Pruning Orchards Practical Advice From S T Maynard
Practical guidance on pruning fruit trees stresses restraint to avoid overcutting. Remove dead wood in summer, separate rubbing branches, and head back tops to lower fruiting sites. Do not cut side branches if avoidable. treat wounds with oil paint or grafting wax. Winter pruning is best, last of winter minimizes injury. apply similarly to apple pear and plum, with peach caveat.
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S. T. Maynard
Massachusetts
Handy Poultry Feed Tub Impresses Visitors
An American Agriculturist correspondent notes the handy poultry feed tub as the best thing seen. Twelve hens can feed around one without crowding, yet it remains clean when not in use as it stacks away. Smaller tubs suit chickens and the design suits storage and transport.
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Cary
A Study of Seeding Methods and Clover Growth
A New York correspondent discusses grass and clover seeding, disk drills, and soil needs. He argues thick sowing wastes seed, highlights soil texture and decomposition, and notes dairy farms must educate to market farm products and avoid being constrained by traders. He also notes trolley lines aiding rural towns and feeder routes linking to rail systems.
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Jones
New York
Fn National
Stockawan
Sale and stallion fee dispute in horse trade
A Colorado reader of the Breeder's Gazette discusses who pays the stallion service fee when a mare is sold at auction. The buyer bears the fee as part of the purchase price if the mare is in foal, with the seller responsible only if the stallioner transfers liability. The article also covers stallion size standards, horse conformation points, frost protection for bits, and general horse-shoeing and market price notes including record Chicago draft prices and a St Louis trafficking raid.
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Colorado
Baltimore
Maryland
Chicago
Sume
Trafic
St Louis
Grand Jury
Stili
St. Lewis
St. Louis
Ram Prices and U S Sheep Statistics in 1902
A discussion of ram values shows high prices paid by English raisers and the profit potential for good breeding stock. It notes a $25 ram as extravagant to some, while major U S figures from the National Association of Wool Manufacturers report 64,642,028 sheep and lambs, 22,721,128 lambs, and 3,292,540 losses. The 1902 fleece wool output totals 27,434,102, with pulled wool at 42,000,000, and wool scoured at 137,912,085.
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National Association of Wool Manufacturers
United States
Change in methods boosts sheep and cattle production view
A discussion on range limits in sheep and cattle production notes that irrigation will boost alfalfa and food crops, allowing winter feeding and larger herds. Sheep may grow more slowly, but on arable farms they could be better rewarded. Montana and Wyoming experiences with sheep show expanding flocks and rising wool output, Wyoming leading in wool production.
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Theop
Gatile
Establishing a Private Dairy Says George Loomis
A Kansas Farmer article by George W. Loomis urges dairymen to equip farms with proper housing, wells, and storage. He highlights the benefits of silos and hand separators, noting reduced butter fat loss with separation and calf health improvements from skim milk feeds.
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George W. Loomis
Kansas
Rowe elected president of American Bowling Congress in Indianapolis
Rowe of Cleveland yesterday won the presidency of the American Bowling Congress at Indianapolis. King Edward awarded the grand cross of St. Michael and St. George to Sir Michael Herbert, British ambassador in Washington. A spark from a shifting engine at Peaks & C started a fire endangering a town, with Joss estimated at 190000? Moody accepted the monstor Nevada bail for Bath Iron Works and ordered commission by March first.
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Rowe
Cleveland
Indianapolis
King Edward
St. Michael and St. George
Sir Michael Herbert
Washington
Peaks
Iitie
Joss
Moody
Nevada
Bath Iron Works
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Vermont
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Georgia
Connecticut
Maine
M. H. Cole
Pereberon
Onaugiste
Gray
Nogent-le
Rotron
Nantes
France
Montagne
International
McLaughlin Bros
Montana
Department of Agriculture
State Board of Sheep Commissioner of
Wyoming
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cominanrkind
Fale
Lydia Pinkham
Dean Mars
Ike
A. Cowan
Bainbridge St
Philadelphia
Dean Mas. Pinentan
Catherine Jackson
Beaubrent
Detroit, Mich
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Saray C. Brienam
Brigham Park
Fitchburg, Mass
Ath
MIL
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Ady Forel
Chichester
Tewtte
Kipperei
Great Southern Pty. & Mfg Co
Frederick,md
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