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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1901
Page
3
The New Jersey station has studied bean diseases since 1894, detailing seven fungous threats. Anthracnose, bean bacteriosis, and lima bean mildew are most common and serious, with field studies guiding special treatments for these conditions. The article notes seed infestation by anthracnose as a concern for bean cultivation.
The article outlines bean disease control, stressing discard diseased seed and use healthy seed, and notes fungicides can harm seed. It endorses Bordeaux mixture for bean mildew, recommends spraying intervals of three weeks for most varieties, and three times max per season for wax sorts. Rotation helps, but beans can yield on the same land with regular spray, while old pods used as mulch worsen disease and should be burned.
The article discusses beekeepers chasing bees with longer tongues to reach red clover nectar. Measurements range from 0.15 to 0.23 inches, with 0.25 inches sought. breeders advertise tongue length in stock, hoping to improve honey yield and clover seed production, per A H Duff in Kansas Farmer.
Practical farmers discuss capons caring for broods of chicks and feeding them during day and night. Capons reduce brood loss, allow larger successful rearing, and suit artificial incubation. Also notes on hydrocyanic acid gas fumigation, global crop reports, and witty quips on milk in coconuts and baby crying lore.
The piece argues that ample nearby milk or cream, efficient separators, and strong farm management are essential for creameries. It stresses good pastures, proper rations, water quality, and breeding cows like Jersey and Guernsey for rich milk, plus rail access to transport cream to central factories.
In late June dairy cows at the Kansas Experiment Station were moved onto a sorghum pasture after short dry forage. Cows started with limited access, gradually increasing to an hour and a half, with no trouble after 17 days. Pastures require careful management to avoid sorghum poisoning. Also warned against overgrazing summer meadows. A note on the ghostly satellite Gegenschein, viewed opposite the sun, described as a possible meteoric cloud or cemetery of Earth.
Carlsbad, famed as built on a kettle lid and perched on a thin crust, hosts mineral springs led by the Sprudel which releases 126000 gallons daily. The hot waters have drawn visitors for over a century, especially from May 1 to Sept 20, as reported in Taz News.
A discussion on dairy cattle evaluation stresses the udder as a key factor but argues that overall constitution and body form determine value. It outlines preferred udder shape from the front, notes common faults where the front udder is too high, and explains scoring emphasis on front versus rear structure.
W I McSpasran argues silage preserves feeding value better than other processes while D A Macpherson reports high milk yields and cash receipts on 125 acres with 70 cows. The discussion covers sweet ensilage risks, moisture effects, and using bran or cottonseed meal with silage to boost milk production.
The speaker advises choosing a calm young boar with strong bone and constitution and good lineage. Provide a well fenced, spacious, clean lot with proper shelter, varied but regular feeding of corn oats and swill, plus salt and ashes. Emphasizes humane handling, avoiding overfeeding, and pairing with sired bone and size.
The article discusses letting goats stay outdoors in cold weather with minimal shelter, and outlines newborn kid care including corraling for two weeks, tying to a fixed spot until the mother recognizes it, and gradual integration with the flock. It also covers feed choices, monitoring condition, and avoiding crowding in sheds during winter. It includes a note on keeping Angoras nourished with brush and careful night feeding, plus cautions about housing in the same enclosure during bidding season to prevent kid predation. It ends with a historical anecdote about Richard Wagner directing orchestras in Dresden and Zurich, concluding that a persistent advertising approach yields results.
The Wisconsin Experiment Station reports on improving mutton through careful ram selection, emphasizing vigorous, well nourished yearling rams rather than pricey but infertile stock. Choose deep milking ewes with good lamb records and dense fleeces, and feed ewe lambs well from birth to ensure growth and fleece quality. Maintain uniformity in grade flocks by breeding preferred rams to the same ewes when possible.
A surgeonly list prescribes daily bay feeding once, water timing, bran mash thrice weekly with soda, rock salt at will, and heavy ginger and charcoal additions if no improvement in two weeks. It outlines hoof, wall, and blistering treatments for founder and side bone, plus a cough remedy with squills. A New York Post anecdote notes express elevators in tall buildings disturb a city visitor who compares rapid descent to a jump.
A home care note advises using wood alcohol followed by linseed or olive oil to restore polished tables after heat damage and to maintain furniture. A quoted Puck snippet jokes about a football style chase with a line about never looking tired, reflecting humorous sports banter.
The lesson digests Genesis chapters 22 to 25 with emphasis on God testing Abraham, Isaac’s near sacrifice, and faith under trial. It links the binding of Isaac to Christ as Lamb of God, notes Beersheba and Mount Moriah connections, and urges steadfast faith and surrender to God’s will. The piece cites verses and extends devotional reflections on providence and obedience.
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