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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1902
Page
3
The article explains how watermelons and cantaloupes thrive in Rocky Ford’s dry hot climate. Irrigation provides nearly all moisture, and a long growing season allows ample time to mature each type to perfection.
A Orange Judd Farmer correspondent details six to eight weeks ripening for Rocky Ford cantaloupes. He describes two row cultivator use, staged hoeings, thinning, soil shaping, and careful watering. Beetle control includes lime dust, kerosene sprays, cheesecloth covers, and natural remedies. A dental gas joke closes the piece.
A summarized extract from the last Canadian Experimental Farm report lists top varieties for many vegetables. It highlights Conover's Colossal for asparagus, Golden Wax beans, Refugee and One Thousand to One peas, Egyptian Turnip beets, Dwarf Green Curled kale, White Cape broccoli, and Early Jersey cabbage among others. It notes heat and rust susceptibilities and offers guidance on early, medium, and late crops.
Advice on cattle feeding stresses clean housing, regular feeding, and ample water. It notes Texas feed prices vs Wyoming profits, then reports on Princess of Wayne VII the Holstein cow owned by Henry Stevens and Sons, including her sale terms and sire. Also covers Shorthorns Durhams, calorimeter tests, watering cows, and dairy cow management.
An article notes few women master sweet butter making while others lack detail. It stresses washing pans, using thermometers, and proper cream temperature. It warns that cellar storage taints milk with musty odors from produce. Proper ventilation and cleanliness are urged to prevent tainting and disease fears. A Maine firm forming to cut out middlemen, Consumers' Pure Milk Co., is reported.
The article emphasizes that the optimal moment to begin an advertising campaign is now urging readiness and proactive preparation. It underscores seizing the moment to plan, allocate resources, and set objectives for a successful rollout.
P H Kieffer notes butter handling faults and proper working methods in Creamery Journal. He explains churn size versus season, discards excess butter in the churn, and details revolutions and resting periods. Private dairy tests with scales and fat tests are urged for all cattle owners to measure herd performance.
A 1900 South Carolina experiment deborned seven cows to observe milk yield. Lucile nine years old with large horns showed a 46 percent fall in the first day and 20 percent over five days, Alice dropped 18.2 percent, Blors 12.7 percent. Cochese Spot and Lib did not show effects, totaling an 18.1 percent loss over five days.
A Kansas State Dairy Association talk on Dairying In Europe challenges the idea that European dairies are cleaner. Major Yard, quoting a farm publication, says European and American dairies show similar untidiness. The discussion notes European barns are poorly kept in winter and that housing and care vary, with some American cows surpassing European standards. The article includes a Farm and Ranch illustration of Pearl and her pet Sunflower.
An article from Our Paper editors Carothers and Son of Laompusas Texas describes a two year eight month old heifer, sired by a grandson of imported Tormentor and with a King’s Landseers Pogis dam, noting udder size and milk potential. It discusses dairy cow selection, milk quality versus quantity, and farm economics. It also covers mud and waste management in barns, herd profitability, and calls for better farm practices and record keeping.
A British naval surgeon famed for prescribing salt water as a universal cure is mocked after narrowly escaping drowning during a squall at sea. The captain quips that he could not have drowned in his own medicine chest.
A proposed Iowa legislature bill would allocate 31000 per year to the Approved Live Stock Breeders' association to cover annual meeting expenses and promote better stock production. The piece notes Iowa's livestock value at over 264 million and urges breeders to support the measure without delay.
The article notes cows travel long miles in poor pastures, consuming feed only partly offset by work. It warns against using any pasture until in good condition and emphasizes feeding cows if grass is deficient. It argues a poor pasture yields little value and keeping cows in the barnyard may be better than turning them out all day.
The hog is praised as a model of American push and profitability. It compares favorably with the steer in dressed meat yield and postmortem uses, with notes on nine months growth, quick returns, and the value of keeping pigs in a warm barn for better gains.
Extracts from Vienna high school boys show varied historic and literary lines. Notable proverbs and statements include health and death, martyr bones in Rome, miswritten phrases about Braman beings, sacrifice of a rich woman, Hannibal signaling to troops, and a claim that God’s punishment came after ten years.
The Chimney Swift, once nesting in hollow trees, shifted to building in chimneys as forests declined and houses rose with chimneys. Observers note this bold shift in nesting behavior and the bird's quick adaptation to man made fires and structures.
The article reviews Paul and Barnabas’s return to Antioch after their first mission, the council in Jerusalem addressing Gentile salvation, and the Holy Spirit’s guidance. It emphasizes faith over works, the church’s unity, and comfort given by the Spirit, concluding with praises and a note on Polaris being a triple star.
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