Small tractor gains favor among Illinois users
A U S Department of Agriculture survey shows three fourths of 200 Illinois tractor users favor smaller, economical implements. Data link acreage increases to 420 acres per farm for five plow models with 270 to 420 acre averages. Minnesota signs rising small-tractor use per J L Mowry with many preferring three or four plow machines and few using large units.
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Illinois
United Etates Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
J. L. Mowry
Division of Agricultural Engineering
University Farm
St. Paul
Problem of Winter Vegetable Storage
Advice from Colorado Agricultural College on storing winter vegetables. Emphasizes root cellars or pits with ventilation and above freezing temperatures. use uncemented floors or moist sand for cemented basements. keep vegetables cool, moist, and dark for best keeping quality.
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F. M Kane
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Rhubarb Forced in Cellar in Winter
How to force rhubarb in a dark cellar during midwinter with minimal space and odor. Use two to three inches of loam, ten roots per bed, select two to five year old roots, and keep roots frozen in ground until thoroughly frozen for best color and growth.
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H. W. Doyle
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Seth
How to Grow and Harvest Time Sensitive Crops
The guide covers soil depth and coverage to protect roots, soil temperature between 50 and 80 degrees for quality growth, and methods to heat a cellar era using stoves lamps or furnaces. Maintain slight moisture, apply nitrate of soda or liquid manure, and harvest after six weeks to two months at a height of 12 to 14 inches. Handle stalks gently and thin crowded plants to improve stands.
Importance of Grit for Healthy Hens and Food Savings
Advice stresses regular grit supply to improve digestion and food efficiency in poultry. It notes range grazing may deplete natural grit and suggests commercial grit or broken pottery and nutshells as alternatives. Grit should be irregular with sharp edges for best results.
Bad Feed Cause Of Hog Dysentery
Dysentery is due to bad feed and dirty quarters. Wet filthy porches harm sows and piglets. Provide clean, wholesome food, ample space, sunshine, and regular feeding to recover young pigs.
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S . W. Barnes
Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station
False Cabbage Aphis as greenhouse pest threat noted
The false cabbage aphis resembles the cabbage aphis and infests turnips radishes and greenhouse crops like ten week stock kale and mustard. It breeds in 17 or 18 generations yearly with about 90 young per female. Control relies on contact insecticides sprayed from beneath the leaves and crop rotation with fall plowing to reduce weeds.
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J. J. Davis
Preparing Soil for Wheat
Wheat responds to good soil preparation and ample plant food. Fertilizers, especially phosphoric acid on worn soils, boost grain production but require a fine, well-set seed bed. Use heavy clean seeds and break or dish the soil early for a strong stand.
Excellent Tonic for Stock and Homemade Remedy
Instructions for a homemade cattle tonic mix using ingredients like wheat bran flaxseed meal table salt and more. Dosage calls for one tablespoon in feed daily for ten days then a three day break and ten more days. Cost estimated at about 25 cents per pound for the batch.
Clover and Alfalfa Benefits Highlighted for Crops
The article extols clover and alfalfa for weed and disease control. It claims they yield valuable hay and seed crops, noting significant benefits for farming practices and forage production.
Killing Wild Onion Plants Requires Fall and Spring Plowing
The vitality of wild onions rests in two bulb types. Each plant forms one large bulb in fall and four or five spring bulbs. Deep fall plowing burying green tops, plus spring plowing after a clean crop, kills bulbs and reduces onion spread. Spring bulbs seldom head, so fall plowing helps yield clean spring oats. Complete eradication needs both plowings.
Ration System Keeps North Lumberman’s Horses Healthy
A northern lumberman feeds horses a mixed daily regimen of ten pounds of hay, ten pounds ground oats and one pound bran in the morning and night, with eight pounds of dry oats at noon. Over seven years no horse was lost while earlier digestive disorders occurred. The method, though intensive, could be profitably adopted by farmers.
