Changes in wheat farming across the Midwest and Northeast
A discussion traces wheat cultivation from New England to Genesee County New York and westward to Wisconsin, noting declining yields and the need for new systems. It argues for crop rotation and manuring, compares barnyard and chemical manures, and provides practical dung management and yield observations, plus farming efficiency principles and a section on horse splints and treatment.
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New England
Genesee County
New York
Wisconsin
J. B. Lawes
H.W
Table of Average Weights of Different Oxen and Calves Parts
A historical table presenting average weights for various body parts of oxen and calves. The chart lists distinct anatomical regions, giving measured weights to aid comparison across animal sizes and ages. The data reflects 19th or early 20th century livestock measurement practices.
Most Profitable Age for Beef Revealed by Fat-Stock Show
The sixth fat-stock show demonstrates that younger cattle yield higher daily gains and lower cost per pound. Data show yearlings and two year olds reaching about two pounds per day, with cost per pound far lower than older animals. The analysis argues meat production as the core goal of stock feeding.
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America
Eve
Roan Boy
Clarence Kirklevington
Gillett
Hattie
Stonington
Profit in fat stock shows bold feeding yields early gains
The report compares steer Mammoth and steer Arthur, noting Mammoth cost 8.77 cents per pound and Arthur 4.26 cents, with both fed by Cobb & Phillips under John D. Gillett. It urges feeders to feed freely from birth to achieve marketable weight by twenty four months, arguing slow-maturing stock wastes resources.
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Arthur
Mammoth
Prince of
John D. Gillett
Cobb & Phillips
Raising Park in the South: Pork and Poultry Farming Advice
J L Stroud of Auburn spoke to an Alabama farmers club on cheap meat production through careful feeding. He endorses crossbreeds Poland-China Berkshire and discusses Spainish chufa and red potato feeding to fatten hogs, plus advised prudent poultry breeding, market focus, and patience.
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J. L. Stroud
Auburn
Alabama Farmers’ Club
Poland-China
Berkshire
Winter sheep and poultry care in harsh weather
The article warns against overfeeding and overcoddling sheep during winter, stressing the need for exercise, water, and dry, well-ventilated housing to prevent disease and fleece faults. It also cautions against ammonia buildup in damp sheep houses and links management to wool quality and lamb viability. It then pivots to poultry farming, urging systematic care, proper housing, and realistic expectations about profits from keeping and breeding fowl.
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Faldest Wethers
Caer
Managing Ewes and Lambs For Early Lambing Profits
Farmers are urged to prepare ewes for lambing by improving feeding and shelter. Ensure decent bedding and dry conditions, provide ample milk supply, and offer mixed grains to ewes and lambs. When milk fever occurs, switch to oats and hay and encourage lambs to nurse. If a ewe loses a lamb, assign another twin to prevent waste.
Cattle Notes on Ogden Cole Herd and Milking Role Debate
Ogden R. Cole of Solsville New York reports herd results with forty four grade Dutch Friesians and notes monthly milk receipts totaling 252 720 pounds for 2583 dollars. He adds June yield of thirty days 47979 pounds and a peak day of 2602 pounds. A discussion on milker selection argues for choosing the milker with best temperament to maximize yield, cautioning that in small dairy operations women and children may not be fastest milking.
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Frank Smith
Farm and Home
London
Eng
Ogden R. Cole
Solsville
N. Y
Lut
The
Dairyman
Wholesale Prices of Fertilizing Materials Listed in Detail
A rendered price list shows wholesale cash prices for multiple fertilizing inputs including sulphate ammonia, nitrate soda, nitrate potash, dried blood, castor pomace, bone meal and bone phosphate. Ammonia content ranges from 4 to 96 percent with per unit or per ton pricing and notes on phosphoric and ammoniacal compounds. The article then discusses sheep keeping alongside cattle, noting risks and safe practices for pasture sharing and predator considerations.
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South Carolina
Navassa
Stock farming and lime cure pests in 1880s agriculture notes
A compilation of farming observations covers cattle instinct, lime as soil remedy, pea and corn intercropping, and the value of pasture. It notes Rothamstead shifts to grass, lime’s success against sorrel, corking pests, and the rise of dairying and co operation among Orange County milk producers.
Treasure sinking off Bolivian coast sparks 1840s recovery bid
James Lawrence Fowler cites a Spanish treasure ship sunk near the Bolivian coast with eight million dollars in gold. He proposes a Boston funded syndicate to raise five thousand dollars, outfit an expedition, and share 26 percent with Boston charities if treasure is recovered aboard the domed steamer Meteor.
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James Lawrence Fowler
South America
Spain
Philadelphia
General Burnside
Frances Palmer
Folger
Boston
Charitable Societies of
Sequel folly proves costly tale of California fortune
The Indianapolis Journal recounts a New Jersey tale where a returned California seeker, after buying his daughter a handsome home, finds a sequel of misfortune. He borrows $30 from her savings to finish the payment, leaving both in need as she returns to work and the house remains unpaid. The piece warns against sequels spoiling harmony.
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Indianapolis
New Jersey
California
The Maid-Servant's Idea Boston Letter
A novelist’s wife explains that her husband writes fiction from his own head. The maidservant, admiringly, expects the book to brim with big words and voices from many languages.
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Boston
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Levy Island
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the Weekly Globe
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Civil Service Gazette
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Eleventh St
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