Egg market blame shifts to farmers and traders
A Philadelphia writer argues bad eggs in markets stem from farmers and merchants. Farmers ship nonfresh eggs to avoid losses, while some merchants pay more for eggs traded for goods, incentivizing poor quality. Advice includes better storage, frequent selling, egg testers, proper nests, and trap nests to improve egg quality and market confidence.
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Philadelphia
Kansias State Veticultural College
Plakwelphii Record
Why Corn Is King In American Fields 1909 Output
Facts on corn production show its dominance in the United States. The article estimates Illinois 1909 corn output could have formed 36,040 twenty car trains in an unbroken line from Portland to the Pacific, or two lines from New York to Salt Lake City. At December prices the Illinois crop would have yielded about 201.5 million dollars.
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America
Ilinois
Portland
Pactic Ocean
San Francisco
New York
Salt Lake City
Uinois
Clent
Chicago
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Detroit
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Minneapolis
Galveston
New Orleans
Pittsburg
Seattle
St. Louis
Washington
United States
Wnols
Wilson
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Corn King: Illinois crop could pay debts of major cities
Historical analysis claims the 1909 Illinois corn harvest valued at 1.72 billion dollars could repay the debts of seventeen large American cities and fund naval power. It argues the crop’s value rivals national wealth, with implications for wartime spending and per capita wealth across the United States.
Winter irrigation expands in western states
The article explains winter irrigation as applying water to bare soil or crops outside the regular season. It highlights its spread from Arizona and California to Oregon, Kansas, and the Rocky Mountains, noting deep soil stores water well and that surplus flows from streams often go to waste without storage.
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Arizona
California
Oregon
Kansas
Rocky Mmountain
Lige
Fresno County
Cal
Modesto
Turlock
Unique Winter Plowing and Snow as Poor Man's Manure
A Vermont man finishes fall plowing after ground is snow covered. The piece explains snow carries atmospheric nitrogen forms like nitrate and ammonia, increasing after storms, near cities from factory smoke, and washes down with rain and fog. It notes annual nitrogen delivery to soil totals nine to ten pounds per acre, equating value to about $1.75 in commercial fertilizer, as argued by M A Scorell.
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Vermont
Acre
M. A. Scorell
Kentucky
Auto Trucks for Farm Use Signal Rural Change
A historical note on automobiles as heavy haul and farm helper machines. Auto trucks are gradually entering farm work, replacing horse drays on western farms and aiding produce transport. While costly for small farmers, prices decline and serviceability rises as adoption grows across the South and agrarian communities.
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Heavy Haul Inc
Virgina
Great Western
Curious Farm Facts and House Bulbs in Winter
A jumble of farm tips notes indoor bulb growth from tulips blooming in winter to bulbs ready on a mantel for 50 cents. It covers potato starch value, the Baldwin apple origin, and rural-urban shift with trolley access boosting farm values and town-to-country migration.
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Kideels
Richardson
W. Wintsler
Bridgeport
Conn
Grealy
Baldwin
John Ball
Massachusetts
Colonel Baldwin
Fragmented legal drama excerpt with cryptic dialogue
An irregular historical passage presents a dialogic scene about a will and restatements. Characters named Mr Snarier and Jadon Tit Kits appear in a tense exchange over dying and rights. The excerpt hints at drafting, weight of influence, and conflict without clear resolution.
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Mr. Snarier
Bad Farm Conditions Found Across 200 Dairy Farms
A survey of 200 dairy farms in twelve states rated for sanitation shows one farm highly scoring 9.8 out of 100 while the lowest earned 0.58. The average was 59 out of 100. Many stables were poorly ventilated or undersized, milk utensils were often not clean, and milk temperature control was unreliable with few thermometers in use.
Age of Apple Trees for Orchard Planting
A four year old apple tree is costly and impractical for town lots or village gardens. It is too large to handle in orchards and unlikely to develop the desired shape. The best choice for orchards is a good one year tree, three to five feet tall, with ready roots to establish quickly and form a desired top. It will bear fruit sooner than older trees.
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Denton Journal
Erless Howard Melvin Buna
Journior
Melvin & Johnson
Ano Sarden
Operalion
Western States
Farmers’ Meadquarters
Centreville, Maryland
Columbus’Buggy Co’s
Cortland Wagon Co’s
Cortland Cart & Carriage ‘Co’s
Brockway
Waterloo
Aermotor
Eagle & Other
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