Gardening notes on pumpkins currants and fruit trees
A Victorian style column discusses pumpkins as a modest food source for cattle, currants best planted in fall, and beekeeping in hot houses for pollen distribution. It covers soil and manuring needs, garden hygiene, and a Illinois Indiana advisory on potato growth and pudding recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Os
Cincinnati
Chicago Journal
Bstimore
Alexander Heron
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Detroit Post
Farmers’ Advocate
The Peril of Bangles Involving Counterfeit Gold Pieces
A New York World report recounts a Massachusetts jeweler who minted imitation five dollar gold pieces bearing initials to charm sweethearts. Police scrutiny halted the venture. the craftsman surrendered dies and medals to avoid prison, sparing many from legal trouble and unintended bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Albert
Willis
Fred
Ames
Harry
Aleck
Bertie
DeWitt
Chrissy
Massachusetts
United States
New York
United States Detective Service
N. Y
World
Frost Prediction Sparks Apple Sale Dilemma in Cleveland
In Cleveland a farmer asks a Weather Bureau clerk to forecast a frost for the next day to save forty acres of potatoes. The farmer had sold apples after a foreseen frost ruined his harvest, and now seeks help to protect his remaining crops by predicting a further freeze to boost potato prices.
How to Make Cheap Pork From Hogs and Green Feed
A Rural New Yorker essay advises farmers to mix grazing with corn, use rye pasture in spring, and feed early to fatten hogs cheaply. It notes clover gains, pumpkins as bulk, and pairing hogs with cattle for wintering, warning against cooking feed and mad itch from undigested stalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Jones
Franklin County
Indiana
Tam
New Yorker
Dairy farm tips and ice-house building notes from a rural column
A rural column offers practical dairy advice including milk yield estimation by weight, calf timing for heifers, and fall calving benefits. It recommends building a simple ice-house half in ground for cost efficiency and explains brine packing of pound prints to preserve butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Dairy Tran
New York World
The Dairyman's Catechism Explains Butter Quality
Cor. Cotman's Rural World explains why butter becomes sour mottled soft or crumbly and how proper temperature and handling affect its texture. It details causes for white specks and methods like penny washing and brining to improve finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siegmann
Cor. Cotman
Local Contractor Advertises Low Rates for Large Jobs Abroad
An advertisement touts fast prices and excellence in design and beauty with best materials and superior workmanship. It promises estimates on large jobs solicited from abroad and guaranteed low rates on extensive work.
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Fair Play
Woldfarmer
Cleveland
Henry Republican
Steam Printing Office
Geo. Burt, Jr
Solumy
Teeseek Sete
Elutiona Se
BTEAM
Exanthirmati
Express C
Mallon
Magneton Appliance CO
State St
Chicago
Soran Boon
I. Kurtz
Baycom
Philadelphia
Valentine Bros
Janesville
Wm. Garretson & Co
Clark St
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R’yy
Atlantia
Pacific
Joliet
Peoria
Ottawa
la Salle
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Ilinoia
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Keokuk
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Fairfield
Des Moinea
West Liberty
Iowa City
Avoca
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Center
Councal Bluffs
Toway Callatin
Trenton
Cameron
Kansas City
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas
Great Rock Island
Pullman
Missouri River
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Seneca
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
Indianapolis
la Fayette
Councy Bluffs
Canada
R. R. Cable
ST. John
Pras
T & Gen
T'k
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