Crab Grass Hay Title Not Provided
The fragment notes that crab grass hay, when properly handled, is excellent food for stock.
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1889
Page
7
Farmers' Alliances urged to unite against trusts
An editorial argues farmers should combine through the Farmers Alliance and similar groups to curb trusts and price hikes on essentials. It notes sugar and oil trusts burden farmers and praises collective action, while offering practical advice on crop care and fertilizer use for pest and weed control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Alliance
Farmers’ Union
Richland la
Beacon
Prolific Strawberry Claims Spark Caution in Nurseries
A trade notice exposes exaggerated berry yields from a new strawberry variety and criticizes nurserymen for overblown ads. It notes claimed 750 bushels per acre and 1000 bushels per acre pitches, questions spacing and root growth, and urges buyers to seek real merit over hype.
Quick remedy to trash pests with London purple recipe
Prof J C Neal recommends a fast pest control method using chopped leaves treated in water with London purple then formed into balls and scattered in seed beds. He warns London purple is arsenic. cover the balls with chips. Currants need better cultivation with manure and nitrate dressings to recover after worm damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Neal
London
Utility in Breeding from Herds and Stocks
The text argues for practical breeding over mere beauty. It states horses should excel in speed or pulling, sheep in fleece and meat, cows in milk and beef, and bulls in offspring quality. Pedigrees gain value when paired with long records of progenitor performance, not as bare name lists.
Crab Grass Hay Preparation and Preservation
A Florida Agriculturalist note describes cutting, wilting, and windrowing crab grass hay over two days, noting double windrow size and sun drying. It warns light rain is tolerable if windrows stay intact, and advises salting during barn storage with about twenty five pounds of salt per ton. The hay reportedly kept in perfect condition and well relished by stock.
Farm Machinery Preservation Compound
A recipe from American Agriculturist advises making a rust preventive coating by melting lard and resin, then applying a thin layer to farm machinery from apple parers to washing machines. It warns rust destroys more than wear and promotes regular cleaning and coating to save money nationwide.
Farm Fagots and Farming Tactics for Crops and Chicks
Advice on saving costs in farming, feeding chicks, and selecting poultry. Highlights value of proper timing for hens, grassing unused land, and the rise of White Wyandottes over Leghorn Brahma and Plymouth Rock. Notes early potato varieties fit market rotations and soil manuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ohio
Hebron
Savoy
Garnishment amendments for Texas Revised Civil Statutes
Texas General Laws from the Twenty-First Legislature amend Article 191 Chapter 2 and Article 421 of the Revised Civil Statutes. Provisions restrict garnishee payments after service, allow bond replevy before judgment, and mandate sinking funds for bonds with limits on withdrawals. Emergency clause suspends three-reading rule. act effective upon passage.
Texas City Street Control Act of 1889 Enacted
The act amends Revived Statutes to grant cities exclusive control over streets alleys and public grounds power to abate encroachments open widen regulate grade and require work by able bodied male inhabitants above 15 with substitutes or a daily fee. It suspends three readings rule and takes effect on passage approved March 30 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Texas
House
Senate
State of
State of Texas
Texas Legislature Amends City Bond Statute
A legislative act proposes amending Article 421 of Title 17, Chapter 4, of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas regarding city bonds. An emergency clause accompanies the measure identified as H. R. No. 377.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
Texas City Eminent Domain Act Amending City Property Take
The act amends property condemnation rules for cities or towns in Texas for opening widening or changing streets water mains or sewers. It requires just compensation and filing with the county judge, appoints three disinterested appraisers, ties procedures to railroad condemnation law, and repeals Article 478. Approved April 8, 1589.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
Destroying a Fine Moral
A temperance visitor comments on a distant building while the nephew reveals the owner profited from others pain. The exchange identifies the owner as a rum-seller and calls him a dentist in a biting charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearwater
Uncle Clearwater
One in a Million on a Leaky Ship and a Counterfeit Plot
A New York Sun writer recalls a perilous voyage near Cape Hatteras. A stoker-like passenger frets about survival while confessing counterfeit money and bogus bonds. They survive to Wilmington where the man resumes a con game, then reflects on their single chance in a million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Hatteras
New York Sun
Wilmington
South Carolina
Monte
Upina Balloon Weather Observations by Prof King
Prof King describes balloon ascents amid storms noting rain slows ascent while snow poses greater risk. He details cloud layers from 3000 feet, luminous moonlight in clear air above clouds, frozen clouds and snowflake formation, and reports no balloon hits from lightning. Upper air currents drive storms and motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. King
Nashville American
Smaaller
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City of
Austin
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