Cheap convenient plant box for market gardeners
An Ohio contributor to American Gardening promotes a low cost plant box for early transplanting of tomatoes peppers and other plants. It folds into a compact unit, nests for storage, costs about 25 cents per 100, and can be used for strawberry plants and beekeeping tips for beginners.
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Cottonseed meal as a cheap nitrogen source for soils
The Connecticut Experiment Station notes cottonseed meal as the cheapest available nitrogen source this season, rivaling animal matter in rapidity of availability and usefulness in home mixed fertilizers. The New England Homestead reports a strong hay crop outlook with acreage changes across regions and beekeeping linked to fruit growing, advising not to spray when blossoms are open due to bees.
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Making a 500 Cutter for sod cutting
A detailed, illustrated guide from Ohio Farmer describes constructing a pine and oak sod cutter with a steel cutter and upright knives. The design uses a sled-like frame, a 1 piece top, and adjustable knives to cut uniform sod at various thicknesses, costing under a dollar and lasting a lifetime.
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Magnificent Rambouillet lamb shown for breed merit
Professor Wing presents a full Rambouillet lamb from the Ohio Rambouillet breeders, praised for grease free wool and vigor. The piece lauds home breeders, notes the lamb born in April and weighing 125 pounds at Christmas, and cites French coach horse comparisons and field peas forage strategies.
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Knee Sprung Horses and Related Rural Practices
Discussion argues low heels prevent knee spring in horses and suggests proper shoeing and natural stance. It covers effects of descending and ascending ground on knee angle, warns against contracting heels, and notes teaching methods to avoid sore mouths in driving horses. Also mentions a Polish China hogs profile, a high priced wealth book, and notable subscribers.
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C_ Stevens
Treadmills and Horn Fly Remedies for Farm Work
Instructional column describing calf and sheep exercise using a treadmill to save human effort and brain energy. Includes anecdote of a working dog churning and turning work into efficiency. Also details a kerosene sprayer method to combat the Texas horn fly on dairy herds, enabling quick removal with minimal labor.
Ford Producers' Company Proposes Butter Cooperative
The state association would operate with authorized capital of 10000 dollars, 3000 to 5000 paid in. A central house would consume most butter, with an eastern correspondent handling surplus. Local inspectors, a dealer in each area, would inspect and ship weekly by refrigerator car. The dealer would advance 50 percent on goods, with weights and prices on a check cashed in 60 to 80 days. The broker aims to earn 1 cent per pound for services.
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Ice Cream Making and Creamery Tips From Rural New Yorker
A Rural New Yorker column discusses starting a small ice cream venture using pure cream from dairy cows, detailing production methods, equipment, and the path to success. It covers chilling, freezing, flavoring, and the case for dairies near small towns where imports are limited. It urges cleanliness, reliability, and patient growth with local customers before expansion.
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Light, Heat, and Curing in Food Prep Notes
A reader details how light bleaches butter and the need to shield it during resting and final working. Proper curing cheese requires steady 60 to 65 degree heat, central stove placement, and airflow to circulate warm air. The excerpt ends with a brief quoted exchange from the Chicago Post and a tease about seeing it in The News.
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H. Stewart
Washington Lotteries and the Early Washington City Hall
A historical note on Washington's 1818 population and the city's first charters and lotteries. It describes schemes to fund bridges and major buildings including two Lancasterian schoolhouses, a penitentiary, and a city hall, with prize tiers from 40,909 to 3,32 dollars. The plan linked education advances to public works and notes the penitentiary built 1820 and later repurposed, with lottery proceeds aiding city hall construction.
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Mrs Goulds Nurseries A Wealthy Family Way Of Child Care
Mrs Goulds nurseries at Lakewood boast three facilities each with a nurse and trained nurse at 25 dollars weekly. The Gould children Kingdon Jay and George are kept in a well equipped, sanitary environment with private nurses kitchens stoves porcelain tubs and playrooms. The setup emphasizes outdoor exercise early bedtimes and a museum of pictures and crafts with screens and paste pots for busy little fingers.
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