Potatoes and Crops From Early Seed to Proper Planting
A rural article discusses seed preparation for potatoes including cutting seed tubers, spacing, and the rapid growth of shoots under light and warmth. It covers early spring planting, handling of various varieties like Early Ohio and The Freeman, and the importance of seed treatment for crop yield and vigor. It also touches on celery manures, pasture management, gate construction, soil needs for potatoes, and notes about lettuce and machinery in New England farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Freeman
New Yorker
Os Vale Celery
Boston
Trianon Cos
Deacon
Thorbom
Gardening
Long Island
South Carolina hog prize contest and livestock notes
The News and Courier announces a 1895 state hog contest with a $100 gold top prize and $9 and $20 for the second and third largest hogs, plus a complete Britannica set for the largest gain at lowest cost. Open to subscribers who own and cultivate eight pigs, with certificates due Jan 1, 1896. Also includes stock market notes, dairy and beef prices, and veterinary folk remedies.
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South
Wmrulina
News and Courier
South Carolina
Morocco
Barnwell County
News and Conrier
Charleston News and Conrier
Scarcity of carriage horses puzzles breeders and buyers
The market for carriage horses remains unprecedentedly strong with English and French buyers, yet few horses meet the exacting standards. Alek Galbraith notes the need to blend proven sires with hackneys and thoroughbred blood to produce reliable carriage teams, urging breeders to apply science, balance, and discernment in mating and feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nores
Smd Secor
Dierman
New York
Chicago
Riz
America
Alez Galbraith
Perfect Cowhouse Model for a 12-Cow Dairy
A correspondent asked Henry Stewart for guidance on building a model dairy stable for 12 cows. Stewart emphasizes ample space and convenient arrangement as essential, presenting a diagram of a roomy cow stable. Each cow gets a four foot stall, feeding boxes two feet wide, with feed thrown onto the floor and a V shaped partition to prevent feed spillage. A gutter-to-floor depth of five feet is noted, with potential water supply in feed boxes if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stewart
Nerfert House
Building a dairy stable for twelve cows and related facilities
A detailed plan describes a dairy complex for twelve cows, including an 18 inch by six deep gutter drainage into a recep tacle, a through feed passage for wagon fodder, sloping platforms, a silo, calf stable, wide 64 foot walking stage, and doors with closable springs. It recommends ample partitions, distant dairy to avoid odors, two rooms for cold setting and butter storage, a fuel porch, attic storage, and a potential oil engine annex. The article also discusses a cooperative creamery model, middlemen in milk sales, pricing, adulteration issues, and calls for higher legal food standards.
The Farmer and His Family in Wisconsin Roads Debate
A paper discusses a Wisconsin farmer issue led by C. A. Extabrosie Sitavk arguing for leaving the farm to improve highways. The piece notes how good roads would lower costs, widen markets, and help farmers distance from small towns, urging public focus on rural life.
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Ed Kende
Wisco
C. A
Sitavk
Wien
Deydar
Cape
Good Roads Progress and Road Law Enforcement
A Hardin county official praises macadam road plans in Kenton showing how mud and halted business drove support for road taxes and improvements. The piece argues that early gains will spur broader construction, linking townships to form a regional hard road network.
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Ohio
Harding County
Kenton
Ead
Aouth
Macedam
H .& Keoffman
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Maine
Peter T Nile
Uae
Fortis Cate
New England
Sanborn
New Hampshire
Gate City Oil Company
Atlanta
Greaves Macnee
Satchere
Sunitttoch
Sunchtald
Midhfield
Breeder's &Szetts
Chicago Gunion
Germany
Fatien Co
Stales
Ube
Aya
Co-operative Creamery
la Crosse County
Wis
Eristenca 1S
Selves
Orgutix
Pat Erst
Baer Reyes Ek Sos
Apacuti
Veneta
Buna
Ran
Praviior
Sil Acconnes
Fountain Head
London
Ars & Good
Ontario
Canaan
United States
Europe
G. c. Smith
Ulster County Road Improrement Association
James Foster
Joseph McSpirit
Wilson Bros
Yasterday
Ryan
Kingston
N. Y
Filmois
Stul Balletine
Dover
Dei
Higgins
Addicks
Maceer
Richards
Ridgely
Martin
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