Home Course in Scientific Agriculture by W J Spillman
A detailed portrait of a southeastern Pennsylvania dairy farm operating on fifteen acres. It relies on stable manure from thirty stock, with no external fertilizers, and a strict daily routine. The system emphasizes heavy on-farm forage, three-part daily rations, two silos, year round cow care, and meticulous soil and crop management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Spillman
Agriculturist
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Quick Wit at Poitiers Ruse by Ramsay and Douglas
In the Poitiers battle of 1856 Scottish soldiers aided the French. Sir Archibald Douglas was captured in armor. Sir William Ramsay pretended anger and ordered Douglas to pull off boot. Ramsay exposed the ruse, ransom collected, Douglas beaten, then escaped thanks to Ramsay's trickery.
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William Ramsay
Poitiers
Sir Archibald Douglas
William Romaay
Colluthie
Sir Archibald
Rascal
Douglas
Sir William
Ramsay
Archibald
Bulls in Parliament and Other Snippets
A collage notes Lord Balfour of Burleigh and peers delivering witty quips in Parliament. It also includes a humorous Exchange about organizing clubs and a Chicago quip on Browning. Plus a brief notice on Kamchatka salmon varieties and the May run timing for chavitcha, king salmon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Chicago Record-Herald
Kamchatka
Okhotsk
Questioning a Child About Hush in a Joking Exchange
A child asks what hush means and explains his sister’s hair was mussed after her beau visited. The mother responds with gentle curiosity as the boy probes the idea of hush in a playful domestic scene from the Chicago News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Chicago News
Deadlier and Safer Plum Pudding Plot Quoted
A Louisville Courier Journal passage cites a chilling exchange about delivering a bomb hidden in a plum pudding to assassinate a czar. The dialogue questions safety and effectiveness, echoing a grim debate on method and risk.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Ford Universal Car
Detroit
Andy's Garage
Broadway Long Branch
N. J
Ocean and
Eatontown
Long
Buy
Atlantic City
NEW Jersey Central
Long Branch
Hotel Directory
Price's Hotel
DE Lisle
Pleasure Bay
Shrewsbury
New England
Allaire
New York
Sandant” Cadinle' Berl
Ww. R. Warwick
Broadway
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
England
India
Craig
W. Hart Dyke
Lord Halsbury
William
London
LONG BRANCH, N._J
Cook’s
New Spring
Cocookk
Cookman Ave
Main St
Asbury Park, N. J
Farrar
Long Branch Daily Record
Grandma
Edison Mazda Lamp
United States
Esteen
Stel
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