The Dairy A Test of Just How Far Liberal Rations Are Profitable
A Pennsylvan ia agricultural bulletin reports ten cows fed from 8 pounds grain 12 hay to 19 27 and back to start. Net profits ranged from 22 to 24 cents per day per cow with best results on a medium ration. Differences among cows show feeding must be tailored to each animal.
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Pennsylvania Agricultural Station
Waters
Caldwell
Mr Weld
Babcock
Breeder's Gazette
Pasteurizing Cream Up for Better Butter, Dairy Schools
Advocates urge trained managers for creameries and pasteurizing cream before churning to improve butter quality. Notes past heated butter from 200 F in St Petersburg called Parisian butter and rising use of pasteurized milk products in markets. Also cites New York Mercantile Exchange urging Flower to curb oleomargarine in state institutions.
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J. Moldenhower
Creamery Journal
Moldenhower
St. Petersburg
St Petersburg
Mercantile Exchange
New York City
Governor Flower
New York
Sassafras Folk Remedy For Horses Boosts Appetite
In many areas sassafras is a popular remedy for horse ailments. Root bark is ground to powder and fed, or decoctions are mixed into feed. Horses often chew the bark themselves, a practice liked by them. In spring it improves appetite, boosts strength, and helps shedding and skinning for the season.
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Boses
Can You Read Proof
Horace Greeley extols the rigorous demands of proofreading, noting a first rate proofreader must possess universal knowledge of facts, names, and spellings. He contrasts this with the limits of mere secretaryship, urging relentless study to correctly attribute and place people and places in complex texts.
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Horace Greeley
The
Tribune
Stephens
Georgia
Stevens
Michigan
Eliot
Massachusetts
Elliot
Kentucky
Oliver
Missouri
New York
Q Oliver
Druggts
Woasend
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Johnson & C
Boston
Tose
North Pole Quest Draws Explorers In 1894 Ambition
A 1894 effort aims to reach the polar region as Peary Nansen and Jackson seek the pole. Walter Wellman sails toward Spitzbergen with three Americans to lead an expedition. The group includes Owen B French Thomas B Mohun and Charles C Dodge. Wellman plans to exploit prior explorers lessons and beat pack drift.
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Peary
Nansen
Jackson
Walter Wellman
Britannic
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Wellman
Owen B French
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Thomas B Mohun
Washington
Charles C. Dodge
Sir Edward Parry
Famous Jersey Sire Pedro 3187 Shows Longevity in Service
Pedro 3187, a 16 year old Jersey bull and champion at the World’s Fair, remains active in service. Owned in Coopersburg, Pa., he cost $10,000 and is descended from Eurotas and Eurotisima, noted butter records. The piece also stresses silage as a cost effective feed alongside green hay and stalks for wethers, cows, and other livestock, emphasizing balanced rations for healthy, rapid fattening.
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Pedro
Eurotas
Eurotisima
Coopersburg
Feeding and Manurial Value in Stock Foods
The article explains the difficulty of defining feeding and manurial values for stock foods as comparative, noting regional cost differences. It shows manorial value links to fertilizer components and feeding value to nutrient needs, with east versus west approaches and regulatory impacts on value practicality.
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New Jersey
Wisconsin
New Yorker
Feeders Corner Notes on Horse Manure and Dairy Cattle
A reader asks about cows eating horse manure and Professor Henry notes it occurs in Norway where cows will devour it. Fence the heap to stop access. Also compares Angus Aberdeen and Galloway steers noting heft, maturity, hair, and hide value. Reports 3000 entries at New York poultry and pigeon show with Miss Fanny Brooks entering Indian names.
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Henry
Norway
the Inquirer
Galloway
New York
Tut Foot Of The Horse by David Roberge
William R Jenkins of New York plans to publish Tut Foot Of The Horse by David Roberge. Roberge, long associated with Mr Bonner, presents a new plan linking foot balance to lameness and disease. The book promises illustrations and simple shoeing methods to diagnose and treat horse foot problems.
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William R. Jenkins
New York
David Roberge
Robert Bonner
Roberge
Roderge
Characteristics of Favorite Pears in Meehan Monthly
The Secker is the sweetest of all though not an early bearer. Clapp's Favorite is the largest early pear ripening mid August. Sheldon is not overhand but a fine late autumn pear. Belle Lucrative yields regular crops, juicy and sweet pre ripe. Anjou is a splendid winter pear but may blow off before ripening. Bartlett for canning, Keiffer also good for canning. Dwarfs include Angouleme, Louise Bonne, Anjou, Brandy wine, Belle Lucrative, Superfine, Seckel, Tyson, Clapp's Favorite, Lawrence, Josephine de Malines.
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Meehan
Clapp
Anjou
Bartlett
Keiffer
Angouleme
Louise Bonne
Seckel
Tyson
Lawrence
Josephine de Malines
Garden plants and Senator Palmer on roads
The excerpt notes plants like single and cactus dahlias Japanese hop vine dwarf blue lobelias tall nasturtiums and verbenas as border and container options. It also cites Senator Palmer advocating good roads saying a centralized system improves uniformity and economy.
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Palmer
Michigan
Fifth Avenue
New York Recorder
Park cloak mix up prompts courtly gossip
A New York Herald note tells of Mrs Bingo accusing Mrs Kingley of wearing her sealskin cloak in the park. Mrs Kingley apologizes, saying she would not have done it had she known it was warm. Ely Cream Balm touted as a strong cold remedy with claimed cures for catarrh hay fever and related symptoms.
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Bingo
Chesekries
Ely
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