Seed corn testing and grain diet for fowls in Ohio
Ohio State University guidance urges testing every ear of seed corn before planting to ensure high germination, warning that stands range from 44 to 96 percent. It describes a home tester method with sand, muslin, and numbered ears, plus advice on grain diets for poultry to save labor and boost egg production.
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T. L. Wheeler
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Fe Ohio Experiment Station
Ohio
Agronomy Department
Ohio State Unive
Evi
New Rake Adaptable With Adjustable Teeth and Handle
A New Jersey inventor describes a rake with teeth adjustable at multiple angles and distances. The handle pivots at the head to stay tight, allowing the teeth to straddle rows of plants to protect them from injury. The device is gaining popularity among eastern gardeners.
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New Jersey
Portable chick shipping crate described in illustration
An illustrated shipping crate for day old chicks shows a wooden tray design of four compartments, burlap top, bran or alfalfa bottom, and 15 inch spacing between sections. Each compartment holds up to 29 chicks, totaling about 240 per crate, suitable for convenient, inexpensive transport.
Squirrel and Ants Threat in Monterey Forest Control Drive
Government tests in Monterey national forest California target rodents amid plague fears. Since July sixty eight thousand to eighty six thousand squirrels examined in the district with about nine hundred thousand dollars spent locally and statewide and an additional five hundred thousand dollars contributed by counties.
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Monterey National Forest
California
Use with Fertilizers Separate Application for Manure and Wood Ashes
The article describes using fertilizer components and manure. It warns against mixing wood ashes with hen manure before applying as lime can release ammonia and cause loss. If manure is worked several inches deep first, then ashes are spread and incorporated, ammonia remains in the soil. Separate application preserves nutrient value for crops.
Marker for a stump farm and endive growing notes
An illustrated stump farm marker proves handy to a single worker. Endive can be sown in cold frames or open ground anytime in summer, with brown or white-leaved varieties yielding tender, attractive foliage. Detailed notes describe plant varieties, storage, and winter keeping.
Fragments Brighten a Faded Farming Tip Sheet
A garbled OCR passage offers assorted farming advice on beekeeping, crop care, and farm implements. It hints at practical needs for the professional farmer, noting frost sensitivity, manure odor, and the value of reading and study for better garden and field results.
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Rman
Downeas
Telford Method Vs MacAdam Driveway Construction
Telford favored a layered stone foundation with a large base stone and progressively smaller stones to the top, topped by pulverized breaker dust, contrasting with MacAdam's uniform stone road. A dry subgrade and proper drainage are essential, followed by selecting hard, breakable stone for the driveway base and layers.
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Telford
Agricultural tips and farm notes from a dairy and crop guide
Fragmented farming advice covers crop care and orchard work, calf feeding, pasture management, breeding timing, dairy practices, weed and pest control, root crops, and greenhouse seed sowing. It emphasizes disking before plowing, grass for calves, barn cleanliness, and early season garden planting with cautions on seedling success.
Youth Lives in the Pass Hayton Wis Gustave Bauman
Gustave Bauman of Hayton Wisconsin raised his adopted son with a single aim to revive Latin. The 18 year old learned Latin from infancy, never attended school, speaks no English, and has never ridden a train or used a telephone. He reads and writes Latin fluently and regards modern life as evil.
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Hayton
Wis
Gustave Bauman
Henry Bauman
Bacumun
Rome
Europe
Bauman
Telford on trap rock driveway construction
The article explains trap rock as the rigid material for driveways and warns against heavy rolling. It advocates using one inch cube stones layered and rolled lightly per MacAdam to prevent racking, spreading, and future disintegration, noting light rolling yields a durable, wedged, immovable surface.
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Ediges
Pleplant Easy to Grow for Market Demand
Pleplant is described as easily produced commercially, yielding abundantly and simple to gather for sale. It tolerates long transport and suits four by two and a half foot rows. It must be fully tended, heavily manured, and fertilized every winter, with no plants pulled the first year, then exportable after frost or a going.
Pumpkin as a Fattening Feed Material
The notice says pumpkins will soon rival silage crops as a fattening ration. It notes high protein and ample ash and potash, balanced composition compared with other feeds for young animals. It states pumpkins can utilize about ninety percent of mature fruit for fattening.
Gutenberg Bible Sells for Fifty Thousand in New York Auction
The Gutenberg Bible from the Robert How collection sold in New York City to Henry B. Huntington for 50000 dollars. Printed between 1450 and 1465, its value lies in its historic Yookmaker’s art and the rarity, with thirty four copies known.
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New York
Robert How
New York City
Henry B. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Yookmaker
Auction notes on a vellum Inaxittetee Bible copy
A Lon auction listing praises a vellum Bible copy printed with red initial and Gothic type. The item is described as unusually pristine with full headings at St Jeremiah and Genesia, margins decorated, and a record of engraving and binding quality.
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Cutenborg
Lon
St Jeyemie
Genesia
Ritish Museum
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