Ice harvesting and farm tools for winter storage
The article describes homemade ice cutting and storage methods including scraping boards, ice plows, and weighty scraping tools. It discusses harvesting from ponds or streams, drying the ice for storage, and estimates a 36 square foot surface yielding about 2 tons at one foot thickness. It also notes potential group farming efforts and the Plant Industry Bureau plan for related investigations and shade-engineering trials for vegetable crops near Arlington, Washington.
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Wit Wall
Jce Tongs
Barley Production and Exports Rise in United States
The United States saw a sharp rise in barley production in recent years with about two thirds suitable for machine use and the rest for feed. Exports were generally small, totaling 6 to 8 million bushels, though a record year in 19895 reached 23,851,062 bushels.
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United States
Feathers and warmth key to healthy brooders care
A fragment from Varn and Fireside notes brooder care stressing warmth and proper feeding. It warns overfeeding and poor nighttime temperature as main problems. Recommend three meals daily with limited millet, occasional bread and corn meal mix, and gradual diet shifts as chicks approach six weeks.
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P. H. Jacobs
Cooperative Egg Syndicates Raise Prices in Germany
In the La ANOVET province of Germany in 1596, ninety-five associations formed to sell eggs, with thirty-five acting independently and others allied to dairies or societies. One group handles nearly $20,000 yearly. many transact under $2,500, some under $1,000. Most eggs go wholesale by rail, few reach consumers via parcels post. The Wanover chamber of agriculture promotes a sale mark and conditions to ensure freshness, with producers paid by weight and some associations enforcing minimum egg weight. Eggs are packed in wooden casks with cardboard compartments, and rural egg prices have risen about a quarter of a cent per egg since formation.
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Germany
Parchent
Wanover Chamber of Agriculture
Reversible Current Evaporator Controls Maple Syrup Niter
New England Homestead argues a reversible current evaporator fixes niter in maple syrup. Partitions in the evaporating pan create side to side sap flow, allowing even boiling and preventing bottom burning. Filter while hot at 219 F to precipitate niter.
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New England
Wiiter
Sweet Clover as Soil Improver and Pasture Indicator
Sweet clover or Bokhara clover grows mainly on scraped or trampled soils and abandoned or wet spots. Trials in Columbus show melilot increases wheat yield versus adjacent fields. It is a biennial forage plant, reseeds itself, and when green manuring it deeply loosens soil, aiding future crops. Charles E. Thorne, Ohio, notes its role as a soil restorer and indicator of degraded soil.
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S. M. Tracy
Mississippi Experiment Station
Charles E. Thorne
Ohio
Seeding Clover In Springs On The Farm
The author recalls farm practice of seeding clover with rye and timothy in fall or spring, rain aiding sowing, and using a heavy bush to work seed if possible. Clover fall sowing often wintered out. spring sowing produced good stands. Reharrowing worn sod and reseeding with grass yielded fair results when tilling was limited. A meadow kept grass for 35 years through reseeding and top dressing, rivaling Clark method grass.
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New Yorker
New Veet Cultaree Promotes Early Beet Seeding
T Greiner argues in Farm and Fireside for starting beets under glass then transplanting to open ground in spring. Early transplanting yields beets ready for table sales a week or two before outdoor sowing, with higher prices and strong demand at wholesale. Bunched beets sold well last season, but early transplanted stock brought the best prices.
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T. Greiner
Practical hog care for a healthier farmyard
Farm Journal urges humane pig husbandry to boost health and reduce losses. Pigs should sleep on clean floors with wind hole checks, be exercised outdoors in good weather, and fed warm cooked swill. Avoid frozen or injurious ingredients, and ensure sows get exercise for stronger progeny.
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Farm Journal
Wages Higher In United States Farming 1902
The 1900 census counted 4 410 910 agricultural laborers of which 2 366 149 were farmer families and 2 044 761 hired on farms. Yearly and seasonal wages rose in 1902 across many states, with higher pay than any year since 1866, amid shifts to family labor and periodic hiring. States listing gains include Maine New Hampshire North Carolina Florida Minnesota Iowa South Dakota North Dakota Wyoming New Mexico Arizona Nevada Idaho Washington Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
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Improvised Snow Boat Runners From Natural Crooks
An Ohio Farmer correspondent describes making a sled ding boat or skiff using natural crooks as runners, bolting a wide plank as a nose piece and pinning or bolting no bunk to the runners. The idea suggests crafting practical sledding craft from simple wooden scraps.
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A Word for Root Crops and Farm Feeding
A Canadian writer argues root crops boost profitability in stock feeding across England, Scotland, and Canada. He notes alfalfa and rape aid mutton but root crops better mimic fresh grass, aiding cattle, sheep, and dairy. Scotland’s turnip history and Ontario shifts to forage yet full integration of roots remains key for profitable farms and improved stock.
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Ifere
Scotland
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Ontario
Geese and Ducks Breeds Rearing and Care Notes
Geese and ducks are described with breed weights and mating ratios. Embden and other breeds are listed. care includes nest size, egg collection, and hatch methods. Ducks lay 100 to 140 eggs per season. incubation takes 28 days. Also notes on hotbeds and plant protectors with tarred paper as affordable options.
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Toulouse
Aylesbury Drake
Aylesbury
Agricultural Briefs on Frost, Milk Fat, and Celery
The Rural New Yorker notes early frost disrupted rhubarb plans and root digging, while snow adds nitrogen to soil and frost aids soil breakdown. It cautions against assuming fat in milk can be fed in, as cow fat percent rises near freshening. It also mentions farmers responding to celery growing in a Pennsylvania swamp, moving wealth to themselves via such “pockets.”
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New Yorker
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