Insect and Arthropod Venoms Covered by Professor G ear
A Washington D C museum summary outlines stinging capabilities of insects spiders scorpions and centipedes. It notes female insects with modified ovipositors that sting while others pierce flesh like mosquitoes. Cowkillers red stinging insects cause severe inflammation, centipedes deliver dangerous bites, tarantulas may provoke dramatic reactions, and scorpions venom varies with size age and condition. Remedies include ammonia tobacco ashes and pecac to counteract sting effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. A. Geare
Nations Museum
Washington, D. C
All Around the Farm Quips on Jobs and Quail Shooting Caution
A reader warns of lazy farming practices that breed worms and danger. The letter notes job seekers in Wisconsin and harvest needs in the Dakotas and Minnesota. A veteran recalls a bloodful lesson from oiling mowers and a boss’s accident, and a quail shooting critique targets a farmer inviting city friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Minnesota
John Greenlough
A Wonder Cow Tops Butter Records in New York
A Holstein cow named Bessie Hamilton 2d, owned by A. A. Hartshorn of New York, produced 24 pounds of butter in seven days and 100 pounds in thirty days. At age four, she set a record as the largest thirty day butter yield by a cow under 40. Her cosmetic traits are noted as homely, with exceptionally fine skin and hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bessie Hamilton
A.A. Hartshorn
New York State
Bessie
A Bit of Farm Philosophy
A rustic meditation on farming ethics questions marketing crops and how to avoid unfair practices at the fair. The speaker warns against rushing to sell and letting buyers profit from careless handling, urging steadier preparation and fair dealing.
Nubbins of Farm News
A Clemson South Carolina station will be formed under Clemson college focus on drainage and clearing logged lands. Mississippi builds a $1500000 college complex at Starkville with chapel, administration, and labs. Professor Hansen will study Russia grasses to adapt to Northwest soils. A Wisconsin mass meeting at Milwaukee during state fair week seeks support for a road aid amendment. Japanese laborers face job losses in California fields due to native labor tensions. Holland Tennant farmers earn by paying $50 to $100 per acre. Irontown Alabama farmers discover a silver ore vein worth $62 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson
S. C
Clemson College
Mississippi
Starksville
Hansen
South Dakota
Russia
Siberia
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
California
Tennant
Holland
Irontown
Ala
Methods for Profitable Dairy Farming and Feed Management
The article advocates growing home grown feed and using mill feeds to balance rations. It promotes ensilage corn as economical, crop rotations with corn wheat and clover, and regular testing of cows with scales and Babcock tests to ensure profitability.
Fruit wrapping cut costs for growers lesson from Idaho station
The Idaho Experiment Station wrapped and packed fruit as an object lesson for growers. Wrapping costs are small compared with the added price obtained, illustrating economic value of packaging in fruit commerce.
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Idaho Experiment Station
New Points on Alfalfa Growth and Sowing Practices
Wisconsin station concludes alfalfa grows best on rich clay soils with gravelly subsoil and well cultivated ground. Inoculate soil where nitrogen bacteria are lacking. Spring sowing with nurse crop barley at three pecks per acre is advised, with thin seeding. 20 pounds of seed per acre recommended. expect three hay crops the following year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Kaffir corn feed trial shows surprising gains
A Texas station feeding test finds Kaffir corn and milo maize differ from Indian corn in fat content and digestibility. Kaffir corn has lower protein and fat but produced greater gains than milo maize, while Indian corn tracked behind.
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Texas Station
Method in Model Dairy by J Y M Xelly
A New York state dairy farm on 120 acres near Eas Aurora, Erie County, owned by Albert H Ball, showcases well managed buildings and a milk production system for city trade. The four year rotation yields a manure fed clover sod system with direct manure spreading from the stable to the fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JY. M. Xelly
New York State
Albert H. Ball
Eas Aurora
Erie County
N. Y
Ball
Hens in Cherry Trees
This note recounts a farmer’s experiment with sixty white Plymouth Rock hens in a fenced cherry orchard. The birds gnawed ripening cherries, even reaching top limbs, prompting the farmer to lock up the flock to save the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Rock
C. T. Miller
Seed Adaptation In Corn Across Climate Zones
An Nebraska experiment shows how corn varieties Snowflake White and Iowa Gold Mine change when moved from Iowa to Nebraska. After two years in Nebraska, seed from both sources was planted side by side with local Iowa seed, revealing marked differences between plats. The study highlights climate-driven adaptation in the corn plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Lyon
Nwebras
Iowa
Nebraska
Typical New York dairy farm shows efficient, diversified care
The farm rotates crops from potatoes to ensilage corn to wheat and clover, keeping enough cows to yield 120 gallons of milk daily. Milk sells for 12 cents a gallon on board cars. The herd includes Grade Holsteins and high grade Jerseys, with one cow producing 1,860 pounds of milk monthly and a Jersey yielding about 19 pounds of butter weekly.
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Ball
New York
Oklahoma Farmers Run Up to Date with Union Efforts
Oklahoma farmers, newly organized into a union of about 60 000 members, pursue practical farming methods and operate their own agents to market cotton meat and other crops. The article highlights the enterprising spirit and nation leading efforts of these vigorous producers.
