New Method to Prune Grapes by F T Bilotty
California experiment station outlines a winter pruning system for young grape vines. Remove all canes except the strongest, cut back to two buds, and train a straight well ripened cane. Tie vines, thin shoots to one, top at eight to ten inches, and prune laterals accordingly. Pinch tips, avoid summer pruning unless directing growth to permanent cane sections. Build a well formed stem by end of third summer with two to four spurs for the head, adjusting bud count to cane strength.
Fence Rail Philosophy and Seasonal Household Advice
A collection of midcentury snippets urges cautious steps with new farming methods, small experimental plots, and patient progress. It extols beauty in roses, prudent sausage formulation, and home production to avoid toxins, while praising a friendly approach over aggression in life and work.
Morning World Snippets Of News And Mirth
Nearly 50 000 idle freight cars fewer than May 1. Sidney Kidman owns 49 square miles of land 100 000 cattle and 10 000 horses. Prairie grass vanishes in Kansas Illinois Indiana and Ohio. Texas honey output near 7 000 000 pounds. California 3 600 000. Shetland ponies rise in demand. many breeders prosper. American shippers lose corned beef to London. shipment returned. A five foot circumference pitchfork found in a tree trunk in Orange County California. Professor Hansen to study Russian grasses for northwest adaptation. Onion growers in the south see little profit. New York prices drop to 75 cents per bushel after costs. Farm domestic science note praises farmer girl cooks. A Washington farmer loses false teeth in sauerkraut and buys the barrel to recover them.
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Sidney Kidman
Australia
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Texas
Union
California
London
Charles McLaren
Orange County
Professor Hansen
South Dakota Experiment Station
Russia
Siberia
South
New York
Professor Philips
Manual Training High School of
Kansas City
Philips
Washington State
Fighting the Fall Web Worm In Orchard Tips
Late summer shows webs from the fall web worm. The white moth lays eggs in early summer and young caterpillars spin protective webs. They are pale yellow with long hairs and two dark stripes. Burn pests when seen. cut off infested limbs and burn. Sprays with parts green or London purple work when worms are young.
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London
Protecting the Hog Trough with a Sliding Door Mechanism
A farming note describes a hog trough door built from one inch boards and a frame with a top 2 by 4. Hinges at both ends allow the door to swing. A middle fastener holds it in place during filling, then sliding catches release the door to vertical for exposing the trough from the outside.
Dairy Notes on Stable Conditions and Cow Productivity
The article urges standing Noensilage, hay avoidance before milking, and clean milk production through a tight ceiling, cement floor, tight gutters, and proper drops. It contrasts first class dairymen feeding cows yielding 250–300 pounds of butter yearly with others at 125–200 pounds, noting the cow’s value lies in milk output, not flesh. It discusses cow purchases at varied prices and the link between farm management and profitability.
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Wit Hea
Berry Growing Under KenTucky Practice
J W Griffin describes a straw berry cultivation method in Kentucky using a matted row system with five foot row spacing and two foot plant spacing. He rotates crops, manures heavily, grows truck crops, sow cow peas, pastures hogs to harvest and manure, then turns under vines before freezing and resumes spring soil work.
Unconventional Bed Springs Preserve Farm Produce
An old negro couple from an Alabama town uses a homemade bed spring rack on wagon running gear to protect eggs watermelons and peaches during transport. They ride in a springless seat and prioritize preserving produce despite rough handling by drivers.
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Alabama
Keep Always On The Job By Miller Tennessee
A farmer’s institute tale contrasts cost accounting in cattle feeding with the gains of self-supplied feed. It argues that while per steer profits look slim using market feed prices, a farmer who grows his own feed and sustains the business over years will accumulate wealth and leave the farm rich.
Planting and pruning method for strawberry beds
The passage describes spading an opening, placing a plant by a boy, firming soil around the root, and shallow cultivations until July. It explains layering runners 8-10 inches apart in rows 16-20 inches wide, keeping only outside plants for density, thinning surplus, manuring after ground freezes, and removing bloom to prevent fruit set.
The Farm Labor Problem From Chicago to the Farm
An early 20th century column describes a surge of hundreds of hungry job seekers in Chicago, with three hundred sent to coal mines and railroads but none to farms. It argues most foreigners head to cities, few reach rural work, and suggests reliance on the home product for farming needs. It singles out Japs, Chinese, and Negroes by region as the expected labor pattern.
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Chicago
Remedy for bumble foot on hens causes and cure
A Pennsylvania subscriber reports lame hens with swollen feet. Experts attribute bumblefoot from bruises and heavy birds. Pare off affected tissue and paint with iodine or apply boric acid. If not improving, cull nonvaluable birds to avoid loss.
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Pennsylvania
Alfalfa Nursery Advances At Colorado Station Farm
The Colorado station farm runs an alfalfa nursery with sixty four varieties. Promising selections undergo testing to identify plants yielding high hay seed and fertility under Colorado conditions. Breeding began in 1904 with common alfalfa and Turkestan seed from Germany, showing better seed production from heavy yielding traits. The aim is an ideal Colorado suited alfalfa. The note mentions dairy feeding practices for flavor.
