Trans Continental excursion 1870 Boston to San Francisco ride
A historical feature recounts the 1870 Trans-Continental train run from Boston to San Francisco. It notes 124 passengers on Pullman cars, day-by-day news aboard, lavish accommodations, and swift seven-day travel. The journey passes Boston Albany Chicago Omaha and Salt Lake City with civic welcomes.
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Atlantic
Pacific
New York City
San Francisco
United States
East
Boston
Boston Board of Trade
Europe
George M. Pullman
Trans-Continental
Times
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Messrs. Pullman
Board of Trade
Atlantic Coast
Gordon Press
Arlington
Revere
Palmyra
Massachusetts
State Line
Albany
Chester
Washington
Boston & Albany
Chatham
Greenwich
New York Central
Detroit
Great Western
Canada
Chicago
Michigan Central
Council Bluffs
Chicago and North Western
Missouri
Omaha
Sherman
Tremont
Omaha “Messrs. Brewer
Bemis
Missouri River
State Capitol
Lincoln City
A. D. Jones
Jones
Eeven
Cheyenne
Prairies
Prairie Dog
Buckskin Joe
New York State
Salt Lake City
California
Golden’ West
West Coast
Warts on Cattle Reducing Hide Value, Says USDA Leaflet
The United States Department of Agriculture warns warts on cattle cut hide value by up to 25 percent. Leaflet 75 L explains prevention and removal, including isolating affected cattle, cleaning facilities, and methods for removing small warts with sterilized tools. Large warts require a veterinarian. Leaflet 7A-L can be obtained free from the USDA Office of Information.
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United States Department of ‘Agricultura
NN Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Office of Information
Washington
Calves Prove Best Fattening Class In Minnesota Test
A feeding trial at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station compared calves, yearlings, and two-year-olds over last winter and spring. Calves gained 100 pounds with less feed than the others, though overall profitability depended on market margins and conditions. All groups were fed under identical rations with ground barley and oats then shelled corn.
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Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
W. H. Peters
W. H. Peters, Head of the Animal Husbandry Division
Leaf Area Needed for Best Apple Production
The Washington station found twenty to thirty leaves per fruit yield commercial size apples, while forty to fifty leaves per fruit produce buds for next season. Adequate nitrogen, organic matter, and moisture sustain large leaf area. in the East moisture often limits growth. An average 20 to 25 year old tree with 60k to 100k leaves could bear 1k to 2.5k fruits for optimal size and annual crops.
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Washington
Washington State
Farm notes on fall transplanting and crop quality
The column cites a Pennsylvania nursery saying the best time to transplant conifers is fall. It notes health of stock underpins poultry success, Bermuda onions from Florida rival those from Bermuda Island, and that a young queen and young bees in a hive during fall boost next spring colony strength.
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Pennsylvania
Bermuda
Florida
Rationing Dairy Cows During Milk Period
Wisconsin Farmer explains that non-fresh cows pay less milk and recommends dry-period feeding strategies. For cows in good flesh, use legume hay silage or pasture with light laxative rations and a mix of corn oats wheat bran and oilmeal. Adjust for poor roughage by increasing oil meal. Emphasizes calving time care and monitoring afterbirth with veterinary attention if not delivered within a day.
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Wisconsin
Doesn't Pay to Neglect Early Freshening Cow
The early freshening cow should get extra feed and careful management during the fall rush. A cow that freshens in autumn responds best to proper grain, exclusive night grazing in frost, and possible three times a day milking if production exceeds 50 hg daily. Improper feeding or milking hurts her through the lactation.
Wheat in Dairy Ration: Wheat Better Than Corn for Milk
Ohio experiment station study finds wheat in a three to three to one mix with oats corn bran and linseed meal plus silage and hay yields higher butterfat. Four cows on wheat averaged 50 pounds butterfat monthly versus 48 pounds for corn-fed cows. weight gain favored corn slightly.
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Ohio
Qulo
Oha
Dairy Hints from the Exposition and California Herd Testing
A milk house aids efficient dairying and the national dairy exposition runs October 10 to 18 in St. Louis. California accredited herd work grew with 25 074 animals in 341 herds tested. cream should be separated at once and cooled promptly after milking.
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St. Louis
California
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