Wonderful Growth of the Canadian West
A narrative on Western Canada from Winnipeg onward highlights vast grain fields and thriving cattle spreads. It cites Mayor Deacon of Winnipeg, asserts the wheat and oats output could power transcontinental railroads, and notes migrations of American farmers enriching the region.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western
Chicago
Deacon
Prairie
Europe
Polite Gertha Finds Dinner Session Goes Awry
Lite Bertha and her parents attend a dinner where she is told to speak only when spoken to. After quiet begins to feel awkward, the girl asks the hostess to start asking questions, revealing social rigidity in the social ritual.
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Gertha
Bertha
Fresh Vegetables All The Year Round Hot Bed Guide
C Durst explains a low cost hot bed steps for year round vegetables. Build a 6 by 15 foot pit two feet deep with a slanted frame, use stable manure heated then covered by soil and glass sashes. Keep the bed warm with boards or blankets and ventilate on warm days.
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C. E. Durst
Ilinois University
Storage of Sweet Potatoes Promises Better Winter Prices
Farmers who store sweet potatoes through February and March can fetch higher prices than in early winter. Proper drying and careful storage, avoiding bruising of the thin skins, yield good returns. methods include cone piles with hay and sand or rectangular frames covered with earth, plus stratifying for better preservation.
Good Seed Increases Yield
E J Miller urges farmers to clean wheat seed to remove cheat and weed seeds using a fanning mill. He warns that clean seed prevents cheat in fields and ensures a better next year crop and long term gains from good seed investments.
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E. J. Miller
Ventilate Cold Frames to Save Celery Blanching Crop
If warm weather continues, ventilate cold frames and pits with celery thoroughly. Remove the crop quickly, especially for the golden doll blanching variety, to prevent spoilage and preserve quality.
Birds Accept Insect-Eating Chickadees for Orchard Help
An article notes chickadees as efficient worm eaters, with one bird consuming about 5 000 wormlike larvae in a day. It promotes welcoming insect-eating birds to the orchard for natural pest control.
It Pays to Keep Farm Accounts
The article argues many farmers fail to track income and expenses while city businesses hire bookkeepers. It notes most farmers cannot name the best money makers from last year and may lose money by not keeping written records. It urges daily entries to know profitability and plan for the future.
Good teams and cheap farms through mare colt systems
The article argues that strong farm teams boost efficiency and reduce poverty. It suggests keeping two or three mares and raising colts, horses, and mules to supply working teams. With pasture and feed, costs stay low as mares partly pay their own feed and that of the offspring. Brood mares need careful handling during gestation to avoid overwork and heat stress.
Quality of Milk in Cattle Influenced by Cow Traits
The quality of milk depends more on the cow’s inherent characteristics and fat content than on the feed given. This summary notes that milk composition is governed by the animal’s constitution rather than diet.
Separate the Fowls and Closures Ensure Separation
The report notes the need to keep turkeys ducks geese and chickens in separate closures. It warns that turkeys continually fight the chickens and often kill them, urging strict separation to prevent violence.
Photographer Finishes Portrait With Sore Sitters Hat
A photographer directs a sitter to tilt his head and hold an expression as a dramatic pose ends with the revelation the man has been sitting on his hat. The sitter erupts about the hat while the photographer calmly explains spoiling the expression.
Castoria remedy promo spans decades in ad text
A garbled clipping touts Castoria as a safe infant remedy with a seven signature claim and thirty years of use. It shifts to a history class question about Honey VUE and air forces, then drifts into misquoted phrases and stray remarks from the New York Times.
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Fletcher
Hhoney Vue
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Wandra
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Sloan
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Manchester
Charles Sivuse
Daaitimere
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Atell
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