Irrigation Experiments At New Jones Agricultural College
Detailed report on irrigation trials at New Jones Agricultural College fields using surface iron piping and belt systems. Results show increased yields and better quality in bush beans peppers celery and eggplants with varying effects across crops. Cost estimates and recommendations for seed pieces mulching and early irrigation are included.
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Foxes Climb Trees and Dorchester Women Buy Land
A Texas sportsman reports foxes rarely bark about hunting, noting Texas foxes climb trees quickly after dogs start them while English foxes jump to lower branches to ascend. In Dorchester Mass the Woman's club buys land for a clubhouse, led by president Harriet E Bean, boasting 400 of 560 members and claiming to be the first local women’s club to own real estate.
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Sheep Shearing and Farm Machinery Techniques
A detailed snapshot from a period farming page describes sheep shearing with hand and mechanical tools, voices in the shed, fleece handling, and the roles of clippers, washers, and classers. It also covers feeding wheat for hogs, a portable feed hopper design, and notes on pork quality from wheat based diets.
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Hardiness in Horses Contrasts Harsh Upbringing and Diet
An agricultural article rejects the view that freezing out disease or exposing foals to cold builds toughness. It argues that hardy horses come from strong inheritance plus generous diet and proper shelter with appropriate exposure. The piece cites Berard Tanner and compares well nourished white people to desert natives to support the stance.
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Berard Tanner
Arabia
Waterproof Harness Oil Recipe Promises Yearly Use
A fragment from Country Gentleman describes a waterproof harness oil to be applied once a year. The concoction uses fish oil, malion tallow, castor oil, ivory black, beeswax, rosin, and burgundy pitch and should produce a soft glossy finish. It notes fish oil deters mice and advises using neat’s-foot oil if fish oil is unavailable.
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Dairy Shorthorn Breeders Weigh Beef and Milk Traits
The American Shorthorn Breeders Association reviews a plan to cross dairy Shorthorn lines with beef types to explore producing a dual purpose animal. A live Pennsylvania Shorthorn bull, four years old and from the Clay Shorthorn line, is shown above as an example of the breed’s current direction and its linkage to the famed Katy Chad cow noted at the World’s Fair.
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Butter Making and Dairy Best Practices Shared
A dairy writer details butter making steps from milking to churning, noting temperature control, salt balance, and working methods. He argues for lower prices to combat oleo and emphasizes quality cheese, while discussing dairy trade issues, can losses, and a Chicago milk shipment system.
Malay picnic on mountain road with fish feast and dress
A vivid travelogue describes a Malay picnic party moving along a ridge to river pools in a mountain region. They dress in sarongs and jackets, carry provisions, dynamite a fish pool, net great silvery catches, cook them with curry and rice, then rest and tell stories under a setting sun. A separate note recounts a Baltimore lawyer nearly paying a streetcar fare with his wife's counterfeit ticket, a comic mix up ending in an exchange for a proper ticket.
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