Farm and Garden Telephone Shapes Rural Life Says Census
The census bureau bulletin highlights the telephone's pivotal role on farms, noting widespread farm telephones, the shift from urban focus to rural use after patent expirations in 1893, and the many farm benefits. Farmers access markets for prices, call veterinarians, summon help, and share news via rural exchanges, easing loneliness and enabling timely farm decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of the Census
Connecticut
Chicago
Gate Adjustable to Snow in Winter
A writer in Farm and Fireside describes a snow clearance gate modification. Two strap irons bent to fit the post are bolted to the gate. Pegs go into evenly spaced holes to raise the gate above snow. The device also helps move hogs between pastures while keeping other stock confined.
Neighborly Farm Machinery Exchange Benefits Rural Life
Two farmers who are good neighbors save money by exchanging use of machinery and horses. One buys one machine and the other another, and both machines cover all work on each farm. By swapping labor and even social activity, they strengthen a weak point in country life.
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Baltimore Star
Balmore American
South
Maryland
America
The
Star
Manure Use Advised to Benefit Soil and Crops
Barnyard manure adds burlap like humus that soaks and holds moisture, improving soil absorption during rain. The guidance stresses saving and spreading manure across fields, noting its value in dollars and potential to increase farmers' earnings.
Winter pasture plants offer year round grazing options
Several plants can fill winter pasture needs. Bur clover rye oats vetch and crimson clover sown in fall provide grazing through winter with manageable effort. This home and farm advice highlights practical forage choices for sustaining livestock when warm weather ends.
Feeding value of oats and bearded barley hay analysis
Analyses by the Federal Agricultural Department extol oat straw as the top roughage per feeding value, with higher protein and fat than wheat or barley straw and comparable moisture to corn stover. Oat hay grades slightly below barley hay but above timothy for protein and fat, while oats eaten green show high value. Digestibility matters. oats supply digestible protein and fat, but carbohydrates are lower. A hog barrier design is described to keep hogs confined while cattle and horses pass.
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Federal Agricultural Department
Dairy Doings On Dairy Cattle Nutrition And Care
Practical notes on cow abortion remedies with black haw extract, dairy cow feed tips, salt intake, and salt needs per day. Guidance on calf worms, sulphur ointment treatment, high butter fat cream grading, alfalfa hay value, and humane handling. Edits urge kindness to cows and efficiency via separator use.
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Jersey
Ayrshire
Holstein
Wisconsin
Kansas
Agricultural College
Why Clover Fails On Farms And Remedies Applied
Clover fails to grow on many farms because the humus in the soil is worn out and an acid condition exists that harms clover. A liberal application of lime will be beneficial.
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Bobbitt Chemical Co
Daltimore
Duffey’s Pharmacy
Denton
Hillsboro, Md
G. M Bentley
Tennessee
Trust the Women Folk in Farm Management
A farmer who neglects his wife in business matters may face trouble. The piece argues women, by divine instinct, often know how things should be and a husband who trusts that instinct is unlikely to fail.
Book Farmer Kolcker Jones Noted By New York Sun
A New York Sun item describes Kolcker Jones as a book farmer and notes he has already exhausted two checkbooks, illustrating a literary banking quirk in early reporting.
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Kolcker- Jones
Bocker
New York Sun
Marched and Manched The Soldiers Who Didn’t Steal Apples
A Confederate officer recalled General Cleburne using humor to curb theft after Union supply cuts in Georgia. Soldiers who took apples were mocked with the line pin peddling apples today. One man who stole them was made to carry a colt for a mile or two as a consequence.
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O. Moore
Cleburne
Georgia
Bog Drowning Tale From Lorn Doone Legend
An excerpt recounts bog dangers in Exmoor country with a vivid account from S. Bar ing-Gould and a survey official who nearly drowned. He describes sinking to his armpits, using a six foot bamboo to brace and drag himself to dry ground after a harrowing struggle.
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Carver
Feximoor
S. Baring-Gould
Ordinance Survey
Pedmire
Barany Barnate's Mining Gamble and Bold Business Sense
An anecdote from Moody's Magazine recounts how Barney Barnato, famed for vast wealth from mining ventures, dismissed a detailed technical report. Engineer A A Blow presented maps and analyses, but Barnato refused to read them, insisting only on whether the mine was good business. Blow assured him, and Barnato pressed for the bottom line.
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Barney Barnate
Hils
Capid
Barnate
A. A. Blow
Considera
Ian Blow
Barnato
Blow
Burnato
Ramato
Moody’s Magazine
Vocal Training Abroad Noted For American Singers
William Armstrong notes in Ainslee's that American voice training is stronger at home than abroad. Paris offers Beaux Arts polish and long Conservatoire ties but chauvinism and costs limit genuine arrivals. Many seek Paris study yet few secure engagements. French houses prefer native talent and pages of provincial tours follow.
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Savage
Europe
Beaux Arts
Paris
Paris Conservatoire
Grand Opera
Opera Comique
Lyrique
Bordeaux
Lyons
William Armstrong
Ainslee
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National Stockman and Farmer
Redmire
Gurney Barnate
Preston
Preston, Md
Chas. H. Redden
Feed and Sale Stables
A. E. Cooper
Thomas & Messer Co
Baltimore St
Baltimore, MD
Thomas FP
Cox
Federalsburg
Baltimore
TEAVE
Richmond
Del
Va. Ry
East Mounts
aMivem
Scuepuy
P. Ma
Bjar
Rehodoth.ly
Asa
T. Murdoch
Jones
Passerat
Thomson, General MI
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Chesapeake
Norfolk
Pier Jackson & Fayette Sts
Old Point Comfort
York River Line
Riciemond
Light Street
Cor. Lee
Southeroey
Somechunk
West Point
Piera
Rome
General
Offichs,light and Jee Straets
N-Chapman
J. Chism
Gealirass
Rv Asst
Gan'l Pass
Agt
Baltimore Supply Company
Maryland Savings Bank Building
Baltimore News
Denton Journal
Denton, Maryland
Ang
Diamond Telephone
J. W. Wright & Co
Hobbs
Call On Holt Construction Co
Denton, Md
Caroline County Bank
Greensboro
D. J. Zacharias, Sr
N. Horsey of
S. H
T. C. Horsey
H. M. Thompson
Savings Department OF the Peoples
National
Bank of Denton
Henry T. Nuttle
F. Jonson
Winchester
F.j.wright
Heyesight
T. H. Evans & Company
Fruit Aup Produce Commission Merchants
Light St
Thomas O’connell
Market Street
Wilmington
Delaware
Bem
Adelaide Schmitt
Saratoga St
R. G, Garrett & GO
S. Front St
Philadelphia
Ridgely
WM. A. Smith
Baltimore Ss
Evning Paper
Folix Agnus
Fulton & C0
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