How to Grow Sweet Peas in the Home Garden
Horticultural note explains sweet peas resist early freezes and thrive with light soils and stable manure trenches. It covers planting times from fall to spring, trellis setup with wire netting, border planting inside fences, full sun, and careful cultivation. The piece cites Emily Henderson and Blanche Ferry as preferred varieties and notes commercial demand for early stems.
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Emily Henderson
Blanche Ferry
H. H. Shephard
Allendale
Iil
Transplanting seedings and home grown tomato contrasts
Home grown tomato seedlings often catch up with greenhouse plants after transplanting. In a prior year Harliana variety plants set out alongside four strong greenhouse specimens showed initial promise but suffered when moved from artificial to outdoor conditions. Home plants quickly progressed and ripe fruit appeared earlier.
The Mortgage Lifter Pig Turns Tides For Family Farm
A neighbor gives a runt pig that becomes a family mascot and mortgage helper. The wife feeds and cared for the animal which grows large and fruitful, producing many piglets and lifting the family from debt. The pig's luck steadies the couple and brightens the household despite doubts about eating it.
Keep the Milk Vessels Clean on a Ten-Cow Iowa Dairy
An Iowa girl runs a ten cow dairy with help from a stout boy. The dairy house measures 10 by 15 feet and has a spring water stream. She advocates rinsing vessels in cold water then scalding with boiling water. A spoonful of caustic soda in boiling water aids cleansing. After washing, vessels are sun dried when possible.
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Iowa
Kentucky
Clarion
Grundy County
Michigan
Schoals
New York
Julietta
Idaho
Alaska
New Jersey
Shall City Men Turn Farmers An Advice Piece
An editorial weighs urban to rural life urging men to test farming gradually. It warns not all can be farmers or wives fit for farm life and advises keeping city employment while trying a nearby plot. It stresses careful planning and warns against assuming farming suits everyone.
Argentine Grain Wagon and its Ten-Ton Load
A scene in the Argentine Republic shows a grain wagon designed to carry ten tons. The wagon requires ten to twelve horses to draw it along the road, highlighting the region's fine roads yet limited use of traction engines.
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Argentine Republic
Long-term contracts could improve farm labor
The writer argues for three to five year employment terms with farmers to avoid short seasonal hires that create wandering laborers and instability. He warns current hiring by farmers tends to produce tramps and urges lasting contracts to stabilize workers. A fragment mentions six carloads of popcorn leaving Calhoun Santies Iowa.
Weeds and Poultry: Farm Maintenance and Upkeep Notes
Practical guidance on weed spread and suppression through seed management, field practices, and soil treatment. Emphasizes preventing seeding, deep and shallow tillage, burning, draining wet soils, and proper manure dressings. Also covers poultry scratch space and nutrition to boost egg production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Gilbert
Preserving Eggs by Lard Coating Method
Consul D Murphy reports a French journal summary on Dr Campanini’s egg preservation method using a lard coating to seal shells. Fresh eggs coated and packed dry in boxes stayed intact for a year through extreme temperatures, with minimal weight loss and preserved color and taste, costing about 4 cents per 100 eggs.
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D. [. Murphy
Bordeaux
Campanini
Campatini
In the Poultry Yard Breeding Fowl Investment Advice
The article urges buying pure bred breeding poultry early to beat spring market prices. It argues such stock requires similar care but yields higher returns and pleasure, noting high demand and prices for stock carried over winter and the benefit of releasing males now to improve flock breeding results.
Just Horses and Mules
A farmer’s guide urges controlling both horse and driver. It warns against dangerous old style stone boats and sloppy whip use, stresses self mastery before taming a horse, and urges clear commands like whoa. It also questions a blacksmith’s skill in horse shoeing.
Farm News Topics Highlight Weather, Crops and Hackneys
A roundup covers drought impacts in Texas cattle losses, spring wheat near Java South Dakota, and Iowa cottonwood lumber prices. It notes corn expositions planned for Omaha, Sweden forestry plans, and graft accusations against Gifford Pinchot. It also profiles Hackney horse breeding potential in the South and advises veterinary care for a wounded horse.
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Mississippi River
Texas
Java
S. D
Sweden
Stockholm
Gifford Pinchot
United States Department of Agriculture
California
Wyoming
Hackney Horses in South
Hackney horses grow in popularity among southern farmers with Virginia shows boosting breeding. The article notes their stylish appearance and high action as reasons for popularity and mentions widespread interest across southern states. It also includes a veterinary discussion of injuries and complications from haunch faults and fractures, including signs of swelling and potential tetanus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bell
Richmond
Virginia
Rhubarb Culture for Rich Harvests and Care
The guidance explains choosing the best and rotted manure, dividing roots with one tuber per hill, loose soil, avoiding packing, and cutting leaves early. It advises not to pull but carefully lift stalks, trimming stalks a shade above ground and covering with straw in fall to boost preplant growth until hard frosts end the season.
A Case of Blood Poison in a Sick Horse
A horse owner reports a sick horse with a swelling under the tail on the right side resembling a blood boil. Upon opening, clots of blood were expelled but corruption persisted. The animal is foul in the sheath, waters flow almost constantly, and the horse has no appetite and stiff hind parts.
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W Walter Dyer
Tobinsport
Ind
Fertilizer Advice for Allotment Garden Potatoes
The piece recommends using artificial potato fertilizer in drills, combining 400 lb of superphosphate, 200 lb of sulphate of ammonia, and 200 lb of sulphate of potash per acre for good yields when farmyard manure is scarce. It notes optional reductions if 10 tons per acre of manure is used and mentions ready-made mixes from reputable firms as alternatives. It also advises deep soil stirring to guard against drought.
A Perfect Type of Guinea Fowl
Drawing by the Agricultural Department in Washington shows the perfect form of guinea fowl. These birds sell in Boston Washington New York markets at 20 to 30 cents per pound. They are hearty and will eat anything a chicken eats, but are wide rangers and should be confined within reasonable bounds.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
Boston
New York
Noted Merino Lamb Describes Pine Timber Fungus Strife
A Black Hills note reports a fungus destroying timber stands. The text cites a black- heetie lamb as a metaphor for the pest’s impact on the pine timbers and the dying lodgerment of the forest.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Proper Seed Bed Preparation for Oats Advises Thorough Soil Work
An Iowa State College soils bulletin from 1905 urges farmers to prepare seed beds before sowing oats. It notes most farmers plant oats on stalk ground, with 70 percent disked after sowing and 71 percent on unprepared ground. A sharp disk, double harrowing, and breaking down stalks improve even stands and depth of 1.5 to 3 inches.
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Department of Soils
Iowa Experiment Station
Farmers of
Iowa
Notes by the Working Farmer on Stock Breeding and Field Care
Practical guidance for farmers on breeding, feeding, and managing stock and crops. Emphasizes regular feeding, weeding out bad traits, proper pruning, and avoiding waste. Advises profitable farming by steady growth, suitable variety farming, and timely marketing in rising or falling markets. Also notes soil and mechanism issues and careful breeding strategies.
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Itese Seelye-Miller
Calhoun “Saunties
Towa
Nubbins
Farm News
Tinois
Omaha
Neb
Wistansia
Copenhagen
Denmark
America
Nevada
Bouthdown
Chicago
Henry Fairfax
Lauden County
England
Matchless
Rockingham Horse and Colt Association
Rockingham County
Valley
Sir Roger
Baltimore
New York City
South
A. S. Alexander
V. S
Kansas
George Prince
Solomon
Kan
Guinea
S. M. Cleaver
Delaware
Ohio
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