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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
3
A community of farmers constructed a small dipping plant for about 150 dollars, an inexpensive option for cattle treatment. A larger swimming-tank setup would cost around 350 dollars. An admirable example of the smaller plant was built by farmers minus the tank, using a thrashing engine to heat via a modified 14 inch pipe connected to the whistle intake.
The article discusses squash bug problems in New Hampshire and nearby regions, advising hand picking combined with an eight percent kerowater spray to kill nymphs without harming vines. It details how to apply the spray, spray the ground, and suggests timing, plus includes other farming tips on halter pulling, oleomargarine law notes, and August farm tasks.
Practical notes advise farmers to adapt a wagon bed seed drill for cornhusking times, plant cowpeas early or use rye as a green cover crop, and drill fifteen pounds per acre in 30 to 36 inch rows. The piece emphasizes choosing seed suited to latitude, clean cultivation, and exploring cowpea uses as trial crops. It also references world wheat and maize production, noting U S shares and global harvest patterns. Wrt cherry budding timing, success hinges on sap flow, season, and avoiding bark damage, with cautions on timing. Budding cherries should occur late summer when shoots grow well but sap is still flowing, not too early or late.
An Iowa butter maker reports a dramatic change in butter quality with churn temperatures. Starting at 50 degrees produced a weak body and yellow slop, while 52 degrees with slower handling yielded better results after experimenting to adjust acidity. The Iowa station notes discuss butter water content and granule size, highlighting how temperature and processing affect yield. Separate items report a tax ruling on coloring agents in oleomargarine and a call for ample clean water for hogs, plus Milwaukee winning the national butter makers convention site.
The piece weaves conversational fragments about manners and hospitality with a line about a first wheat shipment to the lakes. It mentions a child Willie arguing with his father, a wife cooking, and a distant reference to a Chicago News item noting a shipment of eight bushels to the city. The readable text is sparse and disjointed, offering glimpses rather than a cohesive event.
Denmark's dairy queen Frau Hanno Nielsen is renowned for butter and cheese for Danish and Russian royalty. A noted teacher in the butter industry, she trained many and helped elevate Denmark's dairy work. Nielsen was born September 11, 1829, and runs a farm eight miles north of Copenhagen.
In a Georgia State Dairy association meeting President Redding highlighted dairying as less soil-depleting and more profitable. He cited a ton of wheat costing $7 to farm and selling under $16, then noted butter yields requiring less plant food and fetching $400 to $600, arguing dairy sustains farms better and shields them from ruin.
The trade of artificial flymaking described as the lightest fingered business in the world. It notes that few, among thousands, can learn the craft. Tyers praised for beauty and delicacy of hands and skill in meticulous tasks at Hingbaler, where work is very fine and exacting.
Guidance on selecting mutton sheep stresses maximizing meat yield and wool value. Inspect teeth for age, head, chest, back, and leg flesh to judge capacity, depth, and overall fattening potential. Emphasizes shoulder quality, rib shape, and lung capacity for profitable carcasses.
The Society of England awarded a prize of 125 for a compact device using a flexible galvanized iron wire rope stack to bear 150 pounds per square foot. It aimed to stack grass or clover while green but failed due to fermentation losses making the process uneconomical. Professor Hunt notes the practice is no longer in vogue in England.
Agricultural guidance discusses winter feeding plans to support spring lambs, emphasizing abundant hay or alfalfa, cracked corn, bran, and roots. It warns that well fed ewes are essential for twin births, outlines ram and breeding experiences, notes Wayne Glas or similar figures, and reports on Denver show premiums for sheep in 1903.
An Albany man sends a cent to a treasury fund amid a playful, conscience themed note. The quoted lines hint at a humorous, satirical take on penny values and civic duties attributed to Cletelami Fisin Desler.
A historical religious digest discusses the Arad region and the Israelite spies, tying the serpents on a pole to Moses and the cross. It cites biblical passages from Genesis to John, linking unbelief, salvation, and Christ’s sacrifice with verses from Isaiah, Hebrews, Romans, and Corinthians.
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