How to Cure Clover and Other Fodder by Cocks
The Maine Agricultural Experiment Station describes curing clover by mowing before dry weather, not dew laden, and letting it lie then turning it by hand or tedder. Cocks five feet high form from flattened forkfuls. keep walls perpendicular, allow three to four days for drying, open bunches in dry air, then store. Green oats and peas can be cured similarly. heavy rains spoil the method unless covered.
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Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Marketing Gem Melons Picking and Packing Tips
This passage guides careful melon harvesting with emphasis on avoiding vine damage and stem residue. It notes ripeness indicators including a loose stem, gray netting, and skin, plus best picking times in hot weather. It prescribes using half-bushel climax baskets, packing uniform ripeness, and rejecting cracked or overripe fruit.
Making cider vinegar from waste apples
The article urges turning unmarketable and dropped apples into cider vinegar for profit or home use. It stresses cleanliness, washing fruit, and clean equipment to prevent bad fermentation. If no mill is available, pulp by hand. use molasses kegs or whiskey barrels that previously held vinegar to speed fermentation.
The Mealy Bug and Scale In Plant Care
Readers learn to identify the mealy bug or cotton aphis and how to treat infested plants with a soap and kerosene emulsion. The guide also covers scaling on palms and oleanders and describes fermenting vinegar production using barrels, temperature, and cotton covers to develop the mother of vinegar for next season.
A Place for Wethers in Market Demand and Range Use
A discussion notes fewer wethers reach markets as demand for dressed lamb grows. Range districts with grazing land or small flocks may place wethers elsewhere, since breeding ewes yield higher profit. Prime wethers, weighing up to 125 pounds or more, are used for export and in large cities, with hotels and ships seeking heavier cuts.
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W. C. Coffey
Illinois
Government Whitewash Formula For Forts And Lighthouses
A reprinted description details a government method for whitewashing forts and lighthouses. The process mixes lime, salt water, ground rice paste, Spanish whiting, and glue with hot water, then rests before application. The long-standing recipe is presented as the standard technique.
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United States
Eastern fruit growers urged to reform grading and packing
The piece urges eastern growers to adopt western methods in marketing fruit, improve grading and packing, and hire careful labor. It stresses timing of harvest for different markets and warns against cheap labor and long shipments that damage fruit, arguing for closer cooperation among growers and shippers to hold eastern markets.
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Chicago
New York
Name your farm for lasting trade value
A farm name serves as a distinguishing mark for dairy fruit or poultry businesses and aids advertising. Choose a simple characteristic name and consistently use it on letterheads wrappers labels and boxes to build product association. An excess of cocks will produce small and unhealthy squabs.
How To Build A Gate With A Tensioned Wire
The article explains a farm gate system using No 9 or No 11 galvanized wire, two double, to support a gate. A swivel bolt screws into the post and is placed below the top hinge to tension the wire as the gate opens, taking strain from the top hinge and aiding closure. It notes farmers may adjust post setting by their own methods.
Diagram Traces Foot and Mouth Outbreak Origin in Vaccine
The USDA bulletin reports Dr. Mohler and Dr. Rosenau traced the 1908 US outbreak to contaminated vaccine virus from a Detroit producer. It suggests New England outbreaks of 1902 likely share the same cause and warns ongoing import risks despite strict livestock quarantine and biological product supervision.
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United States
John R. Mohler
Milton J. Rosenau
United States Department of Agriculture
A. D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
Michigan
New York
Maryland
Bureau
Detroit
New England
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Treasury Department
Buffalo
Danville
Watsontown
Silo Plans for Winter Dairy Feed Shoulder Season
Farmers advise building round silos early to ensure ample winter feed. A 16 ft 4 in diameter silo housed seven acres of drilled corn and three acres of shock corn, producing 125 tons for fifty cows and stock through March. The milk tested 3.7% butter fat, with gluten meal and bran balancing rations.
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Llos
Chicago
Babcock
Death in the Feed Trough
An agricultural guide stresses indoor and outdoor cleanliness to protect profits. It urges sterilizing poultry houses and brooders, renewing brooder bedding, using strong insect powder, cleansing food troughs and waterers, and feeding only what calves will eat. It warns against sour troughs and improper milk warming.
Famous trotter Jay-Eye-See dies at age thirty one
Jay-Eye-See world renowned as the first 2:10 trotter died of old age. He was born on Colonel Richard West’s Kentucky farm near Lexington and was by Dictator out of Midnight. His full brother was the 2:17 Dexter. The horse’s name traced to Jerome J. Case who bought him from West. A Bes semer Missouri hen laid a quarter pound egg.
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Jay-Eye-See
Richard West
Lexington
Dexter
Jay-Eye-Lee
Jerome J. Case
Colonel West
Trotter
Care and propagation tips for flowering plants in gardens
The guide covers preventing clogged drainage and overwatering for bulbs like lilies, mums in shade, Cyclamen dormancy care, rooting ivy geranium cuttings, and when to fertilize. It warns against drought fertilizer use, explains surface watering risks, and describes capturing seeds with strings or cheesecloth to control scattering.
Poland-China pig sold for 1000 dollars
John T. Ridgway sold a Poland-China pig to Lukens and Wolgamath for $1,000. The note adds a stray line about chickens enjoying sour milk, presented as a casual aside.
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John T. Ridgway
Lukens & Wolgamath
Practical Pigeon House For Squad Rearing
This 12 by 36 foot pigeon house is split into three 12 by 12 rooms with a four foot alleyway. Nests resemble grocery shelving with movable shelves for cleaning. The flying pen uses medium mesh chicken wire and sit on posts to deter rats. Each pen holds about sixty to sixty five pairs, walls shingle-sided, one sash window each. Total cost about 200 dollars.
Handling the Tomato Crop
W H Underwood outlines careful tomato handling from field to crate. He stresses selecting smooth turning tomatoes, avoiding cracked or deformed fruit, and packing only No 1 in No 1 crates or No 2 in No 2 crates. He notes leaving imperfect fruit to ripen for canning can yield higher returns.
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W. H. Underwood
Poultry Yard Notes on Feeding for Laying or Market
Buttermilk ranks next to skim milk in feeding value. All nutrients in skim milk are digestible and rich in bone and blood forming materials. Feed hens bulky nutritious food of egg matter or fat forming materials depending on whether you want eggs or market weight, but avoid drugs. A clean poultry house saves money for the farmer.
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G. W. Gowell
Maine Agricultural Station
M. Miller
Joseph Newman
Illinois Dairymen’s Association
Joe Morris
Bessemer, Col
Ender
Practical Pigeon House
Poultry Yard
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