Practical Farm Notes on Livestock and Crops
The article covers barn and trough design for hogs, pasture rotation, and barnyard cleanliness. It notes bird population declines, a high altitude temperature reading, and urges practical farming methods. It compares drill seeding to broadcast sowing and recounts a farmer’s household sacrifice and financial lessons. It cites a Royal Agricultural Society experiment comparing manure storage methods and their impact on potato and wheat yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kennard
Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain
Poultry, Birds, and Dairy Care From Austerity Times
The article discusses thrift and economic caution in farming and poultry trade, noting how foreign competition shapes practices. It compares bird varieties, warns against unfair profit practices, and emphasizes careful care of poultry, fruit, and dairy operations. It also covers field preparation, weed control, and dairy hygiene, urging cleanliness and proper handling from patrons to prevent contamination.
Testing seed corn germination by Holden method
A detailed seed testing procedure outlines Holden method to evaluate corn germination. It describes preparing a sand or sawdust bed in a box, placing kernels from each ear into numbered squares, and maintaining warmth for eight to nine days. Readings identify ears with poor germination for rejection.
Abulterated Grass Seed Warns Dealers and Consumers
A 19th century notice warns against adulterated grass seed, especially clover, due to poor quality from last season. It notes experiments finding 30 to 60 percent pure seed failures, urges enforcement of seed laws, advises seeking redress where laws exist, and recommends seed inspection before payment when laws or reliable dealers are unavailable.
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Stiles
Seed rate advice for clover sowing in farming practice
An agricultural note discusses seed quantity for clover, suggesting increasing beyond four quarts per acre may improve stands. It warns weak stands and weed pressure reduce yields and advocates sowing a bit more seed to achieve a better legume stand and overall results.
A Gentlemen Detective Entraps in a House Party Mystery
A sly detective Mr Travers infiltrates a society weekend as a fake sleuth. A jewel robbery at a California millionaire Edith Meridith prompts love and suspicion. Doors, ladders, and a crow theory fail. Travers is bound and robbed while Miss Meridith vanishes, leaving a note revealing she fooled him. He discovers no Edith Meridith exists and resigns.
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Elibman
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Edith Meridith
California
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United States
Steend
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