Shelters for manure and gluten feeds in Vermont study
A Vermont bulletin describes a lean-to style barn built with planks, cheaper and faster than traditional frames, aiding manure handling and ventilation. It compares gluten feeds from corn by products to other meals, noting higher protein and fat content, feeding safety, and potential milk quality gains. Wet feed advantages for pigs and cattle show soaked corn increases intake and gains, with soaked corn for steers yielding higher returns in tests.
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Tony
Vermont Experiment Station
Vermont
Chicago
Kansas
Iung
Tse
New Era for Irrigation Prompts New England Farmers
A Connecticut board of agriculture meeting featured Professor Phelps showing eight years of rainfall in Connecticut. He noted average yearly rainfall of 45 inches, with summer months needing at least three inches monthly for crops, and that irrigation is often essential. J C Eddy described a reservoir feeding a hydraulic ram, while J H Hale cited higher strawberry yields from irrigation and favorable water pricing. The piece also covers a California pump example, farm water costs, and various rural notes including beets and asparagus.
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New England
Phelps
Connecticut Board of Agriculire
Connecticut
J.C. Eddy
J. H. Hale
Eddy
Mr Hale
Bir
Tr Cooperative Effyet Mane
Berbunds
Fuylind Bumegead
Furegemp
New Yorker
Pita
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Sixth Avenue
Indy
Groundbreaking horse shoe secures hoof without nails
The article describes Reynolds' shoe that clasps the hoof with a grooved band and rear screws, allowing easy on off without nailing. It claims protection against hoof growth issues, reduces loss of shoes, and enables the horse to remove shoes at night for relief, with a spring clinch absorbing pressure.
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Urin
G. Bi Rao
Mindy
Feeding Sheep for Profit in Cold Weather Farming
Article discusses costs and practices for feeding sheep for profit, detailing feed costs, flock sizes, labor, and logistics. It covers sheep weight, daily intake, hay and grain mixes, and regional price references, with notes on winter feeding, fattening, and care to maintain performance. It also includes livestock advice on horses, cottonseed meal quality, and general farm management for year-round stock health.
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Fort Collins
Missouri
Agib
Seape
Chicago
W. W. Cooke
Denver Field
Dr Mary Walker Plans Bloomers Colony for Women
Mary Walker famed promoter of dress reform has bought a 135 acre farm seven miles west of Oswego to form a women’s colony. Only celibate members who wear bloomers for life will join. They will farm, plant and harvest, market crops, and care for stock under a detailed plan. Also included are notes on worm treatment for lambs and a remark on a 12 month old hog weighing 400 pounds.
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Mary Walker
Henry C. Benedict
Oswego
Mary
Chicago Times-Herald
New Cattle Breed and Creamery Startups Discussed
The piece reviews Norman cattle origins and sizes, noting their dairy and beef yield and hardy nature. It then offers guidance for starting a creamery, stressing location review, patronage, milk quantity, fat variation, and farmer relations, urging a baseline of 3000 pounds daily milk and ideally 8000 or more.
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Guernsey
Montreal Herald
Making Fancy Cheeses and Dairy Trade Secrets
A long discussion on American and foreign dairy practices, focusing on how fancy cheeses like Edam Roquefort Brie and Parmesan are imitated in the U S, labor patterns between American and European dairymen, curing methods, and economic comparisons in Wisconsin and New England. It notes tech advances in cheese bacteria, caves, and artificial curing rooms, plus a critique of combined churn and butter worker systems.
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Neufchatel
Autry and
Creminery
Lawson
Uuelvathan
Caewaery Journal
Sigker
Ares
The Mystery of Blue Sunlight in Dusty Skies
A New York Mercury report explains atmospheric dust particles refracting sunlight create blue skies and dark horizons. It notes light scattering varies by latitude, with the sky appearing blue over cities and whitish near large regions, and discusses the role of dust, moisture, and air composition in coloring sunbeams.
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iMeutenden
Etutiers
Uass
Isahella
Pha
Phot
Foo
Perth
Otis Ichemelee
Globe
New York
Lodging hotels face growing charges and reforms
A London Graphic excerpt laments rising hotel charges from blunt comforts to hidden fees, noting abusive practices by hosts and court summons as guests refuse unwarranted charges. It contrasts modern amenities with harrowing price hikes and criticizes officials’ roles in allowing the system.
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Mr. Kendal
Norma
London Graphic
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