Agricultural Musings From Texas and Nearby States
A survey of farming notes covers Texas cattle feeding for Cuba, drought in Missouri, red clover value, calf nutrition, milk handling at home, silo work, millet as a corn substitute, and millet use in northern harvests. It discusses rural communications, neighborly conduct, drainage improvements, a Texas sugar mill for penitentiary sugar land, horse training profits, and a community response to mad dog scares.
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North Dakota
State of
Texas
Penitentiary
Farm wisdom and market outlooks from agricultural notes
The article surveys farm practices and rural economy, noting orchard spacing, meat prices, and rainfall myths. It argues buyers shape markets, warns against overproduction, and urges breed consistency, fruit tree care, and school-led agro-education. It also critiques desert reclamation limits and irrigation feasibility on hilly land.
Mutual telephone co operatives grow in west and northwest
Farmers Mutual Telephone company plans forming networks across the west and northwest. Ten to twenty patrons needed, with about $30 per patron to install a complete system. Costs reduced if farmers supply poles and build lines. A line connected to a central station links to other networks, with low maintenance costs aside from sleet and lightning damage.
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Mutual Telephone Companies
Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Company
West
Northwest
The Farmer’s Wife Reworks Flour Sacks For Summerwear
A farmer’s wife prints in an agricultural paper about using empty flour sacks for children’s summer underwear and how to wash out the flour brand. A branded sack labeled Lords Best led to churchyard snickering when revealed by a child, prompting the wife to later reuse sacks as dishcloths.
Timber Culture Returns on Second Growth Forest Land
Analyzes annual timber growth on twenty year old second growth hard maple hickory and oak on a tract valued at 80 per acre for farming. Estimates two cords per acre yearly worth about 5 dollars in the tree and compares this income to land value and taxes, noting timber culture offers little financial reward.
Cheap Eastern Farms Offer Bargains for Busy Buyers
The writer argues eastern farms prove real bargains despite poorer soils. Good buildings, orchards, proximity to markets, and ready labor help offset soil gaps. A diligent farmer could profit with poultry fruit and cattle, while the lazy should head west where eastern farms’ wastes become profits elsewhere.
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Grant
From Buck and Bright to Modern Plows on the Farm
The narrator recalls starting farming in 1853 with oxen Buck and Bright and a soft iron plow that would not scour in sand. Early work scraped mold board, turning about three quarters of an acre daily, while Sunday school and sermons tried to keep them from slipping from grace. They later used three sixteen hundred pound Normans with a sulky plow, turning three to four acres per day, and called it the most pleasant farm work.
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Buck
Bright
Weeder Trial Aims to Cut Weeds Before Planting
We shall try the weeder instead of the corn cultivator this year to give land extra prep before planting. If rainfall allows, we believe corn can be cared for with less work and better results than by other methods. The weeder mostly prevents weed growth, covering much ground daily to curb early weed establishment.
Wells versus Rivers a farm water supply comparison
The article argues a well on elevated ground with gravity feed is superior to a river water supply for farm use. It notes wind or gasoline powered wells protect barns and pastures from fencing and waste land loss associated with river water.
Reversible and Extension Disks Harvest Orchard Interest
Farmers praise a reversible extension disk harrow with eight disks that cuts four feet wide when folded. It pulverizes soil, leaves a level surface, and is easily pulled by two horses. Marketed for orchard vineyard and garden use.
Homemade Green and White Cottage Bedroom Furnishings
Plans for a summer cottage bedroom featuring a corner washstand and a standing dressing table built from simple pine and a flour barrel. The project uses sage green walls, cream ceiling, white woodwork, and home-made accessories like a shirt waist box and various fabric linings. The article emphasizes comfort, practicality, and economical, creative solutions for moderate means.
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Suimmer
Inland commerce holds steady in Western livestock markets
Treasury statistics show no material drop in receipts at five Western markets for the first four months of 1902 with 10,076,373 head received versus 10,106,495 in 1901. April cattle demand at Chicago rose from 1900 but lagged 1901. hogs and sheep fell below 1900 and 1901.
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Washington
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha
St. Joseph
Northwest
Minneapolis
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Seaboard
Great Lakes
Sault Ste.Marie Canala
Portage Lake
Southern Territory
Texas Territory
Atlantic States
New Orleans
Galveston
Fashions of Spring Show New Costumes and Embroidery
The piece outlines spring fashion trends with walking costumes in silver gray taffeta and pale blue china crape outfits. It notes ushering in flat low hats, lace embroidery on gowns, long fluted skirts, and garlands of chiffon flowers, predicting large hats and poke fronts for summer attire.
Asparagus Tonga Serves As Separate Course With Tongs
Asparagus is now served as a separate course with individual tongs instead of fingers. The tongs are pretty and convenient with solid or perforated claws and curled ends to grip the delicate stalks. Handles resemble old sugar tongs but are shorter.
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Tonga
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