Rural Free Delivery Expands Across United States
Assistant Postmaster General Heath details the rise of rural free delivery as an established postal service. The system increases postal receipts, raises farm land values, improves roads, aids farm prices, and educates rural residents through home delivery and neighborhood boxes. Rural delivery now operates from 300 points in 40 states and one territory, serving 179,131 people at a small per capita cost.
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Con
Heath
Aivre
Stgnes
Braditon
Osio Naighborrood Group
Missouri
Sulphur and ammonium sulfate effects on potato scab
The Rhode Island station reports on sulfur use in soils for potato scab control. Sulfur can injure acidic and neutral soils, while ammonium sulfate shows promise as a cheaper, more effective adjunct to reduce scab. Gypsum and organic amendments are noted for alkali soil management, and a bulletin notes orchard scales in New Jersey.
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Rhode Island
Crete
Montana
B. W. Traphagen
New Jersey
Smith
San Jose
Red Polled cattle breed described and valued
The American Cultivator reports on Red Polled cattle as a versatile general purpose breed. It highlights hornless cattle with uniform red color, strong milk production, good beef yield, easy keeping, and docile temperament. Bulls weigh 1800 to 2800 pounds. cows 1100 to 1600. Includes note on milk preservatives and a Cornell bulletin on Japanese plums.
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Peter
Edam cheese making outlined by a New England grocer
The New England Grocer describes Edam cheese origin in Holland's north, detailing fresh cow milk, rennet, curd handling, molding, pressing, salting, washing, and aging. He notes a two to three month ripening, color changes, and dyed rinds for export to the United States.
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New England
Holland
Pumpkins for Cows and Hoghouse Plans
Agricultural guide advises feeding pumpkins to cows and chickens, with preparation steps and grinding of seeds. Includes a Wisconsin Farmer note from A. J. Ringery detailing a 48 by 26 hoghouse for 20 sows, with swaying partitions, many windows, and efficient feeding access.
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Trrents
A. J. Ringery
Wisconsin Farmer
Simple Hogrouse Sliding Doors for Pigs and Feed
Simple hogroom design describes sliding doors for stalls to move sows out and feed pigs. Doors measure 24 by 36 inches with a wooden pin hinge, adjustable height, and sloped three inch. Feeding alley six feet wide with cedar posts and planked interior to keep out bogs, two feet off the ground.
Inbreeding Critique and Cattle Eye Safety
A critique of inbreeding in herds cites Professor Shaw on temporary gains but warns it harms health size and breeding power. It notes pure breds push such practices for higher prices, risking collapse of the breed. Also described are smoke tinted cattle spectacles used to prevent snow blindness, adopted by herd owners.
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Obio Palmer
saFrs
Shaw
Horatius
Collier's Weekly
Wintering Sheep Advice From The Advertiser Cultivator
The Advertiser Cultivator warns on wintering sheep, noting age-specific care, proper feed rich in proteids, and avoidance of fever. It explains how good nourishment preserves wool quality, and how poor conditions lead to dry skin, harsh fleece, and lower value. The piece stresses collaboration between farmer insight and manufacturer feedback to improve wool production.
Brave Colonel Hawkins and the Philippine defense tales
In the Philippines narrative, Colonel Hawkins of the Tenth Pennsylvania and Captain Byrnes of the Sixth Infantry are highlighted for bold actions against larger Filipino bands. The account recalls the La Lomas church assault, the orchard outpost defense by Colorado volunteers, and the persistent siege at Mante, with vivid portraits of leadership, sacrifice, and frontline courage amid jungle and hilltop engagements.
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Byrne
True Farming Spirit in the West and Its Consequences
An essay extols the true farming spirit as growing and finishing stock on the farm rather than trafficking in produce. It criticizes shrewd dealers who buy livestock to profit, arguing widespread buying from neighbors harms overall national wealth and farmers’ prosperity. If every farmer raised and finished his own stock, the country and individual farmers would be richer.
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Leutenant
Liawkins
Lee Seid
Sass
Professor Shaw
Prolific New Zealand Lamb Ewes Report From Canterbury
Reports from Canterbury New Zealand indicate an unusually prolific lambing season with twins triplets and even quads. F Todhooter of Westerfield has one paddock with 20 ewes bearing triplets and a ewe with five lambs, three reared by band. A breeder reports 150 lambs from 100 ewes including triplets and quads, both flocks using Shropshire rams. A Southdown ewe kept by a butcher has produced 24 lambs while twins have appeared every year since she was a yearling.
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New Zealand
Indies
Canterbury
Littelton Times
F. Todhooter
Westerfield
Choice Plan and Advertising Inbreeders Scarcity
A National Stockman correspondent notes no two beings look identical in appearance or markings. The writer mocks breeders who advertise many choice pictures, asserting true first class stock is scarce and hard to find after 30 years of experience. The piece urges advertising in The Newb.
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National Stockman
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Philippines
Istend Beudite
Cotomel
J. L. Uawkins
Treth Penney
Sele
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Tenth Pennsytiania
la Lomas Church
Rueble
Hawkins
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la Lomas
Mante
Pennsylvania
A. L. Rawedyl
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Cuthbertson
Malate
Ward Bicher
Laird
Iines
Aguinaldo
Grorce I. Krowen
Philadelphia
Sheey
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