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Oklahoma
Oklahome
Ouiseme
Garget in a West Virginia Cow Aids Treatment Steps
A reader from West Virginia asks about a cow with lump milk from the front teat. The editor cites garget likely from violence or stress and suggests a mild cathartic, potash mixture, keeping milked quarters clean, and applying camphor belladonna lard ointment. If abscesses form, open and drain, rinse with hydrogen peroxide and dress with copper sulfate and lard.
Helps in Woman's Work Homelike Homes Uplift and Comfort
A homemaker should harmonize colors and furnishings to soothe the eye and mind. Arrange light, pictures, and books for uplifting thoughts and easy access to reading material. Ensure comfortable surroundings and accessible draperies, with the home being a source of both soul broadening and bodily comfort. The motto: reduce effort and increase domestic efficiency.
Lincoln Sreed Sheep Win First Prize at Royal Show
A caption notes a Lincoln breed sheep shown as a fine example and a winner in the royal show, highlighting Herdwick as a notable breed and the overall prize context.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Seed Advantage in Corn Yields and Growth
A Nebraska field study shows home grown corn seed from central Nebraska yields higher grain and better ear to stalk proportions than Iowa Illinois or Minnesota seeds. Acclimated Nebraska varieties also exhibit smaller leaves and taller stalks, while non Nebraska seed underperforms across multiple trials. Thirteen Nebraska grown varieties led the state results, while seeds from other states never placed first or second.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
CANNOT MAKE GOOD BUTTER LETTER TO EDITOR
A Virginia reader Mrs J A Smith asks why her cream won t churn into butter. WM Eally advised the issue lies in cream handling and storage, urging cleaner churn processes and more frequent churning, noting possible partial decomposition of milk components. The letter references Frank Crane purchasing Ottawa land for 80 per acre and investing 6000 in improvements.
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WM. Eally
Frank. Crane
Ottawa
Kan
R. Tly Off
Is Dry Feeding Best for Fowls in Gowell Experiment
Poultrymen report benefits from dry feeding over mash with self-serve troughs offering cracked corn wheat and beef scrap. In Gowell’s trial 1400 chicks and pullets showed reduced labor multiple feedings avoided crowding and overhunting. Pullets laid their first egg at four months ten days and cockerels matured well.
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Gowell
Chicken Yard Breeding Tips and Care
The guide explains how light Barred Rock chicks can mature into ordinary birds with gray backs while velvety black birds with salmon points are superior. It stresses using vigorous stock, individual brood coops, lime in coops to prevent disease, insect checks for moping chicks, lice treatment, and a ration of cracked corn and oats with skim milk, water, and iron.
Bleaching Celery In Storehouse
Instructions state celery may stay in good condition and bleached by placing on the floor of the vegetable house. Cover the floor with about six inches of dry sand then stand celery roots down close together and fill in with earth. Enclose the floor with 12 inch boards and ensure good ventilation. Bins for other vegetables can be placed above the celery plats.
Help Out the Boy by Emphasizing Education and Farming
A father reflects on his three sons choices between farming and city study in mechanical engineering. He recounts a sparse boyhood education and hard farm labor. He vows to provide his sons with education healthful pleasures and freedom.
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Willie Wall Street
Johnny Farmer
Father Theodore
America Farm World
Agricultural College
Towa
Milk From Both Sides Milking Practices in Cattle
An excerpt explores why cows are milked from the off or night side. It suggests cows can be milked from either side if trained, noting that consistency matters early in training. The passage discusses method and convenience for handling a heifer during milking.
Turn Alfalfa Into Eggs By Mrs E Robertson
An 1890s style poultry note extols alfalfa as a superior green for growing chicks and a winter litter and feed for adult fowls. The author claims hens and pullets lay more eggs, set more, and thrive when housed with alfalfa chaff and litter, noting neighbors using standard feeds show poorer results. Six hundred chicks are raised with alfalfa in pens, while others rely on commercial foods.
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E. Robertson
Reflections on Service and Virtue in Everyday Life
A thoughtful piece contrasts quiet acts of helping others with grandpublic benefactions. It praises steady reliability, timely punctuality, and the dignity of guiding a homeless child to a fair start, while noting beauty without fragrance has limited value.
Border of beautiful colors in bulbs and narcissi
The article recommends bulbs for a color border including Em press Emperor large trumpet narcissi single Van Lion chalice cup star narcissi poets narcissi double daffodils gardenia and paper white narcissi. It highlights a large trumpet narcissus as particularly beautiful hardy tidy and satisfactory.
We Should Know the Trees From Our Local Woodlands
A call to catalog local trees in a little book with their names and descriptions. The text urges collecting usable wood samples and noting each tree by feeling and bark appearance. Readers are invited to mail a postal to the Department of Forestry for literature.
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Jersey
J. S. Sadler
West Virginia
T. L. Andrews
Lincoln Sreed
Firs Prize
Herdwick ‘Royal
J. A. Smith
Opie
Her
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