Patches of Rural Advice and Oddities From 1902
A miscellany notes meat prices in the US cents per pound, Australia’s drought, a Texas creamery, a Canadian creamery, a Wall Street stock firm failure, and bull prices. It catalogs dairy rations, rabbit feeding habits, butter prizes, German and Scandinavian butter, and a digression on apples in a barrel. It mentions a Siberian railroad refrigerator car, bloodhounds for crime, and gold dredging schemes. It ends with agricultural notes on the corn belt, Australia’s drought, and cattle stockyards records.
Agricultural department bets on fixing cattle disease with new funds
The agricultural department is deploying hundreds of veterinary surgeons to stamp out a stock disease and plans to ask Congress for 1,006,000 to cover expenses. It notes buffalo grass heals naturally and provides nutrition similar to oats, while creameries' milk-purity rules could raise butter quality. rainfall and possible heavy snow are forecast for the Central West in 1902.
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New England
Agricultural Department
Department
Congress
Wa Ara
Weather and farming woes of 1902 harvest season
The article notes a wet 1902 season with scant sunshine and heavy rainfall causing large crop losses from hay and small grains, while corn suffered on low ground. It mentions odor issues in eggs from onions, a creosote nest deterrent, and foot and mouth disease among cattle, but praises forest, tree life and pastures rejuvenation.
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Mitnois
Indiana
Worthy but Uneconomical Chrysanthemum Blooms and Farm Tips
A florist notes giant chrysanthemum blooms cost at least 60 cents each and aren’t profitable. The piece surveys apple varieties origin in the West and Minnesota, then argues cooperative farming needs enterprising businessmen, irrigation, and patience with alfalfa sowing and college education boosting future earnings and character.
Old Times and New Times Reminds of 1866 Farm Commerce
An 1866 farmer's account book shows ten fat hogs sold at 13.50 per hundred, while essential goods cost much less today. He paid 5.50 for ten pounds of coffee, 3.33 for ten pounds of sugar, 1.77 for twelve spools of bread, and 1.30 for a gallon of kerosene. The piece contrasts old prices with modern fortunes.
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Old Times
New Times
The Farmer's Workday and Labor Hours Debate
The piece argues that farm work cannot meet standard eight hour days. It notes cereal season limits, continuous nature of farm tasks, and occasional need to complete two days of work in one. It concludes that ten hours is typical when conditions aren’t crowded, but shorter hours are impractical on farms.
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West
Northwest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Baldwin
Rhode Island
United States
Losses of Wet Season in Quiet Outlook
A brief, reflective note on weather and agricultural impact titled Losses of Wet Season. The piece discusses changing attitudes toward wet and dry seasons and the implications for farming and reliability, suggesting a shift in expectations without accusing specific events or people.
New Creamery Methods Stir Dairy Industry Shift
A central butter making station in a city, linked by rail to dairymen who ship cream from the farm after using the farm separator. Proponents claim higher dairyman profits despite freight costs, while opposition comes from local creamery companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonis
A Natural Law and Its Social Hint
The article argues that natural law limits monopolistic species through parasitic enemies to preserve balance. It compares crops and pests such as hop blight, yellow leaf peach disease, cholera in hagyards, and rust in wheat to suggest that nature provides remedies when one form of life dominates. It then hints that statesmen facing social and economic issues might learn from this balance mechanism.
Four Thousand Godfathers Princess Irena of Prussia tale
A fragmentary note traces a curious claim that Princess Irena of Prussia had 4000 godfathers. It links her christening to the 1866 war’s end, mentioning Prince Henry of Hesse and officers invited to stand as godfathers in a London Tattler style caption.
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Princesa Trene
Prussia
Prince Henry of Hesse
Irena
Peace
London
Tattler
Not Raise Him, Senator Pritchard Relates Family Tragedy
Not Raise Him story: Senator Pritchard of North Carolina recounts a mountaineer couple aged 98 and 100 returning from their oldest child's funeral, the wife remarking she had warned they would never raise that child. The tale underscores sorrow and parental regret from a New York Times quotation.
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Pritchard
North Carolina
Statu Fa
John
New York Times
Byard's Cavern: Disappearing Brook Found Near Cullen
Engineers on the Oneonta Cooperstown and Richfield Springs railroad uncovered a disappearing brook and a multi chamber cave near Cullen. The cave extends at least 1500 feet with dry air and solid rock walls. The brook vanishes into a two foot hole then reemerges downslope, while a nearby arch leads to larger cavern rooms.
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Oneonta, Cooperstown & Richfeld Springs Electric Railroad
Cullen
Ber
Beer Challenge Rivalry Tactics Fail to Fool Friends
A man describes a drinking stunt using two glassware tricks to disguise a larger beer share. He places a sheet over a wine glass then inverts it, preserves the wine, and then drinks the beer, intending to win a wager against friends.
The Huichol Ark Legend From Northwest Mexico
Explorer Carl Lumholtz cataloged Huichol beliefs in a canyon temple region of Sierra Madre. The tribe, unvisited by whites, preserves a thousand year old rain ark legend linking a flood, corn, a black dog that becomes a woman, and a symp bolic ark used in rain rituals.
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Carl Lumholtz
Mexico
Bierra Madre
Maxico
Tane
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New Siberian Railroad
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Chicago
Indian Territory
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Alabama
Jere Omar
Central West
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Agricultural College
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San Mateo
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Berlin
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