The Cold Storage of Eggs
An overview of cold storage eggs noting temperature ranges around 29 to 32 degrees F, effects on flavor and white strength, and methods to prevent mold and bacteria. It weighs industry benefits, profitability perceptions, and comparisons with Danish cooperative egg marketing, urging farmer cooperation to reduce waste and stabilize prices.
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Sandler
United States
California
Co-Operative Egg-Marketing Association
Denmark
Making oat hay and proper curing guidance
Rushing explains the timing for cutting oat hay, how to dry and cure it, and the effects of moisture and maturity on quality. He notes that oat hay is a fair substitute for timothy or clover, best when cut at the dough stage, and warns against mold and poor weather.
Square design saves money on barns and fields
A cost comparison shows a 40x40 square building uses less fencing and roof material than an equivalent 100x16 oblong, saving about 72 feet of perimeter and reducing lumber costs. Field fencing also illustrates how layout choices lower initial outlay and ongoing repairs, per L. Edie of New York.
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Tedal
Sacred cattle shipped to Paris amid Madagascar beef scarcity
Malagasy herds supply meat deemed beef by French agricultural authorities. Cattle, linked to sacred status, are slaughtered and sent to Paris to alleviate beef shortages.
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Paris
Madagascar
India
New Poultry House to Rise on Sandy Local Spot
A new poultry house is planned for the area. Officials note the site offers a sandy spot favored for construction and ease of locating the structure.
Age Of Horses Indicated By The Teeth
An article explains how horse age is estimated from tooth development and wear. It covers foal eruption of milk teeth, shedding and replacement by permanent teeth, and how tooth shape and wear mark ages from birth to about ten years and beyond.
Orchard Notes on Fruit Buds and Spraying Practices
A Missouri correspondent asks if kerosene emulsion is better than Bordeaux mixture for apple scab. The guidance: Bordeaux mixture works, kerosene does not. spraying must cover the entire tree, swabbing is ineffective.
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Missouri
Maintaining Humus and Fertilizers in Soil
The article stresses that commercial fertilizers cannot replace humus. It advises using manure or green manures with fertilizers, notes poor soils may show early growth but long-term benefit requires organic matter, and cautions fertilizer use must fit soil suitability. It ends with a farming point about well fed sows giving pigs a good start.
Big Money in Farm Trade and Pigeon Keeping Noted
The piece cites a 9.0 billion dollar value of last year’s agricultural output to farmers with one third kept for home use. Consumers paid over 13.0 billion for outputs, producers got 6.0 billion, and distribution costs reached 7.0 billion. A pigeon keeping note praises it as remunerative for boys, a path to success.
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B. F. Yoakum
St. Louis
Prolonging Fence Post Life by Creosote Treatment
The open tank method uses hot creosote to saturate posts, forcing out air and moisture and creating a moisture‑free shell that resists fungi. Costing about 12 to 15 dollars for equipment, creosote at 15–20 cents a gallon treats three to four posts, with life extending from 3–4 years to over 20 years.
Indiana Farmer Rears Deer Industry To Seventy In Fifteen Years
An Indiana farmer starts with six deer and grows his herd to seventy in fifteen years. Venison sells for 50 cents a pound, with yearly deer sales and a yearly shipment of shed horns used for knife handles. The piece notes rising demand for poultry and eggs and cites Ben Franklin on plowing deep.
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Indiana
Practical Silage Based Dairy Feeding for Shorthorn Herd
J C Frey of Kaneas outlines a farm feeding method using forty pounds of corn silage daily split between morning and evening, with alfalfa hay and yard fodders. He notes silage reduces feed costs by 40 to 50 percent while increasing milk flow, and supplements with cottonseed and bran when alfalfa is scarce.
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J.C. Frey
Kaneas
Bees Battle on Twin Falls Train Spout
At Twin Falls Idaho a swarm blocked a water tank spout as a fireman tried to lower it. Bees attacked the crew forcing the train to stop while the engineer and brakemen fled. A farmer finally flushed the hive into a box with a garden hose and carried it away before the train continued.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Choice Varieties of the Rose in Garden Culture
A plant-enthusiast catalog outlines Tea and Hybrid Perpetual roses, noting hardiness and bloom patterns. It highlights famed varieties including General Jacqueminot Jack Paul Neyron Clio and Baroness Rothschild, plus Hybrid Teas like La France Maman Cochet and several popular ramblers and minis.
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Rosa
General Jacqueminot
Jack
Paul Neyron
Clio
Baroness Rothschild
John Laing
Ulrich Brunner
Karl Druschki
Prince Camille de Rohan
la France
Maman Cochet
Iraiseria Augusta
Victoria
Belle Liebrecht
W. J. Grant
Clothilde Soupert
Harrison
Madame Plantier
Feed regimen for laying hens: lean, finely chopped meat
Instructions state that feeding hens an ounce daily of lean cooked meat, plus half an ounce of chopped scalded alfalfa and one ounce of bran, will suffice to start hens saying it is cooked lean meat.
Equipment for the Farm Kitchen
An article urges bakers to use thermometers to control bakery and kitchen temperatures. It explains how to set dough at 90 degrees Fahrenheit by combining room, flour, and liquid temperatures and warns that guesswork increases stress on farm wives already overburdened by domestic duties.
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Northwest
Charles Christadoro
California
The Value of Bats in Insect Control and Fertilizer
Henshaw of the Department of Agriculture argues bats greatly reduce mosquitoes and other pests by diet. He notes difficulties identifying prey, urges bat protection, and highlights guano as a valuable fertilizer with examples of artificial shelters and even a Mexico dwelling devoted to guano collection.
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United States
Mexico
Missouri Chief Josephine Tours State By Special Train
Missouri citizens view the famed cow Missour i Chief Josephine as university authorities arrange a special train route over Frisco Wabash and Burlington lines to showcase the world champion cow born on Missouri College farm near Columbia.
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Missouri
Josephine
Missouri College
Columbia
Frisco, Wabash and
Burlington
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iMyae
Qyuth
R. B. Rushing
L. Edie, New York
Orchard Notes
J. A. Ferguson
Ben Franklin
H. Erichsen
H. W. Henshaw
Chief
Biological Survey Department of Agriculture
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