Butchering on the Farm for Efficient Hog Preparation
A detailed guide to home hog slaughter and curing methods. It covers equipment like a scalding tub, hooks, and a gambrel, heat management with 180 to 190 degrees water, and the use of a furnace trench. It also outlines entrail removal, salting rates at ten pounds per hundred, sugar and saltpetre mix, brushing every three days, smoking with hickory, borax treatment, and storage steps for best preservation.
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Wien
W. Hanson
KEEP SEED POTATOES COOL FOR BEST STORAGE
Seed potatoes must be kept very cold to stay hard and plum through winter. Sprouting wastes starch and energy, so storage at near 33 degrees is preferred despite cost. Even in cold rooms, picking poultry can scatter feathers. a Virginia woman once worked amid geese feathers.
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Virginia
Huasdy Diagram and Pit Planting Concept
A fragments filled with old horticultural notes describe a diagram for pits holding apples and vegetables. It mentions varieties such as Ben Jonathan Wilinn Pippin and notes on winter storage and precise opening of pit sections to access fruit. The text also briefly references experiments on draught horses and durability in service.
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Ben Jonathan
Wilinn Pippin
Lumber as fodder for livestock shelters winter gains
A persuasive piece arguing lumber as valuable livestock fodder and shelter. It asserts lumber provides animal heat, costs little, and reduces feed needs when used as secure barn protection. It urges fall purchases, proper, sound boards nailed over gaps, and links shelter to better feed efficiency and savings.
Pure Milk Campaign Reforms Dairy Standards in Indiana City
After infant deaths from impure milk, Indiana's large city launched an education driven reform. City ordinances targeted milk delivery chain and farms, inspectors urged clean barns and modern milk houses, and farmers adopted cement floors whitewashed interiors and better ventilation. The campaign yielded satisfactory results and urged other cities to imitate the approach.
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Indiana
Guinea pigs as lawn mowers in Kent experiment
A curiously successful test uses guinea pigs to weed and mow lawns near Greenhithe. Caged to graze, they attack broad-leaved weeds first then grass, leaving fresh turf. The method reportedly outperforms mowing, needs no chemicals, and pigs stay healthy in winter. Enthusiasm grows among local golf clubs and owners.
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Kent
Greenhithe
S&s. M. Taylor
England
What a Corn-Picker Will Do In Husking Fields
A corn picker, a relatively new device, aims to replace several men by husking standing stalks and delivering corn to wagons in better condition. It operates along a single row with adjustable gatherer arms and chains with steel fingers, lifting tangled stalks and sending ears to the elevator for wagon delivery. Capacity varies with ground, corn quality, and hitch setup, with a large wagon-box husked in about thirty minutes and four horses sufficient for prolonged use.
Valuable Flower Hints for Window Plant Care
Practical advice on root handling when repotting and pruning bruised parts. Do not overwater. water when the soil surface is dry. Create a window garden with shelves, arches, and vines like Madeira and nasturtium. Collect cuttings before frost and propagate for winter blooms.
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Jack Frost
Nebraska farmer recovers trick horse in courtroom street display
A Nebraska farmer reported his trick horse stolen in a pasture theft. A week later in Omaha the farmer identified the horse in public by shaking hooves, kneeling, and prancing, prompting the judge to adjourn outdoors. The horse was returned to the owner and the driver jailed.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Metal construction urged for dairy utensils joints
A dairy text prescribes utensils be made of metal and all joints perfectly and smoothly soldered to ensure purity and sanitation in dairy operations.
Earthenware Carts Milk at Country Store Prices
Fragmentary note claims earthenware vessels offer milk and cream at eight to ten cents per gallon at a country store. Details unclear about date or location, but emphasizes affordable dairy containers and pricing.
Winter Pigs and management for autumn and spring litters
G W Brown explains differing care for autumn and spring pig litters. He advises avoiding overstocking by selling pigs after weaning, providing ample housing and exercise, keeping vermin-free quarters, feeding winter pigs with whole corn and fodder, burning cobbed stalks to supply charcoal, and maintaining a cow per litter to ensure milk for growing pigs.
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G. W. Brown
Millions for barrels in the United States
The article notes the United States used barrel stock in vast quantities last year with a value of 15,800,253 dollars. Census and forest service data from 950 cooperage mills show an 11 percent rise in output year over year, affecting farmers and manufacturers nationwide.
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United States Forest Service
United States
Agricultural Bank in the Philippines Loans Counts and Titles
From October 1, 1908, to May 25, 1911 the Agricultural Bank of the Philippines issued 166 loans totaling 498,600 pesos. Of 674 applications, 311 were refused for defective titles, 101 for disproportionate security, 457 withdrawn, 109 for nonagricultural purposes, 13 approved awaiting signatures, and 16 with provincial boards for appraisal. A Torrens title aid system was recently begun but shows limited impact.
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Agricultural Bank of the Philippines
How to Build a Sheep Feeding Rack Post System
Instructions describe using ix4s four feet long corner posts set two feet apart with a four inch trough built one foot from ground from two 12 inch boards. Top rack features bevelled 12 inch board, beveled board nailed on each side, then a 6 inch fence board below. Slats are common 6 inch boards about two and a half feet long, cut to lap, set about eight inches apart to provide fourteen inches of feeding space per sheep.
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Ata, Ty Vile
Seed Planting Scale For National Forests Discussed
The USDA uses over ten tons of tree seed this year for national forests with most seed already planted. Jack pine yields about 125 000 seeds per pound and Washington yellow pine 10 000 seeds per pound. Ten tons amount to roughly 300 million seeds, enough to plant about 300 000 acres if germination were perfect, but many seeds are infertile or fail to survive nursery, transplanting, or field conditions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Sand Hills
Forest Service
Washington
Inoculation of Prairie Land for Alfalfa Growth
A Dry Farming note explains inoculation to introduce beneficial bacteria into soil for alfalfa. Farmers should obtain soil from a successful field and sow 200 to 400 pounds per acre on a cloudy day, harrow it in, with sunshine hindering germ viability. A small inoculated patch yields soil for larger areas. Rainstalks may be fed to hogs daily.
Hardy Japanese Plums Prove Hardy Early Bearing
Japanese plums, favored for hardiness and early season markets, thrive in varied soils with minimal special care. Mr and Mrs Fullerton of the Long Island Railroad Experiment Farm Medford NY report four year old trees bearing well with vivid color and vigor. They note longer thinner leaves and reduced disease and insect issues compared with domestic varieties. Japanese plums from four year old trees.
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East
Mrs. Fullerton
Long Island Railroad Experiment
Medford
N. Y
Fullerton
Plow Preservation Mix From Tallow And White Lead
A 19th century tip explains making a protective coating by melting three pounds of tallow with one pound of white lead in an iron pot. Applied with a brush to plows and farm tools, the mixture brightens metal after planting. It urges grinding tools to stay sharp and reduce effort.
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Wm. H. Underwood
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