Double Breeding Coop and Egg Turner for Chick Rearing
An older guide explains brooder use and gradual temperature reduction for raising chicks. It describes a double breeding coop four feet square with a front lowering door for feed and water, a nest, and a simple egg-turning device using a roller mechanism to turn eggs with one turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eog Turner
Bass
Peace Council
Powlirtman
Chicago
Brickhead
New England
Hord Times
California
Early Garden Practices for Early Crops and Pests
The article stresses choosing truly early varieties and planting times to beat local markets, noting earliness can trump high quality. It advises soil preparation, drainage, and site selection for early vegetables, plus cautions on insect pests harming crops like chestnut and walnut species. It also mentions transplanting cabbage deeply to cover the stem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Lord
Opportunity Addresses and Advice for Boys at Farm Encampment
Sup erintendent HG Russell urges Kansas youths to seize opportunity, learn useful skills, and work honestly. He emphasizes self-reliance, saving, and choosing honorable, productive paths rather than chasing prestige. He cites wage contrasts, calling for effort toward near and long term success.
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HG. Russell
Kansan
America
Fraive
Europe
Les Pearly
United States
Cerrone
Farm Irrigation by Pump Power for Small Farm Use
Kansas Experiment Station reports centrifugal pump and traction engine irrigation suit small plots. Pumping water on land in late winter stores moisture. summer use may be unnecessary. Early tests show crops, especially alfalfa, respond favorably.
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Igp
Alain
Kansas Experiment Station
Horseradish and Turnip Cultivation Tips
The article gives home growing steps for horseradish including root selection, spacing, and planting depth, and advises on turnip drills, spacing, thinning, frost tolerance, and watering. It also notes New Jersey tests showing varieties like Palmetto asparagus, Red Dutch currants, Victoria gooseberries, and Downing gooseberries as favorable.
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New
Jerevy
Novel Creamery Research at Kansas Experiment Station
The Kansas Experiment Station reports on novel creamery work led by Professor Cocaint Ergestiguins. Experiments cover heat, insulation, cement flooring, and using fiber sawdust mixtures. They assess recovering buttermilk as a feed, producing casein, and machine milking versus hand milking for efficiency.
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Kansas Experiment Station
Cocai
Heetina
Eeaent
Muakfos
Atin
Sean Cesules
Kansas
Bun Wong
Cattle Fever Quarantine Tightens Across Southern States
The latest regulations place Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Florida South Carolina and portions of several states under quarantine for Texas cattle fever. Between February 1 and October 31 cattle may move from the quarantined area to market centers for immediate slaughter if skipped by rail.
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Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florda
South Carolina
California
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
A Vermont Ayrshire Herd and Its Breeding Details
The piece outlines a Vermont Ayrshire herd established from a bull and six heifers, with selective culling to maintain dairy quality. It describes milking routines, feeding regimes with bran and混 ground barley and various meals, pasture use, and seasonal feeding. Breeding aims target cows yielding 6000 pounds of milk or 300 pounds of butter annually, with uniform size and color for market appeal. It notes the breed’s physical standards, color, style, disposition, and highlights Canada’s KR. R. Ness as a prominent breeder with the largest Ayrshire herd in the Dominion and a judge’s endorsement.
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Beni
Ayrshire
Brighton
Coler
KR. R. Ness
Ile
Dominion
Unappreciated Feeds Question Feed Trade Value
Tejas traders Marshall and Burns argue Natir corn and ate mafee are undervalued in the animal feed market, urging broader recognition of their quality and usefulness.
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Messrs. Marshall and Burns
Tejas
Mule Raising In Breeding Mules And Proper Feed
Guide to selecting a strong jack, weight and bone as keys to mule quality. Discusses how mare lineage affects mule type from sugar to cotton mules and the demand for draft stock. Emphasizes feeding, exercise, and pasture for foals with notes on soil and grass quality for proper growth.
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George
Rommel
Butter Coloring Color Standards from Minnesota Experiment Station
The Minnesota experiment station researchers Messrs. Farrington and Jules say June butter naturally has a high color. Adding only enough vegetable color to reach this shade ensures no danger of imparting color flavor to the butter.
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Messrs. Farrington and
Jules
Minnesota Experiment Station
Mating Tricks and Warnings for Fancy Poultry Breeders
A long, eclectic guide on breeding show birds emphasizes balancing traits to avoid overperfect stock. It discusses pairing imperfect birds to offset flaws, warns against flashy but faulty winners, and includes practical feed tips, care notes, and cautions about market prices and breeding strategies.
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St Louis
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Pat
Beau
Troy
Pompeii
Creamery News
Colorado
W. A. Drake
Sein
H. J. Waters
F. Him
Beardsl
Aviz
Fiell End Farm
Vermont
Quebec
Charles M. Winslow
Brandon
Zax
EB Ness
Kentucky Exchange
Alix
Borvaky
Riverside
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