Diverse farm notes and agricultural speculation from an old column
A scattered array of rural observations on prices and crops. Navel oranges at $2.10 per box, dairy costs tied to cow feed, and a willow tree that could yield seventy cords per acre in fifteen years. Mentions of English beer for farm hands, Booker Washington on soil cultivation, Minnesota wild mustard penalties, beet sugar defenses, and fluctuating freight impacts on crop sales. Comments on Italian fruit imports, turkeys and oranges, women’s property rights, English walnuts in New Jersey, and a North Woods labor payroll experiment.
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South Dakota
American boy jockeys for king of England and a beet setback
An American youth of about twenty one, weighing ninety pounds, is set to earn a higher salary than the U S president as a horse jockey under contract with the king of England. The king prefers American riders, often winning with them. In a separate note, a stockman who bred steer calves to fatten them stalled after selling in Chicago for six dollars per hundredweight, while soon fat baby beet cattle sold for thirty dollars, showing an overcautious beet program produced unprofitable stock.
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The
United States
Chicago
Short Corn Crop Troubles 1901 Pressures Dairy Feeds
The 1901 corn shortfall drives high prices hurting dairy interests and cattle feeders. Winter conditions make dairy farming unprofitable as dairy product prices fail to cover food costs. Corn at 65 cents and beef pork around five to six cents a pound worsen the outlook for stockmen and grain producers alike.
Thinning the Fruit and the Gender Question in Farm Life
A horticultural note argues for timely thinning of orchard fruit to maintain quality and tree vitality, citing peach growers in Michigan, Delaware, Georgia and western prune operations. It contrasts farm labor roles, asserting limited male involvement in chores may harm efficiency while discussing broader gender expectations and domestic labor dynamics.
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Michigan
Delaware
Georgia
Orange and Prune Wen
Manorver
Wade Buw
OLR Small Farm Plans Mixes Crops With Orchard Space
The writer describes a small forty acre farm plan featuring sugar bush, 3004 apple trees mainly Wealthy, and diverse crops including clover corn melons potatoes and berries. A sixteen foot strip under trees remains unused for crops then buckwheat cover. Stock includes two Jersey cows 150 hens and six hogs. The aim is self sufficiency with some sale potential, noting farming lessons and value of new methods.
Permanent Pastures and Boy Training in Rural Life
In the western range, native grasses offer the best permanent pasture when soils suit. overfeeding invites weeds, while proper sowing of bluegrass, timothy, and clover helps poorer lands. Overstocking ruins pastures, rotating stock improves endurance, and early spring sowing with scarification aids establishment. The essay also urges early moral and intellectual training of boys like puppies, arguing fathers should guide development rather than rely on heredity.
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Missouri
Grafting Method Pinched From Cotton Cloth Wraps
A nurseryman endorses a grafting convenience using fake old cotton cloth soaked in wax. When warmed the cloth is applied to the graft area, cooled and cut into strips. The scion is wrapped with these waxed strips to secure the union, simplifying grafting beyond the traditional method.
Modern Dwelling Big Room House for Town or Country
A 1902 design outlines a big room house suitable for city or suburb plots of twenty five feet frontage. It describes a hall via side porch, a parlor with three windows and corner fireplace, a dining room with folding doors, and a kitchen with dresser and sink. The plan includes a two floor layout with a rear bath, open plumbing, concrete footing notes, and detailed cellar and flooring specifications.
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CL. Voun
Twenty-fourth Street
New York
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Alent
West
Booker Washington
Moses
Minnesota
San Prencisco
East
Andere
Am &E
Turkey
Faler
New Jersey
Kentucky
West Virginia
California
North Woods
Winneapolis
Bane
SEERA
J. Si Rigg
Kit
Hove
Towa
Koo
OKA
Ron
PiRel
Ico
J. M.groff
E. P. Coulter
North Lawrence
Ohio
Dannemiller’s
Capital
Lion
S. F. Wefler
Pe~we Independent Company
Warthorst & Co
Massillon
North Western Limited
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth and St. Paul
Fast Mail
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Duluth
W. B. Ewisekeern
G. P
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