Potatoes See Mixed Results As New Varieties Arrive
Agricultural report reviews recent potato varieties like Peachblows Buckeyes and Mercers. Peachblows declined due to rot while Buckeyes remain strong early producers and good keepers. Mercers command high prices with Wing’s New Mercers offering whiter flesh and larger vines. Western seed shows higher yields than replanted local seed, signaling rising Western Buckeye seed demand. The Prince Albert variety struggles with rot, while no clear superior late variety has proven widely tested.
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Yeagen
Mercers
N. Y
Wing
B. Wing
Rochester N
Greece
Monroe Co
Vermont
Sherman
Philadelphia
Tribune
Propagating Asparagus From Seeds and Bed Care
Guideline on starting asparagus from seed in spring, selecting varieties green top and purple top, and preparing temporary beds. Details cover spacing, transplanting from seed beds to permanent beds, maintaining weed control, watering in dry weather, and seasonal manuring. The routine for established beds includes weed clearance, autumn cutting, and winter mulching.
Sprinkling Salt on Beds for Sprouts Advice
Advice notes varying opinions on whether to sprinkle beds with salt each spring. Recommends using manure coarse part, forking into soil without injuring plant crowns. Suggests keeping beds smooth and neat. sprouts usable for about two months.
Milking Rules For Cows In Yard And Milk Handling
A historical note describes regular milking at six in the morning and six at night, warns against night yarding in hot weather, and stresses quick clean milking. It offers methods to improve milk flow, including handling the cow gently, using a sand weight, and using a beech sapling to deter kicking. It also covers post milking care and storage in a twelve gallon tin can.
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Kina
Rey
Seratvina Mruz
Milk-room strainer pail method for ease of pouring
A Green Mountain producer advises taking the product to the milk room and making the can like a strainer pail. The process allows easier straining the second time as the liquid is poured into the pans.
Beans for Povurny: Boiled beans for laying hens feed
Boiled beans are first rate poultry food especially for laying hens. Mix meat with equal portions in the boiling water and mash. Even dirty or unsalable beans become good hen feed when cooked and worthwhile.
The Turn of Life A physician’s view on aging and vigor
A medical pamphlet describes life from forty to sixty as the prime and then the Turn of Life toward old age. It uses the metaphor of a viaduct and bridge, noting how temperament, health habits, and restraints on stimulants affect whether aging proceeds safely or with decline. A cautious regimen sustains strength until night.
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Tie
Sugar as a remedy for diarrhea reported by doctors
See Usz or Lucan in Draringa. Drs Behrend and Sieber report the medicinal use of sugar as a curative means of great value in diarrhea and several other affections of children. They cite two cases, a three year old and a four year old, where half an ounce of powdered white sugar given hourly led to rapid improvement after other methods failed. They believe sugar could prove valuable in many diarrhea cases.
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Usz
Lucan
Draringa
Behrend
Sieber
Innocent Sportsman Climbing for Short Shot Joke
A young sportsman explains his funny reason for climbing a second tree to shoot a squirrel. He says he did not want to strain his gun by a long shot. Waion.
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Waion
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