Horse beans in crop rotation and soil benefits
The horse bean is not a market crop in Scotland England Holland or Germany due to no demand. It serves as a grand rotation crop adding fresh dung without laying down and helps prepare summer or winter grains and new pastures. It leaves soil moist weed‑free mellow and produces valuable feed, but grows slowly needing 21 to 28 weeks to mature and a deep, well drained field cleared by early autumn.
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Scotland
England
Kent
Holland
Germany
New England
North German
Beemster
Country Gentleman
Alwaya
United States
The Bean Crop and A Good Cold Climate Cellar
The text discusses growing horse beans including climate, soil, planting and harvest times, yields from various regions, and feeding value for horses cattle and sheep. It also outlines building a good cellar with deep floors, cemented walls and drainage, wind and moisture control, ventilation, and drainage solutions for wet sites.
Control of Swarming with a Simple Mechanical Hive Device
J E Chambers of Vigo Texas describes a mechanical dividing board and chute to control swarming, protect brood and queen, and requeen while harvesting honey. The device uses a zinc covered passage, flight hole, and a two story hive setup with careful timing and records to manage development and cell cutting.
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J. E. Chambers
Vigo
Texas
Best Time to Cut Bushes Says Instructive Adage
Reiterating a common maxim the text advises that the optimal time to prune briers and bushes to kill them is to au mort at the end of their crowth a historic proverb captured in a brief snippet from a periodical.
Proof of Skill on Polished Floors by a Philadelphia Architect
Frank Miles Day, renowned Philadelphia architect, tests a floor polisher in a social scene. A guest teases about the polish while Day jokes that Col. Snow can vouch for the other's work after noting five people injured slipping on Snow’s dining room floor last winter.
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Frank Miles Day
Philadelphia
Mr. Day
Col. Snow
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Beckmann’s
Henry Beckmann
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
Lohx
National Bank
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Mathias Otager
F. X. Bickelmann
J. HW. Beckmann
Elizabeth
Bickelmann
Ass't
Bank For All
Dubois County
John GC. Beckmann
Joe Daunhauer
Slfe Beckmann
Victor Clover
Ross
Southern Railway
North Carolina
Hot Springs
Hendersonville
Lake Toxaway
Salude
Tate Springs
Flat Rock
Waynesville
Blowing Rock
Asheville
Brevard
Skyland
Balsam
Florida
Cuba
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