Millet Crop Is Valuable
Assistant Professor C. O. Churchill explains millets as valuable catch crops for hay and pasture in North Dakota. He details foxtail broom corn and Japanese types, seed sources, drought tolerance, and proper seeding, timing, and feeding considerations for horse safety.
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C. O. Churchill
Agricultural College
North Dakota
Companiea
BILO USEFUL FOR DAIRYMEN
The silo is a valuable tool for dairymen providing high efficiency by feeding the corn crop that does not mature. It reduces feeding costs and yields succulent, easily digested fodder, improving sow profitability when housed for five to seven months.
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By & M. Miller
Delrywon
Sneilege
Feeding and culling hens for profit in older flocks
The article discusses evaluating hen feed efficiency to profit. It advises stocking only birds that profit from feed, culling those that do not, and reducing flock size by selling hens over three years old.
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Italy
German Potatoes Envy Ireland as World Leader
Germany stands as Ireland's rival in potato production, cited as the world’s leading potato country. Estimates show production around £8,000,000 in hushels annually, highlighting Germany’s dominance in this crop.
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Germany
Ireland
Fattening Trial Weighs Barley Against Corn for Pigs
A 1906 experiment compares barley and corn as pig feed to assess pork quality and profitability. Twelve pigs across breeds were split into two groups. barley with shorts yielded 1.23 lb daily gain vs 1.6 lb for corn, with 6.74 lb barley and 4.66 lb corn required per pound of gain.
Getting Their Part Getting Their Part
A theater troupe assigns roles for a play with a humorous mix up over who should play wife and daughter. Miss Adams, Miss Devoe, Miss Fordythe, and Mr. Baker negotiate parts while the director assigns Amatish Hadrick and Mrs Hedrick roles, amid playful objections and laughter.
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Jadlen
Baker
Amatish Hadrick
Migs Fordythe
Mine Fordythe
Mian Fordythe
Miss Fordythe
Mr. Andrews
Andrews
Andrewe
Hackett
Scott
Williams
Beker
Miss Levering
Maine
Miss Devoe
Helen
Yau
Barley and corn feeding trial shows higher barley needs
A Wisconsin style comparison finds barley requires about 18 percent more barley than corn for a pound of gain in swine. In a later trial the barley fed was low grade, leading to an 8 percent difference. Hog sales values and grain prices are cited, with emphasis on barley’s favorable returns.
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Denmark
Wisconsin Experiment Staion
Wisconsin
A Narrow Escape From Egypt’s Night Train
The narrator recalls a perilous 1882 journey to Ismailia during rising tension in Egypt. Surrounded by seven Arabs in a smoking compartment, he avoids attack by offering cigars and bread, then sleeps as the crowd robs him of no more than his fears. The next morning, he learns the engineer and other Europeans were killed.
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Egypt
Ismailla
Port Said
Sbeik
Sease
Tamaine
Tatires
Stoker
The Case of Peter Striker
A farmer's son Peter Striker seeks legal independence at twenty one. A thunderbolt incident is misread as a cure and a fake electric shock story fuels his drive to work. He overworks, collapses, and dies, with doctors blaming the shock yet the tale ending in tragedy.
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Peter Striker
Striker
Dubois
Peter
Sudhran
Pete
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