Sane Wheat Report Shows Wide Wheat Area Declines
The June agricultural report notes a net 1,250,000 acre drop in winter wheat area with further reductions across Illinois Ohio Michigan Missouri and Indiana. Spring wheat area contracts offset by increases in Dakota and western territories, total wheat area near 36.3 million acres. Oats expand by about 1.25 million acres to over 27 million. winter wheat yield expected around 42 bushels per acre on 23 million acres with spring wheat around 15 bushels on 13.3 million acres. Numerous tests show imported varieties perform variably across states with some winter-killed and others thriving, while management practices emphasize early cutting for better feed and soil protection.
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Rules for harvesting oats and corn from farmer guides
The article explains oat harvest timing when kernels harden from the dough and notes some farmers cut early for fodder. For corn, advice centers on kernels beginning to gaze with varied opinions. It cites New Hampshire Experiment Station tests across four corn varieties and four sampling dates.
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Tes
New Hampshire
Ploughing Under Clover Practical Advice for a Widow
A widow seeks guidance on ploughing under a seven to eight acre clover field that yielded about 18 bushels of wheat per acre last year. Neighbors urge sowing wheat again, but green manuring now seems more valuable. the piece weighs manure value, stock feeding, costs, and experiments to determine whether ploughing under is prudent given future wheat yields and market prices.
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Philadelphia Cultural College
Cutting Clover for Hay Deliberations on Timing
The decision hinges on whether hay is for stock feed or sale. Experiments show cutting when clover is in full bloom yields higher value for feeding, though the exact benefit depends on field conditions and harvest timing.
Nutritional Scheme for Pigs From Oilmeal and Whey Feed
Daniel Batchelor of Utica advocates dairy meadow improvement and a specific pig ration. He prescribes 1 lb oilmeal 2 lb oatmeal 3 lb bran 3 lb shorts, mix dry, plus whey to reach a 1 to 5 nutritive ratio for growth. Pigs should gain about one pound daily with increasing feed efficiency as they mature.
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Proper grain shocking and drying guidance by N. J. Shepherd
Grain should be shocked promptly and kept tight to avoid weather damage. Do not overfill shocks, use uniform self-lenders, draw heads together, cap carefully, and ensure wind shield from rain. Oats dry well in good shocks. caution with wheat rye oats barley. Harvest and store promptly to minimize losses. Kansas Farmer cited.
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N. J. Shepherd
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Preparing Stock for Market Dressed Calves and Chickens
Instructions for shipping calves three to six weeks old about 80 to 120 pounds and dressed at the market. Details include slaughter, gutting, tying, gambrel hanging, cooling eight to twelve hours, and tagging. Also guidance on shipping days, live versus dressed chickens, packaging in barrels or half barrels, and crate dimensions for live birds.
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Feeding plan for young pigs from weaning to six months
Proposal outlines a proportioned feed mix using oatmeal, oil meal and bran or shorts to promote growth in pigs from weaning to six months. It notes oats at 35c per ton, monette and dinine prices, and emphasizes turning 7 to 9 young pigs to a diet that builds muscle and bone.
How to remove horns from cattle safely and quickly
The author advises on disbudding stock using a fresh year old beef head and a narrow blade saw. He describes constructing a holding stall, securing the animal, and sawing close to the skull to detach horns. Warns of pain in calves and potential post operative discharge, noting weather conditions affect risk.
Safe packing for flowers in small boxes
The Horticultural Times suggests a seven by four-and-a-half inch box with damp moss in layers for packing blooms. Pansies lilies of the valley and several other flowers travel well, with tips trimmed and stems reborn in cold water to revive faded flowers.
Attar of Roses by Simple Home Distillation
A correspondent describes a homemade method to distill attar of roses using a tinscan with an airtight lid and a bent tin tube leading to a glass jar. Fresh roses and dew are heated to boil, steam transfers into the jar water, and pure rose attar rises to the jar’s surface for collection.
Bee hive brood chamber size limits honey harvest advice
The author argues against removing brood combs early for honey extraction. With a brood chamber around 1600 cubic inches, bees store most honey above and keep the queen spacious enough to lay. Using brood combs for extractor work risks crowding the queen and reducing yields, whereas allowing bees to work in the brood area then moving honey up when ready preserves population and production.
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Boses
Beres
Prolific queens and brood kept boost box honey yields
G M Doolittle explains beekeeping practice to maximize box honey. If a first swarm is allowed to swarm again, honey in brood chambers is exhausted while boxes fill with honey. When the queen fertilizes and begins laying, bees rapidly fill every box. To maximize box honey, keep prolific queens and leave brood combs undisturbed while boxes remain on the hive.
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G. M. Doolittle
Remarkable honey from early bloom fruit blossoms
Professor Cook notes the honey is light amber and appealing though lighter than clover or basswood varieties. It has a distinct quince preserve aroma and high praise from tasters. Early season scarcity of bees and few pleasant working days explain limited honey from fruit blossoms.
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Cook
Potatoes and the natural origin of permanent varieties
The Germantown Telegraph discusses how potatoes can originate new, permanent varieties via sport and mixing in the hill, citing white and red tubers appearing in the same plant. It notes甜 that bees likely do not drive this process and compares to sweet potatoes, suggesting innate plant powers can create stable varieties without seed.
