Hog Cholera Outbreak In Middlebury Sparks Calls For Slaughter
Ex-Lieutenant-Governor E H Ilyde led a state board investigation into a hog cholera outbreak in Middlebury. The disease reduced a 126-head herd to 45 with 17 killed by order. Dr. Rice and Dr. Navin offered remedies and prevention methods, including rigorous disposal of diseased animals and pen disinfection. The article also covers farm advice on waste management, sorghum, beekeeping, and drainage to stabilize water supplies and soil health.
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Middlebury
State Board of Agriculture
E. H. Ilyde
F. E. Rice
Hartford
Conn
Rice
John Navin
Navin
Grafting truths and farming notes from Elmia Farmers Club
The article discusses grafting preserves individual traits in plants and livestock, noting that crab apple grafts stay crab and rose colors remain distinct. It cites corn to pork efficiency, a pork-making method with hot water treated meal, and advice on fattening and feeding practices for pigs. It covers mange in cattle, remedies, and daily care, plus winter conditions for wheat and fodder, cement making, and parasite control in sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Henderson
Elmira Farmers’ Club
Taras
Berkshire
Suffolk
India
Drainage Fever Hurts Farms In 1882 Tile Dams Rival Mill Stoppage
Farmers spent 86 500 000 on tile and dug about 63 000 miles of drains plus stone lines. Drainage advocates tout fertility but warned that indiscriminate tiling drains water from springs and rivers, dries streams, halts mills, and undermines pasture.
Breeding Ducks Thrive With Water Access And Care
The article urges fanciers to breed larger duck varieties and notes ducks prosper with water access rather than strict confinement. It advises on feeding ducklings, avoiding streams until half grown, and stresses daily eye washing for laying ducks and varied diets including bread soaked in milk, oatmeal, and boiled vegetables.
Modern small greenhouse yields steady profits from mixed crops
A 400 square foot glass greenhouse supports continuous production for home use and profit. Lettuce on one bench, parsley roots and celery on the other harvests through winter and spring, with dandelion and radish cycles filling beds. Soil rich in vegetable mould and careful watering, aeration, and seasonal shifts sustain crops. fertilizer from horse manure aids yields.
Small Scale Work Pays Off Says American Garden Motto
The proverb notes a cool head and warm fee as key to success in modest ventures. It argues that careful labor by the narrator or a family member yields good returns relative to the capital invested.
Extent of Root Spread Drives Top-Dressing Needs
The practice of top dressing about young trees should cover a circle far larger than the branch spread. Measurements show root reach extending to at least the tree’s height in radius, meaning root areas often exceed the trunk’s canopy by more than twelve times, so manure should be spread over a broad circle beyond branch limits.
Culture of Celery in a Tama Farm Household
A Tama farmer’s wife describes successful celery culture using Turner's Incomparable Dwarf White. She details water needs, hot-bed raising, trench irrigation with manure, two-row planting, soil heaping for blanching, and winter cellar storage producing large, delicious stalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Turner
Doug
How To Prolong Winter Egg Laying In Hens
A northern farm note advises that any hen can lay in winter with proper housing and feeding. It recommends a warm diet of corn meal and beef cracklings, plus sunning shelters, floor litter, and regular meals at dawn noon and late afternoon. Include charcoal, oyster shells, and cool water to maintain health and steady laying.
Export Trade of Beef and Cattle in Foreign Commerce
Commissioner Loring discusses beef and cattle exports in the last four to five years with comparative tables. The fiscal year ending June 30 1884 shows beef exports at 140 784 004 pounds valued at 11 087 931 dollars and 3 270 083 dollars in some category, total value 218 451 131 for 1883 84. Exports of fresh beef surpass prior years, cattle exports total 190 614 versus 104 444 prior year, with total slaughtered beeves exported about 860 000 and 190 000 shipped alive. Cattle exports originated from Texas Florida and Cuba, shifting from longhorns to fat beeves bound for Europe after 1877. Northern ports dominate, with Great Britain the main destination and distribution also to Scotland Germany Belgium France Cuba and others. Mexico trades in young stock, Cuba buys Spanish type beeves at low value, and Canada receives stockers and beefes from Northern breeds at lower prices.
