Premiums For Best Crop Spark Debate On Fair Grounds
A long critique argues agricultural societies reward largest crops, not efficiency or cost. It questions premiums of 15 10 and 5 for corn, contending best overall value per acre and soil health should guide awards rather than sheer yield and notes the impact of manure and feeding costs on fertility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruse
Cernen
Urey
Alben
Pwil
Bern
AH. W
Lutz
Miny
Vermont
John Hay
Australia
San Francisco
Orange County
Parker Earle
Cobden
Europe
South
Central America
State Agricultural College of Michigan
Stephen Powers
Cincinnati
Olio
Kuit
Elds
George Cook
New Sorcery Agricultural Experiment Station
Cook
Henry Stewart
F. D. Curtis
Cremisery Builer
Buying a Farm
An Auburn New York correspondent argues for buying land to own a home rather than renting, comparing options across New England and the West. He cites rent costs, land values, railroad access, Homestead Act limits, and the economics of improving farms versus leasing. He urges Eastward settlement on lands near markets, noting New England offers cheaper land and varied soils, with cautions about profitability without capital.
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Brother Stahl
Litte Mioney
Stall
Uiere
Brother Lal
The
Ohio Farmer
Auburn
N.Y
New England
Wirral
United States
A. H.W
Durability of Posts Direction Affects Longevity
A 1879 Beal experiment compared posts cut from seasoned timber placed in sand or clay soil with ends oriented tree-like or reversed. Thirteen woods showed mixed results. in some species top end down or bottom end down persisted longer, others showed no difference, and occasional minor variances traced to small wood differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Beal
Milk in Health and Disease lecture urged proper infant feeding
Dr A P Grinnell of Burlington VT spoke to the Vermont Dairymen's Society on Milk in Health and Disease asserting infant mortality stems from ignorance not Providence. He said milk is the only appropriate food for infants until teeth form at seven months to a year, since their saliva and pancreatic fluids cannot digest starch in solid foods.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Kansas
Nebraska
Italy
Texas
Geremin
Messquite
Land Grant
Ra Berd
Congress
Waterat
Arkansas River
Per
Walt
Oregon
Washington
Nay
Kauss City
Denver
Linnie City
Laramie
Rce
New York
Pennsylvania
Pacific Rural
A. P. Grinnell
Burlington
Vermont Dairymen's Society
Onion harvesting and storage tips from a historical guide
A practical guide explains how to tell when onions are ready to harvest by tops dropping, then handling them for market. It covers pulling, heaping, curing, and drying, weather effects on tops, separate storage ideas, and safe freezing methods, including barrels and ventilated bins. It also lists wholesale fertilizer prices and materials for crop nutrition.
Things Worth Knowing and Sheep Breeders’ Reward
Professor Goodall discusses plant water absorption via surface moisture in aquatic and soil fixed plants, noting root hairs as key water uptake sites and that torn roots end absorption. Vermont Spanish merino breeders gain rewards as they reap after skilled husbandry. a flock of 173 sheep unspecified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Hexamer
Professor Goodall
Vermont
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Andrew MH. Ward
Nature
National Live Stock Journal
Western Plains
Medicine Bow
Rio Grande River
Rocky Mountain
New Mexico
Dakota
Mountana
Nevada
Utah
O@ion
Missouri River
South Carolina
Florida
Luffalus
Far West
Colorado Plains
Montana
Laramie Plains
Clark
Chicago
Kansas City
Surace
Conaert
Maine
Pvernment Suena
Max Sering
America
California
Minnesota
Florida Dispatch
Arnold
Baltimore
Sheen
Navassa
Lobos
Spesapasthar
Eiss Aba Teackere
Psd
New Engand Medical Institute
KOW
Boston
Mass
Ceaioer
Charles A. Vogeler Co
A. Vogeler & CO
U.S
Ae Sior Ardeon
Burlington Vt
World Manufacturing Co
Nassau Street
J. Regvea
Cha Sons
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