Liquid manure loss in Wisconsin farms shown as huge value
Prof E B Hart of Wisconsin College of Agriculture warns that liquid excrement contains two thirds of nitrogen four fifths of potash and most of the phosphoric acid in manure and is far more available to plants than solid dung. He cites Wisconsin farm counts and estimates annual losses of about 26 million dollars from careless handling and improper barn practices.
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E. B. Hart
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Wisconsin
United States
Gata
Answers to Live Questions on College Courses and Agriculture
Registration for the winter short course begins Saturday November 30 and for the ten day farmers course Monday January 27. There is no tuition charge for farmers course and the short course is free to state residents. For the short course there is a $6.60 incidental fee a $5.00 laboratory fee and a $2.00 breakage and key deposit. Beet tops make silage when combined with corn fodder and cut properly. Manure, when spread and dried, does not lose valuable constituents but rains move it to where needed. Germination tests on timothy take about ten days including eight days for germination and one or two for load. Tuberculosis of cattle has been shown to be dangerous to humans.
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K. L. Hatob
B. Hart
Timothy
Sant
Ince
Ioad
A. L. Stone
Hall's Catarrah Cure and Curio on Ornithorhynchus
A 19th century advertisement bundle touts Hall's Catarrah Cure claiming a universal cure with a money-back promise and testimonials. It also extols the platypus Ornithorhynchus paradoxus as a remarkable egg-laying mammal with a composite of otter beaver swan duck and fox features.
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Australia
Grateful invalid seeks guidance from Rev Conner in Indianapolis
A reader afflicted with consumption bronchitis and other lung ailments writes Rev E S Conner of 323 Layman Ave Indianapolis inviting guidance after his recovery. He offers to share the full method used. Also lists assorted produce and livestock prices such as onions potatoes butter eggs beef pork veal and hides reflecting a period rural economy.
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Conner
Layman Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
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