Nettlesome Weed Warns Ohio Pastures Peril
A Breeders Gazette correspondent warns that Moree nettle, also called horse nettle or sand brier Solanum carolinense, is invading Ohio and other states. It spreads by underground roots and yellow berries that sheep disperse. eradicating costs rise from 25 dollars per acre to 100 dollars after established, requiring repeated pulls and cutting, salt may help, burn berried plants, and act now to prevent widespread damage.
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Es Parte
Ohio
Gasette
Indiana
Illinois
Fall plowing for deeper soil and pest control
Farmers' Review urges fall plowing to loosen soil before frost, improving deep rooting and drought resistance. Deeply plowed clay, well drained, becomes friable as air and nutrients infiltrate in spring. Fall plowing also disrupts cutworms by exposing them to freezing, reducing spring damage.
Wood ashes as fertilizer per Prof Ten Eyck of Kansas
Information from Professor Ten Eyck of the Kansas experiment station explains wood ashes contain about seven percent potash and two percent phosphoric acid. At current prices they are worth five cents per hundredweight or around eight to ten dollars a ton depending on leaching and soil type.
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Ten Eyck
Kansas
Handy Wagon Box Benches
Handy Wagon Box Benches help avoid heavy lifting and save time. Construct two or three sets using a 3x4 oak main piece with 2x4 legs and braces. Benches should be about two inches wider than a wagon box and level with the wheel tops, matching the wagon height.
Farm Items Reflecting on Tenancy and Land Use
The note argues against laziness and urges using dairy cattle and sheep as soil beneficiaries while warning tenants away from over fertilizing. It advises bankers to maintain houses, creating storm doors, and suggests landlords and tenants chase profit from worn land. It also notes farmers dislike lectures and scolding from institute lecturers.
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Farmers’ Institute
Delaware man keeps strict account of 25 hens and eggs
A Delaware man penned 25 hens and tracked costs and eggs since January. In six months he collected 2008 eggs, enough to raise 188 chicks, and ended with $23.88 in cash after deducting feeding and care costs. opinion asks if Delaware has good poultrykeepers.
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Delaware
Farm Update Notes Farmers Feeding Their Livestock
A clipped report describes farmers feeding their livestock amid scarce forage. The piece notes caution for drought conditions and calls for conservation measures and local assistance programs.
Care of Bees in Winter With Bottled Feeders
A Bee Culture correspondent describes using Boardman en trance bottle feeders to stimulate early brood-rearing. He notes feeding from winter quarters, warming feed for bees, and the safety of a wire screen to prevent drowning and air intake.
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Boardman
Warm Coops and Heat Use in Poultry Houses
Breeders debate artificial heat in poultry houses preferring natural warmth. They favor tight construction with double walls and windows to block cold, and three sided structures with muslin fronts. A tongued and grooved wooden house with roofing can stay healthy in many climates if glass front area is moderated and cloth panels permit air flow.
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Northwestern Agriculturist
Grain Diet for Hens Limits of Whole Grain Feeding
A Wisconsin Agriculturist correspondent says a exclusive grain diet harms fowls and stresses meat or vegetable foods. Oats and peas carry most protein for eggs, with protein to carb ratios guiding winter and summer rations. Whole oats are safe for fowls with proper sharp grit, and soaking is not required.
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Wisconsin Agriculturist
Hens Benefit From Heavier Condition For Better Laying
A rural note discusses hen weight and egg production suggesting fatter hens may lay more eggs. The writer observes that selling the fattest hens often leads to a drop in egg output, and notes that in many flocks the best eaters are also the best layers. The piece invites informal debate at social gatherings.
Nests for hens improve poultry i n building homes
The article notes nest devices for hens have advanced greatly in ten years and that many farmers still use homemade nests. It advises proper placement, seclusion from roosting areas, single hens per nest, floor level near walls, a 3 to 4 inch front lip to keep material in and eggs from rolling out, and a burlap top to separate layers.
Fowls Sanitary Water Pan Designed for Easy Fill and Clean
Cornell university bulletin 248 describes a round deep water pan for fowls with flaring sides and a cone top to deter roosting. Side openings allow drinking from multiple spots while limiting dust entry. The pan sits about ten inches off the floor on a sturdy platform and is made of No 26 galvanized iron costing not more than 1.40 dollars.
