Experiments in Breeding Horses for U S Cavalry
Government plans to breed horses for the army offered mare owners access to first class stallions at a fair price with US options on foals. August Belmont offered two stallions for trials near Front Royal Virginia, but farmers showed limited willingness. By 1912 many mares were offered, and the Agriculture Department circulated Circular 178 detailing the plan.
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Henry of Navarre
Front Royal
Virginia
Brieg
United States
Army
Congress
August Belmont
New York
Henry of
Navarre
Ortagon
War Department
Duresu of Animal Industry
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Eggs per Hen and Year in Historical Poultry Records
The text discusses egg production by hens, noting averages around one dozen per hen under general estimates and ten dozen from farm reports. It suggests improved breeding could raise annual output to about 160 eggs per hen, with exceptional records near 200 eggs but unlikely due to molting periods and limited days in a year.
Jersey bull a speedy racer creates sensation in Penesyvanis
A four year old, 1100 pound fawn Jersey bull named Jersey Bull A Speedy Racer has drawn attention for pace and docility. Owned by Cape, the animal can race a wire in harness under 2 40 and is ridden easily in the ashdie. The Kansas wheat crop report notes winter wheat yield 35 percent above other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashdie
Penesyvanis
Kansas
United States Department of Agriculture
Union
Range lambs return profits from home grown forage
The article argues feeding range lambs utilizes farm forage and by products to profit with cheap grain and concentrates. It notes sheep can be fed with less grain, increasing profits as grain prices rise, while improving soil fertility and offering a winter stock feeding option for busy farmers.
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Kellet
Corn Belt
England
Starting In Hogs For Energetic Farmer Venture
The article advises that the capital needed to start hog raising is modest and, with prudent management, yields fair profits in the first year. it emphasizes careful planning and energetic effort to succeed in swine farming as a business venture.
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mother in Michigan
A Scottville Michigan mother praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming it cured her family’s health issues and helped her eldest daughter with painful irregularities. She urges others to use the remedy and praises its safety, noting it contains native roots and herbs with no narcotics.
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Scottville
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
E Pinkham
J.C. Jomo
Rfc
Why Should I Use Cuticura Soap
An elderly advertisement style piece extols Cuticura Soap as more than a skin care product, praising its preventive and purifying virtues, economical use, and versatile benefits for hair and scalp, inviting readers to request a free sample and booklet from Cuticura Dept. L Boston.
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Cuthara.” Dept. L. Boston
Bern
Akin
Make Yourself a Christmas Present of a Cash Register
Samuel Untermeier cites a commercial traveler who tells a storekeeper to gift himself a cash register. The device would track receipts and expenditures and guide budgeting. The storekeeper replies he already has such a tool, and nods to his wife in the cash register cage as a genial, reverent joke.
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Charlee Wolcott
Binnes
Samuel Untermeier
New York
Pittebure
Laborers Dig Shares in New Mexico Ranch System
A New Mexico ranch manager offers a Mexican worker half the digs or half the ground under a profit sharing scheme. The discussion reveals a common labor practice tied to performance and placement on the ranch, reflecting the era's employment methods.
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New Mexico
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Jersey Bull
Cape
Range Lambs
Cnn
Mace
Landit
Senate
Lewir
Winslow
Winaker Bey
Albert E
Warren
Allen S Olmstod
le Roy, N
Beat Society
Fletcher
Mary Walker
Anele
Dr Walker
T S Magazine
Tommy
Grealp
Garfield
Theos. M. Bown
Springfield
Neleh
New York Episcopal Church
Gresser
William Pink
Mrooklvn. SN
New York Court
Bperial Beer
Thearme
Carter's Tite Laver Wits
Carter Mechine Chm
FPR
Pindal
Theley
Wou Town
Fell
Alabastine Company
Eremevnte Baed, Raed Kg Let Ke
Hever
Ely Eller
W.w. U. ST. Louis
Lizzie White
Memphis
Teen
BR. ¥. Pierce
Avery
Poore
Kere Farin
Savannah
Southern Oil & Ink CO
F.O. B
Mra Tetia Thomas
Cal
Testa
Paterson
Sloan
Sloans
van Vieet
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