Ground for Experiments Feeding Sheep on Silage
An acre can hold sixty four 25x25 foot plots for crop experiments, comparing cultivation methods to yield practical data. A Australian farmer fed 14,000 sheep on silage in a year and a half at thirty five cents a ton, saving 8,000 sheep during drought. Other methods used straw cut and molasses water to keep sheep in good condition. Farmers' Friends and Foes discusses beneficial insects and wildlife, noting hornets control slugs, bumblebees pollinate clover, toads and snakes reduce rodents, and a barn snake has reduced rats and mice.
Winter Dairying Challenge in Breeding Cattle
The article explains the difficulty of winter breeding to have cows calving in October or November. Gestation lasts about nine months, so cows must be bred in the shortest days. Spring and summer breeding yields March to May calves, while winter breeding requires highly nutritious feed. Flaxseed meal with some oil aids breeding, improves coat gloss, and signals readiness for breeding.
Fertilizing Small Fruits in Late Season Recommended
Farmers in southern New England and mid Atlantic regions find late summer or early fall the best time to apply fertilizers to raspberries blackberries and currants. Barnyard manures can be spread in late fall or winter, even when the ground is frozen, to seep into soil and feed roots as growth resumes in spring. Late spring applications risk leafy growth at the expense of fruit production.
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Massachusetts
Maryland
Grapes Grow on Supple Land Despite Tight Space
The article notes grapes can thrive with minimal soil area, arguing vines need little ground if provided with sun and space to climb. It cites examples where productive vines grew within a few feet of buildings and sidewalks, with roots extending beneath planks, supported by trellises despite cramped plots.
Grapes on Small Lots Benefit from South or West Walls
Tips from American Cultivator note that grapevines thrive on sunward walls, especially south or west, with trellising kept slightly from the wall to allow air. east-facing vines frost early, and heat from wall ripens upper grapes sooner, as demonstrated by a Catawba example on a south trellis.
Fattening Animals Judiciously Written Advice
The article explains humane fattening methods for livestock using balanced feeds and gradual grain increases. It notes young animals fatten cheaper, emphasizes selecting stock, using bran and corn carefully, and avoiding overfeeding to protect profits. It cites the Atlanta Journal as the source.
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Atlanta Journal
Hen House Planning Sparks Practical Poultry Building Tips
Readers ask for economical hen house plans for flocks of 150 to 200. The piece discusses key factors: dry warm space, adequate size, and local cost of timber and materials. It notes that labor saves money, with examples from Massachusetts, Ohio, and the West showing varied total costs based on DIY work and local prices.
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Dan Asuburban
Massachusetts
Anaterlia
Iito
Warmth Beats Beauty for Hens Egg Production Says Farmer
A farmer warns that hens give better eggs when kept warm during deep freezes. Beautiful surroundings and fine architecture add little if warmth is absent, so proper feed and shelter are essential for steady egg output even in severe winter weather.
New York Emerges As Most Cosmopolitan City Globally
A Registrar General study contrasts London Paris and New York on foreign-born residents. London totals 60 000 Germans 30 000 Russians and others while New York City population 3 438 899 includes 340 000 German Empire natives 305 000 Irish and 60 000 Italians. Chicago Philadelphia Boston and San Francisco trails follow 1890 census figures.
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London
Paris
New York
Board of Health
New York City
German Empire
Ireland
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Scotland
Hungary
Canada
France
Spain
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
San Francisco
St. Louis
The Bridal Cat at Aston Church
A neighbor’s tale claims a stray black cat attends weddings at Aston parish, believed to bless unions with happiness and prosperity. The ownerless feline follows brides into the church, remains near the pulpit, and baffles locals who wonder if the cat belongs to anyone. The beadle might explain the superstition behind this wedding omen.
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Aston Church
Silk Worm of the Sea Silk from Mediterranean shell
A fragment describes a mollusk shell known as plow dutytidae in the Mediterranean yielding silk. The spun viscid silk is used to form a Testikey fabric in Sicily. Silk fibers attach to rocks, then are gathered, processed, and yield about three ounces from a pound of material with a burnished gold brown color.
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Mediterranean
Sicily
Russian Millionaires Hide Vast Untapped Fortunes
The Demidoffs and Yousoupots are cited as examples of Russian multi millionaires whose wealth lies in extensive domains with gold and silver mines of immense value. The texts suggests many other families exist in the empire of the White Tsar, with fortunes not yet developed.
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Russia
Photographic Color Discovery From Chicago Pleases Critics
A Chicago scientist, James W. McDonough, claims a mechanical color photography process using a transparent red blue and green ruled medium placed directly on a dry plate can capture and preserve nature's hues with ordinary camera methods. If validated, it could democratize color images across art and industry, revealing rich skies landscapes and interiors.
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Chicago
Daguerre and Niepce
James W. McDonough
McDonough
Giving Up Rights and a Lesson From Generals
The piece recalls George Macdonald on relinquishing rights, retells General Sherman and General Howard at a grand review, and shows Howard yielding to keep unit harmony. It adds nickel import and production data, noting Canada and New Caledonia supply most nickel and its use in coins, plating, and industry.
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George Macdonald
Northfield
Sherman
South
General Howard
Washington
Shennan
Howard
Slall
Georgia
Carolinas
Shermatn
United States
New Caledonia
Canada
Congress
New York Sun
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Cincinnati & Jackson Mail
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