Harnessing Nitrogen From Air For Fertilizer
The article describes the Birkeland Eyde process in Norway that electrifies air to extract nitrogen as calcium nitrate fertilizer. It notes a shift toward growing nitrogen fixing crops and the prospect of large-scale nitrate production at Svaelgros waterfall, Telemarken, using 30,000 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birkeland
Christiana University
8. Eyde
Birkeland-Eyde
Svaelgros
Notodden
Telemarken
Norway
Plans for the Year in Crop Rotation and Soil Fertility
The article urges farmers to diversify crops across fields, rotate corn with meadow lands, and avoid exhausting soil fertility. It recommends plowing meadow land for corn before grass is depleted, using home grown fertilizer, and limiting consecutive corn planting on the same field to protect soil health. It also advises applying barnyard manure at the right time and avoiding winter spreading on frozen fields.
Nitrogen Find Sparks Fertilizer Idea From Air
The article notes plants absorb nitrogen from the air and, when plowed under, enrich soil for the next crop. It highlights atmospheric abundance, with four-fifths of air nitrogen and seven tons per square yard of earth, and discusses extracting nitrogen cheaply. It mentions a Christiana plant producing nitric acid at $8 per ton with 250 tons yearly capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiana
The Shepherd and His Flock Tips for Sheep Management
Instructions on lambing timing and marketing, pasture use, and animal care. Emphasizes avoiding overhousing, maintaining exercise, selecting healthy ewes, and prompt foot care for limping sheep. Includes notes on meat from smoked mutton hams and cautions about paint fraud in experiments.
Planning for the coming year in farming practice
The advisory focus urges reserving oats and potatoes on suitable soils, using dry, well-prepared land and fertilizers, and planning stock adjustments for spring. It emphasizes not plowing wet ground, laying out yearlong plans, and improving herd condition for the work ahead.
One Man's Care of Sheep in Ohio Pasture Method
An Ohio man recounts raising sheep for years mostly on blue grass. He claims the pasture suffices from spring to late fall, with sheep fertilizing and improving ground. He keeps no shelter for large sheep, feeding grain outdoors during storms, and asserts sheep fare better without shelter. He offers no figures, but doubts profits match other methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Happy Hens and Their Plain Wisdom About Laying
An old-time reflection notes hens thrive when content, nose to straw, digging for kernels of wheat oats or corn. Happy hens produce, and content caretakers drive the world’s business through simple farm joys and steady labor.
Fragmentary note on milk contamination belief and a dog anecdote
Fragmented text discusses bacteria in milk and disbelief among some people. It references a woman with a puppy falling into a milk pail, signaling a cautionary or anecdotal tone about contamination risks. The readable fragment hints at advice or moral examples but lacks complete details.
Spring Work In The Orchard For Early Spring fruit care
Early spring is ideal for addressing aphis bark ice and scab on apples and peaches. Wash trunks with lye or soap suds before buds swell, spray dormant copper sulphate on apples and peaches, follow with Bordeaux for scab, and apply arsenites with Bordeaux as needed. Prune small yearly growth to steady top root balance. avoid removing large amounts at once. Mulching is more necessary after light snow and thawing to protect beds.
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Nature
Feeding the Prize Steers at the 1906 International Show
Dean Funk of Bloomington Illinois owned the grand champion car load of steers at the 1906 International. He demonstrated expert feeding with corn and fodder as the main fattening ration. Funk also secured the highest Chicago market price for three carloads at $17 per cwt, $1.50 above previous records.
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Dean Funk
Bloomington
Ilinois
Chicago
Feeding Cotton Seed Meal Across Cattle and Hogs
The Iowa station fed steers with increasing cotton seed meal, then three died and other cattle went blind and refused to eat. Experts warn the meal may have abnormal batches. Texas studies suggest six pounds daily as sustainable. old cattle handle feeding better. Hog use lags cattle but may support similar proportions. Factors include price shifts and feed quality.
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South
Iowa
F. R. Marshall
Bureau of Animal Industry
Texas Experiment Station
Texas
News of the Farm and Alfalfa Pioneer Death
Americans press foreign macaroni makers as 40 million bushels of macaroni wheat are raised last year. A claim that Harrison Parkman, who introduced alfalfa to the United States, died in Emporia Kansas at age 73. California orange growers complain of barn manure shortages for their land.
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Harrison Parkman
South America
United States
Emporia
Kan
California
Best steers beat common cattle in gain and cost
Illinois station experiments show fancy steers outperform others in daily gain and cost per pound of gain. Fancy steers average 2.57 pounds daily at 6.74 dollars per pound of gain, far better than choice, good, medium, and common steers. Some critics claim no difference, but the study findings contradict it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
The Vegetable Garden Encourages Young Growers
Guidance for children to plant and tend gardens, with tips on pest control and compost. Emphasizes studying vegetation, using well rotted compost, sticking to tried standard crops, and using versatile tools. Warns against overfeeding pests and notes the gardener's ongoing learning.
