Agricultural Musings From a Bygone Era on Farming and plants
A collage of farming notes touches on home ownership, sun heat estimates, humane sheep protection, drought wheat prospects, grass and pasture recommendations, corn seed value, barley yields, raspberry plant removal, artichoke hog feed, portable engines, oats and horse runaways, cattle feed, planting times for geraniums and bedding flowers, manure spreaders, plows, dairy butter coloring, horse trading honesty, bluegrass range hay, steady land productivity, Colorado water rights, transplanting seedlings and tree trimming for root growth, and new shoots after transplant.
Planting and farming notes from an early 1900s periodical
The article surveys agricultural methods and curiosities from Babcock tests to fertilization and tillage, notes on sugar pricing, pig health tied to corn prices, beef quality, fencing machines in Australia, and potatoes planting strategy. It covers rye, turf, strawberry bed mulching, penitentiary road labor in the Carolinas and Georgia, alfalfa trials in Minnesota, barnyard runoff, New Zealand taxation rights on property, domestic labor, and pruning and climate impacts on fruit trees. It closes with lightning casualty stats for 1900 and Arbor Day remarks stressing practical tree care and proper planting.
Chrysanthemums Among Our Winter Blooming Pet Flowe
Chrysanthemums are among our best paying flowers for winter bloom, set in spring and reared like vegetables. In August lift and pot in groups, bury pots eighteen inches apart, fertilize with liquid manure, water well, and keep indoors from late October. Prune for shape and pinch off extra buds for finer blossoms.
Land Skinking and Soil Depletion in Mississippi Valley
The land skinning process advances across the fertile Mississippi valley, where rains erode hillsides and weeds strip nutrients. Tenant farming serves as a steady drainage of soil, threatening long term fertility and signaling soon the need for commercial fertilizers. Continuous extraction without restitution risks exhausting the land the Lord made.
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Great
Mississippi Valley
Delaware
Virginia
Destruction of a Blackbird Swamp
A vast western swamp once breeding millions of blackbirds was burned in a dry year. When the marsh recovered it carried new grasses, birds disappeared, and the land was later drained and now yields seventy five bushels of corn per acre.
Plums for the Northwest Types and Top Varieties
Northwest gardeners seek hardy Americana plums suited to local climate. Recommended proven varieties include Wyant De Soto Hawkeye Stoddard Hammer and Rockford noted for reliability and quality.
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Northwest
Pacific Coast
North West
Stoddard
Hammer
Rockford
Ride If You Can Use Horses To Save Labor On Farm
The article urges using horses instead of extra hired help for farm tasks such as plowing dragging seeding and cultivating. An extra horse, used intelligently, can save labor worth about one third of a hired man’s season value, despite neighborhood mockery.
Rape and Sheep on Western Farm Field Trial
A western farmer sowed three pounds of rape seed per acre on eighty acres of oats and housed 800 sheep, ten per acre, on the crop. The sheep fed on rape until October, were shipped to Chicago, and netted $800 above their purchase price. Also notes praise for the water elm as a hardy shade tree with few pests and strong drought tolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
Tuberculosis and Dairy Herds Public Concern Remains
The article notes persistent tuberculosis risk in dairy herds and ongoing public concern. It disputes scientists’ claim that the disease cannot pass from animals to humans, highlighting how such assurances have eased but not eliminated fear.
Artist of nerve on Alpine glacier ends in tragedy and art
Architect Viollet le Duc, 9000 feet up Schwarzenberg glacier, sacrifices himself to save guide Baptiste. Baptiste falls but is rescued after three hours with four peasants. Viollet le Duc is saved by a ice block and continues to sketch the novel scenes despite icicles and peril.
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Viollet le Duc
Schwarzenberg
Baptiste
M. Viollet de Duc
Viollet le Due
Turing
Amusing Dresden Anecdote Over a Finger Soap Bath
An elderly landtag member in Dresden, after a minor finger mishap, receives a doctor’s suggestion for a soap bath. A medical bill for 10 marks follows, then a lawyer’s note for 10 marks for egal advice. The landtag commission rules his refusal to pay and fines him a basket of champagne. the finger is healed but the lesson costly.
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Dresden
Landtag
Paris Statues Reflect Violence Behind Fame
Paris hosts more statues than any city and new monuments arise daily. A notable thread is that many figures honored there died violently, including Danton, La Voisier, Jeanne d Arc, Henry IV, Etienne Marcel, Marshal Ney and Condorcet, illustrating the mutability of public judgment.
