A Woman's Big Dairy at Ferndale Jersey Farm
Mrs. R. W. Thomas operates Ferndale Jersey dairy near a city of 109000 in Missouri. Her herd grew from two cows to about sixty, selling many but keeping the best. The farm supplies tailored milks with specific butterfat percentages and commands high prices, while detailing feed costs and concrete mix ratios for farm buildings.
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R. W. Thomas
Missouri
Thomas
Ferndale
Cuba
Eos Ag
Thomas W. Lawson
Cement Mixing Method Described In Historic Guide
The excerpt outlines expert supervision for using cement and sand with precise part measurements and thorough mixing before water. It contrasts a petitive method of dry mixing all three parts and then adding water with a preferred method that yields a mortar like consistency and full void filling by crushed rock for maximum strength.
Rose Comb Leghorn Hen Bred by H. Perry of New York
A famous Rose Comb Leghorn hen bred by H. Perry of New York began something notable at five months old. The fragment mentions its origin and early start but lacks complete context or outcome.
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H. Perry
New York
Cement on the farm gains favor for walkways and floors
Farmers increasingly use concrete for walks, foundations, and stable floors, finding it permanent and economical. Fred R. Crane explains simple mixing guidance from the college of agriculture. Portland cement comes in several types, best with coarse clean aggregate, river bottom sand avoided where strength matters.
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Fred R. Crane
College of Agriculture
Cultivation and Benefits of Cow Peas for Soil and Feed
The cow pea as a warm soil legume enriches soil with nitrogen and provides rich protein feed. New Era is an early variety, good with millet. inoculation helps only in some soils. Soybeans, phosphorus, potash, and lime are needed for best yields, with tubercles forming when nitrogen is scarce.
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A. J.legg
Mustard Control by Iron Sulphate Spray in Wisconsin Fields
Wisconsin Experiment Station agronomy tests used a 20 percent iron sulphate solution with the Platz sprayer to kill wild mustard across 20 to 35 acres per day. The method, deployed by horse-drawn equipment, proved effective under proper conditions without harming grain crops.
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Department of Agronomy
Wisconsin
Platz
Germany
Sheep Care During Hot Weather Warns Of Losses
The article emphasizes attentive daily inspection of all sheep during summer to prevent losses from flies and heat. It advises early breeding of ewes, separating lambs from ewes as heat rises, frequent pasture changes, and providing high, shaded shelter to ensure cooling breezes and reduce crowding.
Horses in fruit plantations improve cultivation methods
The article notes recent fruit plantation practices using horse cultivation across fields. By leaving six feet between bushes or trees, crops can be cared for for years, with small powered cultivators stirring soil to four and a half feet width and leaving a square around each plant for hand hoeing if needed.
Whole corn for the silo method shared by dairymen
A letter to the editor describes a dairy farming technique using whole corn stored in silos. Dairymen elevate bundles with a hay fork, place them in regular courses, fill edges, tramp down, and water the top to yield intact ensilage. The practice avoids cutting and reportedly saves costs.
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A. Chapin
New York
Floating fruit stores serve remote Ontario towns
In far northern Ontario floating stores supply households and hotels with fruit three times weekly. Meat is scarce except lamb, vegetables are home grown, and locals and visitors rely on fruit. Women and men pick red raspberries and blackberries along corduroy roads to ship to railways for Toronto and Quebec markets.
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Ontario
Canada
North
Toronto
Quebec
Illinois swamp land reclaiming costs estimated high
The Illinois Geological Commission estimates up to 106 million dollars of swamp lands in the state may be reclaimed at an average expense not exceeding 9 pounds per acre.
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The
Illinois Geological Commission
Iowa
Keep the Fat on Sows Says Breeders Though Fat Is Dangerous
An agricultural note argues sow condition at breeding is crucial. Fat sows often produce stronger litters, while lean sows risk weaker offspring. proper feeding with pasture aids calmness and litter vitality. A well fattened sow tends to calm farrowing and allow assistance as needed.
Keep Control Of The Lords And Road Building Policy
Farmers demand local control over highway construction to avoid burdens from distant officials. The piece warns that rural areas could face higher costs and poorer roads if the state bypasses local authority. It urges laws requiring local bids and contracts for new roads to be kept locally.
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Rvision
Child dies after ingesting disputed balm in Miller South Dakota
A three year old child of Bob Weiss of Miller South Dakota died after drinking a tablespoonful of but Ba ariak. Authorities report an accidental poisoning believed linked to a household product.
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Bob Weiss
Miller, S. Dak
Baariak
Away With the Old Trees in New York Orchards
Prof Hendricks of Geneva NY argues removing old crowded trees helps stop infection and spurs younger orchards. He says firewood should replace nuisance trees, while neglected yet salvageable orchards need pruning cultivation and spraying plus soil amendments to restore productive bearing.
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Prof
Hendricks
Geneva
New York
New York State
San Jose
Advice on orchard pests and blight from old farming column
An Indiana reader asks how to kill sweet clover in an orchard. The column covers fire blight management in July, grape vine pests with arsenic treatment, general care for vines, mowing clover, glue in whitewash for adhesion, and notes on pear blight impacting Colorado and Utah orchards with warnings about unripe apples and drought mulch strategies.
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Cut Worm
Indiana
Colorado
Utah
Lands Open for Settlement in Four States After Forest Readjustment
The interior department released nearly 1,000,000 acres from temporary withdrawal in Washington Oregon California and Wyoming to redefine national forest boundaries. The lands will open to settlement in late July and entry in August with multiple tracts nearby various forests. Farm lands scattered across forests are also included and favored for homesteading under the 1906 act.
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Washington
Oregon
California
Wyoming
Interior Department
Forest Service
San Jacinto National Forest
San Diego County
Washington National Forest
Mt. Rainier National Forest
Cowlitz, Clarke and
Skamania Counties
Medicine Bow National Forest
Colorado
Cascade and Heppner National Forests
Morrow
Umatilla
Grant Counties
Dional Forests
It Is Not Easy To Thin The Fruit Yet It Benefits Growth
The note urges thinning fruit despite difficulty to yield larger and better harvests. It advises selecting the best specimens and removing others to promote stronger growth. This horticultural tip emphasizes patience and careful pruning for improved yield.
Seventeen-Year Locust Parade Across West and Midwest
The article describes the periodic emergence of the seventeen year locusts in the West and Middle West, contrasting with the East. It details the life cycle from egg to white nymphs to winged adults, the dramatic ground holes, buzzing, and the distinctive drum sounds of male cicadas, lasting into the insect’s brown, winged final stage.
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Middle West
York State
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A. D. Burhans
R. A. Moore
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Ers
Kansas
Bullock Tim
Chicago
W. M. Kelly
Zerith
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