Proper Implements Cut Up and Stock Two Acres a Day
A feature on farming methods describes cutting up and stocking two acres daily with two workers, detailing yields, timing, and differences between topping and cutting. It argues that cutting up preserves grain and forage, reduces weather risk, and improves cattle fodder while noting the value of early ground clearance for autumn crops. It also surveys grain pests such as the grain weevil and grain moth, urging farmers to study insect habits to reduce losses.
Insects and diseases injure wheat across fields and seed
The article catalogs pests attacking wheat seeds and young plants, including red ants and cut worms, plus stem dwellers like Hessian flies and various grain borers. It details life cycles, damage patterns, and recommended controls such as post-harvest stubble burying and seasonal monitoring.
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New England
Oscinis Locata
Selecting Cows and Shorthorns for Dairy Improvement
The article argues for using pure bred shorthorn bulls from strong families to improve dairy stock, advising careful cow selection with deep frames, capacious udders, and feminine appearance. It cites case evidence of increased milk yield and urges breeders to avoid overfat cattle and fashion fads, promoting crossbreeding with Hereford Dutch and Guernsey lines as potential gains.
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Captain Cuttle
Lakin
Beauchamp Court
Earl of Warwick
Heathcote Farm
Tisdail
E. C. Tisdall
Gloucester
Pacific Rural Press
Curing Tobacco Yellowing and Drying Techniques
An experienced curer outlines a practical method to dry tobacco yellow, emphasizing proper growth, ripening in the field, and a two-stage process of yellowing then drying. Start at 80–90 degrees with controlled heat and humidity, monitor color progression, then advance heat in steps to 120 and finally 160, with ventilation to prevent sweating and preserve the leaf membrane.
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N. C. Farmer
Strength of Tobacco and Sheep Breeding Insights
The article discusses M H Schloesing on tobacco leaf thickness and nicotine, harvest timing, and leaf quality effects. It also shifts to sheep breeding tips, detailing age of rams, ewe health, and choosing robust stock, recommending buying from passing droves or markets with expert help.
Burning quality of tobacco tied to soil rich in potash
Mr. Schloesing argues that burning quality, not leaf variety, governs tobacco value. A leaf’s combustibility depends on soil potash. trials show muriate of potash should be avoided while sulphate is reasonable. Potash should be replenished after harvest to maintain burning quality and avoid black ash from excess potash.
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Schloesing
Experiments in Tobacco Culture at New York Station
The New York Agricultural Station at Geneva reports from Board of Control on tobacco culture. Early plants yielded roughly three times the cured leaf weight and higher quality. Large seed-bed plants became the earliest harvests, supporting extensive plant-bed selection. Splitting stalks may hasten drying and yield thinner leaf without reducing cured leaf weight. Harvesting after heavy rain appears to reduce cured leaf proportion.
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New York
Geneva
Board of Control
How to Begin Keeping Sheep
A concise guide for selecting land and stock to start a sheep farm. Emphasizes dry, well-drained rolling or hilly terrain, pure water, shelter, and vigilant care. Recommends a first flock of fifty ewes and two rams, warns against pure-bred ewes, and suggests Shropshires as hardy sires followed by Hampshires and Southdowns. Includes age and dentition cues to judge older sheep.
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John Randolph
Wintering Bees Safely Through Rigorous Preparation
In cold climates bee-keepers seek reliable wintering methods. East and Ontario experts like Poppleton Jones and Davis stress early prep, strong breeding, and ample stores. Practices include heavy honey stores by October, careful feeding with sugar syrup, division boards, and protective chaff or sawdust cushions. Cellar wintering, with subearth ventilation, is praised for consistency though labor and risks exist.
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John Davis
Michigan
O. C. Poppleton
Iowa
D. A. Jones
Ontario
Jones
Poppleton
Subecarth
Penely
New Yorker
Fall Ploughing and the Soil's Hidden Factors
Fall ploughing uncertainties hinge on weed vitality soil and subsoil. Farmers differ on deep or shallow methods based on weed seeds fertility manure and crop cycle timing. Early ploughing aids weathering of rocky fragments and promotes nitrification by exposing decomposed organic matter to air.
Deep Plowing and Manuring for Loam Soil
The article discusses maximizing exposed surface and covering vegetable matter, noting subsoil quality affects oil improvement. It advises green manuring, claying, and liming in valuable districts to create loam, and stresses thorough soil and manure mixing by multi directional plowing, with emphasis on fall plowing wet lands.
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Atte J
Feeding Hens and Managing Fattening for Laying
Practical notes from Southern Stock Journal on balancing hen fat and laying. Over-fat birds hinder hatchability and health. under-feeding or improper nutrition reduces egg production. Provide varied, nitrogenous foods, regular meals, exercise, and clean water to optimize laying and flock health.
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Ras
Southern Stock Journal
Early feeding advised for cattle and hogs to secure profits
The article argues corn-fed cattle and hogs can be profitably fattened with moderate prices expected. It stresses starting feeding early, selling when gains slow, and notes grass feeding helps before corn maturity. It compares September October efficiency and warns that mild weather yields better results than winter without shelter.
Things Worth Knowing in Eastern Agriculture
An Eastern agricultural journal columnist urges timely manure spreading before fermentation, notes soil absorption with minimal evaporation loss, and discourages grainy odors. It covers bean compost care, strawberry bed strategy, poultry tonics through cleanliness and space, moult timing for hens, value of milking cows, stock feeding, butter quality via weed control, worm remedies, fleece records, lamb weaning, potato storage, and Ohio Valley feeding trends for swine.
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USA
New York
New England
Ram Lane
John Bell
Tekonshi
Mich
Onio
New Wheat Leads, Old Corn Lags In Farm Advice
On hot days cultivation fights weeds but aids growth. Farmers should use platform scales to weigh stock or produce for market and gain better returns. Georgia Lea reports 35 bushels per acre with peaks to 48 on a 100 acre field. Beets supply much world sugar. sorghum may surpass beets in the North. Virginia peanuts total 1,000,000 bushels. Western New York expects 4,000,000 apple barrels. Select seed now for next year and boost crop value by improved seed. Destroy weeds, then plant native trees around schools. The modern farmer shifts from merely earning money per animal to maximizing beef, butter and cheese per acre.
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Baylor
George H. Lea
Greece
N. Y
France
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Virginia
New York
The Weekly Globe Club List Advised Subscriptions
Instructions warn customers to use a single address per order and begin subscriptions with a specific issue. The note states that shipments to multiple addresses will be returned and specimen copies are not provided.
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