Reel for fence wire and farm tips from 19th century issue
Instructions describe making a single piece reel stand from 2x4s and pegs to wind fence wire, plus a cross to keep wire in place. The piece blends farm utilities with farming advice urging clover, manure return, orchard fertilizer, and prudent spraying during bloom to protect bees. It notes robins and orioles are valuable, pollination via bees yields fruit and honey, and warns against plowing during blossom.
Proper seed quality boosts alfalfa yields and stands
A good stand ensures long alfalfa fields remain productive for years. Weed contamination in seed causes most failures, with adulterants like bur clover, yellow trefoil, sweet clover, crab grass, rib grasses, and foxtails. Fodder weed seeds pose the worst risk. Seed color should be light olive green, with discolored seed discarded for germination quality. Plump, mature seeds yield more plants than small, immature ones.
Soil restoration proves crops rotation and legumes effective
Wisconsin station soil department reports worn-out soils improved by crop rotation and legumes. Marsh soils studied at four sites with management methods yielding profitable returns. Drainage planning assistance extended to nearly 200 landowners and 17 districts, plus soil examinations in about 400 cases. Early need for a state soil survey emerges due to successful surveys.
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Soile Department
Universality of Wisconsin Station
Best Harness Dressing Instructions for Leather Polish
A historical passage describes making a leather polish from turpentine and beeswax melted slowly, then adding ivory black and indigo powder. After cooling, apply thinly and wash to produce a beautiful finish. Notes that thin blacking preserves leather and that beeswax is abundant with harness makers in England.
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England
The Needhams of Ontario A Fatal Wallace Fair Fight
In 1874 the Needham father and son, legendary Ontario giants, defend their honor at Wallace Fair against Harry Fitzsimmons and Lipsey. The elder Doc Needham is killed in a brutal ambush during the melee, setting off a cross border chase led by detective Murray across Canada and the United States. Fitzsimmons is later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years. The tale ends with the four men meeting tragic fates in subsequent years.
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Needhams
Ontario
Canada
County of
Elgin
Father
Needham
Doc” Needham
Wallace
County of Elgin
Harry Fitzsimmons
George Lipsey
Lipsey
Mr. Fitzsimmons
Witz
Fitz
Fite
Doc Needed
Young Needham
Gage
Doc Needham
St. Thomas
John Wilson Murray
Murray
Wallace Fair
Fox
Conqueror
B&b
United States
Red Wing
Minnesota
John King
King
God of Chance
Chandler
Church
Gor
Jalil Murray
Harry
Gov. King
Milwaukee
Fitzalmmons
Dee Needham
Firesimmons
Spring Bank
London
Minetetown
Young
Big McCarter
McCarter
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