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Loring
Crades
Texas
Florida
Cuba
Europe
Boston
New York
Scotland
Germany
Belgium
France
Mexico
Canaan
Fodder Management for Sheep and Cattle in Winter
Practical notes on feeding corn fodder and Timothy hay to sheep and cattle. Keep fodder in long racks, rotate ricks, and clean feeders daily. Sheep efficiently harvest coarse stalks, leaving little waste. lockdown of flocks in yards improves storage and reduces mud and loss.
Feeding fodder for winter sheep in old Muskingum area
The article details a winter feeding method using corn fodder and straw for sheep. It recommends thin layered fodder additions, straw as packing, and not forcing more than half the straw while using canes for moisture retention. It cites benefits for lungs, weight, and manure, with costs and yields per flock, and compares fodder plus corn to hay economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Waldo
Feeding for Beef Profit in Seasonal Cattle Care
Farmers learn to buy in spring and sell in fall by improving cattle condition to gain price and weight. Early-season feeding with grain and pasture can yield one cent per pound gains plus weight increase, while labor-saving winter systems use bluegrass, stalk pastures, straw stacks, and sparing corn feeding. Some profits come from fattening dairy cows in fall to spring resale, where milk covers feed costs.
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Stewart
France
London
Professor Cook
J. L. Sturtevant
Kenyon Terry
Mason
Robertson Winters
Kansas
How Corners in Grain Markets Work and Why They Form
The article explains short selling in grain futures, where sellers promise delivery of grain they do not own. It details how excessive short sales create corners, with speculators bidding up cash grain after buying futures, forcing losses on earlier shorts and driving prices higher as the boom progresses.
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Nan
Corn Corner of September 1884 Described by Chicago Journal
The article explains a corn corner where traders could set prices by controlling actual and speculative corn arriving by rail. Short sellers faced margin demands while longs pressed prices higher, selecting a final bid or appealing to directors for a margin fix. The piece centers on the September 1884 Chicago episode.
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Liberty Toy
Corp
Board of Directors
Chicago Journal
Trotting Horse Standard From Breeders Association Adopted
The National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders adopts a standard for pedigree records. Criteria include stallions with 2.80 or better, mares or geldings with 2.30 or better, and progeny standards tied to sires and dams already designated. A 2.35 wagon record equals a 2.30 in value.
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National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders
Hog feeding: switch to solid cooked meals boosts profits
A farmer recalls fifty years of pig feeding, arguing boiled potatoes and high water content foods fail to fatten hogs. He favors cooked meals such as corn meal barney and India wheat meal, milking pigs briefly, and using surplus small potatoes or apples with kitchen slop. Prices and feed costs drive practice.
Cost of a Bushel of Wheat Across Regions
A compilation from several farmers shows wide variance in wheat growing costs. An Osle area farm reports 23 acres costing 428.84 with 211.4 bushels per acre, yielding 0.86 per marketed bushel. Dakota estimates 11 72 per acre with 20 bushels per acre yielding 0.58 to 0.75 per bushel depending on farm size. Nebraska Platte county totals 9.07 per acre about 0.45 per bushel in granary. Indiana Delaware county averages 6.649 cents per rushel. Overall, wheat does not pay under 1.00 per bushel in this region.
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Exchange
Osle
Dakota
Nebraska
Platte County
Indiana
Delaware County
Swearing In Two Languages By A Parrot In New York
A vivid New York Sun piece profiles Jumbo, a large African gray parrot at G. W. Holden’s 387 Sixth Avenue shop. The bird, imported from West Africa via London, greets visitors with profane and playful phrases in English and German, while also singing, whistling, and occasionally offering non profane commentary.
