Vinegar making and bee culture contrasts for women
The article explains vinegar production methods from malt cider and wine, detailing fermentation, cask setups, temperature, airflow, rapid and slow acetification, and refining. It also argues for women in beekeeping, noting health, income, and suitability for outdoor work with examples from female practitioners and guidance for beginners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Germany
United States
Eider
Evolution of Dairying and Cheese Making Methods
The article traces changes from older private cheese making to the sweet curd system promoted by Professor L B Arnold. It notes improvements when milk was handled with care, cooled, and cleaned. tainted milk and floating curds were exposed with poor transport and sun exposure leading to porous cheese and off flavors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voelcker
England
Arnold
Engelhardt
American Dairy Salt Company
Syracuse
N. Y
Peyeln
Wheels of Progress
T. D. Curtis
L. B. Arnold
Canada
Progress in Stock Breeding Across the West
West farmers and stock breeders report rising interest and profits in improved breeds. Imported cattle horses sheep and hogs plus ample feed water and grass drive the move from scrub stock to high grade stock. Investors can profit by breeding females and selling males while machinery wears out, making stock breeding a leading regional path to prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Wilsell
Renee Eiter
Who is to Raise Our Meat in the West Skies the Market Tale
The piece argues Western ranchers will dominate future meat supply while Eastern farmers struggle with small herds. It cites droughts, harsh winters, overstocked ranges, and shifting ranges as limiting factors for eastern stock-raising and warns that abundant beef could undermine profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountains
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain Range
Western farming methods for cheaper pork and cream quality
The author argues for Western style hog raising to cut costs in the East by using shelter, pasture, cornstalks, and pease feeding. He cautions against excess feeding and emphasizes field grazing, cheap corn, and summer crops to improve fattening, disease control, and labor efficiency. He also discusses cream separation methods and butter keeping qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Luevyer
Kirby Homestead
Butter Making Methods Rated By Experts Across Fifty Samples
Three dairy experts test fifty butter samples from cream separated by Holstein, ice cooling, and centrifugal methods. Oldest cowl setting yields most fine butter, while centrifugal lags. Results blame handling quality in dairies over inherent method flaws, noting ice considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milch Zeitung
Arnold
Nutritive Value of Various Foods Analysis
An analysis of common foods outlines buckwheat as high in waste and low in brain and muscle nutrition, with recommendations to pair it with oatmeal. It covers barley beans rice potatoes beef pork fish milk cheese and buttermilk noting their respective proportions of material for muscle heat brain and bone and mentions suitability for labor and digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Lewef
Steves
Dana Tbhaenaa
J. H. Gibson
Northwestern
Miller
Shaping New Prairie Farm Life for the Young Farmer
The article advises new homestead settlers to favor livestock over grain when capital is limited. It argues cattle herds are more self sustaining and labor efficient, with grain farming demanding constant labor and variable returns. It suggests hiring labor for short periods and that in calf heifers can accelerate herd growth, offsetting upfront gear costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayer
Breeders Advise on Early Calf Rearing and Herd Leadership
The National Live Stock Journal urges new settlers to select and rear high quality breeding cattle. It warns against raising a weak lead cow, stresses feeding calves with milk, oil cake, and meat, and advises focusing on a few superior cows to maximize five year gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Live Stock Journal
How to Make Pickles and Winter Shelter Tips
A long excerpt offers an old family pickle recipe with cucumber, salt brine, vinegar, alum, cloves, and spices. It also covers winter pickle varieties, storage vessels, and cautions on salt and vinegar balance. The piece shifts to farm shelter advice, detailing stock sheds, south-facing design, and impact of cold storms on milk and growth.
Buck the Best Farm Fowl and Egg Value Debate
The piece compares ducks and hens as egg producers from a French trial showing ducks laid more eggs and produced richer yolk content. It notes ducks are hardy home birds and details a French chemist Commail’s results on egg weight and composition, suggesting ducks may be superior for both yield and fat content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
M. Commail
Avoirdupolis
Winter stock care and farm tree planting tips
Autumn advice covers winter stock housing ventilation and bedding, feeding strategy to maintain digestion, and economy of shelter for cattle sheep hogs. It also urges cleaning tools, winter repairs, and suggests planting fruit trees shade forest trees and walnuts, with notes on walnut transplanting and seeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Arnier
Winter Prep On Farms With Household and Barnyard Tasks
Farmers should ready stables planks and repairs install tighter doors and boarded stock areas. House fuel indoors and clear out chicken houses fumigate for vermin. Clean barnyard litter spread manure to meadows. renovate cellars with ventilation and time wash to prevent sickness.
Farmers as Business Men Teach Business Skills
The article argues that farmers are essentially business people due to selling crops, extending credit, and frequent purchases. It urges younger farmers to learn handling business forms and methods, noting that familiarity with terms like percentage and bill of lading will aid future management and success.
Catarrh Cure Promised by Brooklyn Clergyman
A clergyman long troubled by catarrh found a prescription that cured him and saved his life. Readers may obtain the recipe free by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. J. A. Lawrence at 199 Dean Street Brooklyn New York.
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J. A. Lawrence
Dean Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
List of National and International Magazines and Journals
A partial catalog of prominent periodicals and journals across topics such as agriculture science art literature news and country living. It lists titles including Atlantic Monthly Harper's Magazine Godey's Lady's Book Iowa Farmer London Lancet London Edinburgh Review and Portland Transcript among many others.
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Arthur’s Home
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Naturalist
Manuels
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry Yard
Revie Blackwood
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Germantown
Telegray Green
Fruit Record
Gardner’s Monthly
Godey
Household Journal
Mome Circle
Harper’s Magazine
Harper’s Weekly
Harper’s Buzar
Harper’s Young Peop
Herald of
Housekeeper
Home Journal
Indiana
Farmer Independent
International Review
Iowa Homestead
Methodist Seconcees Magazine
American History
Mining Record
Rece 'S
Seebeast North American Review
N. Y
Medical Journal
Fashion Bazar
Brainerd
Beadie
Burlington Hawkeye Boys
New York
Ballou’s Magazine
Bee-keeper
Magaz Babyland
Boston Pilot
Boston Medical Jon
Boston Medical and
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Cottage Hearth
Connecticut
Chicago Advance Demorest
Magazin Donahoe
Detroit Free Press
Engineering and
Eclectic
Edinburgh Review Floral Cabinet
Forney
Frank Leslie
Journal of Chemistry
le Francais
Prem Lippincott’s
London
Lancet
London Edinburgh Review
London Quarterly Review
Sportsn
Ohio Farmer
Puck
Portland Transcript
Phrenological Journal
Tmiums
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Andrew H. Ward
A. H. We
Michigan
Tie
Tieimmselves
L. Harrison
Dlinois
America
Clarkison
Harrison
Lexington
State Society of Michigan
New Yorker
THE
Weekly Globe Club
Erin
Miums
Princeton Review
Prairie Farmer
Peterson's Lady’s Magazi
Popular Science Monthly Produce Exchange Bulletin
Philadelphia
Medical Time
Practical
Rideout’s Magazine
Rural New Yorker
Saturday Evening Po
Scientific American
Aw Cimes
Sunny South
St. Nicholas
Saultarian
San Francisco Chronicle
Spirit of the Times
the Republic
the Critic
Vick's Floral Magazin
Westminster Review
Waverley Magaz
Watchman
GLOBE
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