How to Produce a New Variety of Wheat
An in depth guide outlines selecting superior heads from a trusted farmer, preparing rich ground, sowing mid April, and strict yearly culling to prevent degeneracy. It argues seed purity and isolated seed banks maintain quality and yield increases across generations, comparing to stable cattle breeding and Nile Valley wheat. It also notes industrial value in propagating prolific grain, urging farmers to adopt horticultural care for better, larger heads and kernels.
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Ayrshire
Nile
Egypt
Dieting Poultry in Disease and Health by J N Topp
An old essay outlines poultry feeding for disease, recommending fats oils lactic acid and lime from meat milk eggs ground bone greens and grains. It notes diet for roup and other illnesses, emphasizes cleanliness in confinement, suggests grains oysters shells grit and bone meal as essentials, and advises on breeding and management practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Topp
Cbleman
Klondike Tale of a Bar Bear and a Boastful Aristocrat
A Toronto Saturday Night mockup recounts a boisterous Klondike camping tale told by a flamboyant aristocrat. Sam Williams and Bill describe tracking a colossal bear for a dangerous hunt that ends with shots failing to hit the target until a final heart shot. The tale concludes with the room erupting in laughter as the speaker’s grandiloquent bravado collapses into comic self-importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toan
Klondike
Aristocris
Waal
Bill
Bar
Sam Williams
Toronto
Death Dealing Vermin Exterminator Swindles Mrs Crosby
In Detroit Free Press segment Mrs Crosby, tidying for spring, is interrupted by a caller representing De Forrests. The sales pitch touts a “Death Dealing Vermin Exterminator” bottle. Miss De Forrest leaves a bottle with Mrs Crosby and ten cents in De Forrest’s purse as part of a noted scam.
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de Forrests
Dee Forrest
Mrs. Grosby
Biles de Forrest
Caid
Mra Beng
Feat
Miss Decard
the Botthe
Detroit Free Presa
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Rurataustralia
Br “GouLsuay Watler
Francis Shaw
Chicago
Shaw
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Sdeitante
Cigago
Raneid
Derp Molan
Lincoln Park
Laflin Memorial Building
Raenswood
New York
Paris
Phallac
Milo F. Walker
Chicago University
Chicago High School
Agricultural Department
Washington
Wilson
Creamery Journal
Twos
U.S.A
Prejdion
Hioqndire
Marvelos
Her
Was DE Forrest
Cayenne
Willie Aero
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