Building the silo plan from Illinois Experiment Station details
Illinois Experiment Station outlines a silo design for State Farm use. The structure is twenty feet in diameter thirty four and one half feet deep with a capacity of 238 tons costing 385 dollars. Foundations feature a twenty foot ten inch diameter circle four feet deep with a four inch brick wall backed by mortar and an iron hoop above grade. Tile drains remove all moisture and the foundation sill uses 2x4 timbers mortared in.
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She
Illinois
State Farm
Construction notes on framing with sixteen foot studs and posts
The 16 foot 2x4s were toe nailed to the sill. A central 16 foot post was set in the ground with boards extending to hold studs perpendicular. A half inch board bent around the outside at that height was tacked fast. lining used 16 foot fencing split in two. Joints always broken in the ceiling.
Construction Details Of A Timber Silo Structure
The text describes erecting a silo with top studs spiked to lower sections, a two foot overlap, and a top plate of tools cut to two-foot lengths. It notes cementing with one part Portland cement and two parts sand, applying two coats to create an airtight brickwork, and three doors built from two layers of common flooring with tar paper between, spaced four feet apart.
Alfalfa as a Good Feed Says Illinois Farmer
Ottawa Illinois farmer G E Calkins describes his alfalfa trials from 1903 to 1906. He reports multiple harvests yielding six to ten tons per acre, strong animal appetite for hay, and better cattle gains, with mulch farming and wintering plans despite freezing risk.
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G. E. Calkins
Ottawa
Illinois
Breeding Cattle Hogs Sheep vs Corn Payoffs
The piece weighs practical farming questions about breeding choices and season planning. It argues that if breeding scrubs improves cattle hogs and sheep profits it should apply to corn too. It mentions avoiding Billids and salt breaking as factors and notes a horse’s nervousness from unseen noises.
Lessons from a sheep venture on ventilation and profit
A neighbor started a sheep flock with good stock but poor housing. Fifty sheep suffered in a damp, foul pen with no ventilation. After addressing ventilation, dry quarters, and feeding science, he expanded to 127 healthy, productive sheep and profitable spring lamb sales around seven dollars each.
Nebraska oats crop yields boost with Kherson variety
H. D. Lute of Nebraska details a ten acre field that grew Kherson oats after sugar beets. He describes double discing in March and April, sowing 27 bushels, irrigation, and harvest in December yielding 106% bushels with an average eighty one bushels per acre. He notes Kherson oats’ drought tolerance and earlier maturity versus white oats, boosting return to about $40 per acre as seed sale.
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Russia
Nebraska Experiment Station
H. D. Lute
Nebraska
Cost of a Peach Orchard by S B Hartman
Hartman reports actual costs for a 100 tree three year old peach orchard. Yearly expenses and receipts show net cost of 13.20 dollars after including tree costs replacements labor and crop nurse profits from beans popcorn and oats as cover crop. He notes drought loss in year one and says a well managed orchard could repay before bearing.
Prize Blizzard Story From Osborne Winter Tale
Bertine P. Walker recalls a pioneer winter episode in Osborne County. Major Linville, famed wit and storyteller, visits a drug store where he confesses he cannot bear to stay home and see the children freeze any longer.
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Bertine P. Walker
Osborne County
State calls for strict law against adulterated seeds
A columnist urges every state to enact severe penalties for growers and dealers who sell bells adulterated seeds, arguing this is more vital than pure food safeguards and emphasizing the need for strong regulatory action.
Dragging Makes Good Roads
Instructions for road dragging emphasize light pulls at an angle to push earth to the center, with a walk pace and rider on the drag. Begin at one side and drag after rain, avoid dry or frozen roads, and maintain a 18 to 20 foot traveled width while gradually centering soil to raise it ten to twelve inches above edges.
Thoughts on Dairying From a Practical Farmer
A practical treatise on dairy farming urges keeping good milkers and female calves, favors steady work over night milking, stresses sanitation and breeding for purebred cows, and argues milk sales to creameries preserve fertility. It also covers road dragging, road maintenance, and timing of calving with calf feeding guidance.
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New York
Hints on Dairy Cattle Breeds and Management
Miller Purvis discusses dairy and dual purpose cattle breeds. He weighs Red Polled, Brown Swiss, Polled Durham, Short Horns, Devon, Dutch Belted, Aberdeen Angus, Hereford, Gallaway, Holstein, Ayrshire, and Jersey for milk, beef, and profitability. He advises separators, Babcock testers, and practical feeding tips.
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Jersey
Guernsey
The Old Fashioned Farmer’s Morning Routine
A nostalgic portrait recalls the farmer who rose before four each morning to roust animals from their beds and feed them, then returned indoors to nap by the fire until daylight.
Calf Disposal Dilemma in Dairy Industry
A fragment discusses dairy calf disposal with many calves unfit for food and low prices. Suggestions include breeding to mature size and raising calves to maturity as a feasible plan, noting farmers seek alternatives to killing dairy calves.
All Around the Farm Advice on Stock Feeding and Farming
The article emphasizes thorough feeding for all stock to ensure profit and flavor, advises buying animals with good genetic potential, and stresses key farming practices. It warns that soil preparation, plowing, and proper manure are essential, and notes weeds, hay selling, and laxatives before birth affect fertility and soil moisture.
