Guernsey cow Dolly's Ada dominates at fairs and fields
Dolly's Ada, a Guernsey cow from Womesteads, produced substantial milk and butter despite fair campaigns. She won multiple state fair prizes in 1900 while her bull calf earned ribbons. After mowing, guidance from Colonel Ward stresses proper aftermath care to protect the sod and promote spring regrowth.
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Guernsey Brees
Guernsey
Dolly
Ada
Rufus
Womesteads
Hvard
Dunrrymana
OW Fomestead
T Veda
Perry
Cornish Indian Games and Buckwing Leghorns Compared
The article examines English game chickens and Cornish Indian games prized for market fowl status and egg production. It notes robust hens, aggressive broods, and crossbreeding with Buckwing Leghorns, which mix game and Dorking traits to enhance hardiness and desirable qualities for farm conditions.
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England
Atlantic
Dark Cherries and Irrigation in Rural Notes
A Rural New Yorker excerpt discusses cherry varieties with profit potential, noting dark sorts like Windsor and Dikeman as leading money makers in certain regions. It contrasts sweet cherries on poor soil versus moisture needs for sour kinds, then shifts to a labor saving market truck design and ends with a brief irrigation and breeding ethics discussion.
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Windsor
New York
Delaware
Dikeman
G. H. Powell
New Yorker
Silage Making and Agricultural Tips From Breed er's Gazette
Cornstalks cut inch lengths and even spreading while filling the silo yield compact ensilage. A 18 foot by 24 to 30 foot silo is ideal, with wet, heavy materials on top. Poor silos warp and fail. Indian corn preserved as ensilage gives large returns. Feeding starts at top, with 1.5 to 2 inches daily being ideal to avoid heating. Agricultural Brevities note hens as top money makers, peach tree care, and bore removal.
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National Stockman
Henry
Breeders Gazette
Branding Sheep With Paint Sparks Wool Debate
A wool industry discussion notes branding sheep with paint or tar harms wool quality and market acceptance. An Ohio raiser urges shifting to mutton production as wool prices stay low, praising Dorset sheep for biannual lambing and rapid growth. The piece cites 1886 breeding experience and a 19 pound twin birth, advocating timely lambing and market-ready ewes.
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Ohio
National Stockman
Soaked Corn Feeding Aids Pigs Says Swineherd Writer
The Swineherd correspondent reports soaking shelled corn with oats improves pig appetite and mastication, reducing waste and easing feeding. He plans to continue soaking, shelling the corn, and notes no extra greediness versus dry corn.
Device to tame bulls with nose-ring wire restraint
A described device tames bulls by spiking a wool shock on the horn and using wires tied to a nose ring. With no pressure the ring stays up causing no pain. when the bull charges, pressure lifts the nose ring, inflicting pain and teaching the animal to stop. Breeders praise its effectiveness in discouraging misbehavior.
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Austria
South Australia
Clover and alfalfa claim strong farm fertility gains
A Wisconsin Prairie Farmer correspondent asserts clover is essential for soil fertility and livestock nutrition, noting its benefits to young and mature animals, milk production, and soil health through nitrogen fixation and deep roots. A Kansas breeder adds that alfalfa hay and pasture produce strong, well‑fed horses with no grain required, citing mares and Percheron colts weighing up to 1800 pounds and no observed ill effects from early bloom bay.
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Wisconsin
Prairie Farmer
Kansas
Breeder's Gazette
Thes
Mohair Supply Changes and Corn Color Debate
South Africa supplies mohair, with Boer war losses crippling the industry and Turkish duty pushing American buyers to nearer sources. A wind may aid southwestern goat raisers. Chemical tests find no constant nutrient difference between yellow and white corn. A bet dispute cites Bible attributions. readers weigh Psalms Job and Solomon.
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South Africa
Angola
W. A. Henry
Higginside
Job
Solomon
Chicago Tribune
Calf Rearing May Boost Market Value and Profit
A New York Farm and Home correspondent argues calves fed to market readiness yield higher profits than selling newborns. He cites methods such as feeding milk to calves, mixing grain, and warm sweet hay, along with dry housing, salt in feed, and weekly sulphur to prevent disease, noting faster growth and a ready market for mature calves.
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New York
Farm and Home
Alfalfa Ensilage Tests From Colorado Farm Notes
A Colorado bulletin reports alfalfa ensilage tests. Whole alfalfa formed a three inch spoiled top layer and an inch side layer, with middle and bottom excellent. total weight loss 10.7 percent, feeding value loss higher. Cut alfalfa silage heated after covering, cooled, shrank and settled. two inches top spoiled, half inch side spoilage, 7.3 percent spoiled, about 10 percent dry matter loss.
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Colorado Bulletin of Farm Notes
Change In Milking Time From New Jersey Correspondent
A New Jersey writer for American Agriculturist notes milking differences when he was away. Ten cows milked by others showed full yields at night but next morning each yielded one to three pounds less, gradually recovering by Friday night due to the milker change. The tale underscores how scales reveal routine mistakes and how even careful milking impacts output.
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New Jersey
American Agriculturist
Millet growing advice from a 19th century farmer
An advisory Q and A on growing millet covers sowing timing, variety choice especially German or Golden Millet, seeding rate, weed control, crop succession with Canada peas or oats, soil impact, manure and fertilizer use, and harvest timing for high quality hay. Recommendations include broadcasting seed, using clean seed, plowing in stable manure, and applying phosphate, nitrate of soda, and potash to boost yield.
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Macrae
Twin Silo Construction in New Jersey Dairy Plant
A Philadelphia Record item describes large brick and stone twin silos in New Jersey, 22 feet diameter and 80 feet high, built without wood framing for decay resistance, costing about $800 each. The note cites Professor Klug and Rural New Yorker on bone processing and a humorous anecdote about a man forgetting his hat in winter.
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Larne
Wiletine
New Jersey
Klug
Wisconsin Bulletin
New Yorker
The Gallant Cabman and the Shortchanged Passenger
In a London street a cabman, asked for more than the fare, pockets the shilling with a smile. He quips that there was the pleasure of driving, leaving the embarrassed lady with her underpaid payment.
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Lomion Chronicle
The Sonday School Lesson on Abram's Call and Altars
The article presents a sermon excerpt tracing God’s call to Abram in Ur of the Chaldees, the fourfold “I will” promised to him, and his journey toward Canaan marked by two altars. It discusses faith versus fear, Terah’s hindrance, and Abram’s gradual growth in trust, urging separation from worldly ways and steadfast worship.
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Goperight
Ameican Press Association
Whagier
Israel
Yiv
Babylon
Abram
Steephen
God
Uthrim
Farah
Wosiua
Duran
bin Lot
Canaan
Terah
Haran
Mesopotamia
Jacob
Joshus
Joseph
Jesus
Bethel
Hat
Joshua
Christ
David
Bizek
Peter
Jesus Christ
John xiv
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Texas
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Market Street
Philadelphia
Record
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