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Paris
Pans
Danton
Lavoisier
Jeanne d'Arc
Etienne Delet
Henry IV
Etienne Marcel
Marshal Ney
Condorcet
Passing Around the Bier Misstep by a Clergyman
A New York clergyman notes students love long words and Latin lines yet fear convention. He recalls a promising candidate assigned to a funeral who avoided the usual viewing invitation and said, The congregation will now pass around the bier. The remark, observed in the New York Tribune, shows humorous misreading of funeral etiquette.
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New York City
New York Tribune
Sleepy Guest Tripped Up by Wary Wife in Hyde Park
A Chicago judge faces public shame after visiting Hyde Park for dinner and falling asleep in a large leather chair while his hostess entertained. His wife erupts, recalling his long talking and the night ends with her wearying accusation and tears.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
Bour
Chicago News
Silk Cotton Tree in Nassau Bahamas a century old wonder
A silk cotton tree native to South America thrives in Nassau with roots swelling into buttresslike limbs six to twelve feet high. Painted over 200 years ago by John Miller it draws curious visitors as its knotty branches form dark hollows. Seed pods yield a soft silk filling used in pillows and mattresses, one of several specimens on New Providence.
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South America
Nassau
Bahama Islands
John Miller
New Providence
Buttered Exun Recipe For Buttered Egg On Toast
A dated cooking snippet describes making buttered eggs with three essences melted into butter, seasoned with pepper and salt, then finished with more butter and a splash of cream or white sauce. Serve immediately on buttered toast, as BOON as possible.
If You Were J Would Marry In The Spring Or Fall
A humorous exchange quoted from the Chicago Post features a friend asking about marriage timing. The response asserts choosing the earliest wedding date upon securing a min and emphasizes haste over season. The lighthearted mock dialogue reflects social expectations of relationship timing.
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Chicago Post
Career and Character of Abraham Lincoln Address
Joseph Choate, ambassador to Great Britain, discusses Lincoln from early life and struggles to his later years and administration. The address, published by the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul railway, is available for six cents postage to FL A. Miller in Chicago.
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Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Choate
Great Britain
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
FL A. Miller
Chicago
Tourist Sleeping Cars and Rail Fares to Pacific Coast
A travel notice lists low fares via Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Chicago to Helena Butte Anaconda Ogden Salt Lake City costs 30 dollars with Spokane 30.50 and Portland Seattle Tacoma Vancouver Victoria at 33 dollars. Maps and details available from local agents or A de Cleveland 234 Superior Street Cleveland Ohio.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Victoria
Pacific Coast
A. de Cleveland
Superior Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Travel Like Princes on the Pioneer Limited Service
Those who saw the special train used by Prince Henry of Prussia compare it with regular trains and note that the Pioneer Limited cars in daily service between Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis offer superior buffet, compartment, and standard sleeping cars. Travelers can enjoy princely travel and better overall service.
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H. BR
H. Prince Henry of
Prussia
United States
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
California Illustrated Prospectus by Chicago Northwestern
The Chicago 400 illustrated travel journal highlights California scenery with high quality tinted half tones and perfect typography. Copies available free on request or mailed for two cents postage from W. B. Kniskern, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
California
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
The New Overland Limited Train to California Tour
A $50 round trip from Chicago to California on The New Overland Limited departs Chicago at 8 p m with three days en route. Features include new drawing room sleeping cars observation cars with telephone dining cars buffet library cars barber electric lighting and two other daily departures. Tourist car excursions to California Oregon and Washington offered. Apply to A F Cleveland 234 Superior Street Cleveland Ohio.
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California, Chicago, & Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Overland Limited
California
Oregon
Washington
A. F. Cleveland
Superior Street
Cleveland, O
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Kansas
Missouri
North Dakota
Jerseys
Jersey
Supreme Court
Colorado
Arkansas River
Wrier
Cop Right
Suse Es
Hayes
France
Peru
Brazil
Germany
Australia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Minnesota
New Zealand
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Jake
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Massillon
A. W. Chase
Andrew Street
Short East Street
Joseph Huth
East Shory St
E §Cena
Dr. A. W. Chase
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Washington St
Buffalo, N. Y
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