Gentle Little Lady Isabel Leads Widener Jersey Line
Mr Widener's Jersey Isabel, shown at Clains Park show farm, is praised as one of the best producing Jerseys this side of the water. She has many blue ribbons, averages over fifteen pounds of butter per week, and represents the refined aims of breeding for economical dairy output. The article discusses breeding practices, inbreeding debates, and a tale of two heifers yielding high churn tests and later selling for a substantial sum.
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Jersey
Jerseys
St. Lambert
Stoke Pogis
Rune
Chauptan
General Farm Notes on Saving, Tools, and Record Keeping
Farmers are advised to store feed for spring use and use a riveter to repair leather straps. Keep a blank book to record mistakes and avoid future losses. Many prefer selling potatoes in fall to avoid storage losses and price risks. Read and discuss the agricultural paper as a family activity to engage youths.
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Lome
Auto Valuable as Plow North Texan Farmer Finds It Pays Itself
A North Texas Farm and Ranch contributor extols seven reasons the automobile assists farmers. It speeds decision at critical moments, builds goodwill with renters, and helps develop a social center on the farm. The vehicle enables scientific agriculture and long term planning, boosting reputation and rental demand.
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North Texas
Auto as dairy wagon in Kansas farm life
An autobiographical piece argues the automobile is a boon for farmers, cheaper than horse teams and useful for quick, on site work. The writer recalls cattle duties in Shenando and a neighborly economy where the auto saves time and money, paying for itself in three months. It contrasts cars with bulky horses, noting speed on good roads and reliability when not abused.
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Iere
Shennan
The Food That Plants Want
The article explains ten essential plant nutrients, five from nature and five to be supplied. It notes carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, iron, and sulfur come from air or soil, while nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, and calcium must be supplied. It advocates growing legume crops to fix nitrogen.
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Nature
Let Wife Have Own Money Story and Joke
A humorous anecdote on wives earning their own money by home efforts. A fundraiser uses a pledge of one dollar per contributor, with a witty exchange where a chairman asks a handsome woman how she earned her dollar. She replies she got it from her husband, prompting эх reaction. The tale ends with a sly remark about knowing her husband.
Keeping Rats From Chicks
In one night rats will destroy enough chicks to pay for many a cod of first class fine meshed wire.
Humane horse collars and maintenance tips
A columnist argues for modern leather horse collars over cotton pads, noting they are cleaner cooler and reduce chafing. The piece emphasizes regular cleaning and oiling to prevent discomfort and suggests worn sweat pads on horses should be avoided on humans as well.
A Rockefeller Rotation Proves Worth for Farmers
The piece argues that maximizing corn yields by rotation enriches land and leads to greater profits. It notes contrasts between farming for dollar per bushel and writing about farming for dollars per word, implying experimental approaches tempt some to pursue more lucrative writing rather than traditional cultivation.
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Denton Journal
Melvin Een
Joanson Melvin & Johnson
P. A. Hh
Widcnenr
General Farm Notes
Kansas State Agricultural College
Bliss
Smith Good
Dainton
Denton
Doan
F.C. Brown
Carpenter
Fifth St
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Dean
Duffey’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan's
HT. Orme
Andersontown
E. T. Orme
Andersontown, Md
Thomas O’connell
Markit Street
Wilmington, Delaware
Frank L. Roberts
I. Lay Beaven Cor
Washington & Dover Sts
Laston, MD
Tels
Renee Lobe
Del
Va. Ry
Roailowray Division
Lo Balto Denton
Ar Rehoboth
Giapar Jascdvs
Dea Hess
Baltimore
Otto
Wee Wes
Loo
Wardocil
FF Jones
Yass
Millard ‘Phomson
Guicral Manner
Chas. H. Redden
Denton, Maryland
A. E. Cooper
Maryland
N. Charles St
Caroline County
Denton Bridge
William TH. Anderson
Lewis F. Eckhart
Mas Winecow
Soptimo Syrre
Parker
A.w.short
Vermont
New England
Elier
Bobo Homo
E. J.wrigelt
Ilvesigit
Joman W.masten
Thos
F. Garey
Lex Ngton
Baltimore, Md
Burrsville
St. Louis Exposition
Neperham
Ingrain
Oliver
B. Davis
Elstarford
Burraville, Maryland
Humane Horse Collars
Chebeit
R.G. Garrett & C0
S. Front St
Philadelphia
Field & Will TS
Denton, Md
O. C. Garey & CO
Tuckahoe Neck
WM. F. Phillips
Postoffice
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
Sotosoaiz Insurance
W. A. West
Witi Tide Savings Department OF the Peoples , National
BANK
Aumet G. Towers
Hisxny T. Nutcle
Tiros
F. Jorsson
THE
Concord Bargain House
W. W. Dukes
Concord, Maryland
James T. Cooper
COOP
Undertakers
J. Virgil, Moore
RE & Moo Erei
Cooper
Moore
Idle’s College of Embalming
T. H. Evans & Company
Frurr and
Propece Commission Merchants
Niwesparer Hk Dhive
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