Seed Testing Before Sowing Saves Time
A brief note advises testing seeds before sowing to prevent replanting. It emphasizes early checks save time and effort by avoiding unsuccessful germination or poor crop stands.
Government Loans and Wall Street Panic
The article criticizes government infusions of millions into New York banks to calm Wall Street, arguing farmers would be denied aid even in hardship. It claims the federal rescue favors stock gamblers and warns of political anger if farmers sought similar relief.
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Sam
New York
Wall Street
Wall’ Street
Ravages of the Corn Plow and Deep Cultivation Dangers
An editorial urges farmers to avoid deep plowing in cornfields and to cultivate shallowly to protect roots, moisture, and yields. It stresses early frequent cultivation, dust mulch to conserve moisture, harrowing between planting and sprouting, and finishing with level beds to prevent moisture loss.
Missed A Good Thing In A New Jersey Village
In a New Jersey village a schoolmistress found a little boy crying after being made to kiss a girl in the schoolyard. He did not tell her sooner because he did not know she would permit him to kiss her.
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New Jersey
Prey of the Sparrow Hawk Observation
The sparrow hawk commonly captures small birds and sometimes larger ones like wood pigeons. It dodges unlike larger hawks and is mobbed by small birds when outnumbered. A finch cloud briefly distracted it before it seized a victim, and it once caught a bat near dusk, an unusual meal.
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London News
Mining Stock Promise Speaks to Seller’s Family Reason
Quote warns against chasing overhyped mining stock schemes as a seller urges skepticism. It questions why a promoter of instant fortunes would not invest in the same opportunity for relatives, implying potential fraud or inconsistency.
Satirical men seek happiness beyond fuel and wealth
Some men are hard to please. They drink their wives' dresses, children's shoes, their own crops, and their neighbors' respect and still are not happy.
Denatured alcohol scent lingers from auto trail
Present outlook notes that the only benefit the farmer will receive is the odor left by a denatured alcohol trail from the vehicle. The statement highlights minimal gains for agriculture amid the strewn remnants.
The Business Farmer Needs Clear Farm Accounting
The article argues that farmers must track costs and income for each crop or stock to identify profitable areas. It suggests methods from pocket accounts to home ledgers, urging daily noting of expenses and labor and annual balance, noting the risk of missing profits without records.
Wasting Farm Fodder Corn Stalks as Cattle Feed
The article argues corn stalks in the corn belt are wasted as cattle feed. It cites a New Jersey experiment feeding 200 pounds of stalks to cattle over ten days, with 60 pounds uneaten, showing high value when properly prepared. It urges economy and better use of farm feeding products.
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Eure
Corn Belt
New Jersey
Farm Ledger and Inventory System for Annual Profit
A simple business approach for farmers highlights keeping an annual farm ledger and an inventory of all on hand items at year start. Differences between years reveal gains or losses and identify profitable branches, even when crop or stock values hold steady, by cash on hand or land improvements.
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S. B. Hartman
How English Calves Are Fed With Calf Meals
English farmers rely on calf meals as milk substitutes, feeding most calves an early ration. A recommended English college formula blends flaxseed meal and linseed oil cake meal, with fennel adding odor. The daily porridge per calf is 2 1/2 pounds, diluted to two gallons with water, sugar, and salt, replacing fresh milk after two weeks.
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England
Agricultural Colleges of
Sweden
Sabbath Fishing Provokes Clerical Reproof
A Philadelphia Press anecdote has a clergyman scolding a boy for fishing on the Sabbath. The boy retorts that any other place would be worse, implying the moral sting of his situation.
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Philadelphia Press
Farmers form grain price control group in Northwest
Eastern Washington and Oregon farmers with parts of Idaho unite to set grain prices and plan building their own warehouses to store crops and strengthen market impact.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Land Use Shifts Reported in England Agriculture
A minor drop last year in English arable land and a decrease in grass land are noted. Tenants occupy eighty seven percent of the total agricultural land in England.
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England
Cornstalk Waste Versus Silage in Dairy Feeding
The text notes that waste in fiber and protein is higher in stalks than in the waste, with protein waste greater in stalks and albuminoids more prevalent there. It suggests shredding aids palatability and that silage could prevent about five-sixths of the 30 percent waste and yield about 12 percent more milk than dried stalks.
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New Jersey
Little Talks With Farmers on Egg and Goose Raising
A Southern Ohio farmer's wife notes selling 160 dozen eggs from 45 Plymouth Rock hens between September 20 and December 16 at about 26 cents per dozen. She states hens are worth about 50 cents each and argues houses pay off in a year. She adds that geese are profitable, especially with German and Jewish urban customers, as goslings require less care than turkeys.
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Ohio
Plymouth Rock
Moonlit theft of prized trees for trivial gains
Report notes so called farmers and others venture out on moonlit nights to cut down valuable trees worth ten dollars to obtain a ten cent raccoon as possible reward. The text suggests a widespread scheme where laborers or farmers attempt thefts driven by small bounties.
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Athens
Michigan
Miller Purvis
American Farm World
Turkey
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