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New York Sun
G. W. Holden
Sixth Avenue
Africa
London
Father
Woman sets barn fires for love in Chicago tale
A 20 year old domestic Kittie Malley confessed to repeatedly setting Henry Lang’s barn ablaze near Duncan Park to glimpse her lover from Engine Company No 1. Police found a slipper and hair, she was interrogated, confessed, promised not to reoffend, and was released.
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Chicago
Kittie Malley
Kittie
St Paul Day Adress to Wattsburg Times Describes Man
Hattie C. Cummings of Dixie Washington addresses the Wattsburg Times seeking a man matching a description with red hair. The fragment outlines a personal inquiry or appeal but lacks full details.
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St. Paul Day
Hattie C. Cummings
Dixie, W. T
Wattsburg Times
Wanted: a versatile worker for farm and garden
The ad seeks a tall or short, thick or thin man with blue eyes and a good appearance who is not afraid to cut wood, enjoys hoeing potatoes and gardening, will not play baseball, dresses well but not top fashion, and will not be a charity store clerk. Respond via the Waitsburg Times.
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Waitsburg
How a Corpse Opened Wide Its Eyes and Seared the Mourners
Oswego Palladium recounts a grim farce in the fifth ward where three young men visiting a wake touched the deceased’s face by mistake. The corpse opened its eyes as they rose, triggering a panic and a wild exit. The startled woman on the sofa was a relative resting nearby.
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Oswego Palladium
Consumption Cured Recipe Promises Cure for Breathing Ailments
An elderly physician, retired, claims a simple vegetable remedy can cure consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, and nervous debility. He will mail the recipe free in German, French, or English with preparation and usage instructions to those sending a stamped request to W. A. Noyes at 149 Powers Block, Rochester, N.Y.
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East India
W. A. Noyes
Power
Weekly Globe Club List shows broad magazine subscriptions
A catalog style listing of subscriptions with prices for numerous periodicals. Entries include American Dairyman American Poultry Journal Atlantic Monthly Garden and Household Journal Harper's various magazines and many others, noting new subscriptions and annual terms. The list emphasizes yearly commitments and single-address limits.
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Arthur's Home Magazine
American Dairyman
Art Iterchange
American Poultry Journl
Atlantic Morthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Naturalist
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry Yard
British Quarterly Review
Blackwood's Mawazin
Trainord
Beadle’s Saturday Journal
Burlington Hawkeye
Boys of
New York
Sdeseeeeee
Hailey’s Magazine
Bee-keeper’s Magazine
Boston Pilot
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical J Journal
Christian Leader
Connecticut Farmer
Chicago
Christian Herald
Courier Journal
Demorest’s
Prem
Donahoe’s Magazine
Sremiums
Detroit Free Prege
Engineering and Mining Journal
Eclectic Magazine
Edinburgh Review
Forney
Chimney Corner
M’y
Germantown Telegraph
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner’s Monthly
Aia Gorey
Ipecceceacedenecee Household Journal
Home Circle
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper’s Buzar
Harper's Young People
Herald of Health
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer
London Lancet
London Edinburgh Review
London Quarterly Review
Swesedy
Magazine
American History
Mother’s Magazine
Wseeas
North American Review
N. Y
Peterson's Lady's Mag
Popular Science Mont,y
Abeise
Philadelphia Medical
C.s.-E
Rideout’s Magazine
Rural
New Yorker
Saturday Evening Po
Scientific American
Sunny South
Seovee
Nicholas
Iscee Boo
BMS Sanitariat
San Franatons Chronicle
Spirit of the Times
the Republic
Boston
the Critic
Vick
Westminster Review
Wide Awake
Waverley Magazin
Watchman
Western Stock Journal
Weekly Globe
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Kirby Homestead
Wolf
Walter
Kirby
Wiene
Orber
Issac Groot
Ballston Spa
F. D. Curtis
the Tribune
Eer
Canley
Chicago Firemen
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