Production of Perfumery Plants in the United States
The article surveys perfumery plants from lavender to peppermint and turpentine oil, noting a nascent U S industry. It discusses cultivation, wild sources, and the need for experimental work to identify suitable soils and climates, transportation, and labor for future expansion. It also mentions an active foreign-sourced demand for volatile oil products and advises on chick feeds and a playful seed selection scheme.
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France
Bulgaria
Turey
Alba
Reunion
England
Italy
India
United States
Inapan
Canada
Europe
MAKE THE SCHOOL YARD BEAUTIFUL
Opinion urging schools to beautify grounds through student and community effort. It argues flowers trees and greens lift spirit and learning, and that minimal cost and student involvement can create a cared for campus. Public sentiment will protect and maintain well cared for school yards.
Necessity Breeds Thrift in New England Farms
An Illinois traveler argues New England farmers thrift due to scarce soil, noting well kept fences and painted barns while Western farms waste more. He says rising crop value drives Western farmers to adopt New England efficiency as fertility declines.
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Illinois
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
West
Knell of Old Milk Pail Promotes Clean Dairies and New Pails
An article argues for modern dairy ventilation and sanitary barn conditions. It favors small topped pails to reduce bacteria entry during milking and notes some bacteria are harmless or beneficial, while filth signals medical action against dairy contamination.
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Elegan
Horse Sense Fragment Reference in Feed Notes
A fragmentary note discusses horses and feed terms with unclear context and stray characters. The text appears to mention feeding horses and a trademark symbol but lacks coherent details or identifiable figures.
The Turnip and Its Enemies
Swedes may be sown from May to June in the north and earlier in the south. The article details dangers to turnips from pests and diseases, with remedies including cultivation, thick sowing, manure with nitrate of soda, mixing seed, dressings of lime soot and sulphur, paraffin emulsion, rolling, and weed control. It notes fly, wireworm, and aphis as primary threats and suggests bird predation as a partial control for wireworms.
Arabian Horse Breeding and Trade Across Regions
Arabian horse authorities say no true pure spot or calico examples exist. Circus demand favors draft breeds for wagons while thoroughbreds and trotters supply tougher bone. A few spotted horses remain, but quality stock is rare, especially from Sultanate domains where export is banned and Arab sheiks guard top barids, keeping prices high and supply limited.
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Forring
England
noman#ic
Irrigation Rescue Saves Wilted Shade Tree
A Colorado reader describes saving a stressed shade tree by tying a pail of water to a limb and inserting a cut twig into the water. Capillary action drew moisture for a week, reviving the tree, and the method was later applied to all trees on the lawn with strong success in hot dry weather.
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A. Benson
Colo
Conserving Our Resources and Farm Fertility
Editorial discusses soil fertility and the role of animal husbandry in sustaining American farms. It argues the backbone of business is stock farming and that land must be properly fed to remain productive.
Attractive Dutch belted cattle rare in America
Dutch belted cattle, noted for their broad white body belt, are rare in the United States. Brought here about eighty years ago, few new herds have been imported in fifty years. They resemble Holsteins in milk yield, breed well with other stock, and cross well to produce durable, long lived dairy animals.
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America
Jerseys
Guernseys
Geese Escape to Barroom Buffet in Trenton
Two geese break through a back door screen near a bar in Trenton New Jersey. They topple liquor bottles and drink enough to become intoxicated. They hide under the bar and are found the next morning by the saloon keeper who gives them cold baths to sober them.
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Trenton
N. J
Waterproof coats of grass for tropical rain
In the tropics of Mexico heavy rains fall part of each year and ordinary rubber coats fail. A rainproof coat can be made from native grasses and is suitable for men in the middle climates.
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Mexico
Why Bad Eggs Explain Handling For Fresh Market Quality
A discussion on how warm weather causes dirty, incubated, or damaged eggs. It cites sanitation in the poultry house, nesting, and frequent gathering as keys to reducing breakage. It notes mineral matter like oyster shells strengthens shells and urges careful handling from lay to sale to protect egg quality.
Valuable Hints for the Farmer
Practical guidance for livestock care including treatment of the herd boar, preventing cows from drying up, fly control with pennyroyal or cloves, gradual cooling of overheated horses, proper collar use, kind horse talk, avoiding inferior horses, using warm skim milk to feed calves, and judging a cow by milk solids.
Johnson grass menace sparks Oklahoma farmer alliance
Johnson grass has become a serious obstacle to farming in southwestern Oklahoma. Farmers in several counties formed an association to stop its spread and press for law enforcement. The text notes a misdemeanour for spreading Johnson grass and requires notice to buyers before selling hay containing it. mentions a $5,000 horse race loan?
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Oklahoma
Trees Growing by the Millions for Railroad Ties
The Pennsylvania railroad plans a vast seedling program on Mooresville land to grow oak chestnut catalpa black locust Scotch pine Austrian pine and Douglas fir for railroad ties. Seedlings will be transplanted onto vacant railroad lands after growing for decades under forester supervision.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Mooresville
Pennsylvania
Forestry Department of
Railroad
Forestry Department
United States
Kindness and patience drive horse work in Wyoming fields
Reports from Wyoming say dry farm prospects are favorable this spring. Heavy snow and few dry winds have left moisture in the ground, encouraging farmers who anticipate a good growing season.
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Wyoming
Department of Agriculture Work Distribution in 1912
A Treasury chart shows 1,778 Field Service agencies across the United States with 7,499 employees as of February 1, 1912. Locations and staff are broken down by region, including Farmers Cooperative Demonstration work in the South, Forest Service offices in the Far West, and Animal Industry inspectors at major slaughter centers nationwide.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
South Atlantic
South Central States
Bureau of Plant Industry
Far West
Forest Service Organization
Bureau of Animal Industry
Chicago Kansas City
Omaha
Philadelphia
New York
North Atlantic
North Central
Treatment of Livestock Temperament and Breeding
The article argues that domestic animals, especially horses, show lasting temperamental traits shaped by kind, firm handling. A well tempered horse works harder and more effectively, with breed character influenced by years of good treatment. The piece emphasizes the importance of cultivating good temperament in trotting and pacing horses.
Learn to graft fruit with winter grafting tips
John Meyers suggests gardeners graft fruit trees by burying limb cuttings from the same kind in dry dirt in a cellar. He notes plums and cherries are readily found and explains winter grafting before planting out in spring. The text warns currants attract San Jose scale and recommends handling costs to avoid damage.
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John Meyers
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