Trains Schedule for Lima Toledo and Middletown Lines
Trains depart southbound and northbound from Lima Middletown and Toledo with daily and Sunday specials listed. Includes Erie and Detroit extensions plus Dayton Cin City connections and various express and accommodation trains. Sold under MacDougald as agent.
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Lima & Tol. Ac exBun
Erie Exp
Sun
Detroit & Erie
Dayton Accomn
Northern Limited
GON
Ceca
Lima Exp
Dayton & Erie Fix
Toledo & Erie
T’n. Sun
Cin’ti
Lima
Ac Sun
Dayton Accom Sun
Chicago Fast Mail
Chicago & St. Louis
Chicago
Indianapolis
Indianapolis & St. L
C. & D. Line
Gelug
Dairy hay and butter markets noted in Marin and Indiana
A Marin county correspondent reports oat hay thrives while alfalfa struggles on bottom lands with prolonged wet seasons. Prices rise to 17 to 20 dollars a ton as yields stay strong and butter fetches 35 cents a pound. An Indiana dairyman warns dogs on dairy farms lower milk quality, showing fat rises from 2.8 to 6.5 percent when dogs chase cattle.
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Marin County
Cal
Indiana
Farmers Advocate
A Wire Fence Tightening Trick
A writer from Iowa Homestead suggests using small stays between posts as a handy tightener. Thread a strong stick through a loop in the wire and twist around the upright stake to tighten the wire, then secure the stick. Re-twisting later keeps the wire taut with little effort.
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Iowa
The Good Guernsey Promotes Purebred Dairy Cattle
The article extols pure Guernsey cattle for herd improvement noting imported two year old bulls, high butterfat color, and strong records kept by the Guernsey Cattle Club. It praises the breed’s quiet temperament and solid dairy performance, contrasting with Jerseys and urging careful selection.
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Guernsey
Jersey
Calf Rearing Notes From Kimball’s Dairy Farmer
A dairyman reports selling a bull calf born in April 1906 that weighed 1 025 pounds and notes another calf just over nine months old at 815 pounds. He describes feeding skim milk and oats weighing 36 pounds per bushel, as a basis for judging his calf raising success and suggests studying the subject further.
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Kimball
Dairy Farmer
Market Peaches in New York’s Niagara County
A New England Homestead writer notes Niagara county soils are gravelly and ideal for fruit. peaches thrive, trees eight years old yield four to five bushels annually, pruning should remove dead wood and inactive growth, and cultivation starts as soon as the ground dries.
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Michigan
New York
New England
Niagara County
Arid West Climate Belief Debunked by Rain Records
A Scofield note states that despite recent excess rainfall, there is no solid basis to claim the arid west is becoming more humid. Precipitation records nationwide are publicized, but climate change in the region remains unfounded.
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Scofield
Seed Potatoes Kept For Future Planting
Potatoes can be kept for seed by spreading them in a single layer near a window until August or later. Start with a half bushel and plant in August for 1908 seed. Spray often to repel blister beetles for seed potatoes that rival Red River of the North.
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Red River
L. Roudebush
National Stockman
Colorado irrigation systems praised for enduring design
In Colorado some irrigation systems are praised as among the best engineered, capable of withstanding the elements for ages under a plan that integrates control use and land ownership, according to Cc, F. Saylor.
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Colorado
F. Saylor
Dairy Wisdom From Farm Journal: Milking and Feeding Tips
Practical dairy guidance covers udder cleanliness and dry milking, handling teats, and avoiding contamination. Emphasizes separating milk from bacteria, proper silo sizing, site costs vs feed value, and ensuring cows have mature, well-fed backgrounds. Also advises measured calf feeding and avoiding questionable milk, with soil prep for hotbeds and using virgin soil for crops.
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E-Middletowrm
E-Middletown
Macdouga A
Cincinnati Accom
Cincinnati Express
Elec
Cincinnati Expresas
Erie & Cin’ti
Dalily
Det. & Cin’ti
Cincinnati Exp
Cincinnati
Eletric
Washington
Ninth Street
United States Patent Office
Washington, D.C
Rentschier
Stevens
McDougal
Philadelphia
Fome
L. H. Wente
K. L. Dickerscheid
Bell Phone
Hamilton Electric CO
Electrical Contractors
Motor & Dynamo
South Third Street
North Front Street
Dairy Wisdom
Farm Journal
Bosch
Frank W. Clements
Busch & Clo
Room
Bell
Rigling & Company
E. Sycamore St
Hamilton, Ohio
Lily
Wm. Schawann
Grocer
Corf
Mel
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