Home, Farm and Garden Notes on Food Preservation and Farming
Rough handling disturbs horses while ample water and pasture keep stock healthy. Boil fruit to prevent fermentation and ensure pickles benefit. A Canadian horticulturist shades gooseberries to deter birds, yielding large berries. Feeding meal dry without roughage harms digestion. mix with hay or straw. Proper drainage boosts early garden yields. sandy soils need underlay. Veal salad combines cold veal with celery and a spiced egg dressing.
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Troy Times
Rusk
Cleveland
New England
Handsome Black Dresses and Lace Trimmings Preview
Harper's Bazar outlines ornate black dresses with basques, drapery, and varied trims. It details silk, satin, grosgrain, and crape fabrics, lace flounces, China crape basques, and Princesse styles. The piece notes lace dresses as a summer fashion trend with elaborate flounces and embroidered details.
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Sarah
Loweeen
Harper's Bazar
Fall Plowing and Clover Sod for Superior Corn Yields
The article argues for using clover sod and fall plowing to boost corn production. It stresses red clover as best for manure, emphasizes turning sod in autumn for quicker decomposition, and warns against shallow seed beds and improper stalk disposal. It also covers plowing depth, proper use of rollers, harrows, and the need for thorough seed-bed preparation to ensure strong corn growth.
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Drouth
Dairy milk yield and milker task guidelines from The Dairy
Prof Brown of the Ontario model farm says an average dairy cow yields twenty pounds of milk daily for 200 days yearly with eight pounds of cream per 100 pounds of milk and ten pounds of cheese per 100 pounds of milk. The piece discusses feeds, butter quality, and manning a dairy, noting that proper handling and matching workers to cows affects output and butter quality.
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Prof
Brown
Ontario Model Farm
Caldwell
Darky
What Our Cows Are Doing A New England Farmer Theme
The piece explains dairy production in the United States, detailing average milk yield per cow, annual and seasonal totals, butter and cheese shares, and per person consumption. It cites census figures of about 15 million cows, with over 12 million on farms, and estimates the national beef equivalent required to replace yearly milk.
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United States
New England
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Joliet
Peoria
Ottawa
la Salle
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Ifllin
Pullman
Missouri River
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Seneca
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
la Fayette
Council
Canada
R. R. Cable
E. ST. John
T & Gran
Qen
Feed For the Family Cow In Milk Diet
Advice from the Detroit Post on feeding a milking cow with bran and cotton seed meal in small amounts to boost milk. Recommend corn meal oats and corn stalks for starch, with five pounds bran four pounds corn meal two pounds cotton seed meal daily for a fair-sized cow. Wheat bran favored over buckwheat for digestibility and richness.
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Detroit Post
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