Funk cattle prepared for 1909 International sale
Mr Funk handled fourteen prize Angus two year olds raised on his Funk farm for the 1909 International. They were fed through winter 1905 1906 with corn fodder and liberal feeding then oil meal before Chicago. Fifteen head in the lot sold for an average 244.46 to New York for Christmas beef.
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International
Mr. Funk
Chicago
Funk
New York
Cold horse care tip with tar oil dosage
When horses take cold a few drops of oil of tar in the feed helps. Some horses cannot eat oat straw causing bowel impaction. Watch for dry hard passages. If passages are dry stop feeding straw.
Efficient sheep feeding to prevent waste on ground
Farmers advised to feed sheep outdoors using racks for hay and a trough for grain to avoid trampling and waste. Feeding on the ground leads to unnecessary losses that cannot be afforded.
Fragmentary note hints at animal care method
The readable text suggests a crude method for tending animals described as sheep, crow, or hen. The speaker mentions allowing them to be alone for two days and not attempting to interfere. The fragment implies a waiting or rests approach rather than active handling.
Far West farming shifts amid rail and road tensions
Notes show New York and Pennsylvania farmers flocking to irrigation and dry farming districts in the Far West. A steer auto collision in Philadelphia caused $225 auto damage and horn loss. Miss Alice Robertson links bad roads to farmwomen’s insanity. Kansas seeks funds for a press agent. Kinney County Texas sells unimproved dry land to Missouri homeseekers. The president orders removal of illegal fences on public lands in the Far West.
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New York
Pennsylvania
West
Philadelphia
Kinney County
Tex
Missouri
The Fruit Garden Advice for Fruit Gardeners
Large seeded grapes should be discarded ash and bone are first rate fertilizers bury bones around roots add soil enrichment before planting fruit vines and trees strawberries may be grown under vines for two years feed trees and bushes to secure large crops fertilize with ashes bone-dust top-dress keep weeds out of strawberries corner blackberries and two years of cultivation head trees low plant only dwarf varieties do not trim rely on cultivation mulching is preferred over plowing use litter boards and rocks as mulch during hot months
Muddy feed lots waste manure into the earth and crops
The fragment discusses muddy feed lots wasting manure by trampling it into soil and argues manure is better used on land suited to potatoes. It mentions feeding pigs for gain and references feeding mixtures and seeds, though text is garbled.
Selecting dairy cows for best milk and value
The dairyman should judge cows by form and udder quality, avoid cows with poor care history, and favor easy milking, large well shaped udders and proper teat size. Raise feed at home, train calves early, rest bred heifers, and keep exercise limited to health needs to maximize milk and butter quality.
Electricity on the Farm Advances with Central Power Lines
The article notes electricity will soon power farm machinery, with Germany and France already showing central plants and extended lines. Farmers use electric power for stationary equipment and crop transport, reducing horse labor, and in some areas crops move to barns on electric car lines. In Germany car lines enable bulk transport to markets at very low rates, and a South Dakota company aims to replicate this system within the near term.
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Germany
France
South Dakota
Pure Bred Cattle Care and Dairy Feeding Warnings
The text advises careful inquiry before buying cows to avoid disease poor milking or faults. It stresses proper feeding, management, and emphasis on pure bred stock and feeding to meet market tastes. Scrub stock yields poor returns. keep only cows with solid qualities and good care.
Ducks and Geese Breeding Facts and Notes
Ducks and geese begin laying in February with ducks averaging egg output similar to hens. Geese lay about thirty eggs in three to four months, with drakes tending multiple mates. Age and care affect fertility and profitability. Incubation advances favor ducks. geese struggle when yarded. Farmers are urged to adjust alfalfa and consider rutabagas, mangles, and cottonseed meal usage. Professor at Virginia college advocates this feed.
Electricity to Power Farms and Trolley Lines Across States
The text argues that many states with established trolley lines can use electricity at low cost, and that electricity will likely play an important role in farm operations in eastern regions.
Some Thoughts for House Wives From a Farm Journal
A farm periodical offers homely counsel for housewives. It urges readers to avoid gossip and jealousy, value loving gestures, and embrace labor-saving devices to ease daily work on the farm. It notes husbands deserve practical help and respect in domestic life.
Calf Feeding Questions Prompt Farmer Experiments
A newspaper note seeks farmer input on calf feeding methods with emphasis on oil meal costs and starting amounts. It urges readers to share successful experiments, mentions ammonia washes for glassware, notes Babcock Tester affordability, and recommends planning green crops to bridge meadows and corn.
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Averill
Syracuse
N. Y
Alice Robertson
Muskogee
Ind
Good Roads Association
Kansas
Coburn
Board of Agriculture
Thait
Common Sense Dairying
Reeves Traction
Virginia College
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