Varieties of Silage Corn in New Hampshire Trials
The New Hampshire station reports on ensilage corn with two favored varieties, Leaning and Sanford. Leaning, a yellow dent, shows higher yields by two to four tons per acre and similar ensilage quality to Sanford. Leaning suits southern areas, Sanford northern. both mature for ensilage and adaptation to soils.
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New Hampshire
F. William Rane
Sanford
Morse
Mosby
Leaming
Pisers
Banford
Potato Growing Methods Shown by Cornell Study
Cornell professors Roberts and Clinton report four years of potato trials show state yields half of potential. Emphasizes soil fertility, deep tillage, drainage, early planting, and frequent cultivation. Recommends Bordeaux mixture spraying for blight and beetles, and level tillage to improve moisture retention.
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Cornell
Roberts
Clinton
AgriculturalHints From Old Rural Journal Fragments
The article fragment discusses sorghum for Medicine Lodge Kansas, cauliflower growing schedules, redtop seed timings, Holland cabbage popularity, spraying orchards with multiple applications, and general tips on pests and fertilization. It mentions Orange Judd Farmer guidance, and notes on maple sugar outlook and farm practices.
Retired Conductor's Church Basket Gaffe
In a northern town a Methodist church story circulates about a longtime railroader who, while collecting tithes, surprised a sleeping parishioner by jolting him awake with the basket and barking Ticket, please. The incident shows old habits die hard even in a quiet Sunday service.
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Amoothly
Zeyete
Pure bred standards challenged in breed definitions
An exploration of what pure bred means in animal genetics. The piece discusses mongrels, crossbreeding, and the difficulty of defining pure lines across breeds and generations. It notes examples like Flemish blood, Arab crosses, and English thoroughbreds, and questions whether standard definitions can hold amid continual crossbreeding.
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Webster
Americas
Cheviot Sheep Adaptability Across American Regions
Prof C S Plumb of Purdue describes Cheviot sheep as adaptable to diverse U S climates from New York Otsego to Indiana mountain pastures and western ranges. He notes strong mutton and fleece quality, hardy constitution, prolific ewes, and potential fit for New England, the Alleghanies, and parts of North Carolina and Tennessee as a mountain and lowland breed.
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United States
C. $. Plumb
Purdue University
England
Scotland
New York State
Otgego County
Indiana
Shropshire
Sud
New England
North Carolina
Tennessee
Lande
Simon
Iodiana
M. Will Denton
Hoard's Dairyman
How to Build a Better Ice Refrigeration Room
George J. Gueler of Aldiny describes experiments with early ice refrigeration and outlines a later improved design. The unit uses a three-thickness wall with air gaps, a top ice box, a floor air flow, and a protected door to create a circulation that cools and dries the space, keeping butter sweet while maintaining a stable roughly 60 F. average.
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Sowa
George J. Gueler
Alindy
Gurler
Babcock test debated by Amherst creamery patrons
The Amherst Massachusetts creamery faces a dispute over adopting the Babcock method to replace the space system. Patrons favoring the old method would remain separate, while those with higher fat milk benefited from the new system. The Dairy men note fat averages rose after switching, arguing the Babcock method motivates better cow care and honesty among producers.
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Heardie Dairyman
Amherst
Mass
Babcock
Dairyman
Hoard Creameries
Preserving Milk With Boracic Acid
A scientific journal says boracic acid is an excellent and harmless preservative for milk. Five grains per gallon can preserve milk for one to three days depending on cleansing, vessels, and temperature. It notes no health injuries from thoracic acid substantiated and cites Dr. C Liebreich in Berlin.
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C. Liebreich
Royal Pharmaceutical Institute
Berlin
Std
Boracic acid as food preservative debated in old extracts
The Baltimore Herald controverts claims about borax safe use as a food preservative, noting no known health harm from boracic acid in typical quantities and arguing for cautious use. Dairy World offers older churning guidance, detailing temperatures and methods to control cream state before butter production.
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Yrofuwor Virchow
Ila
Wea
Baltimore Herald
Duchess of Ormery leads Holstein record at Wis experiment
Professor Wall reports Duchess of Ormery owned by W H Jones of Huntiaford Wis tested Jan 8 in Hoard's Dairymen with 6.3 percent fat and 18 pounds milk at noon 155 pounds milk 5.2 percent fat in Juchess of Ormery evening 17.2 pounds 6.0 percent fat. Day yield 50.7 pounds milk 2.090 pounds fat 6.73 percent. Also notes bacteria in milk and cow care and costs of keeping a cow with regional production differences.
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New York
National Provisioner
I. W. Wall
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Duchess of Ormaby
W. H. Jones
Huntiaford
Wis
Holstein-Friesian Association
Charles A. Nicholau
California Fig Syrup Co advertised laxative remedy
Praised as a safe cleansing laxative from senna and aromatic plants. Claims gentle effect on liver and bowels, relief from colds headaches and fever, with no weakness or irritation. Notes manufacturing method and warns to buy only with full company name CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. San Francisco Louisville New York. Sold by druggists at 50 cents per bottle.
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A Sinor Co
Fort Gost
Calornia Fig SrRme Co
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louieville
New York
Price Soc
Hottie
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Ohio
National Department
SHYE
Medicine Lodge
Kan Tt
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Auty
Orange Judd
Holland
Orenge Judd Palmer
Japan
Satsuma
New Yorker
Rhode Island
Atlantic
Babcock System
Dairy World
Colorado
Nebraska
Denver Field
Peerless
Great Southern Pte. & Mfg. Co
Frederick City, MD
Gail Borde
Fagle Brand
Condensed Mikik Co
Nes
E. C. West
A. L. Pearre
Frederick
Hedhives
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