A Round of Horse Care Tips and Lameness Learnings
A lengthy agricultural note advises horse owners on proper stable hygiene grooming and handling to prevent lameness. It details steps like dry clean bedding brushing and careful washing plus nightly checks for injuries and hoof care. It also covers lameness symptoms from shoulder to navicular disease and discusses quarter cracks and stallion breeding limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
D. D. Slade
Harvard University
How to Feed Our Animals Rekindles Old Feeding Theories
A historical science note argues against Liebig’s claim that muscular work requires nitrogenous diet and kidney loss. It cites experiments showing nitrogen excretion does not rise with ordinary exercise unless nitrogen intake increases, using a two day 310 mile walk as an example to challenge the waste theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyndall
Mazer
Liebig
Green food for poultry yard management and nesting care
The article stresses green foods supplementing yarded flocks, nest renewal every two to three weeks, and sulfur and kerosene treatments to deter parasites. It notes overfattening as a cause of reduced egg lay, especially with corn-heavy diets, and advises culling out excess birds as a seasonal practice.
Orchard Planting And Varieties For Profit And Health
Fall and spring planting both have advocates for orchard establishment with fall favored for careful work and root healing. Proper drainage and deep ploughing create a loose bed, while gradual lifting and staking mark tree sites. Recommended varieties include Russian apples like Tetofski and Red Astrachan, with winter kinds such as Baldwin and Rome Beauty. notes on strawberry and grape culture conclude with farm-wide productivity and a devoted farming family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Duchess of Oldenburg
Baldwin
Belmont
Canada
Spitzenburg
Rome
New Dairy Breed Suggested From Jersey and Ayrshire Crosses
The Western Rural discusses a proposed dairy breed combining Jersey butter traits with Ayrshire milk capacity. It cites crosses that produced 356 pounds of butter in 27 weeks and 19.75 quarts daily for 5 months 22 days, arguing selection and a supplementary herd book could yield a strong, larger dairy cow without sacrificing butter production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Eastern Agricultural Journal
Ayrshire
Arthur's Home Magazine
American Daisy Manee
Intercha
American Pon Iy Moetae
Atlantic Monthlyv
American Naturalist
American Agriculturist
Manuels
Sue Art Amateur
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry Rainerd
Musical Grid
Beadle's
Saturday Journal Pack
Phecele
Hrenological Journal
Phrenological Journal
Prairie Farmer
Eoenveset Ssa
Posse Pis Ladies
Magazin Ular Peionee
Pohots American Monthly
Selent Shed
Roth
Scribner's Month
St. Nicholas
Boys of
Cassell’s Peponiae
Country Gentleman
Chicago Advance
Chicago Weekly News
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
I Donahoe’s Magazine
Detroit Free Press
Forney’s Progress
Frank Lestie
Aiust
W'y
Lady' S Journal
Lady's Magazine
M'V
M’y
Germantown Tolngen
Ee Weekly
Bazar
Youn
Alerard
Ome Journa
Diana Farmer
International ‘Review
Town Homestead
Journal of Microscopy
Journal of Chemistry
Lippincott's
London Lancet
London
Edinburgh
Revie
London Quarterly Review
Methodist
American History
American Review
MOR
Sportsman
Ohio Farmer
Burlington Bernere
Phildelphia Medical Times
Meen
Practical Farmer
Rural
New Yorker
Sresee
Saturda Avening Post
Icco Argonaut
Pagensecape
Opal M Magazine
Barengrn
Art Atchman
Western Stock
Sorting Poultry for Breeding and Market Value
Farmers sort hatchery birds into three lots for breeding stock, prime sale birds, and culls. The best stay on the farm, the second pick are kept for breeding, and the rest are fattened for rapid sale. Cull rates can reveal why top specimens fetch high prices, with 10 to 20 percent of a hatch often extra fine.
SIX ACRES ENOUGH More Profit from Small Farms
Peter de Rocher runs a Waterville Maine village farm praised by Boardman for rivaling Boston area market gardens. One acre hosts buildings hedges and flowering beds with many annuals roses and shrubs. Five acres contain a drained, heavily manured swamp converted to crops yielding abundant harvests and diverse fruits and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter de Rocher
Waterville
Green
Tribune
Boardman
Boston
Kennebec
Butter Making Rules From The Milk Room
Practical guidance on dairy hygiene and butter production detailing wash methods for utensils and churning timing. It covers equipment like movable cupboards, skimming procedures, storage in jars, temperature adjustments for summer and winter, and brining and salting techniques to ensure quality butter.
What Farmers Should Know Hints About the Farm
Practical autumn and winter farming advice from an experienced voice. Tips cover drainage and garden work, orchard planting, sheep breeds, vinegar making, soil improveme nt with compost and manure, mulching for wheat, and careful notes on weather and markets. References to specific crops, regions, and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Colorado
Kentucky
Far West
Southwest
Loutre Island
London
Germany
France
London Times
Norfolk
Ocean
New
Boston Women Not the General Yankee Type Here
A visiting observer contrasts Boston women with Southern and New York types, noting tall, stately figures and fewer flaxen Saxons. He observes English-named storefronts predominating, German merchants in New England lagging, and Boston’s strong city pride with culture philanthropy. The piece ends with a view of Atlantic ties and future regional shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Bagby
Charleston
New York
Boston
New
New England
Aiken
Florida
Tremont Street
Huntsville
Ala
South
Cambridge
Baltimore Street
Chestnut
Market Street
Philadelphia
Broadway
Battery
Union Square
Venice
Massachusetts
State House
Carolina
Virginia
Atlantic States
Maine
Atlantic
England
Sween
Masters of cotton mills urge diversified industry
A speaker urges southerners to expand beyond cotton, arguing for growth of all mills, factories, and industries. The emphasis is on mastering both farming and manufacturing, diversifying production, and avoiding old folly by focusing on varied enterprise.
San Francisco Whaling Trade Showcased in Pacific Markets
The article profiles San Francisco's prominence in northern Pacific whaling and contrasts it with New Bedford. It cites Old Jonathan Bourne of New Bedford blocking sailings by denying entry and diverting provisions to Panama, illustrating San Francisco’s grip on right whale trade and its effect on port business and regional circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iSan Francisco Examiner
Northern
Pacific
San Francisco
New Bedford
Jonathan Bourne
Jonathan
Panama
Japan
Southmerica
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OUR Agricultural Editor
Peter
de Rocher
Colonel Cheney
Moore
Edium
Worden
Delaware
Salem
Lindley
Turner
Brandywine
Mammoth
McCormick
Gregg
Taylor and Snyder
Home Farm
the Tribune
University Experimenta Farm
Iowa
Henry H. McAfee
J. A. Barrel
National Agricultural Society of France
Felix
Prussia
Union
Ohio
Indiana
Tennessee
Europe
Number One
Marlborough
Beacon
Golden Gate
Frank
Aidney
Warbrner
Warner
H. H. Warner & CO
Rochester
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