Mixed farming urged to fatten stock for market
The piece promotes diversified farming to produce forage for all domestic animals, stressing fattening before sale. It highlights sorghum millet oats corn and hay, pasture division with barbed wire fences, and warns hog cholera declines when corn is not sole feed. It notes shin oak acorns as hog feed and cites Texas Stockman on meat plant delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Comanche
Eastland
Palo Pinto
West
Texas Stockman
New Sheep Industry Opens West Texas Ranch
The San Angelo Standard describes Capt. G. K. Gordon’s ranch near Junction City hosting a training scheme for English youths to learn sheep business. An agent in England recruits young men who pay 3500 upfront, then herd, shear, dip, and study in Texas. The article warns ranchers to collect fees before the pupil arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
G. K. Gordon
Junction City
Texas
England
Plant Trees for Timber and Fuel in Texas
The San Francisco Call urges Texans to plant trees to combat timber and fuel shortages. It notes irrigation awareness, states that most regions lack timber and fuel wood except mountains, and argues tree planting would be profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Francisco
Texas
Texas fever origins and farm practices in Texas rail
The article discusses why splenic fever is called Texas fever due to cattle rustling for water in Texas pastures. It argues for balanced farming, water quality, efficient labor, and lists poultry trough design and crop timing for efficient production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Live Stock Journal
Texas
Minnesota
FREAKS OF LIGHTNING AND INSTANTANEOUS CAMERA STUDY
A detailed account describes immense lightning storms of recent summers and the use of an instantaneous camera to capture bizarre forms. It explains tracer-like bursts, articulated bolts, zigzag flashes, and the challenges of measuring lightning speed. Captain Dunn discusses lightning nature, safety tips, and factors affecting storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Mars
Sandy Hook
Horzon
Capt. Dunn
New York
Loomis
New York City
Orange Mountains
Various Curiosities and Global Facts From 19th Century Press
A collage of notes highlights natural gas cutting coal use in Pittsburg, cultural tidbits from Denmark butter output to Welsh harpers, and a Stradivarius in Chestertown. It notes an aged Strad, a Maine eagle statue plan, a Vienna bachelor tale, and Franklin Scott funded Philadelphia baths with long-term endowments.
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Crowder
Pittsburg
Chrysalis
Claus Spreckels
Sugar Trust
Robert Browning
James G. Blaine
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Vienna
Italy
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Frascuelo
Willie
Brooklyn
Maine
Georgetown
Episcopal
Olive Harper
Grand Haven
Mich
Milwaukee
Mary Anderson
Mary
Arizona
Proctor’s Weir
Santa Rosa
Victoria
England
Philidelphia
Benjamin Franklin
John Scott
Franklin
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Agricultural
Shinn Ries
Texas Refrigerators
Buck” Pettus
Bee County
Galveston
Fort Worth
Columbus
Ile
Mark Twain
Grouvrp
Fone
Zemitn Je Nani
Babylon
Thomas Williams
Chestertown
Denmark
Shetland Isles
Shetland
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