Improving the Beef Cattle Type
The Union Stockyards chairman John A. Spoor notes a seven year wait for adequate beef steers and suggests cattle raisers focus on improving breeding stock quality. Highland cattle, prized in Britain for hardiness and high beef quality, may suit Northwest ranges though late maturity limits feeder interest. a Throughland bull owned by W M Van Norden of Rye, NY is shown.
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Union Stockyards
John A. Spoor
Iowa Lomestead
Mr. Spoor
United States
British Isles
Great Britain
Scotland
W. M. van Norden
Rye
Beating the Low Grade Cattle: A Seven Year Beef Herd Plan
The article argues for replacing low grade steerage with superior beef bulls in corn belt herds. It warns against market gluts but predicts short downturns and emphasizes rewarding farmers who invest in higher ideals. It notes rising population and land use shifts toward grain and urges building strong beef cattle herds, gira or pure bred, for long term gains.
Profit in feeding the beef bred steer emphasized
St L Hill writes in O Judd Farmer that feeders know the profitable steer is bred and raised for beef, not a scrub. The well bred animal yields thick flesh and high priced cuts, while inferior stock wastes feed and fails to cover bones.
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St. L. Hill
O Judd
Dimal
Sheep Like Variety in Rations for Better Wool and Meat
A historical note argues that variety in sheep diets boosts wool and mutton production. It suggests mixing oats and bran with shelled corn to improve condition, reduce total grain needs, and promote growth and tissue maintenance in flocks.
Horse Wisdom for Young Draft Horses
Advice for preparing young farm horses for spring service. Break to a steady drive, avoid damp evening work, and maintain temper during training. Buyers want style and weight in draughts, so ensure roomy paddocks and daily exercise on fair days. Start colt handling early and progress gradually.
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Fisk
Precautions for Brood Mare Treatment to Prevent Abortion
A. Miac donald writes in Rutland New Yorker on protecting an in foal mare. Avoid treatments or exertion that could trigger abortion, especially from stallion or gelding interference. Emphasizes nutrition with oats, bran, clover hay, roots, dried wheat, barley, or oats as needed, and careful winter housing to reduce slipping. Avoid deep snow and icy water. limit hard work and provide steady feed, with dried grains during danger of abortion.
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A. Miacdonald
Ruti New Yorker
Teast
Tankage For Hogs A Favored Feed The Farmer Says
John O Dunlap cites Country Gentleman praising tankage as an ideal hog feed when used with corn. A ration of one part tankage to ten parts corn satisfies hogs of all ages and warm slop in winter promotes better water intake and overall condition. Farmers note pigs prefer tankage fed as slop to dry feed and respond well when fed in small quantities with salt and condiments during summer.
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John O Dunlap
The Patiala Cow and Dairy Economics
The Patiala Cow discusses dairy economics noting that high producing cows yield more net profit despite higher upkeep. It claims large producers do not proportionally consume feed versus small producers, a concept difficult for many cow owners to grasp. Kansas Farmer.
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Kansas
Farrowing Time Feed Advice for Sows and Pigs
Farmers are advised to adjust sow diets around farrowing. Avoid corn for a few weeks before and after farrowing. Provide more nitrogenous feeds like alfalfa to support the sow and pig growth until the pigs are veined.
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Cat
Animal Life Lifespans Revealed Across Species
The piece catalogs lifespan ranges for many creatures from May fly for hours to elephant and swan reaching up to two centuries. It notes humans average about 33 years, contrasting with animal lifespans and highlighting the disparity in life expectancy across the animal kingdom.
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Animal Kingdom
Rica
Insult Sparks confrontation at employment agency scene
A haberdashery head storms into an employment agency demanding an interview and accuses the agency of falsely portraying interns as collectors. He asserts none of the agency’s men has ever taken a dollar, while libel concerns loom as he speaks.
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Haberdashery
New York Times
It Might Have Been Worse Twain Joke At A Station
Mark Twain on a lecture tour stalls at a station with townsmen as a grim tea critique from Josmanway and Dr Febnsen surfaces in the London Chronicle. Twain jokes about dying and witnesses, while readers hear a debate over tea’s social harms and national vigor.
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Mark Twain
Tecture Committee
Twain
Josmanway
Tse
China
Febnsen
Hanwiy
London Chronicle
More Than Was Asked In A Puck Snapshot
The old tombstone in quaint fashion asks a passerby to pause. A beautiful girl reads the inscription and begins to weep, but her mother reproves her. Cecilia, why can you not have restraint you were asked merely to drop a tear and you have burst into several.
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Cecilia
Puck
Patronizing Papa and the Dry Bread Debate
An excerpt from Londor Opinion in National Monthly shows a father scolding children for daintiness at bread, recalling his own frugal youth. A wife questions a boast about marriage, while the husband defends a simple explanation to critics, highlighting domestic tensions.
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Papa
Bobby
National Monthly
Aviator Advantage Cited Over Meo In Baltimore American
An old Baltimore American line notes a single big edge an aviator has over others, suggesting superiority in grappling or control while downplaying other advantages. The fragment emphasizes conquest of the earth without being called crabby.
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Baltimore American
Not Like the National Game Geraldine Kissing Exchange
Dialogic exchanges show economical slang and stage banter with playful innuendo as characters discuss kissing and a game in dim light. The piece cites Lippincott's and the New York Times, reflecting cross publication references and a humorous tone.
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Geraldine
Gerald
New York Times
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