Jewish farmer shows intensive method yields high on small Elgin plot
Joseph Gould, born in Russia, runs a ten acre Elgin garden that brings in 1500 to 2000 dollars yearly. He sells directly to consumers, delivering daily wagonloads for about 10 dollars each and uses family labor. Gould rotates crops, uses no fertilizer besides stable manure, and recently set a local record by growing three crops on one plot between April 20 and October 1.
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Chicago
Joseph Gould
Russia
Elgin
Gould
Tne
Practice of intensive crop rotation on small farms
The article describes growing two or more crops per season using methods like dish and harrow cultivation. It covers succession plantings of radishes onions beets lettuce and celery, followed by corn beans or millet. It notes manure use on truck farms and recommends double cropping after rye or oats. a cycle of wheat oats corn and clover with cowpeas as a comparative crop.
Knapp Urges Farm Focus Over City Pursuit
The late Dr Knapp advised emphasizing farming options for youths, urging to teach boys how to earn more on the farm than by seeking work in the city, and stating that such guidance would end further preaching on urban migration.
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Dr. Knapp
Udder Cover Promises Clean Milk By Hair Guard
The Iowa Homestead describes a neat device to keep hair from cows out of milk during milking. As cows shed heavily, the invention aims to preserve cleanliness in the pail and reduce contamination.
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Iowa
Cudder Cover Described for Clean Udder Milking
The excerpt explains a cloth udder cover that wraps around the cow to protect milk from hairs and dust. It features four holes for teats, allows easy milking grip, and can be extended up the cow with a buckle and strap for quick fastening.
A Germ Killing Whitewash by Dr Marshall
Dr Marshall urges whitewashing of dairy barns to improve sanitation and fight tuberculosis. He recommends a lime chloride compound mixed with wastewash to coat walls and partitions as a preventive measure against disease.
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Marshall
Pennsylvania Institute
How the Germans Store Mangels
The Germans pile mangels on the ground in a yard high rows as long as available. They cover with a foot of straw and a foot of earth. On the south they leave an opening for straw bundles. When weather allows, they move those straw bundles to enter the pile.
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New Yorker
Disking or Plowing Fall Plowing for Next Season
A Kansas Industrialist notes fall plowing to Nebraska spring plowing. He suggests manuring land for corn during winter and spring. A coarse manure dressing, if disked in, helps the crop more than plowing under.
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Kansas
Best Soil For Roses Grows From Clay Rich Mix
A Farm Progress note states roses thrive in soil with 8 to 12 percent clay and abundant silt and fine sand. The texture aids drainage and nutrient holding, supporting vigorous growth and bloom.
Digging wealth from soil must protect future fertility
Farmers are urged to gain wealth from the soil while preserving land for future generations. The guidance stresses sustainable practice to keep the soil fertile so descendants can subsist after current generations pass.
Cost of Raising Horses Higher in Eastern States
A Bureau of Statistics report based on about 10 000 correspondents finds the national average cost to raise a horse to age three is 104.06 dollars, with variation by state from 69.50 dollars in New Mexico to 156.40 dollars in Rhode Island. Itemized costs include service fee, foaling time, breaking, veterinary care, feed, hay and pasture, totaling 104.06 dollars with feeds accounting for 56.30 dollars and care and shelter 16.09 dollars, while 30 percent of the total goes to care and shelter.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
United States
Mexico
Wyoming
Texas
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Grown in legal soil contract purposes determine character
Quoted citations discuss how courts assess a contract’s real nature by its purposes rather than its label. Employment contracts terminate for honestly terminated grounds in good faith. Rest estate interests with invalid wills descend to rightful heirs as if no will existed.
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Steele
State
Mackenzie
Why Women Break Down In Modern Life
Aged wellness column explains that women face nervous exhaustion from modern life and shopping, not just work. It cites London Mail on factors like education, speed, noise, and lights, noting symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, breathlessness, fatigue, and disturbed sleep. Rest and a tranquil pace are urged as cure and prevention.
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The
London Mail
Spring Table Meat Course for Jaded Appetites
A Boston Cooking School Magazine method for a lamb fore quarter dish. Cutlets from the scrag half are steamed or casserole-cooked with onions carrots and parsley then pressed under a weight until cold. Dipped in egg and milk, rolled in breadcrumbs and fried until colored, served with buttered vegetables and potato or turnip balls.
