Guatemalas Panoramic Manor and the Pantaleon Sugar Mill
The article tours Pantaleon in Guatemala the largest Central American sugar estate run by Herrara Brothers. It details the manor house grounds idols and orchids the railway journey past volcanoes Lake Amatitlan and Indian cane workers. The mill produces 60 000 tons per crop with 1 000 100 pound bags daily and exports Demarra sugar to London and white sugar to the United States.
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Virginia
Guatemala
Wingrove Bathon
Utica Saturday Globe
Central America
United States
Europe
Humboldt
Garden of Eden
Cuba
Guatemala City
San Jose
Pacific
Pantaleon
Cholula
New World
Isis
Pantaleon Plantation
San Vincente
San Gregorio
Herrarra Brothers
Pantaleon Sugar
London
Geese Farming Prospects and Breeding Tips
The article explains that Toulouse and Emden geese are popular, with adult weights around 25 and 20 pounds for Toulouse and 20 and 18 for Emden. Geese thrive on rough pasture with natural water, require shelter in bad weather, and have prolific breeding and careful mating practices. incubation lasts 28 to 30 days, with daily egg collection and staged hatching under hens or geese.
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Toulouse
Emden
Arranging Hives for Bees Demonstrates Honey Harvest Method
The figure shows two bee hives with entry holes a top chute and a bottom passage enabling transfer of bees between hives. When the right hive fills, link to an empty left hive close entries and smoke the right chute to move bees left, allowing safe honey removal.
Strawberries: use disk tools and hoe to limit runners
Growers cut runners after September to improve fruit. A disk on row sides keeps runners in check after Sept 1. Later, when runners slow, a sharp hoe cuts across the row to thin plants for better fruiting.
Treatment Opptree Wounds In Fruit Trees A Study
New York station experiments challenge common fruit grower opinions on wound treatments after branch removal. Findings show white lead white zinc yellow ochre coal tar and shellac for wounds under five inches diameter are useless or harmful to trees especially peaches. White lead best among them but not worth using on small wounds. may aid only very large wounds to keep moisture and decay organisms out.
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New York
Symptoms of kidney worm in hogs and remedies
The article describes kidney worm symptoms in hogs including hind leg weakness and hind part paralysis. It notes the worm is uncommon and not in the kidney substance but in the urinary hollow. Cures mentioned include turpentine along the loins, copperas with sulfur in the night meal, and corn soaked in wood-ash lye, with longer treatment sometimes needed.
Handy device around farm
The device shown in the illustration is used for cleaning ditches terracing hillsides and similar work. It consists of a heavy front cutting edge and two wings with sharp horizontal cutting edges that can be placed at different angles. It is guided by means of two handles.
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Wisconsin Agriculturist
Purpose of ripening cream in butter making
The ripening of cream develops flavor and aroma and aids churning. It occurs either by natural bacteria present in milk or cream, or by adding a starter culture that introduces a specific bacteria.
Chinch Bug May Be Trapped If Moves From Wheat To Corn
The chinch bug feeds on grass family crops including corn and wheat. Trapping may occur in dusty ditches when moving from wheat to corn. in wet weather an oil barrier may be needed. For corn, spray with soapsuds emulsion or tobacco ions. burning refuse in late fall helps control chinch bugs.
Making Best Pruning Cuts for Apple Trees
The method of pruning apple trees matters. Cut every branch as close as possible to the source, avoiding stubs to prevent decay and ensure smooth, clean wounds heal quickly.
New York Subway Trashes Turned Into Revenue
Interborough chief T. P. Shonts says discarded newspapers left by riders are collected and sold for waste paper. Over six months passengers left about 900 papers per day in trains, earning revenue to help fund station cleansing and porter salaries.
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York
Jones’ Locker
T. P. Shants
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Germany
Shonts
New York City
Elevated
Interborough
Star
Clancy Foils Bridge Theft on Queensboro Cable Job
In Queens, officer Clancy spots four men on the Queensboro bridge as they cut city electricity cable. Three flee in a car, one is captured after a brief chase. The cable, worth $1.25 a foot, was cut in two places, prompting praise for the vigilant beat cop.
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York
Queensboro Bridge
Clancy
Hunter’s Point
Queensboro
Chicagoan tests honesty after wallet loss
Mr Kaney advertised a test of human nature offering a $50 reward for return of a wallet containing about $125. A blond youth delivered the purse but kept the other items. Kaney later noted the disappearance of his scarf pin, diamond ring, and a watch. The tale ends with questions about trust and honesty.
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Kaney
Hotel Sherman
Mr. Kaney
the Sherman
Thomas
A. W. Kaney
Fortifications Planned for Cape Henry and Fort Monroe
Millions will be spent on coast defenses at Norfolk Virginia to protect the Chesapeake Bay entrance. Cape Henry guns and mortars will cost about 1.5 million dollars with emplacements a wharf railway electric system and substations adding nearly three million more. The project expands naval preparedness and includes barracks shops and equipment for the yard detailing.
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Orfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Congress
Navy Yard
Cape Henry
Fort Monroe
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Co. P. Huntington
Agua
Fuego
Santana
Switzerland
Lake Amatitlan
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Norf
Ree Punet
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