Shorthorn showat Minnesota fair draws wide contest
Breeder's Gazette notes top honors in aged Shorthorn bulls with Kentucky and Missouri champions. White Hall Marshal wins aged class over Dorothea II. Joan shows strong yet misjudged finish. Red Marchioness IV impresses as near top. fat bulls criticized for lack of value. Iowa State Fair Shorthorns praised as best on American soil with new Iowa Specialists class.
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Minnesota
Kentucky
Missouri
Joan
Dorothea II
Joan Woodhill
van Horne
Winnipeg
Princeps IV
Iowa
Curtiss
Iowa State College
England
Kansas
Wisconsin
Ohio
Corn Silage Preparation Tips From Early 1900s Agricultural Advice
Dr. G. A. Billings outlined silage best practices focusing on cutting corn at proper maturity to avoid excess moisture and mold. Emphasizes direct loading, steady cutter operation, moisture sealing, and labor efficiency with power and equipment, plus historic yield figures from Kansas experiments.
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G. A. Billings
American Agriculturist
New Jersey Experiment Station
The Swinehead How to Help Pigs of Different Sizes
A suburban farming column discusses how to raise and manage pigs of different sizes and sexes, stressing pen separation and diet tweaks for smaller pigs, and noting balanced birth ratios. It cites data from George M Rommel on litter sex proportions and offers practical tips like hog wallows and pasture housing for thriving hogs.
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George M. Rommel
Bureau of Animal Industry
The Popular Cantaloupe and Rocky Ford Netted Gem
The article notes cantaloupes dominate markets with early and late supplies from across the country. It highlights the Netted Gem or Rocky Ford cantaloupe as the premier variety, valued for its fine texture and flavor, nearly round shape, and about one pound weight per fruit.
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Rocky Ford
W. N. Hutt
Skim Milk as Poultry Feed Boosts Farm Byproducts
Kansas Farmer recommends using skim milk from fruit farm dairies to feed poultry. Sour skim milk turned into curd for fowls extends usefulness of byproducts, reducing waste. Chickens act as farm scavengers, utilizing surplus dairy byproducts alongside other farm resources.
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Kansas
Remedies for internal parasites and hoof ailment in sheep
H. Pr. Miller reports simple, self applied remedies for sheep health. Provide a box six to eight feet square and four inches deep with one inch lime at the bottom, center a box with dry tobacco leaves salted, keep dry and rain protected, and sheep will treat their ailments.
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H. Pr. Miller
National Stockman and Farmer
Texas Ranch Horses Grow in Weight and Style
William Anson in Texas Farm and Ranch notes ponies taken north for polo or other purposes fatten on northern oats and timothy hay. He asserts they grow in weight and height and improve in appearance in a marvelous manner as the stock adapts to new feed and climate.
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Texas
Timothy Hay
William Anson
Texas Farm and Ranch
Anson
Breeder Advised on Timing to Maximize Horse Sale Price
A suggestion urges keeping a horse distant from the time of birth until sale to fetch top prices. Malaria is reported as a horse trouble in South Africa, suspected to be tick transmitted. It is said curable with large doses of epsom salts niter and quinine if treated promptly.
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Ohio
Columbus
Joseph E. Wing
Chicago
South Africa
Jasper
Clar
Breachy Cattle Dogs Ally Grass Field Return
Neighbor reports cattle are hungry causing escape behavior as they move between pasture and field. The note by G D clarifies hunger is the likely cause, suggesting fences offer limited deterrence when cattle seek preferred grazing areas.
After harvest time for buying sheep and wintering
Farmers note that post harvest is an ideal window to purchase sheep and prepare them for winter conditions. The reminder highlights timing to acquire stock and ready them for colder months.
Fattening Crates and The Trap Nest in Poultry Work
Fattening crates have flat bottoms and leg weakness from one sided ration. Adding bone meal to mash or feeding cut clover and cut alfalfa helps. The trap nest is praised as a great blessing for poultry keeping. Cows should not stand in dirty pond water as it taints milk and body filth can contaminate milk during milking.
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Farmers Advocate
Water for Dairy Cattle Milk Production
Water is essential for top milk yield says Professor Erf. About 87 percent of milk is water and limited cow water reduces yield. provide pure, clean water in ample supply for best production.
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Professor Erf
Watch for leaks on the farm and cut losses
A farmer adviser warns that wasteful practices drain profits. Key leaks include a nonproductive cow likely headed for slaughter, injudicious feeding, and manure leaching. Stopping these leaks can turn pennies into profits.
Disease Among Pigeons With Proper Management
The article argues disease among pigeons deters people from poultry ventures but asserts pigeons are naturally vigorous and hardy. With regular, intelligent management, disease need not block pigeon farming.
Light Brahma Breed Praised as Profitable When Properly Handled
The New England Poultry Journal argues that the Light Brahma, once very popular, is now neglected yet remains highly profitable with proper management. Many readers share this view.
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The
New England Poultry Journal
Jasper Price's Corner Lot and the Mining Camp Rise
In a Georgia cabin Jasper Price is rebuked by his industrious wife and leaves with fiddle in hand. He finds a Montana mining camp, opens a thriving laundry, earns wealth, writes a letter home, and returns with family to settle on a ranch as prosperity shifts.
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Jasper Price
Georgia
Jasper
Dan Tucker
Rocky Mountain
Partner
de Trews
Jinny
Jacky
Lotty
Kase
William Henry
Moses
Chile
Vanity saith the Preacher during the Revolution
A tale from the French Revolution depicts a priest riding a tumbrel to the guillotine with a marquis and a common thief. Citizens shout against aristocrats as the car passes. The thief protests his lack of aristocratic status while the priest whispers that vanity is out of place.
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Kansas Experiment Station
Kherson
Frank H. Sweet
Democrat-Sun
Ilis
Africa
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