Managing the Calf A Practical Farm Journal Guide
Calf care guidance from Farm Journal on feeding to avoid scour and bloating. How to use a controlled milk supply, calf feeders, dry earth littering, and sour milk as an alternative. Emphasizes sanitation, conveying the idea that proper handling yields profitable veal and dairy calves.
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Farm Journal
Anchoring A Fence Across Streams And Rivers
A plan to carry a fence across streams uses two logs side by side with tim ber cross pieces pinned to them. Fence posts are spiked to the cross pieces and end boards nailed, then the logs are anchored by wires to stone boxes sunk at the stream bottom. The method prevents the fence from being upset.
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N. Y
Adulteration in Milk Declared by Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court recently ruled that any added substance in milk constitutes adulteration regardless of buyer awareness or wholesomeness. The decision is praised as a sound standard for law nationwide. Early trimming of blackberry canes is advised to produce sturdy growth and better fruit. Nip off ends of young canes to about three feet high and trim laterals again later.
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Supreme Court of Iowa
Union
Pruning Trees Timing and Techniques
Jonas H. Priest in Country Gentleman advises on when to prune birches maples apples and pears focusing on bleeding levels in winter or spring versus summer healing rates and how to cut stubs and limbs perpendicularly to promote faster healing and tree health.
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Jonas H. Priest
Simple Little Device For Calves To Stay Home
A device helps calves stay within pasture without hindering grazing. A sturdy wooden stick 114 inches by 5 or 6 feet is tied to the calf's neck with rope so a shorter end extends beyond the head and a longer end drags on the ground. When the calf nears or crosses a wire fence the upper stick end catches the wire, preventing passage while not interfering with resting or grazing.
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Lewis Olsen
Farm Journal nursery tips on pruning and planting
The Farm Journal urges biweekly sweet corn planting and weed control for next year. It notes rhubarb crown trimming, duck crown removal to prevent loss, and thinning grapes by cutting alternate clusters. It warns on currant borer and grapevine frost damage and advises cutting to the first or second bud to recover strength for next year.
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Farm Journal
Ten Culture in Louisiana Develops at Experiment Station
Dr W C Stubbs at the Louisiana experiment station conducts an elaborate culture experiment. An area of comfortable size houses 50 tea plants grown to six inches to one foot in height. Plants are healthy and vigorous with no injurious influences evident so far.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Experiment Station
W. C. Stubbs
Western Canada land draw promising says Minnesota delegates
Thomas Regan and C Collins of Eden Valley Minnesota report from Calgary in December that mild weather and abundant feed make western Canada attractive for grazing and farming. They praise Yorkton district grain yields wheat 25 bushels oats 60 and roots good, plan to settle there. government agents offer further details on Assiniboia and Saskatchewan districts.
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Thomas Regan
C. Collins
Eden Valley
Minnesota
Western Canada
Calgary
Manitoba
Alberta
Yorkton
Assiniboia
Yorktowers
Saskatchewan
The Markets Across Cities May 21 May 2 Highlights
Reports from New York Cleveland Toledo East Liberty East Buffalo and Cincinnati show mixed grain and livestock prices. Wheat corn oats and fats vary with firm to active notes in flour markets and strong cattle and lamb values in several towns. Oil City reports credit balances and no bids for certificates.
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New York
Cleveland
York State
Oil City
Soprano Delights Grandmother Despite Absence of Song
A Boston church soprano moves an old lady to praise by feeling rather than performance. The grandson explains the singer was ill and did not sing. the grandmother decides the emotional impact still proves worth another visit. An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease free sample and foot care benefits.
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Boston
Grandmamma
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
Leroy, N
Iron bedstead price tag sparks cash discount offer
In a Detroit Free Press item a broker notes the price tag on an iron bedstead, with a buyer asking for cash discount. The seller replies that the bed is not for sale if payment is not cash, highlighting a sharp money talk moment in a local business exchange.
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Detroit Free Press
Private Mailing Card Ad and Humorous Clips
A vintage collection of keepsakes including a Private Mailing Card offer for ten cents from Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, and assorted quips. The snippets feature humorous lines about Mr. Schnerer, a testimonial from Wm O Endsley, a Puck maxim on retirement, a Piso’s Cure endorsement, and Beeman’s Pepsin Gum promotion.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. A. Miller
Chicago, Ill
South Dakota Farms Illustrated Booklet Issued
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway released an illustrated booklet on the Aberdeen to Missouri River region. It highlights a previously underserved area now reachable by the new line. A copy is obtainable by sending a two cent stamp to F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Aberdeen
Missouri River
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ba Y
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Hard Lines in Theatrical Supply Chain
A soubrette laments hard luck after the magnified diamond pledged by admirers for the star had to be pawned. The Indianapolis Press quotes the earnest plea as the audience hears of financial strain affecting performance props and celebratory gifts.
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Indianapolis Press
Sculptor-Madam Contemplates Bias for Portrait
A courtly exchange unfolds as a sculptor asks about pricing for a bias in a sculpture while Mrs Ridquck confirms the public reputation of the daughter as "a beautiful fool." The judge watches the dialogue, noting the tone and social commentary.
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Ridquck
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