Practical Home GardeningTips From 1908 Column
The article offers household gardening and maintenance advice including feeding hens, rotating livestock, killing pests with simple remedies, caring for houseplants, preventing yard erosion with cave spouts, checking for mildew due to poor ventilation, the shift to commercial fertilizers in Illinois, trimming overhanging tree limbs, pruning to maintain shade balance, and renovating aging strawberry beds by cutting back and replanting runners for renewed growth.
Buyers warned by distant lumber yard ad schemes
A farmer loses money buying from a distant catalog house. He paid cash for lumber and freight, then found doors cost more and sizes and quality were inferior versus home dealers. The piece cautions readers to compare with local suppliers before ordering, noting return rights and broader implications for furniture and goods.
Cows Fly Nuisance Test Shows Limited Milk Loss
Wisconsin experiment compared cows sheltered in a stable with screen doors to cows in a shaded outdoor lot. Both groups fed equally. stabled cows lost more weight and milk and fat declined more, suggesting fly protection may have less impact on milk flow than believed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
Grasshopper control advice and common toil doctrine
An agricultural note urges early action against quick grass in town alleys and vacant lots to prevent seed spread, recommending tar paper coverings for sixty days and earth edging. It also extols the dignity of common toil, praising routine work from housewives to laborers as equally valuable to society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siites
Mottled butter caused by uneven buttermilk distribution
Tests show mottling arises from uneven buttermilk attached to butter granules. If buttermilk is removed and granules washed at 35 to 45 degrees, mottling is prevented. Salt brine hardens and localizes buttermilk proteins, causing light colored patches.
Versatile Farming Tips and Observations From a Rural Reader
A rural column discusses paint for wood, honesty in hiring, dairy air and milk health, alfalfa growth by a Texas farmer, a 1 200 year old Buddhist pine, lawn care against crab grass, blackbird nest predation, attitudes toward wives, raspberry pruning, formative years for boys, and crop planning with rye and future Dugkwheat or turnips.
James Sherman Sunny Jim of Utica A Republican Leader
James S. Sherman, Utica native born October 24 1855, long served in the Twenty Seventh New York district and is nicknamed Sunny Jim. He sits among the GOPs veteran trio with Cannon Payne Dalzell Tawney and has a notable political career including mayor of Utica and congressman for decades. He declined a port board offer to stay in the House and remains a prominent figure in Republican leadership and New York politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Taft
House of Representatives
New York
Sunny Jim
Sherman
Joe Cannon
Champ Clark
Cannon
Payne
Dalzell
Tawney
Clark
Jim Sherman
Utica
Hamilton
Yale
Carrie Babcock
Oneida County
Bingham
Datzell
Heplaiin
McKinley
James
Port of
Paribanks
Utiey Trust and Deposit Company
Bertford Canning
Utiea
Cretesee Street
Imanhod
Sheri
Richard Updyke
Phinailton
Thomas Movare
Snyth Despard Companys
Tat
Washington
Congressional Club
Republican Congressiona
Couriitte
West Podot
Religious Thought from Denominations on Ballots and Ethics
A collection of quotes from ministers across denominations on using Bible and ballot, money as means, success through criticism, ethical ideas of Jesus, moral voyages, health by thought, love in marriage, inner growth, and future church work. Notable speakers include Rev. C C Pierce Los Angeles Rev Charles B Mitchell Cleveland Rev J Kingsley Smith Pittsburgh Rev Henry I Rasmus Spokane Rev F E W Hunt Boston Rev William W Bustard Roxbury Rev Charles B E St John Philadelphia Rev Thomas Henry Sprague Tioga Rev Wilbur F Sheridan Baltimore Rev P W Weiner St Paul Rev Lor S& Eadward Young Pittsburgh Rev W A Bartlett Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Gice
Wilbur F, Sheridan
Methodist
Baltimore
God
P. WP. Weiner
St. Paul, Minn
Indiana State Fair prize list increases for 1900 exposition
The Indiana State Fair premium list shows total prizes of 58 668 for the week of September 7 led by 21 900 for trotting and pacing and 10 538 for horse shows. Cattle receive 14 251 in premiums, dairy cattle 3 37 h, sheep 2 665, swine 2 060, poultry 2 499 and farm products 1 189 with fruit 696 and fine arts 1 370. Special cups and silver trophies from the American Percheron Society and other associations are planned, with notable donors including Mrs. Virginia Meredith of Cambridge City and T. S. Graves of Indianapolis. The fair closes August 27 with opening September 7 and will showcase premier stock and large exhibit quality across departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American
Virginia C. Meredith
Cambridge City
Indiana
Solomon Meredith
General Meredith
Oakland
Meredith
T. S. Graves
Indianapolis
Walter Hadley
Alle Brown
van Natta & Son
Lafayette
A.C. Huxley
Bunker Hill
American Berkshire Breeders' Association
Chicago
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Fetrigg
Register
Rockford
F. E. Trigg
Unois
Correll
Unkcm
Texas
Japan
Buridha
Writers Yard
Blackbird
Bluefray
James S. Sherman
Congress
Beina
C. C. Pierce
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles B. Mitchell
Metodist
Cleveland
J. Kingsley Smith
Presbyterian
Pittsburg
Jesus
M. LeRoy Burton
Congregationalist
New Haven
Conn
Henry I. Rasmus
Spokane
Wash
FE. W. Hunt
Unitarian
Boston
William W. Bustard
Roxbury
Mass
Charles BE
St John
Philadelphia
Thomas Henry Sprague
Tioga
S&s
Bokerdt
GM Young Plese
W A. Barflett
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