Cream of the New Sorts in Farm and Home Fruits
William A. Taylor lists new fruit varieties for testing. The Akin apple yields well, stores long, and adapts to midwest and southern districts with December to May season. Terry’s Winter Pippin suits southern and warm regions with good keeping qualities and family orchard use. Peaches Hiley and Welch receive special attention. Hiley has Wilder medal status, Welch endures cold and drought, with late ripening and strong canning and shipment quality.
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William A. Taylor
National Bureau of Plant Industry
Illinois
Michigan
Middle West
Allegheny Mountain
New York
Taylor
Hiley
Welch
Wiley
Wilder
Lake Region
New England
Insect Enemies of Poultry Keep Clean Fowls with Dust Baths
Miller Purvis explains how to control poultry mites and lice through dust baths using road dust or coal ashes, a light dusting on pantry floor, and careful perch construction to avoid moisture and cracks. Regular weekly dusting around porches helps prevent breeding and egg laying sites.
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Miller Purvis
Myrinds
Stanchions for Feeding Calves Demonstrated
M D Crowell describes a simple calf feeding stanchion to prevent ear sucking. Pails fit in a box marked G to secure a calf’s head and restrain movement. After feeding, calves stay in stanchions 10 to 15 minutes to forget the habit, with installation possible along a fence panel.
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M. D. Crowell
Humane Rope Handling for Cattle During Halter Use
The guide advises threading the rope through a manger hole with a weight at the end to keep the halter taut. It notes the animal may lie down and require slack, and warns against shouting if a cow steps on coins, suggesting calm handling due to the cow's good hearing.
Draft Horses Back in Demand Across Midwest
The draft horse trade surges as farmers reenter heavy stock raising. Economies favor horses over early autos for work, with rising prices and strong profits cited, including a Michigan and Iowa projection of abundant fine draught animals in the coming years. A Iowa case notes a mare colt bought for 75 dollars and sold with increase for 900 dollars after six years.
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Middle West
Iowa
Michigan
Fertilizer for Potatoes Says Reader
A reader argues for using a fertilizer with four percent nitrogen ten percent potash and seven percent available phosphoric acid for potatoes. The writer notes higher nitrogen and potash levels are essential and rejects a cheaper potato fertilizer with only two percent nitrogen three percent potash and seven percent available phosphate.
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S. A
Starting Fresh Milkers in Profit Driven Dairying
A. J. McGuire explains that cow milk output hinges on pre and post calving months with 300 pounds of annual butter a target. Profit rests on consistent care, rest after calving, proper feeding, and calm, clean stalls, plus regular milking and water.
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A. J. McGuire
Kimball
Foul Brood Disease in Bees A Critical Guide
A detailed discussion on foul brood a deadly germ disease in bees. Symptoms include uneven larval hatching yellowish cappings and ropy putrid mass in cells. Cure requires complete removal of affected hives or careful disinfection and transfer to clean stands.
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F. D. Sibley
Deep Plowing and Crop Rotation for Potatoes
Illinois writer M. M. Neal outlines soil and tillage practices for profitable Trish potatoes in a clay loam. He stresses sandy mellow soil, crop rotation, manure, deep fall plowing, and careful irrigation to build water reservoirs and prevent potato scab.
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M. M. Neal
Illinois
Thumps in Pigs Warn Farmers of Fatal Fatness
Farmers report fattest pigs die early with rough hair, drooping ears, coughing, and loss of appetite. The illness, called thumps, stems from overfeeding and taxed digestion. advise cutting food by half, reducing sow milk, and providing exercise. Some suggest salt or pine tar, but these remedies are unreliable.
Hen Care and Poultry Breeding Tips From a 19th Century Guide
The text advises trap nests to identify productive hens and defines cross breeds as half breeds, warns on mongrels from impure matings, and suggests wormy vegetables for hen yard enrichment. It covers beak trimming to stop feather pulling, aging hens and space for dust boxes, gradual flock growth, and a dog egg-eating remedy using cayenne pepper.
English Feeders Fatten Animals on Less Grain Than Americans
Prof. W A Henry head of cattle feeding authorities notes British farmers fatten beeves on six to eight pounds of grain per head daily. In contrast American feeders use 20 to 230 pounds or more, with some 3 pounds of corn daily. British diets include barley, cornmeal, cotton seed meal and linseed meal, plus turnips, straw and hay. He says English beef is as good as American and that silage and oats could fatten beef more economically, favoring silage for cattle and young stock.
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W. A. Henry
England
Scotland
Great Britain
Henry
Prof
Cattle Bloat Warnings and Practical Farm Tips
Cautions on grazing cattle on clover, especially mill cows fed indoors. Immediate care for bloat is vital. trocar familiarity advised. Notes on cream separators saving butter fat loss, plus bee-keeping, poultry brooder upkeep with newspapers, profitable spring hogs, and prudent wheat variety testing and seed use.
Wild flowers for the yard and garden cultivation guide
W A Andersen discusses wild flowers suitable for gardens and parks. He notes Hepatica Crocus Anemone and trilliums among early varieties and explains transplanting, sun exposure, and soil needs, with Wisconsin park use cited for wild roses lilies and sunflowers.
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Middle West
Wisconsin
W. A. Andersen
Bantams Offer Opportunity for Boys to Raise Birds
The text argues boys should be allowed to raise bantams noting late hatching yields smaller birds, which increases value. Bantams are profitable due to space efficiency and eggs large relative to body size, making them preferable for small coops.
Egg Eater Nests Improve Hen Diets and Hygiene
E T Carpenter describes a simple device to deter egg eating by hens. Install hinged light doors at nest fronts using lath and staples so doors lift for cleaning. Leave two and a quarter to two and a half inches clearance under the doors. Two hens rarely share a nest. a door discourages the habit.
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E. T. Carpenter
Help out the bees with sugar water and clean water
The article advises beekeepers to feed bees granulated sugar before flowers bloom to support brood and prevent starvation. It also stresses providing abundant water in spring and summer with a shallow tub and straw to prevent drowning, and mentions breaking broodiness in hens by depriving them of food and water for a few days.
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Uncle Sam
Bureau of Plant Industry
Patchen Wilkes
Opelausas, la
John D. Rockefeller
Kansas
Colorado
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