Potato Report on 1898 Experiments at New Hampshire Station
The New Hampshire station reports 1898 potato trials across 104 varieties including Red American Wonder White Beauty and Fillbasket. It lists top yielders with figures such as Red American Wonder at 869 bushels per acre and White Beauty at 397, evaluating plant vigor and tuber quality. It also notes cultivation insights on seed-end planting eye germination, sun exposure, and seed piece sizing for maximizing salable yield.
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Vivian
We Worthy Veatethem
Trumpshire
New Yorker
Burbank
Reeve’s Rose
BOT Btl
Vaughan
Sir William
Walter Raleigh
Woodhull’s
Dewdrop Rowe
Breck
Wilson
William
Seneca
Woodbull
Rane
Lamson
New Hampshire Station
Modern Corn Culture Emphasizes Weeds and Soil Stirring
Agrarian notes explain corn culture focused on weed control and soil stirring to conserve moisture and feed roots. Instructions cite plowing, harrowing, and regular cultivation, timing before planting and after rains, plus mulching effects and the dangers of deep or uneven cultivation. Additional sections cover potato blight, celery planting, a Texas bicycle anecdote, and lamb docking tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stasop
New England
Cotte
Backbone of Agriculture Rises in Sheep Wealth and History
The article extols sheep as the backbone of agriculture noting abundant pasture and lamb markets. It traces sheep’s role from Roman wool to modern high prices, citing Lincoln rams sold for 1000 guineas and diverse breeds across Britain, with wool and meat driving value. It mentions breeding, exports, and the cultural regard for sheep across eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoological Gardens
Britain
Scotch Highlands
Cumberland
Spain
Lincoln
Dudding
Grimsby
Sheep in the South Promote Old Fields for Sheep Farming
Henry Stewart argues southern uncultivated lands and timber tracts can be profitably used for sheep farming. Deep plowing prevents soil washout, improves fertility, and could convert abandoned fields into major profits, with timber lands supporting cattle and hogs while sheep thrive on pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stewart
The South’s Sheep Industry and Pasture Benefits
The writer argues the southern region offers rich timber, grazing, and pasture for profitable sheep farming. Fears of wandering dogs are downplayed. sheep losses are rare. With grass hay, haymaking, and seasonal feeding, flocks fatten quickly. Nature’s generosity in the South supports profitable sheep raising compared to elsewhere.
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Tiestad
Ely
Buine Deei
Uecutis
United States
Highlands
Atlantic
Healthful Hogs and Early Farm Cures From Old Texts
A compilation of agricultural notes discusses breeding hogs with strong bone and sound limbs, free grazing, and careful feeding to improve meat quality. It covers historic views on immunity, avoiding inbreeding, and the role of exercise in developing muscular hog meat, plus a caution about overfeeding in confinement.
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H. F
National Stockman
Best Cows and Profits in Purebred Dairy Breeding
A discussion of dairy cattle breeding shows low butter yields undercut profitability, urging breeders to focus on high quality, registered animals, selective mating, and better feed. The piece notes climate, feeding practices, and cooperative cream separation as paths to economic viability, arguing herd consolidation can boost profits and efficiency.
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Steek
Smong Dairy
Aniwile
Aya
Boston
Thase
Teo
Holland
Jereey
Guerngéy
Brithia
Milking by Machinery in Germany Inventor’s Device
A German inventor named Marchland has created a milking machine that can milk several cows at once. The device operates by mechanical endions through engines, promising significant cost savings and improved cleanliness by reducing human contact with the cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mivka
Germany
Marcbland
Nsw
Milking Machines and Parmesan Cheese From Italian Factory
Describes aWyoming county milking machine with airtight cylinders and rubber reservoirs feeding four udders, powered by a pneumatic cylinder and water bath to regulate pressure. Nearby Dale village hosts a small Italian cheese plant noted for Parmesan style cheese, handmade, stretched, aged six months, with output sold in Chicago.
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Mumereland
Wyoming County
Rochester
Buffalo
Erie Railray
Dale
Middlebury
Chicago
Milano
Sorrento
Jen
New York
Making a Pasture and Cornstalk Disease Description
A Towa farmer describes making a pasture by dishing vat stubble, sowing rye and clover, and clipping with a mower to mulch and thicken. the field becomes prime grazing. The article also warns of cornstalk disease in cattle from moldy corn fodder, fatal in 4 to 36 hours, mostly in under four-year-olds.
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Towa
Man Is the Better Philosopher and Sheep Care
A misspelled colonial era note discusses sheep health, stressing that damp quarters foster foot rot and sickness at night, and demands ventilation, shade, and clean water. It asserts sheep need good care and ends with a garbled political misquote.
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Washinsten
Democran
Jimtown's Conversions and Jimtown Revival Ties
A fragmentary 19th century account recounts Jimtown church built to convert enslaved people, linking revivals to plantation wealth. It details a whitewashed slave labor episode, a Baptist Methodist clash, and a Virginia planter using religion to control enslaved workers in St Joseph.
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Joseph
Tiavon
St Joseph
Collain Semona
Thadaelehborlod
Virginia
Marghiod
St. Joseph
Linnaater
Thas
Jim
Corlinity
Jimtown
Jimson
Avkel
Emplooyer
Hack
Glack Snake Creek
New York Sun
Soothing Sermons Bring Sleep Across Distances
In a reminiscence from Last Years at St. Andrews the Very Rev A I H Boyd recalls letters from exiles in America who read his sermons aloud. He notes a Scottish widow’s tale of sleep following a Bible chapter and praises the soothing power of the spoken word. Other ministers like Dr Lindsay Alexander are cited for similar effects.
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A. I. H. Boyd
St. Andrews
Lindsay Alexander
Edinburgh
Boyd
Picking pansies on Woodward as a boy whistles through Detroit
A young boy about 11 walks down Woodward Avenue in Detroit whistling and stopping at Grand Circus Park to pick pansies. A bystander warns him that stealing is against the law, but the boy vows the flowers are for his sister and continues on, unfazed.
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Gays
London Live Stock Journal
Queen's Grounds
Sheffield
Woodward Avenue
Grand Circus Park
Elow
Coon
Detroit Free Press
Earl Fine
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Texas
Dallas
Backbone OF Agriculture
Tar News
Cueh
Signor Combs
Turin
Mediterranean
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