The Pacing Horse Taunts Time and Gait in History
The article traces pacing horses from early records in 1609 to Rhode Island pacers in 1758, noting their decline with carriage needs and the rise of trotters. It discusses whether pacers are a distinct breed, their possible origins as accidental seeds in horticulture, and the future possibility of reemergence through training, while advising on care and stable management.
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Polydore Virgil
British Islands
Italy
Samuel Purchase
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Rhode Island
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Hogs Breeds and Crosses for Profitable Pork
In rural Indiana history and practice, the author explains hog breeding aims, noting early limitations from transportation and purity issues. He discusses Berkshire, Poland China, and Chester White, advocating Poland China sows with Berkshire sires for best pork hogs and warning against overreliance on Chester White or other breeds. He emphasizes using thoroughbred males and crossbreeding strategies learned from long experience in the Midwest.
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Berkshire
West
Chester
Wisches
Essex
Suffolk
Yorkshire
Jersey
Chesters
Polands
New Yorker
The Dairy Value of Skimmed Milk in New England
The article argues skimmed milk is a valuable, versatile food and contrasts its low regard in the United States with European use. It notes summer suitability for growing pigs, explains variability due to herd care, recalls a two-decade local trade in sweet skimmed milk, and critiques poor-quality milk sold as whole. It cites urban markets like Philadelphia, Boston, and New York, and highlights social attitudes toward milk quality and credit among different classes.
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New England
United States
Texas
New Mexico
Fall Ploughing Deep Tillage for Fertile Soil
A Farm and Fireside article on fall deep tillage stresses timing between wet and dry and explains how ploughing in October aids surface drainage, frost action, and subsoil exposure. It argues for careful, gradual deeper tillage, subsoil exposure, and rotation with clover to improve root depth and soil fertility for higher future yields.
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Joseph Harris
Sweet potatoes must be lifted in dry weather for best storage
The article advises harvesting ripe sweet potatoes before ground freezes, testing ripeness by color after breaking, and air drying in shade. It discusses risks of leaving vines to die and frost, plus methods for storing in barrels, boxes, sand, or dry pits, with guidance on temperature, ventilation, and minimizing sprouting.
Milk tastes like skimmed milk in city markets says New England Farmer
The New England Farmer notes buyers in cities are often deceived by traders selling creamery milk while actual pure skimmed milk is cheaper. It observes signs of improved trade in large towns with honest sellers offering skimmed milk at fair prices to boost use under that name. Creameries ship partly skimmed milk to New York and Boston for those who favor creamery labels, urging farmers to investigate乳
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New England
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Sinai
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Iilkman
Great Britain
Sweden
J. L. Stevens
Europe
Denmark
Norway
France
England
Essex
Kent
Eng
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Chicago
Rhage
Bes New England
What Farmers Should Know About Celery Storage
Weather affects celery more than cold. Market growers bank celery up to the tops with earth or store in trenches for late winter use. Trenches must be dry, not over ten inches wide, depths equal to plant height, celery placed upright with plants close together.
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Waring
New York
England
Bohemia
Europe
United States
Willumsburg
Abbott
Astors
New York Produce Exchange
Northwest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Milwaukee
Kansas
West
Too Much in Love to Remember Names Hartford Post
A Hartford man visits the halls of record for a marriage license. After answering questions he delays when asked the bride’s Christian name, then returns with the name and receives the license. An interlude of comic hesitation surrounds the ordinary step toward marriage. Also a wartime style advertisement for Wormsyrup claims feverishness relief and constipation remedy priced at 26 cents.
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Hartford Post
Frost and Its Lessons as Early Autumn Warning
A Farm and Fireside article explains frost as frozen dew and outlines how air moisture, cooling surfaces, and the freezing point create ice coatings. It warns farmers to protect tender plants, harvest corn early, and use cloth or sheets to shield beds, noting early frosts are often brief before warm spells return.
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Jack Frost
Rele Forest
Centenarian Starbeck de Malezswski Dies in Warsaw at 100
A remarkable life recounts Starbeck de Malezswski born in Poland who served in the Prussian army and later fought with Domorowski at Iylau earning a high decoration. He was wounded at Hanau, traveled with Bonaparte to Elba, served in the Italian campaign, and after capture at Gaeta and exile to Siberia, he returned to Warsaw to die at age 100.
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Warsaw
Jena
Domorowski
Iylau
Hanau
Bonaparte
Elba
Italy
Joachimg Murat
Gaeta
Waterloo
Poland
Siberia
Hurry to catch trains linked to heart danger says doctors
A city physician warns that constant rushing to board trains near large cities strains the heart and may cause disease. Another expert notes many New York professionals suffer heart issues from early exhaustion and rapid ascent, urging caution and suggesting a heart remedy with American agent F. E. Ingalls of Concord.
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