Orchard Pollination and Self Fertility in Fruit Varieties
A Cornell bulletin summarizes self fertile versus self sterile fruit varieties and advises blocking risky pairs. It lists pear, apple, plum, apricot, peach and cherry examples with notes on cross pollination, simultaneous blooming, and pollen quality affecting fruit size and set. It cites Professor Fletcher and experimental reports from over 500 fruit growers.
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Klefer Pallen
Lyteloe
Devickess
Bartlett
Clapp
Idaho
Biefer
Nelis
Waugh
Kerr
Nicholas
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Janet
Oldenburg
Rhode Island
Smith
Burbank
Bradshaw
DeSoto
Kieffer
Berr
Caddo Chief
Seckel
Bieffer
Lawrence
Louise Bonne
Angouleme
Longfield Apples and Pollen Pollination Guide
From Greening pollen, Longfield apples show cross pollination effects with several varieties. The piece discusses which pairings yield better fruit, and stresses proper sow feeding two months before farrowing to prevent piglet issues and disease risks.
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Longfield
Bartlett
Neils
Flem
Bennott
Rieffer
Lennie Garber
Coe
Green Gage
Fellenburg
Satsumi
Undance
Burbank
de Soto
Newnm
Miner
Peach Culture from a New Jersey Grower
Practical advice on pruning thinning and training peach trees from a seasoned New Jersey grower. Details cover timing for trimming, removing excess fruit, and shaping trees to an egg-like form. Guidance includes using pole blows to drop fruit and blasting brush to open orchard space for better fruit development.
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Jerety
Uae
Lee Pesches
Jane
Support For Tomatoes Grows with Beachlike Trellis Plan
Tomato growers seek a beachlike support to spread vines for sun and air while keeping fruit off the ground. The proposed plan uses elevated, lattice-like structures to maximize airflow and reduce rot. The idea envisions sturdy, wind‑stable frames attached to stakes.
Netting systems and irrigation tips for crops
A farm near Boston reports irrigation boosts for early cabbage including wetting between rows to enable two large crops per season. Also notes using wooden honey pails as low cost packaging, describing 60 pound lots and ready-to-ship honey after granulation.
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Boston
American Agriculturist
F. Greiner
Ir 4
Boe
Feed For a Few Hoges and Crop Notes
Agricultural notes discuss small pig yard patches for hogs with turnips and sweet corn to utilize farm waste, plus methods to extend pasture. Reports mention Delaware Maryland farmers forming a produce association to standardize packing and prevent mislabeling. A New Jersey gardener observes corn color mixing, while cheap publicity tips hint at local want ads for Frederick readers.
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Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Frederick
Deterioration of Frozen Meat and Cold Storage
The Sanitary Record warns that frozen meats and long stored foods lose nourishing quality over time. Flavor fades, digestion weakens, and consumoers risk weight loss and illness from stale eggs milk and cream. Despite plenty of food, it fails to satisfy nourishing needs.
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Crest
Shy Breeders and Hog Feeding Trends
Farmers voice concern that finely bred hogs become shy breeders and yield larger litters when cross bred. They warn against overfeeding, favoring grass over corn to strengthen bone and vigor. The piece endorses large boned sows, mixed breeding, and notes oats as a nutritious feed when harvested before full ripening. The report cites The American Cultivator and Texas Farm and Ranch.
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Texas Farm and Ranch
Profitable Sheep Care From James Wilson Advice
Practical guidance on selecting rams, feeding, and management to improve wool quality and flock health. Emphasizes dry pasture, regular watering, terracing tasks, and staged lambing with careful ram introduction, foot care, and separate lamb after birth to minimize losses.
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James Wilson Tegirtat
Rusel sQuare
Mexican Cattle Movement Ties to Texas Rail Lines
Texas exchanges report a major import of Mexican cattle. The Sierre Madre railroad is to supply about 300 stock cars loaded at stations for shipment to Texas Colorado and other western states. Government inspector Bray notes large consignments from Casas Grandes and related ranchers.
