Cultivation and Beekeeping Notes From a Rural Journal
Orchard cultivation tips discuss leveling soil, plowing patterns, pruning height, and equipment for easy cultivation near trees. Duck herding, feeding, and health are covered, with emphasis on feeding twice daily and keeping quarters dry to prevent rheumatism and improve egg yield. Barn supports and hive design are noted, including opinions on single versus double walled hives and wintering quality. A practical method for spring plots near a house uses a cellar window and sunlit wall.
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Be Journal
BoWeser
M Barman
Dadant & Sun
Becaus
Mm M
Jennie Atechles
Texas
Cline
James A. Stone
C. EL Differn
G. L. Tincker
Level Culture For Potatoes In Rural New Yorker Ad
Rural New Yorker emphasizes level culture for potatoes and cautions against killing potatoes with killweeds. It notes harvest ease versus yield, argues for shallow cultivation on poorly bedded land, and advocates feeding cottonseed meal to stock. Also mentions Rhode Island poultry industry and peach trees affected by peach lows.
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New Yorker
Rhode Island
Early Steps In House Heat And Poultry Rations
An 19th century tip sheet discusses warming cellars with floor timbers to temper indoor air for starting seedlings and farming notes. It covers poultry feeding variances, fattening ration guidance, and the challenge of equal food for mixed flocks. It also mentions Jersey cranberry prices and Maine poultry industry value. A doctor’s son discovers a skeleton in his father’s cabinet, provoking curiosity and humor.
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Gunsole
New Yorker
Iice
Emos
Ratie Miner
Beef Cattle Judging and Christmas placings at Smithfield
A London Sketch feature examines prize cattle and Christmas beef. Benton Bride, champion with £2,500 in prizes, sold for £750 after the Smithfield show, while a Shortborn steer won first prize. The piece discusses Shorthorn limits, winter feeding, grazing, and cattle care, urging liberal feeding to yield 1,200 to 1,500 pound steers at high value. It notes cattle housing, pasture, and the economics of Minnesota farmers and the role of land plaster in stables and manure value.
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Emanpion
London
Benton Bride
Smithfield
Clement Stephenson
Newcastle
Decatur
Minnesota
Cor
The Hoof and Foot Care for working Horses
A detailed treatise on horse hoof anatomy and shoeing emphasizes the hoof's sensitive, protected structure and the need for proper farrier care. It warns owners and groomers to avoid careless shoeing, urges personal supervision of foot care, and calls for civic awareness to reduce horse suffering and prevent losses. It also covers livestock farming notes and a political update on Westmoreland County judges.
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Txnr
Doness Macks Uray Betveraty
Canada
Proceei Eer
Elmoné
Araple
Dairy science notes on dairying methods and milk handling
A historical dairy bulletin discusses dairy education at a new New York state school building with six cream separators and steam versus power options. It covers milk spoilage from cold storage, butter quality, oleomargarine legality, separator efficiency, energy costs, and milk pricing strategies for different seasons. It references Nernst experiments, New York trials, and practical dairy advice for farmers and factories.
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Ontario
Dominion
Gustare Aggenitural Culiere
Commission
Cana
Elgin Dairy Report
Appian Way and the Case for Good Roads
The article argues for building and paying for quality roads over relying on resolutions. It cites the Appian Way as a model of lasting infrastructure and notes leaders like Napoleon’s wartime road policies. It emphasizes real action and funding over decorative resolutions in a republican system.
Good roads reform argues for specimen sections
An editorial from the Philadelphia Time argues that while methods differ, high costs block progress and annual road funding wastes money. It proposes building specimen good roads in each township to educate taxpayers and spur a practical, local revolution toward better infrastructure.
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Poibla
Philadelphia
Plan for Geology Division in U S Geological Survey
Improved highways plan contemplates a geology division within the U S Geological Survey with a laboratory to test highway construction materials. Experts’ decisions would educate and aid road reform as the nation seeks better country roads. Macadam paving method described, layers laid in dry weather with successive wet-weather pours. Energy in matter note cites Dolbest on a lump of cost lifting power and perpetual particle forces.
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United States Geological Survey
Dolbest
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St. Louis Republic
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