Use of Nitrogen and Soil in New Jersey Experiments
Field tests at the New Jersey station assess nitrogen forms with minerals. Recommendations include using nitrate of soda for rapid early growth, variable nitrogen rates from 24 to 80 pounds per acre on good soils, and higher returns on high value crops. Subcellars for dairy cooling and storage are explored, along with acid soils and their varied crop effects.
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New Jersey
New York
Angora Goats and Skimming Milk in Farm Notes
Texas wool prospects rise as Angora goats show high fleece value and breeding demand. Wolves and weather require protected herds in fenced pastures with vigilant herding to prevent losses. Skim milk proves valuable for calves chickens and pigs, boosting growth and feed efficiency in trials.
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Couray
Texas
Iit
Indiana Station
Mrs Cronje's Heroine in Boer War Camps Revealed
A portrait of Mine Cronje, wife of the Boer commander, detailing her steadfast care near Vaarderberg. She cooked for her husband under fire, sheltered in a riverbank cave, and buried her son as shells fell, illustrating loyalty amid siege hardships.
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Cronje
Lord Roberts
Kopja
Hye
Mme. Cronje
Boschveldt
Avrth
Cron
Kruger
Sarah Wilson
Modder River
Feminine Gossip and Doings of Women Across the Land
The column notes Miss Sante Kruger in California, Boer women in the Transvaal, and Kruger’s niece as an admired figure. It mentions US Mind typewriters employing blind clerks, Eliza Allen Starr receiving a papal medallion, and an Indian school training women for domestic service. Also shared are Philadelphia society girl Phebe Palmer with a lion cub, Mrs. McKinley’s crocheting fundraisers, and various social gossip about queens, high schools, and club members.
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California
Sante Kreager
Oom Paul
Oomaul Hhosel
San Francisco
Transvaal
Mmen
Missa Kruger
United States Treasury Department
Ti Fe
Eliza Allen Starr
Chicago
Leo
Riverdale
Cal
Phebe Palmer
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Zoological Gardens
Marguerita Tete
Phyllis
Estelle ‘Plummer
China
United’ States
John Alden
Pris
Mullins
Lucy
Lawn
Comforts for the Tourist Case Instructions
A Victorian era guide details sewing a toiletry case for travelers. It prescribes using strong unbleached linen to form a padded outside, pockets and straps for brushes and manicure items, with precise dimensions and stitching to create organized compartments for toiletries and shaving materials.
Traveling shawl case project for summer travelers
Instructions describe making a brown sallinen shawl case with an outside pocket and interior straps to hold umbrellas and wraps. The piece notes Mrs Caroline Lewis Gordon, daughter of General Gordon of Atlanta, plans debut arrangements as a professional interpreter of negro songs and dialect, labeled Daughter of the Confederacy.
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Caroline Lewis Gordon
Gordon
Atlanta
New
York
South
Winkie-Davis
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Lancaster, PA
Frank A. Rieker
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Jac. C. Doerr
New Yolland, PA
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