Around the Farm The Growing Crops
The article notes a backward season yet propitious rains promise large yields of cereals cotton and tobacco. It urges thorough corn cultivation rye sowing between corn wheat care with clover tea and top dressing, turnips sowing and soil preparation, corn fodder and grass management, hog feeding methods and plants for hog diets, highlighting regional variations and profits from hog products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Mississippi River
Plain
New Mexico
Oregon
Canada
Hog farming proves profitable despite disease and market shifts
The article argues hog raising remains lucrative across large and small farms despite hog cholera, parasites, European pork bans, and substitutions of lard. It highlights hogs’ quick maturation, efficient feed use, manure value, and the feasibility of pastured, small-scale operations with clover and diverse feeds. It also discusses weeds, pasture management, and weed control as essential for profitable farming in Western states.
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John Bennett Lawes
United
Rmny
Lelds
Cotton seed meal as cattle feed warns of risks and mix
Professor Stewart of New Jersey cautions that cotton seed meal can be nutritious for horses, pigs, cattle, and sheep only in moderation and with careful rationing. He recommends a specific mix of cotton seed meal, corn meal, and bran for cows in milk, notes husks are indigestible, and warns against feeding too close to calving.
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Europe
New England
Boston
Massachusetts State Cattle Commissioners
Law
Great Briain
Ireland
North
South America
United States
Buenos Ayres
England
Treasury Cattle Commission
Coman
Professor Law
J. F. Kayer
J. A. Saunders
Stewart
New Jersey
Kirkland
Timothy
Cattle Diet Trial Warns Against Cottonseed Mixes
A farmer recalls feeding cotton seed meal to cows with mixed results. He warns that small amounts can harm udders and milk, while overfeeding leads to deadly outcomes in pigs. After carefully mixing a ton of meal, bran, shorts and cotton seed meal, he reports stable results. Three quarts of the mix become the regular winter dairy feed for cows in full milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leoula
Breeding for the Dairy Growth in modern cattle breeding
The article urges breeders to focus on producing animals that combine strong milk and flesh traits, emphasizing lifelong, skilled breeding to create pure breds and improved herd capacity. It discusses timing and methods for hay and pasture management, cutting schedules for timothy and clover, harvesting machinery, curing methods, and the economics of feeding for milk and beef production.
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Pacific Rural Press
Peerca
Timothy
Early cutting wheat harvest recommended for flour quality
The article argues for harvesting wheat while doughy to produce finer flour and higher yields due to lighter bran and reduced field losses. It notes straw quality, fodder value, and the scholarly debate on starch versus gluten, urging careful field checks to time cutting, avoid overripe shrivel, and proper stacking to mature grain properly.
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England
Goa
The
World
Fertilizer Materials and Ammonia Prices Listed
A historical price list details multiple fertilizer materials and ammonia contents with unit costs. Entries include dried blood at 12 to 17 percent ammonia and pricing from 200 to 300 per unit, castor pomace, ground meat by percentage ammonia, bone phosphate and phosphoric acid priced by the ton, and various potash and sul p h a te compounds with per ton rates. The list reflects broad material types and chemical contents, typical of agricultural supply catalogs.
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Coses Csstosekacteurs
South Carolina
Lobos
Ainst
Verevess
Things Worth Knowing on Feeding Cows and Horses
Practical notes warn against three year high feeding for cows and advise ten year milk service. A simple horse restraint method is described to prevent kicking. Advice covers feeding for stamina, digestion with bran and oats, limited hay for fast work, and the impact of corn on brewing and animal feed.
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Eee
Tornado Origins and Kidney Disease Link Proposed by Dr Hamilton
Dr Horace R Hamilton argues in a New York Society lecture that tornadoes originate far from the wind. He links atmospheric disturbance to sunspot activity and heat, then claims many illnesses arise from distant kidney and liver problems later cured by Warner's Safe Cure. He urges medical use of this remedy to reduce modern disease.
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Horace R. Hamilton
New York Society For the Promotion of Science
Department of Life
San Francisco
New York
White House
Prome
Warner
Pate
Lave
Remarkable 263 year old chairs on display in Chicago window
Three long owned chairs dating to 1620 are shown by Tobey Manufacturing, now owned by music teacher W. Williams. The chairs trace to the Dorr family of England, moved to Boston around 1684, with a lineage through John Bigelow and the Bigelow descendants, ending with Lavinia’s daughter and the current owner.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Tobey Manufacturing Company
W. Williams
England
Dorr
Boston
John Bigelow
Watertown
Mass
Mr. Dorr
Jerusha Garfield
Garfields
Marlboro
John
Canada
Unique Salem Club Plans 65 Gold Watches Purchase
A Salem New Jersey club forms to buy sixty five gold watches. It must enroll sixty five members who pay one dollar weekly. Each Tuesday one member draws a watch, and the draw ensures continued payments for sixty five weeks. Twenty five members have signed so far.
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Salem
N. J
Evidently Struck by Lightning in a Scrapbook Verse
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal describes a woman as charming and fair, praising her beauty, voice, and playful eyes. The speaker jokes about not revealing her name while likening her to an angel answering a telephone exchange, framing a light verse portrait.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Sring
Golden Medical Discovery Boosts Health in Daughter
Reverend Isaac N Austin writes from Buffalo about his 18 year old daughter deemed incurable with consumption. After starting six bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery she improved quickly and became well and strong, fueling anecdotal praise. Discovery sold by druggists.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Isaac N
Augustin
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Andrew H. Ward
California
France
Jerusalem
Chicago Times
Tennessee
Maine
Pierre
Monmouth County
Department of Agriculture
London
Edward Johnson
Lawrence, Mass
Brown
Aapy Nyse
Cowell
Weats, Richardson & Co
Burlington Vt
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