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Colorado Station
King Edward's Stallion Wins Chicago Prize Debate
A shire stallion owned by King Edward of England won a prize at the Chicago International two years ago. Critics say the award favored the royal title over the animal's merit, though many judges praise the horse as a fine representative of the breed.
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King Edward of
England
Clover for Poor Land Reclaims Pine Lands by Clover Growth
The U S Department of Agriculture recommends clover to reclaim jack pine lands in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. Sandy soils lacking humus and nitrogen become productive as clover adds nitrogen and humus and opens the way for future crops.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
When to Hold Crops and Market Risks
The article discusses crop storage risks and why farmers may lose money by holding produce like potatoes and apples. It notes that supply and demand shift when one fruit becomes scarce and substitutes are bought, citing orange abundance as driving apple prices down and harming growers.
Four Bad Pairs of Legs in a Horse Illustration
The article explains how legs determine a horse’s wearing qualities and previews an illustration showing four defective leg pairs. The first animal has legs set too far back and would drag. The second is described as another faulty example.
Fragmentary report on horse conformation notes
The excerpt describes a horse with overly straight pasterns and hooves where the hooves and withers are positioned oddly. The text is incomplete and lacks clear outcomes or entities.
Stay in line and keep step in farming and moves
The text argues that consistent, well planned effort pays in farming and life. It warns against frequent changes driven by mood, noting profit should be proven and moves gradual. Persistence and steady method beat constant switching between enterprises or locations.
Fireplace Best Ventilator
The article extols an open fireplace as a natural ventilator that clears a room by drawing in fresh air. It notes a constant chimney draft, stronger in winter, can expel stale air from a crowded house, and compares building cost to buying an air tight stove for the season.
Gasoline Engine Aids Labor Saving Farm Task
A feature urges replacing manual separators with a small gasoline engine. It argues a half horsepower unit costs about $60, uses one pint of gasoline for two hours work, and can be operated by a woman. The engine could also power feed cutters and water pumps, easing field work.
STOP THE BUFFALO TREE HOPPER
A field bulletin by J. B. Lyon of Iowa explains the buffalo tree hopper, a small greenish insect injuring apple and other fruit trees by egg laying in twig bark slits. It warns eggs reach 200 per female, but the insect only feeds on nearby vegetation. Removing host plants and tilling soil may prevent damage.
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J. B. Lyon
Iowa
Feeding Lambs After Wean A Guide by William Underwood
After weaning in mid June for lambs aged about 3 to 4 months, divide into ram and ewe flocks. Feed white clover rape cabbage and turnips in order, allow day grazing in a fresh grass lot, rotate to stubble after harvest, and use sliced old mongels for a few weeks. Start grain at one eighth pound daily, rising to about half a pound by six months, with fall and winter grazing on white turnips and consistent grain and hay. Salt in troughs and daily salt on feed, with strict regularity and uniformity in feeding to build punctual habits.
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William Underwood
Bees Supplying Medicine By Homeopathic Means
The article notes a niche: two or three U.S. men supply bees to doctors. F G Herman of New Jersey once ordered 20 000 bees to be delivered alive in a bottle. A resting frame keeps bees from suffocating as they cluster on cross arms for air flow. The sting yields formic acid used by homeopathic practitioners. bees are shaken then placed in a bottle and alcohol poured over them to preserve the acid.
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United States
F. G. Herman
New Jersey
Some of Nature's Tricks and Fossil Wonders
Discussion of fossils in Arizona petrified forests reveals long trees turned to stone with dazzling grain. petrified oranges and potatoes fooled observers. rocks preserve roots, shells, flowers, grain kernels, insects with numerous lenses. fossilized seeds and seeds show remarkable details.
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Arizona
GOOD MONEY IN GOW PEAS BY J B WILSON ALABAMA
Farmers are urged to try cow peas as a spring crop due to their quick maturity and dual hay and grain value. The article compares cow peas favorably to clover for short growing seasons, notes regional viability, and discusses pricing and hulling practices and livestock use.
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Central States
Missouri
St Louis
Farm life and crop notes from across America
Forty three carloads of cucumbers were shipped from Gainesville to New York in one day. The western potato crop is weak, and wheat rust prompts night harvesting in southern Missouri. A farmer near Carthage Mo died after being kicked by horses. another near Elwood Kan was killed in a disk plow accident. Canada expects 125 million bushels of wheat, up from 80 million last year. Katy Bartell near Salina Kan injured while operating a cream separator. her hair pulled from her head. A swindler sells bogus notes to bankers as Farmers Co-Operative Company agents. Secretary Wilson expects more agricultural college graduates to enter teaching. Bloody Tess am
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Gainesville
Fla
New York
Robert Esther
Carthage
Missouri
William McCowen
Elwood
Kan
Farmers’ Co-Operative Company of Ohio
Wilson
Canada
Katy Bartell
Salina
Kari
Reaper
Tess
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F. T. Bilotty
Fence Rail Philosophy
Little Nubbins
J. W. Griffin
Kentucky
E. Miller
Tennessee
Uncle Sam
Dairy Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington, D. C
King Edward
J. B. Wilson
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