Guernsey Cow Milk Record and Poultry Breeding Tips
The article notes Miss Boholink, a Guernsey cow from South Framingham, produced 12,4.7 pounds of milk in a year with 4.8 percent butter fat, equating to about 597 pounds fat. It then shifts to farm notes on safe apple use, cider making, and goose grazing. It ends with breeding advice for Turkese turkeys from Alex Johnston, recommending selecting the best hens and crossbreeding Bronze with wild stock for hardiness, kept on pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
Boholink
Alex. Johnston
Milk and butter yield records for Miss Bobolink cow
The article details Miss Bobolink's extended milking period from October 1, 1807, to January 1, 1898, yielding 2,480.5 pounds of milk at 5.3 percent butter fat and 153.37 pounds of butter, totaling 14,917.5 pounds of milk and 149.83 pounds of butter over fifteen months. It also notes the related photo date and additional milk production at the end of the period. It transitions to a discussion on crop rotation for corn and issues in corn after corn farming, citing smut spread, worm damage, and soil respect in Eastern versus Western practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobolink
Tenjer
Twin Cucumber Letter From Mr Weir Sparks Ontario Gardener
A reader named Mr Alex Weir of Ravensworth P O Muskoka Ont writes to the Montreal Herald and Star describing his first twin cucumber plant this year. He notes sending a specimen and speaks as a gardener sharing his growing success and observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. Weir
Ravensworth P. O
Muskoka
Ont
Montreal Herald and Star
Great American Hog and Trichinae Report Sparks Debate
An article notes 8000 plus trichinae illnesses and over 200 deaths linked to German meat imports over fifteen years, with minimal blame on American pork. It cites 1200 cases and 102 deaths from GRE pork and mentions a reward for catching a single infection. Also discussed are apple harvest and storage cautions to prevent bruising and decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butchers and Packers’ Magazine
Log Chicken House Construction Plan
A. I. Lord of American Agriculture outlines a log chicken coop build. Begin with sill logs 4 by 4 by 8 feet and 2 by 6 by feet, spike corners, brace inside to be plumb, then raise logs one side at a time or all sides as you go. Drive spikes into sills and logs, add a round corner jog, then spike on 2 by 4 and plate logs after completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. In. Lord
Chattanooga
Tenn
Henry Armstrong
Junto
Myra Lawrence
Myra
Kansas
Grant
Ife
Betty
Manma
Papa
Bruno
Chicago
How to Kill Lice on Hogs
Instructions from J L Irwin advise creating a hog wallow by digging a hole and filling with water to attract hogs then pouring kerosene over the surface. The combined mud and water allegedly kills lice on hogs, with kerosene dosage scaled to wallow size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Irwin
Farm Talk and Farm Journal Insights on Apples and Timber
In a farm notes column, experts discuss apples for complexion, timber land declines in Westmoreland County from 158,717 acres in 1888, and clay as a stable floor improving horse comfort. A Wool and Cotton Reporter editor reports boosting sheep hay yield from forty-five to nearly two hundred tons, and costs of egg production under labor-free estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County
Farm Journal
Wool and Cotton Reporter
Bennett
Saugus
Mass
Freedom
The Boom ing Cannon Survivors Recount War Camp Life
Survivors of the rebellion share vivid tales of marches, camp life, foraging, and battle scenes. They discuss general debility among soldiers, hospital life, and the neglect faced by the sick and wounded, with anecdotes of surgeons, nurses, and ambulance sequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Pittsburg Landing
Joe Wheeler
Nashville
Wheeler
Shiloh
Ohio
Watson House
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings of Clever Children
A composite Children’s Column features table manners verses and short anecdotes. Betty negotiates fractions with a turnover mishap, a leaf bears a heavy woman at Tower Grove Park, and other quick items recount childlike mischief and gentle moral lessons drawn from everyday scenes.
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Tower Grove Park
St. Louis
James Gurney
Glowing Red Cross Luncheon Sparks Soldier Gratitude
A North Dakota regiment enjoyed a hearty Red Cross luncheon aboard a ferry dining room staffed by volunteers. A private, impressed by the service, offered 10 cents for the meal, then tipped a $5 gold piece after a gracious society hostess insisted the meal was a gift.
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North Dakota
the Red Cross
Red Cross
San Francisco Examiner
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Tae
Miss Borolink
Lily Alexandre
Utes Tse
No. 7 Hospital
Dne
Louisville
Inner Ocean
Johnson
Sherman
Raleigh
North Carolina
Washington
Ohio River
Goldsboro
Indiana
Illinois
Springfield
Macomb (Til) Journal
Clara
Mamma
Nellie
Laura
Tommy
Willie
Wwe
Edith
O. K
Horace Greeley
Margaret Fuller
Margaret
Sik
Mrs. Greeley
Pat Worm
Russia
Hying
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