The Grape Bagging Method for Birds and Insects
The article explains bagging grape bunches with thin Manila paper to protect fruit from birds and insects and to improve ripening and storage. It details folding methods, pinning techniques, and how bags keep berries dry and separated, noting practicality for crowded canes and ease of removal.
Fifty Years of Trotting Records in 2 30 or Better
The Turf Field and Farm pamphlet traces the progressive drop of the mile trotting record from 2 59 in 1806 to the modern era. It lists racers like Yankee, Tacony, Flora Temple, Dexter, Goldsmith Maid and Maud S among others with saddle and standard times, noting nam es and years in a compact historical lineup.
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Raising young chicks and sheep in old farms advice
The article advises keeping an old hen confined in a coop with access for chicks, using free-ranging chickens for insect control, and suggests substituting young turkeys under the sitting hen. It covers ram choices for crossbreeds, conditions for high farm prices in Canada, dairy suitability, and notes on wool and potato market losses, warning against moon farming and surplus produce disposal.
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Farming notes on milk, wheat, beans and livestock
Agricultural advances cover feeding roots versus grain for milk production, tobacco exposition in Richmond, peach leaf curl guidance, wheat export totals and projections, bean cultivation practices, silk culture bill in Congress, and practical churn guidance. The report cites Professor Brown of Guelph and J. H. Hale on local ag matters, with regional crop outlooks across New York counties.
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Sensible Girl in Somerville Journal Dialogue
A playful dialogue features a suitor urging marriage to a woman who balks at becoming a poet’s wife. She counters that fame via poetry cannot justify marriage, noting practical concerns like a new bonnet, while acknowledging affection and the poet’s persistence.
Delicate scented cigarette boxes gain urban buzz
A Savannah shopkeeper shows fragrant gold paper cigarette boxes imported from Paris. He notes fashionable women favor these perfumed cigarettes, with rose heliotrope or carnation scents and a hint of opium. He claims they are harmless, though critics dispute the impact on health and teeth.
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Appearances Once More Deceitful in Weld Tale
A Weld fiddler at the foot of Blue Mountain once owned a valuable violin he derided as old and varnished. A passing man swapped it for a $5 fiddle that shone like varnish and soon became a fortune, the instrument now prized by a renowned soloist.
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Man Burns Own Clothes in Lincoln Brush Fire
A Lincoln man burned a land patch and, after changing into an old suit and hanging the good clothes on a rack, started the fire. The flames ruined the burned garments as brush and stumps caught alight, prompting memories of a girl who once saved goods from a burning building only to leave them near the outside to be consumed.
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Lincoln
Bruh
The Pope Writing a Book on Social Condition
A Rome correspondent reports the Pope has finished a year long work on the social condition of workers. He advocates state as intermediary between employer and employed and urges Catholics in all countries to support their governments in improving workers' conditions.
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Vanity Fair
Rome
The Cat in Egypt and the Sacred Mummy Cat
A detailed study of ancient Egyptian cat worship. Bast goddess, ritual status, and protections for cats. Herodotus on cats in homes and temples. depictions of cats in hunting scenes. burial customs for cats at Babastis and Thebes. cat mummies and mummy cases. modern echoes in Khan Khaleel and palace cat distributions.
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Fighting Moths The Proper Way to Circumvent Pests
A New York Graphic dialogue shows a careless young woman and a practical housekeeper debating moth control. They favor deterrents over nesting woolens, with advice on cedar chests, camphor, cotton wrapping, and moth powders to protect furs and woollens.
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To Keep a Bouquet of Flowers Fresh
Good Housekeeping describes a method to preserve a bouquet’s freshness by placing a weighted plate in a water vessel, setting the bouquet upright, and covering it with a bell glass filled with water to create a sealed humid environment. The setup stabilizes the bouquet and reduces wilting.
A Delicate Bell Base Bouquet Featured in Moss Bed
A glass bell base is filled with a small water layer to prevent air entry, keeping flowers fresh for weeks. Bubbles form from leaf respiration, attaching to petals like pearls. The plate edge is hidden by a moss bed with flowers, creating a charming evening display.
What Love Is Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poem In America
A lyrical meditation on love by Ella Wheeler Wilcox presenting love as central to existence and experience. It portrays love as both bitter and sweet, a universal law, the doorway to heaven and gateway to hell, driving life, death, and creative force in nature. The verse pleads for pity toward hearts that know or do not know love.
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Commissioners Pay Bounty on Gopher Tails This Season
The Rehoboth Sunday Herald reports Burns County public officials have funded a bounty program paying three cents per gopher tail. The plan aims to reduce pests, with 67 000 tails collected so far this season. Local commissioners continue monitoring the effort and its impact on farming.
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Baby’s life a constant series of sure prises
A Somerville Journal note reflects on how a baby’s world is filled with surprising moments for the infant and for the caretakers, highlighting the continual joys and small discoveries in early childhood.
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Failure and Prayer: Heaven Not Reached in One Step
A reflective note on perseverance as students and people push through hardship. The line suggests that achievement remains distant and effort persists despite obstacles. It emphasizes determination and the continual quest for improvement beyond easy successes.
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Valuable books offered by weekly Globe subscription list
A historical display advertises numerous magazines and journals with prices and discount conditions. It notes no shipment for under one year and insists on subscribing to THE WEEKLY GLOBE with any order, listing titles from Harper’s, Atlantic Monthly, Scribner’s and more, with varied prices and terms.
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