Bush Lima Beans Varieties Highlighted in Burpee’s Annual
The article reviews Burpee’s Farm Annual beans including Burpee’s Bush Lima origins in Pennsylvania, Henderson’s Bush Lima from southern states, Dreer’s Bush Lima from New Jersey, and Jackson’s Wonder from Georgia. It notes bush types yield 10 to 200 pods, easy shel ling versus pole beans, and discusses seed raising in Massachusetts versus western sources.
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Burpee
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Jackson
Burpes
Economic Fertilizer Price Irregularities Reported
Fragmented text notes variable fertilizer costs and packing issues. Mentions prices like 3 and 22.50, a 29 id $35 bar, and general concerns from farmers about rising fertilizer costs and value.
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Haifa
Cranberry Pie and Ancient Textile Spin Evident Similarities
A fragment describes washing cranberries then cooking them with water and sugar to a sweet paste for pie filling. It compares the act of hand spinning with spindle and whorl to methods seen in Egyptian paintings 3,500 years old.
Homemade Egg Tester and Farm Notes Digest
A New Jersey farmer shares an incubator style egg tester using a 15 by 6 inch oblong box with a lamp for illumination. He explains calibration to distinguish fertile from infertile eggs, plus advice on hen hatching and quick testing times. The piece also covers agriculture progress, livestock disease testing, New York traders, maple sugar timing, hay markets, and university funding.
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New Jersey
New Yorker
New England
Enthorpe Performer and Orloff Ad in Colonial Horses
Feature on Enthorpe Performer a premier hackney stallion at Indian Neck farm 14 1 hands tall valued at 25000 and praised for action hind movement and carriage. Also presents the Russian Orloff saddle stallion Ad a 15 8 hands bay trained in high school stepping Spanish walk and noted for elegance and gentleness.
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Enthorpe
America
Indian Neck Farm
Matchless
Londesboro
Peg
Thorpe
Orloff
Orloff High School
Hante Ecole
Orloffs
Tick remedy for sheep by kerosene emulsion proposed
G. S. Woodward advises American Agriculturist readers on kerosene emulsion as a cheap, easy tick remedy for flocks. The method mixes four gallons water with soap, adds kerosene, emulsifies, and applies one gallon per ten sheep with four gallons of water. It claims safety, efficacy against ticks, lice, and even benefitting hens.
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Tts
G. S&s. Woodward
American Agriculturist
Facts About Hackneys and Coach Horses in City Use
The piece defines hackneys as about 15.2 hands and 1200 pounds, noting they are good for riding and driving with short legs less prone to slipping on city pavements. It contrasts hackneys with coach horses and long legged Orloffs, explaining height classifications, city versus country suitability, and features like neck, head, and eye spacing. It mentions Burdett-Coutts as authority and Paris imports driven by Russians.
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Burdett-Coutts
Paris
Verev
Passing of Poor Lo and an Indian on Main Street
A fragmentary report recalls a scene on Main Street where a passerby comments on seeing an Indian and a wary old soldier notes the species will become rarer than buffaloes. The passage mimics a Buffalo Express exchange and invites the reader to say they saw it in The News.
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Main Strees
Sassafras
Buffalo Express
Belted Dutch Belt cows and summer silage farming
Dutch Belt prize cows emerge as a distinct breed with a white belt on all black bodies, valued for high butter fat milk and suitable to level pastures. The article notes the dairy breed's popularity, weight ranges, and origin, then shifts to summer silage feeding, stressing deep, narrow silos, daily surface upkeep, and fall packing to prevent spoilage, citing expert opinions from Vermont, Illinois, Ohio, and Vermont authorities.
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Holland
Lankenveldt
America
Vermont Experiment Station Co
Oui
John Gould
Oddities in History and Trade Across Regions
The article notes ancient and medieval claims about Egypts radishes, Bengal jute cloth making for two millennia, and the claim that New York's ambulance service is the most complete. It also mentions Stad Herodotus on Mem, and that coopers’ craft began with wine growers in Italy around the tenth century.
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Herodotus
Bengal
New York
Traly
Township Loans for Roads In Pennsylvania Opinion
General Roy Stene discusses township road finance and costs in Pennsylvania. He notes townships near cities borrow for roads with loans costing about 7000 per mile and cites a 5 mile out township building its own roads for 5000 per mile saving maintenance. He argues for balanced loans and contrasts stone roads with dirt roads while referencing Incas roads and ancient engineering.
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Wade
Pennsylvania
Larceghs
Philadlephia
Craebing
Baaling Stone
Handimade
In the Interest of Economy on Road Plans
The Philadelphia Times argues for durable road materials and education of taxpayers. It warns against plans claiming nothing costs, stressing high initial costs but long term value to justify road improvements and wise economy.
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Philadelphia Times
Cremation ashes worn in Germany spark jewelry craze
A Detroit Tribune item notes a craze in parts of Germany for wearing ashes of cremated dead in lockets. The piece references high society marriages and distant connections, with a blend of literary allusion and gossip about social engagements and fashion trends.
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van Giltedge
Uim
Detroit Tribune
Pygmalion
Plesse
Germany
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