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Boston
Magasine
Removing That Shiny Look from Wool Garments
Aha stored home remedy advises dulling glossy wool fabrics worn by car travel. Begin with ammonia and water on the skirt, pressed damp on the wrong side, to soothe shine. If the shine returns after wear, rub the affected area with fine sandpaper to raise the nap and improve appearance.
Proper silver drying and sorting technique to save time
Instruction urges hand drying of glass and silver rather than air drying. It explains that silver should be dried and sorted by type—forks, knives, spoons—before stacking on a tray. Properly arranged piles ease transfer to the correct drawer, reducing handling time.
Darning Stockings With Colorful Balls and Substitutes
When mending stockings use two ialmina balls, place the black ball under light hose and the white ball under dark hose so contrasting stitches are clearer. If white balls are unavailable, a white china nest egg can substitute. Such eggs are sold at large department stores.
Fourteen Wild Flower Girls Form a Nature Club Outing
A newspaper fragment describes fourteen girls forming a Nature Club to study the outdoors on hikes to the Palisades of the Hudson. They plan picnics with a five cent limit, each girl carrying a jackknife, and they prepare with schoollike planning and gear as they explore trees birds and flowers.
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Elsa
Radee Jon
Palisades
The
Hudson
Nature Club
Malatita
Lettuce and Cream Cheese Salad with Pimento
Prepare white lettuce heads by trimming outer leaves and stems then cut into four. Soak briefly in cold water, drain, and arrange in a salad bowl with grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper, add vinaigrette of two tablespoons vinegar and half a teaspoon olive oil, then decorate with canned pimento strips.
Trade Review Of The Past Week In New York
New York June 2 The Dun's Review notes conservatism in eastern business sentiment yet actual industrial and mercantile activity holds steady. Wholesale demand strengthens for cotton goods footwear and staple lines while weather slows retail distribution. Cotton goods leather and footwear show rising demand. prices for finished products stay firm though premiums decline. Railway earnings rise 7.9 percent while bank exchanges dip 7.2 percent vs last year but up 2.7 percent from 1911. Major metals soften pig iron while finished products stay strong. Corn oats and grass flour markets improve. live cattle and sheep ease but hogs rise. Eighty-five sixty changes in quot ations. butter cheese eggs stabilize. Apples prunes peaches and dried fruits move modestly. wheat corn oats shifts noted. cotton prices vary with market strength remaining in leather and wool holds steady.
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New York
Dun
Bessemer
Rio
Carnegie's $1,000,000 Gift for Vanderbilt Medical
Nashville Tennessee June 2 Chancellor J H Kirkland of Vanderbilt University announced that Andrew Carnegie had proposed giving one million dollars for the benefit of Vanderbilt medical department as a major endowment.
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Carnegie
Nashville
Tenn
J. H. Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
Andrew Carnegie
Vanderbilt
Guthrie New Ambassador Pittsburgh
George W. Guthrie of Pittsburgh took the oath as ambassador to Japan in U S court before Judge Joseph Buffington. The ceremony occurred on June 2 in the United States court in Guthrie’s city.
This Week’s Events Highlight June 2 to June 7
A busy week with a Havre expedition to Franz Josef Land and Edward Payson Weston beginning a 1500 mile walk from New York to Minneapolis. Also planned are a Ladies Kennel Association exhibition in Mineola and openings in Washington and Muskogee.
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Havre
Franz Josef Land
Edward Payson Weston
New York
Minneapolis
Minn
Ladies’ Kennel Association of America
Mineola
N. Y
American University
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Muskogee
Okla
West Point Military Academy
West Point
N. J
Princeton University
Princeton
William
Berlin
Germany
Philadelphia
Bermuda
Travers Island
New York City
International Congress of Agriculture
Ghent
Belgium
Bertin
His First Love Affair Joke Goes To Self Love
Conversation between Mrs Rose and Mrs Pose reveals a husband’s past loves. Pose teases that her husband loved himself long before meeting her, while Rose hints at multiple loves but laughs at the idea. The exchange plays on vanity and humor in domestic banter.
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Mrs. Rose
Mrs. Pose
Mr. Rose
Mutual Jokes Exchange Over Lunch Barbs
Dialog shows two colleagues at Gotrox lunch table exchanging light taunts about expense. One criticizes sponging, the other defends the arrangement as mutual and humorous.
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Gotrox
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