A Simple Clamp Method For Tight Batten Doors
A how to note describes making two wooden clamps to hold door boards tight. Wedges are driven in on clamp sides to close cracks, then battens are nailed and the door released. Useful for other wood projects besides doors.
Proper Ripening of Cream
The article explains cream ripening from separation to churning, noting how temperature affects texture and flavor. It describes two ripening methods: natural souring by inherent bacteria and accelerated ripening using added starter cultures.
Health of Chicken Flock
The health of the chickens depends largely on housing. Proper ventilation and warmth in winter encourage laying. Many houses are built with the warm side largely open through the year, making birds hardy and less prone to colds and roup.
Captain Got New Trousers On Isonzo Front
A Caproni plane from the Italian side was hit and fell into Austrian lines. The pilot was killed and the observer injured lightly. Captain Amegliano lost his trousers in the crash and joked about burial rites. An Austrian officer later sent a Fokker mission to deliver new trousers and a laurel wreath to the Italians.
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Isonzo
Caproni
Amegliano
Capadine For Headaches Ad Promotes Natural Relief
An old advertisement touts Capadine as a liquid headache remedy and general ache reliever. The copy emphasizes ease of dosage and nature assisting relief, attributed to Ady.
Davis Dismisses Snob at Crossroads Farm Dinner
The New York Globe recalls how Richard Harding Davis, famed for blunt wit, silenced a snobbish guest at Crossroads farm near New York. He attacked the idea that social rank weighs life and proclaimed the man a believer in the social scale as the sole measure.
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Richard Harding Davis
Crossroads Farm
New York
New York Globe
Quote about optimism and rain and an umbrella
A speaker declares optimism based on having an umbrella. The remark pivots on the idea of resilience in the face of rain and weather, using humor to suggest preparedness matters more than external circumstances.
To Live Long Elixir for Uric Acid Elimination
A physician’s life extension recipe advises kidney care and toxin elimination through skin and bowels. It warns against meat and excess salt, alcohol, and tea, and promotes drinking water. For older adults with backache or rheumatic symptoms, it endorses Anurie from Dr. Pierce and urges sending 10 cents for a trial package.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N.Y
Woman testifies at length in justice court
A colored woman on trial for provoking assault took the stand and spoke at length to Justice Kiefer. She delivered a long, forceful testimony that lasted about fifteen minutes before she ceased, drawing amused remarks from onlookers in the doorway. The scene highlighted the speaker’s outspoken style in the courtroom.
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Justice of the Peace Court
Kiefer
Vivid Past Revealed In Husband’s Accidental Tale
A wife hears her husband recount an accident that triggered a vivid memory of his past life. She realizes he had kept that history secret, prompting questions about what he endured and why he never spoke of it before. The exchange unfolds as a quiet domestic revelation amid emotional tension.
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William
Senator Sorghum Promises Rewritten If Needed
The conversation quotes Senator Sorghum answering a question about keeping promises made before an election. He says he does his best and is willing to renew pledges as often as needed. A light tone emphasizes political accountability and flexibility.
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Senator Sorghum
Renovine Heart and Nerve Tonic Ad
An old advertisement urges readers not to gamble with heart health and promotes Renovine as a heart and nerve tonic priced at 50 cents and one dollar. The brief promo emphasizes assurance of well being.
Unusual Precedence and Odd Bets in a Roving Tale
The excerpt presents a quirky dialogue about hierarchy in a monarchy and a joke about testing a play on a dog. It mentions the Tone River in Japan as the longest river, roughly 200 miles, and ends with a cheeky note on betting odds, suggesting $13 as unlucky if lost.
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Japan
Tone
Herbal tonic for women available nationwide in liquid or tablet form
The advertisement promotes a herbal tonic for women, sold in liquid or tablet form at any U S drug store. It contains no alcohol or narcotics and lists ingredients on the label, describing it as purely a herbal preparation derived from roots and herbs.
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United States
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