Hatnula style round silo construction explained
In western New York Batacy a Country Gentleman explains Hatnula circular silo construction. Stakes form a circle, boards are laid and bent to shape, eight half inch strips create a two inch band, joints may vary, ventilation is essential. A thirty foot high silo example uses ten bands, with two and a half to three and a half feet between bands, a concrete foundation, and vertical flooring inside for strength.
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New York
Batacy
Laying Out a Garden From Old Newspaper Advice
Professor I D Roberts in Country Gentleman discusses neat garden layout for vegetables. He proposes a garden three to four times as long as wide, arranged in sixteen rows of plants. He suggests extending length up to six times width to save labor with horse drawn tools.
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I. D. Roberts
Jong
Jong Ag
Ling
Phosphate Slag as Fertilizer and Its Use
Thomas slag or basic slag, a lime rich byproduct from the Thomas process, contains about 15 percent free lime and 40 percent bound lime. It carries 10 to 20 percent phosphoric acid, with 80 percent of that available in good slag. Fine grinding is essential for value, and it is a valuable phosphorus fertilizer, especially for acid soils and organic matter rich lands, suited to legumes. Apply 600 to 1000 pounds per acre. Do not mix with ammonium sulfate or muriate of potash and nitrate of soda. mixing causes handling issues.
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Bessemer
Free State
Garden Plan And Barn Gate Construction For Farm
The article outlines diverse garden spacing and crop sequencing for early and late plantings, urging inter tillage with a horse to minimize hand labor and protect crops from pests. It describes building light, pine crosspieces, oak verticals, and no strap hinges for barn gates to securely manage stock, with eight gates in the barn for nightly closure.
Shorter road routes often defy simple curves
It notes a common error in road building where a route is chosen for the shortest distance, sometimes through a valley or over a hill. The piece argues that slight curves can alter total length, and a road half way around a obstacle can be comparable in length to a direct path.
Oats and Clover Farming Tips by an Ohio Farmer
An Ohio farmer writer discusses oats and clover cultivation focusing on soil conditions, seed quality, moisture, and weed control. He emphasizes deeper sowing, shallow plowing, rolling to conserve moisture, and careful seed selection to prevent deterioration and improve oat yields.
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Ohio
Five Row Corn Marker Described In Ohio Farmer
A five row corn marker uses runners 114 or 2 feet long six inches wide and two inches thick with three inch boards on top. D handles on each side and a driver walks the last mark holding the central handle. One horse pulls with ropes from the outer runners to the traces.
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Ohlo
Practical Seed Testing in Germination Dishes
A. S. Hitchcock notes seed germination tests using plates and moistened flannel kept warm. Most garden seeds sprout a few days after first sprout, beet seeds yield three to seven, grass seeds take up to three weeks, some trees longer. Low seed vitality shows by extended germination periods. carrot family and some melons may underperform in dishes versus ground.
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A. S. Hitchcock
Potato Preplanting Instructions From Cornell Station
The guide advises keeping potatoes in earth banks until late April then moving to cellars or barns a week before planting. Expose tubers to sunlight to harden buds, boosting growth after planting. If stands lack, add stable manure or turn under a green crop like red clover, though not ideal on sandy or hard soils. Begin with browrye or other crops to suppress weeds, turning soil and sowing repeatedly over a few years to see results.
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Cornell
N. Y
Ind
12 Minutes for Lunch and Indigestion Cures
An observation on quick meals cites a 12 minute lunch affecting digestion and health. It endorses Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as a cure, with a testimonial from Willis Seaman of Washingtonville, New York. Free medical adviser offer details accompany the testimonial.
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Pierce
Willis Seaman
Washingtonville, Orange Co
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
Common Sense
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Merchants License Notice for Caroline County
All persons and bodies in Caroline County engaged in business or holding any license required by Maryland law must obtain or renew a license by May 1. The notice lists tapers licenses and fee scales based on stock value, with ranges from under 1,000 to over 40,000, detailing payment amounts and penalties for noncompliance.
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Caroline County
Maryland
Stock Broker &S
Notice for Letting Out the Caroline County Roads by Contract
County Commissioners of Caroline County invite sealed proposals for working and repairing public roads and bridges in each election district for one year. Proposals must be signed and filed with the Clerk by March 1, 1902, with details on district miles, bond, and terms of payment. Contracts require specified road and bridge work, with completion by June 1, 1902, and one year of maintenance. full text available in Denton after March 25.
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Caroline County
Saulsbury
Denton
Chas. H. Whitby
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Denton Journal
Melvin
Steele & Johnson
Janey
Bieh
Olio
G. K. Ebling
Ridgely, MD
Aylyer L. Hunt
Russell Bt
Detroit, Mich
Milerling Comedy Company
Chisago
Montreal
Frick
Frick Company
Nevius & Frampton
Enston
Standard Oil Co
Harvey M. Thawley
Contractor
Carpenter, &c
Edis
Lewis & Goldsborough, Attorneys-At-Law
Denton, Marylynd
Caroline
Counties
Ning Raame
Gay Street
Canton
Martha FE Fister
WC. Fisher
Toris
Thos. Wright
Concord, Md
Charles H. Shields
UT Rtss
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Feed 2
Forses
Fletcher Clark
Easton
Eaid
Scnbty
Publc
Circuit Court
Baltimore
Court of Common Pleas
Baltimoore
Fay
Isaac L Dukes
Caroling County
Nisi
Henry I. Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Asignees
Thaddeus Snowburger
Wfe
Henry R. Lewis
Charles W. Hobbs
Charles W. Nobbs
Journal Building
Wathes
C. H. Bullock
Denton, Md
Surrey
Denton National Banko
T. Priny Fisher
Gold Medal Bakery and Grocery
Hf. A. Roe
F. D
Roe & Bru
Admiral
Aleo
Centennial
Maine
Field & Willis
Ber Waron
Ridgely
Hillsboro
Queen Anne
West Denton
Flosineryt
Halton Row
Hebron
Hioceman, del
W. J. Blackiston
Gilbert Hagadone
James Swann
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
OF New York
Snow Hill
Washington County
Coulbourn & Noble
J. H. Coulbourn
Live Stock Commission Merchants
80Th and
Market Streets
M.l.coulbourn
Coulbourn & Waller
Front St
Philadelphia Pa
the Depot
Geo.h. Berry
the Talbot Savings Bank
OF Easton, MD
Drs. W. T
L. D. Ketrey
Easton, Maryland
Preston
Federalaburg
Hast New Market
the Denton
Grain and Flour Exchange
J. H. Medford
James T. Cooper
Undertaker
Dewson, Maryland
Niewsraper the
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