war-related needs has boosted sales to New York buyers and British cavalry, while West Tennessee supplies fit cavalry needs. Scrub stock from the Southwest raises mule prices, and a shortage of good brood mares tightens the market as Kentucky buyers seek top stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
New York
Cavalry
South Africa
West Tennessee
Kentucky
Milk Fever in Cattle and Preventative Diets
S C Judy of Vermilion County Illinois shares a farmer’s experience with milk fever. He notes two fatalities among fine cows several years apart and advises keeping cows from getting too fat, treating hot weather as a risk, and feeding dry hay for a month before calving with no grain then a careful calving period to avoid fever. He offers no cure and distrusts suggested remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Judy
Vermilion County
Ilinois
Pasturing Cows Near Lake in Kandiyohi County
J H Stauffer of Kandiyohi County Minnesota describes a sixty acre pasture bordered by a small lake with clear water and a sandy shore. Thirty acres are timothy hay, the rest is low marsh land. cows are moved to grain fields after harvest and returned to the pasture at night for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Stauffer
Kandiyohi County
Minnesota
Pearl Millet Cultivation Uses and Characteristics
Pearl millet is extensively cultivated in Africa for seed used as food and occasionally in the southern United States for fodder. The plants are tall and stout with seeds in a dense cylindrical cluster, but lack the bristles of foxtail millets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
United States
Pod corn as a historic Indian corn variety
The pod corn is described as the original Indian corn where each kernel is husked and the entire ear is wrapped in an additional husk, providing double protection for the kernels.
The Farm Dog Declared United by Opinion as Worthless
A long critique argues farm dogs are useless and costly, misbehave and harm sheep and cows, while praising trained sheep dogs and cats. It claims many farm dogs are lazy nuisance eaters, and concludes the best farm dog is a dead dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuNaught
Fertility Benefits of Winter Fattening Sheep in WV
West Virginia experiment notes favor fattening lambs in winter to use farm fodder and home grain, reducing soil nutrient loss from fall marketing. It argues feeding concentrates like cottonseed meal and linseed meal boosts nitrogen and potash in manure, ultimately increasing land fertility despite the lamb crop. There's no gain without pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
The Bride Who Was Won By Fate On a Train
A July journey from King's Cross to York turns into a comic romance as Fred Julian meets a pretty bride-to-be who changes her wedding plans after a mishap on a smoking carriage. They bond, share confidences, and exchange cards with hopes of a London reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Julian
Scarborough
King’s Cross
Peterborough
York
London
Julian
Penny Pictorial Magazine
Not Constituted for Swimming
Camels cannot swim and are buoyant but unbalanced with heads often submerging. They can learn to swim rivers when goatskins or jars are fastened under their necks. In 1898 Beluchistan expedition camels were lowered from ships and drivers swam to rest on their backs to guide them ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson’s
Widow of Tommy Follows War News With Gracious Wit
A London newspaper notes varied reactions to the South African campaign. The widow of a Colenso fallen soldier greets a visitor with a wry smile and says she has money from newspapers and friends to live comfortably, calling the war a source of happy homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tommy
Colenso
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dairy and Poultry
Terely
Prise
Phyl
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!