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Mexico
Texas
Ferm
Sierre Madre
Dr. Bray
Corralitos Company
Anuston
Azarete Bros
Casas Grandes County
Colorado
United States
Belgian hares profiled for profit and breeding gains
Belgian hares have improved through careful breeding and are gaining popularity. They may be more profitable than poultry due to cleaner feeding and confinement. Four month old meat can fetch higher prices than a similarly aged chicken. Hides yield fur for hats and robes, with black Belgian hides especially valued. Some specimens reach 12 pounds, though standard is eight.
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A. C. Case
Fught of Time Penn Bowl Notes Sleep and Counting
A playful snippet from a Pennsylvania Push Bowl column notes a sleepy exchange about counting to a high number. Laced with slang and oblique humor the brief passage ends with morning returning and plans to rise. The piece showcases local sports writing tone and quirky banter.
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Mac
Pennsylvania
Butter Making At Home In a 19th Century Cellar
The article describes home butter production from mid June to mid September using a cooler cellar, washed and cooled milk, starter buttermilk, and careful temperature control. It covers setting milk, souring, skimming, churning, washing, salting, and molding, with ongoing notes on cleanliness and process adjustments for warm and cold weather. It emphasizes using a starter, maintaining specific temperatures, and packing by churning separately while monitoring cellar conditions.
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Veralla
Expert on ripening cream outlines butter culture methods
Professor H W Coun of Connecticut, a leading authority on ripening cream, explains two approaches to starter culture. The Danish method pasteurizes cream and uses a pure culture, yielding mild fat flavor but less preferred in the U S. A natural starter uses skim milk from a healthy cow, sterilized and soured to begin cream ripening, with caution that poor cream cannot yield good butter regardless of starter choice.
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Muale
Trieste
Bani
Evangelist
Lox
Ou Chronicle
H. W. Coun
Connecticut
The Worst of It. Jack and Tom Dilemma in a Witty Exchange
A playful dialogue features Jack confiding to Tom about being engaged to three women. Tom downplays the situation as not a crime, while Jack remarks the bigger issue is missing the chance for peace through the right choice. The exchange pivots on timing, opportunity, and moral phrasing.
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Jack
Tom
Cream separators and dairy frauds warned to farmers
A discussion extols cream separators as essential on farms and warns farmers about misleading formulas and dangerous additives marketed as dairy improvements. It notes the separator’s popularity, potential milk value gains, and critiques a proposed “advanced farm product” with lists of dubious ingredients and questionable practices.
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Willian
Greta Tome
Bennett
The Wickedest Sea and Market Notes From the Press
The article surveys sailors calling the Cape of Good Hope passage the wickedest sea while noting cattle marketing trends. It cites The National Stockman on range cleaner years and future limits, and discusses age-related health and vitality across life stages as described in Scottish American.
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English Channel
Dover Strait
St Jean de Luiz
Pauillac
Mediterranean
Cadiz
Tangier
Cape Born
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Colony
Nps
Thme
The Carp and Its Remarkable Anatomy
The passage notes the carp’s astonishing anatomy, claiming it moves thousands of bones and muscles with each breath and lists numbers like 492 bones, 4386 bones and muscles, 2220 reins, and 69 muscles, contrasted with human anatomy and concluding with a saying about bearing trouble.
The Mount of Transfiguration Reflected in Faith
A devotional discussion on Jesus’s transfiguration scene with Peter James and John. It traces the glory seen on the mountain, the appearances of Moses and Elijah, and the divine command to hear Christ. The piece connects the event to salvation through Christ’s coming death and resurrection and urges believers to fix all attention on Jesus.
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Tex
Peter
Matthew
Luke
John
Patmos
S Caine
Flint
Moses
Elias
Adaya
Elijah
Jude
Christ
Sainur
Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Jesus
James
Eliah
God
Larnel
Ben
Eilish
Israel
Jono
Spurgeon Wit Draws Ocean Question at Sea
The pan romantic preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon halted a seaside chat at Mentone as wild waves lashed the shore. He asked, What are the wild waves my fog? and offered his own ponderous answer before jocosely urging an advert in the News.
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Spurgees
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Mentone
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