Shoes and Shoeing The Foot of the Horse
A detailed discussion on horse feet and shoeing from The Cultivator notes that intelligent shoeing should minimize intervention. It traces history from bare feet to patented shoes, compares various types, and urges leaving the foot as is as far as possible while ensuring proper fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Cole
Brighton
Burdens
Perkins
Gooudenough
Smith
Clark
Eureka Spring
Sowing Cutting and Curing Fodder
The article outlines methods for sowing Hungarian or millet for hay, using proper seed quantities, and timing. It covers harrowing, rolling, and smoothing soil, plus tack about using a tedder, stacking, and curing fodder corn. It also discusses shocked corn as a viable option, stacking designs, and storage methods to maximize drying. It warns against overripe hay, notes kidney effects in Hungarian hay, and describes ensilage as a newer technique among French cultivators.
Early Cutting for High Value Grass and Two CropsPlan
Farmers are urged to cut grass before seed formation to preserve nutritive value, with a predicted second high quality crop. Plaster-gypsum is recommended to boost growth, while preserving sod. Follow the plan yearly, hay storage tips included for preserving aroma and green color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Farm Journal
Topping and worming tobacco and garden notes
The article explains topping tobacco after blossom buds appear, with two passes if growth is uneven, and removing suckers before cutting. It then covers mixed grasses for pasture, salt and charcoal for pigs, and kitchen-garden efficiency using horse power. Oats in cotton land, rust‑proof oats, refrigerator cars for dairy products, manures, and a squash borer remedy are also discussed with practical farming tips.
Senator on the sea-boat shore questions Sprague
A senator on the shore pokes pebbles with an umbrella while damp locks and a stirring torso reflect inner emotion. He asks what the wild Sprague is saying, in a scene of tension and inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littl Dombey
MA Evarts Bugbear and the Trade Union Debate
A critical review of a 428 page document issued under Congress authority, examining European labor conditions in Belgium France Germany and the United Kingdom. It contrasts Belgian docility and low wages with English pluck, questions calls to reduce American wages, and notes trade unions as a resisting force to wage cuts amid global competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Kwarta
America
United States
Europe
Evert
Belgium
Everts
Luis Iobor
Newark
Rance
Germany
Great Britain
Little Kingdom
Kngland
Evarts
England
France
Wowan
United Labor of
Kvaris
Bescher
Saxony
Witing
Evarts Avewer
Sue Wersman
Continent
Evarte
Sweden
Norway
Belgiam
Lous
Mexander
Italy
Trades Unione
Fairchild
Liverpool
Jeremiadsa
London
New York
Boston
Chicago
Interior of Custer study preserved as it stood at surrender
A detailed description of General Custer's private study and desk as left after his last raid. The room features elk and grizzly trophies, stag horns, a white owl, portraits of Grant and Lee, and a vivid array of arms, rugs, and relics. A note reveals the little oval table signed by Grant and Lee at Appomattox, presented by Sheridan to Mrs. Custer, plus the flag of truce white towel used at surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
Abraham Lincoln
Longfellow
Bryant
Jennoyson
Lawrence Barret
Leagadiap
Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Artieh
Whem
Sace
Appomattox Court-House
Sheridan
Asta
Wheat Raising in Texas Plots Large Scale Contract Farming
A St Louis wheat grower outlines a 6000 acre Texas contract farming plan at 3 per acre land cost, detailing fencing, ploughing, seeding, sowing, harvesting, labor, housing, stables, and net profit with a ten year rental value for improved land. The piece also reports on a rumored marriage alliance between Princess Beatrice and the Grand Duke of Baden, with Queen Victoria and Empress Eugenie connected to further dynastic aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
St. Louis
Guy
Sons Bushe
Gaxness
Beatrice
Napoleon
Baden
M. Edmond About
Victoria
Eugenie
Prince Imperial
Wand
England
France
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Taz Wrexty Grone
Mass
Ohio
Ener
New York Times
Timothy
Georgia
Toronto
Thayer & Lincoln
R. Warrington
Evarts’ Bugbear
General Custer
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