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Hice and Lawry
College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Feathered Money Makers and Hen House Almanac
The article reflects on turkey populations and prices dropping, advising readers to feed skim milk to laying hens. It notes mites becoming less troublesome by March and suggests safe storage of hay and fodder to keep poultry warm. It also quotes local opinions on selling prices and chicken sales, with a humorous line about opinions on others' hen houses.
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Turkey
Water needs in winter for poultry
The piece warns that freezing weather increases water demand for poultry and notes hens drink much water daily. It describes providing water three times daily and shows a flock of 150 to 200 hens drinks substantial amounts, especially when kept indoors with water delivered to them. It urges farmers to ensure adequate water supply in winter.
Sulphur Kept Rats Away For Years In Barn and Corn
Reader claims sprinkling sulphur on barn floors and through corn prevents rats and mice. Describes applying sulphur to hay oats and loads, asserting a pound preserves corn and bread, noting success over several years.
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Bern
Ink Removal Mixture From A Botanical Chemistry Note
A historical note describes dissolving citric acid in water, mixing with borax solution, and a second step with chlor ide of lime, to create two bottles for ink removal. It outlines soaking the inked area with bottle No. 1 and blotting to absorb moisture, then rewritable results after applying the combined fluids.
Little Labor Savers for Households
The piece offers practical housekeeping tips such as using a wooden spoon for stirring keeping knives sharp and using a potato slicer. It suggests gathering materials before cooking, brushes for cleaning pans and corners and duster varieties. It also advises washing towels daily and boiling soiled ones with borax or ammonia weekly.
Oysters Served Fast: Plump Shells for Guests
Four or five oysters per person are drained for shells, cleaned of shell fragments, and placed in buttered scallop shells. Each receives salt, pepper, butter, and a drop of tabasco, then baked hot until plump with curled edges. Serve immediately with toast points and parsley.
Old Fashioned Raisin Cookies Recipe Instructions
Cream the butter then sugar add raisins and eggs beat well add milk and flour and spices sifted together Flour to make a soft dough roll out cut and bake in a quick oven This recipe lists ingredients and steps for raisin cookies with cinnamon clove mace and nutmeg and baking powder.
Oysters a la Francesca
A recipe for Oysters a la Francesca with steps to scald oysters, make a flour roux, add oyster liquor and milk, season, then temper with egg yolks and finish creamy. Serve over toasted triangles on a heated dish and do not let the dish stand after adding cream and eggs.
Old-Fashioned Pea Pudding With Cor ned Beef
A homemaker recipe describes washing and boiling split peas, mashing with salt white pepper and butter then beating in an egg yolk before boiling again. The dish is noted as excellent with corned beef and served from a tied cloth.
Fish Baked With Butter and Milk Garnished With Parsley
Soak the fish eight to ten hours in cold water to freshen. Butter a sheet pan and lay in the fish. Pepper, add generous butter, nearly cover with milk. Bake 45 minutes to an hour. Remove to platter, thicken gravy with flour and butter, pour over fish, garnish with parsley and lemon slices. Serve extra gravy in a boat.
Egg based sauce recipe for thick custard like gravy
A recipe mix lists ingredients for a sauce or gravy using egg salt sugar pepper vinegar cold water melted butter flour and mustard. It instructs to stir with water until thick like gravy and cook in a double boiler until thick like custard.
Codfish and Potato Croquettes Fry Up Hot
A wartime style recipe describes boiling codfish with four potatoes, mashing with butter and pepper, shaping into balls, frying until browned on both sides, and serving hot on a hot platter. Strong, practical kitchen directions included.
His Kind Cruelty Bravery and Love in Crisis
Percival Challoner nears brain fever and chooses the sea illness raises him from rest. He saves Madge Winthrop from drowning but is rebuffed by a cruel note. After misjudgments and apologies, Miss Winthrop accepts him as lover and rescues him with forgiveness.
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Percival Challoner
Challoner
Challonet
Madge Winthrop
Challoners
Winthrops
Madge
Mrs. Donald
Tom Everitt
Everitt
Chatoner
Everitt Mareaigl
Everett
Tom
Mr. Challoner
Margaret Winthrop
Margaret
Wasteful Use of Resources Cited by Prof Holmes
Prof J A Holmes head of the geological survey technologic bureau warns that half of coal remains underground in mines and water power is wasted daily. He notes forest fires burn far more lumber than homes or industry use and urges immediate steps to curb waste so coal may meet future national needs.
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J. A. Holmes
Geological Survey
Holmes
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