Kabakon the Sun Order Colony of Pure Natural Life
August Engelhardt founded the Order of the Sun and the International Colonial Empire of Fruitarianism on Kabakon in German New Guinea. The naked colony worships the sun and subsists on coconuts, bananas, and tropical fruits, with work voluntary and life conducted on communal lines.
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Kabakon
Sol
Order of the Sun
German New Guinea
New Lauenburg
Bismarck Archipelago
New Pommern
New Mecklenburg
Herbertshoehe
Mioko
Engelhardt
Tropics
August Engelhardt
Palm Temple
Man with a Mind of His Own Sparks Debate
A conversational fragment features Mr. Stiggly favoring independence in thought and speech. He cites Jones as an example and asserts admiration for a person who stands by their opinions, regardless of consensus or opposition.
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Mr. Stiggly
Mr. Engelhardt
Nuremberg
Bavaria
Jones
Robinson
Yees
Delivery of Mankind at Ka Bakon Sun Order Colonists
A fragmentary feature describes the sun order on the Ka Bakon island colony. It portrays idyllic life under a sun worship philosophy, a tropical landscape with mountains and natives, and a man named Herr Max Luetsow in a Berlin theater role, plus the founder Mr. Engelhardt’s radical lifestyle. It weaves in a humorous weather anecdote about umbrellas and independent thinking.
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Engelhardt
Order of the Sun
Germany
Ceylon
Happy Isle
Kabakon
Europe
Sun Order
Max Luetsow
Berlin
Lfe
Durable hog yard fence from woven wire method
Prairie Farmer reports a low cost durable hog yard fencing approach using cedar posts set about eight feet apart and 38 inch high woven hog fence with seven lateral wires. The system features notched posts, wires wrapped around posts, and sliding doors with grooves and slots to hold them closed.
The Stock and Swine Feeding Advice From Farm Notes
The trusted bull is the one that misbehaves with his horns, dehorn calves early with caustic potash, and choose a good ram if needed. Buttermilk alone is not ideal for swine, must be fed with a corn ration and clover pasture. Packers want hogs weighing 175 to 200 pounds with minimal back fat, best from medium Yorkshires, Tamworths, Cheshires and crosses.
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Yorkshires
Tamworths
Cheshires
How Deep to Farm in Illinois Soils
Depth of plowing hinges on field drainage soil type and fertility. Prof Hopkins found upper soil potassium exhaustion requiring deeper plowing in some plots. Sandy soils benefit from deeper plowings while clayey soils limit aeration. No universal rule fits all fields. subsoil plowing helps only certain lands.
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Ilinois
Hopkins
Storing the corn crop in a rat proof South Dakota crib
A South Dakota Farm and Home correspondent describes a corn crib built on posts with a 9 inch eave clearance and triple ply tarred paper roof. The structure features a double floor of rough hemlock and Caroling pine, extra heavy wire mesh inside posts, a movable interior fence for shelling, and locking doors to deter borrowers.
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South Dakota
Hay for Sheep Profit Found in Clover Mix
Farmers learn clover mixed hay yields more profit for sheep than Timothy hay alone. Timothy hay contains fat forming elements and scant protein, while clover boosts vigor and muscle development, yet many sheep owners have not yet adopted the clover combination.
Calf Growth Rates From Expert Feeder and Milk Conversion
An expert feeder states beef breed calves should gain three pounds daily in month one, 2% pounds daily in month two, and two pounds daily thereafter. Professor Hunt notes eight to nine pounds of milk produce one pound gain, yet properly fed calves should average at least 1 percent daily gain.
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Hunt
Fiber of Cotton Stalks Strength and Paper Making
It is shown that Aber from cotton stalks yields strength comparable to flax. A new process allows making paper and bagging from cotton stalk Aber, projected to add 50 million dollars annually to crop value. Factories are being established.
Digging Potatoes Under Dry Ground Conditions
Do not dig potatoes when the ground is wet or when dirt adheres to the potatoes. The skin will not have a bright appearance when harvested under improper conditions. Potatoes stored muddy and damp are far more prone to rot.
Protecting Water Pipes with Dead Air Frost Boxes
An Orange Judd Farmer guide explains frost protection for buried water pipes. Build a three dead air space frost box from below the frost line to the delivery point, using tar paper outside and a double-box with two inch air gaps. Properly constructed frost boxes outperform felt or cork coverings and resist condensation that invites frost.
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Orange Judd
Home Water Supply Efficiency by Windmill Pumps
A Delaware farmer argues for prudent use of funds to improve home water access. He describes windmill powered pumping delivering hot and cold water to the bathroom, cellar, kitchen, stalls, hog houses, garden, hen houses, yards, and hot beds with a lawn fountain.
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Orange Judd
FARM BITS Crop vigor noted in Indiana and pecan profits
The Indiana crop size is reported at 60 percent above last year by the state bureau of statistics with smaller, more productive hill potatoes outperforming larger, unproductive ones. Seed selection at digging time is emphasized. Texas Nut Growers find native pecan trees yielding annual returns from $20 to $66 per tree within five to twelve years after top working with improved varieties.
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Indiana
State Bureau of Statistics
Texas Nut Growers’ Association
Rat Extermination Methods From Old House Care Guide
The text outlines methods to rid a house of rats by spraying ammonia through holes and cracks, laying cloth with white of eggs, sprinkling red pepper, and sealing rat holes. It also mentions whitewash tinged yellow with copperas applied thickly to stones and rafters in a cellar as another effective measure.
Lime as a Remedy for Clover Tick Land
Lime will prove a good remedy for clover tick land especially where clover dies from extremely acid soil. Some soils require other fertilizer in connection with the lime to grow clover successfully.
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Shriners
Comonigt
Teatri
Munich
Jonesy
R.S. Shaw
Michigan
Farmes
Home Water Supply
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