Uncle Sam Sumstia cigar wrapper tobacco described
A historical note details Uncle Sam Sumstia, a shade grown cigar wrapper tobacco variety developed from Sumatra stock by M. N. Floyd in Farisiville Connecticut. It describes plant height of eight feet, 26 leaves per plant, leaf dimensions around sixteen by twenty inches, and potential yields up to 1600 pounds per acre under favorable conditions, with seed saving producing true year after year.
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M. N. Floyd New
Farisiville
Conn
Connecticut
Ilo
Sumatra
Uncle Sam Sumstia
Sorting and Packing Eggs
Sorting and packing eggs by shape and color prevents mixing differing shells in one package. Keep eggs clean. wipe slight soil with a damp cloth and discard badly soiled eggs to avoid washing damage. Unsellable eggs go to cheaper markets, in large shipping cases or small pasteboard boxes.
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G. A. Bell
Pumpins In the Cornfield
Pumpkin seeds are cheap and can be saved on any farm with almost no trouble. Seed cost is the main expense for a good pumpkin supply when planted in the corn field, and pumpkins are valuable to feed. Farmers resist planting them because the modern cultivator, adjusted for corn, is hard on the Finex.
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Becvuse
Starting an Orchard Select Varieties Adapted to Locality
A Vermont writer recounts starting an orchard with 1,000 trees and plans for 1,000 more. He warns against too many varieties, notes past failures with Oregon stock, and advocates top grafting and buying reliable nursery stock. He recommends selecting 12 red apple varieties suited to locality and market, listing McIntosh Spy Scotch Winter Wolf River Fameuse Wesbury Baldwin Jefferies King Sutton Beauty as regional picks.
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Vermont
Brecken
Amwrican Agriculturist
Tau
Lake Shore
Baldwin
Jeening
King
Sutton Beauty
Sheep Breeding Report Highlights Dorset and Cheviot Value
A homesteader discusses breeding three sheep varieties, noting Dorsets as money makers due to early lambs with high prices for twin lambs at eight months. Cheviots are praised for appearance and show potential, with Oxford Downs valued for show quality and premiums at fairs.
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Cheviots
Oxford Downs
Dorset
Cheviot
Oxford Down
New England
Experiments With Crimson Clover At Delaware and Maryland Stations
Careful trials by Delaware and Maryland agricultural experiment stations show crimson clover boosts yields. Potatoes after clover yield 72.3 vs 52.8 bushels per acre. next year 67.4 vs 43.5, a gain of over 45 percent. Corn following clover reaches 46 vs 39.3 bushels. Sweet potatoes see about a 15 bushel rise, similar to gains from 160 pounds of nitrate of soda.
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Delaware
Maryland
Sugar Corn Harvest Methods From Farm and Fireside
A Farm and Fireside writer advises on handling sugar corn. If corn remains on the stalk until ripe and harvested in shocks, fodder stays well. If removed early, stalks should be cut and shocked quickly in small shocks for proper curing.
Salt management for dairy cows and Tonona LX cow portrait
The piece explains salt feeding for dairy cows, recommending shelter for rock salt and weekly loose salt, warning against overfeeding after deprivation. It also presents Hoard's Dairyman portrait Tonona LX of Hood Farm, sold for 3500 to a Virginia buyer, praised as a great Jersey cow with strong production and merit, dam Ress Quonan with notable milk yield records.
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Hoard
Tonona LX
Hood Farm
Virginia
Tonona
Feod Fer Young Calves Improve With Milk and Barley Mix
A historical note discusses calf rearing in dairy districts. It compares milk, roasted tearlight brown paap, and barley meal with alfalfa hay to build a strong stomach and healthy start for young calves. It mentions skim milk use and Red Tow flour as part of early rations.
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Searly
Culf
Ehoor
Oa Re
Bottling Milk Debate Sparks Massachusetts Meeting
The Massachusetts Board of Agriculture heard BoB Duwley warn that bottling milk, though clean and tidy, risks contamination if bottles are not properly cleaned and cared for. He noted dipping costs and bottle wear, while others argued bottles may spread disease if hygiene falters, despite high initial expenses.
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Bob. Duwley
Massachuisetts
Pliss
A Dairyman's Advice to Record Dairies Profits
A well known dairyman urges dairymen to keep precise records of each cow. He notes one cow may yield 3560 pounds of butter annually while another on the same feed produces only 150 pounds. The record shows which cows are most profitable and should be kept.
Needed In the Business Conference Highlighted
A dairymen's meeting emphasizes the Babcock test and scales as simple accurate tools. The speaker warns that high costs and scarce labor press profit, urging dairymen not to ignore these methods.
Dairy Notes on Best Practices for Cows and Feeds
A Nae Honnl Stock and armer writer reports farmer questions to a dairy expert. Topics include whether to buy or raise cows, using grade Holsteins, testing and culling, the cost of milking machines for small dairies, protein sources like cottonseed, and the value of alfalfa and soybeans. Alfalfa drainage, pure seed, and three cuts per season near the St. Lawrence River are noted.
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Riners’ Institute
St. Lawrence
The Flavor In Butter
The Farmers Advocate notes that pure butter fat has no high flavor and only a faint taste. Casein and whey add little flavor, and clean substances lack strong taste. A pronounced flavor suggests non-butter matter is present. genuine milk and cream flavors are very faint.
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Tarmers
Cause of Cheesy Butter in Kansas Study
The Kansas experiment station attributes cheesy butter to two main factors. First, curdling of cream whether sweet or sour. Second, a milky body caused by unseparated or inadequately washed buttermilk and by butter made from ropy cream.
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Kansas Experiment Station
Veterinary care for dairy cows remedies and cautions
Practical notes on udder care including teats hardening, long nails, and deranged udder. Advice covers vaseline treatment, claw trimming, and soap rubs after milking. Also outlines indigestion treatment, caked udder remedy, leaky teat closure with collodion, wart removal methods, and cautions on castor oil usage.
Feeding Hogs Clean Food of Utmost Importance in Summer
Clean food for hogs is crucial in hot weather to prevent disease. Avoid rotten swill and dirty whey tanks as they harbor flies and pathogens. Regular cleaning of barrels and tanks, and using steam to disinfect, reduces illness spread among hogs and protects the herd.
Youth in its Golden Prime drives baby beef boom
A rise in interest in lightweight cattle for beef prompts praise of Aberdeen Angus in the infant beef market. Breeders cite early maturity and high feed efficiency as key, with a Delaware dairy race noting Angus crossbreeding boosts calf value and soil fertility.
Livestock Center Urged for Worcester Cattle Sale
Rumor swirls that Worcester may host a New England cattle market. W. Wood, a major Holstein breeder, notes 1500 head within fifty miles could bolster a Worcester sale hub for breeders. J. T. Marcon backs Worcester as best livestock sale center in New England to spur herd improvement amid farmer income gaps.
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Mike Worcester
New England
New England Tfamestead
W. Wood
Worcester
J. T. Marcon
Engeland
New York
Mid- Me West
Tongue Twister on Horse Bit Fittings and Habits
A Tryeeder's Gazette note by M D Brautner discusses how a horse with a persistent tongue over the bit cannot be prevented by high buckling. It explains a long feathered sole diamondd shape and leather extensions over the tongue as a method, reflecting antique animal training views.
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M.D. Brautner
Tryeeder's Gazette
Chicago
The Horseman Advice on Stable Care and Feeding
Young foals thrive when sheltered from cold rain, while excessive hay harms digestion. Feed about three fourths of a pound of hay per hundred pounds of body weight daily. Water horses after exertion gradually. Draft horses need large, well-formed feet and proper greasing. Bedding should be fine sawdust and peat. Maintain good shoing and avoid slovenly driving.
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C. K. Woul
Protein and Its Sources
Protein is the nitrogenous part of seeds and the most valuable nutrient group. It is characterized by nitrogen. Egg white is almost pure protein. Cottonseed meal and linseed meal are rich in protein, as are leguminous hay such as clover, alfalfa, and cowpea hay.
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John Michels
A Dry Barnyard Plan Urges Better Drainage
A Kimball's Dairy Farmer advises farmers to drain the barnyard toward an cultivable field. The suggested setup would improve stock health and cut costs, enabling an early forage crop by sowing corn near the yard and cultivating the field for profit.
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Kimball
Exterminate Rats In Poultry Houses Warned By U S Department
A public notice cites United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin 297 on rat control for poultry houses. It endorses two box baiting methods, modern metal guillotine traps, poison as a supplement, and sanitation to curb rat depredations in farms and urban areas, urging cooperative warfare against pests.
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United States Department of Agriculture
A Tidy Sum From a Good Flock
A correspondent reports Miss Marcia Warren of West Baldwin Missouri owned 130 hens. Last year 1,490 five to six dozen eggs sold for 381.87, poultry sales 1.62, total receipts 479.49. Feed cost 220.13 leaving net profit 259.36 about 2 per hen. Warren did all work, hatched chicks by power, eggs sent to Boston retail dealer, no breeding stock sold or eggs for extra price, dry feeding used.
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Marcia Warren
West Baldwin
Boston
Plan to Secure Dryness in Henhouses Extolled
A rural note praises a simple plan to keep poultry houses dry, arguing dryness makes poultry farming worthwhile. The illustrated method, already used in many regions with success, involves little extra work and could boost the American poultry industry if widely adopted.
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America
Cannibal Chickens Warns Hatchery Keepers
The article notes some chick broods form a canibal habit by pecking each other despite efforts to stop it. It advises dividing chicks into small flocks of twenty five to thirty, giving litter, forage, bone meal and beef scraps, plus ample grain and always providing charcoal.
Chicks Dying In the Shell Due to Breeding Stock Quality
The article notes high shell mortality from eggs hatched from poor breeding stock. Overfat hens forced to lay, debilitation, and use of immature breeding stock raise chick loss. Dead-in-shell percentages increase when stock is under stress or not fully mature.
Keep Pekin Ducks for Feathers and Profit
Every farmer with a stream on his land should keep Pekin ducks. It pays well for feathers and there is good local demand. Some say ducks do not need water to bathe, which is true for ducklings, but older ducks deserve the pleasure, says Pannie Wood in Farm Journal.
Blindness in Fowls Causes and Conditions
The article notes conjunctivitis and keratitis as the most common causes of blindness in fowls, typically arising from colds and linked to pronounced roupiness. It acknowledges other, less frequent causes may exist but does not specify them.
Tinting in Eggs Shows Hereditary Causes In Varieties
A note on tinted eggs arising from white egg varieties due to hereditary factors. The observation highlights how genetics influence shell color in certain chicken breeds and lays out common patterns seen in poultry farming.
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