Jersey's New Sweet Corn Breeding at New Jersey Station
Experiments in crossing sweet corn began at the New Jersey station in 1898 with five varieties First of All Stabler's Non pareil Egyptian Evergreen and Black Mexican. Black Mexican and Egyptian were selected for further breeding in 1899 with gradual mixing observed between Egyptian and Mexican ears showing a range of grain colors from blue to purplish.
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Voorhees
Hedin
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Stabler
Dark pink crosses yield uniform ears in Egyptian Mexican corn
The 1900 season notes cross of Mexican and Egyptian corn producing pink and rose grains with uniform mixing of colors. Voorhhees sweet corn emerges pink green for cooking and red when mature, while trials show varied row counts from eight to sixteen and mixed grain colors across ears.
Nitrogen Bacteria Aid Clover and Alfalfa Growth
Illinois experiment notes reveal nitrogen bacteria from specific legume species enrich soil. Inoculating fields with infected soybean soil sparked tubercle formation on soybeans and later boosted alfalfa and sweet clover nodulation. Crimson clover offers a reliable catch crop yielding eight to twelve tons per acre.
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Hopkins
College
C. B. Lane
New Jersey
Tale Creamery on cow disposition and shows Dutch belted bull
In a Wisconsin dairy talk Professor T L Haecker urges focus on cow disposition for milk yield noting placid cows fare better. Traits include forehead breadth and a slightly dished area, Roman nose, medium head, and calm slow movement. Dutch Belted bull Claudius 324 pictured at four years, 1680 pounds.
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Wisconsin Buttermakers’ Convention
T. L. Haecker
Claudius
Dutcht Belled Bull Claudits At East Fairs
Dutch belted bull Claudius, sired by Claude 234 and Grace Benedict 521, yielded 7824.8 pounds of milk in ten months. Shown 1897 to 1901 at leading eastern fairs including New York, New Jersey, and Pan-American, taking thirteen of seventeen first prizes. Owned by 8. a. Servi of Orange County, N. J., who also owns Countess Warwick 11. A bulletin for Nebraska dairying notes rising creamery payments as dairy industry expands.
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Claude
Grace Benedict
Claudius
New York
New Jersey
Syracuse
N. J
Trenton
Choudius
8. A. Servi
Orange County
Warwick
Valley
Leap Year Curious Talk with Elsie and Governess
In Brookirap Life a playful exchange centers on February having twenty nine days in a leap year. The Maiden Governess quizzes Elsie about leap years and Elsie admits she has not yet learned to track them, highlighting a child’s naive view of time.
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Greiner
Elsie
Brookirap
Just Worrrink
A brief snippet from the Indianapolis Sun captures a scene where a young woman remarks on the man’s discomfort and his worry that her little brother may repeat comments about him, reflecting social friction and nervous chatter.
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Indianapolis Sun
Care of the Dairy Cow Offers Freshening Timing Tips
Haghasard methods yield little profit. L D Stillson advises delaying freshening to September or October to secure about 1000 pounds more milk per cow and maintain a steady winter to spring flow with green feed. Proper feeding, calving care, and weighing milk versus feed determine profit and avoid overfeeding risks.
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L. D. Stillson
Farmers’ Advocate
Profits From the Silo in Fond du Lac County Dairy
A Wisconsin farmer cites a cow census from Fond du Lac County showing six of forty eight patrons fed silage. Those feeding silage averaged 52.52 dollars per cow per year from butter, while non silage groups averaged 34 dollars. Net profit over feed cost was 21.02 for silage feeders versus 4 for non silage, with silage gross receipts 54 percent higher and net profits over cost over sixfold higher.
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Fond du Lac
Dairymen’s Association
Wisconsin
Wong
Feeding the Milk Makers and Dairy Feeding Rules
The article discusses feeding cattle with cottonseed meal and hulls, balanced rations for milk quality, and thefat and solids in milk. It notes practical feed mixes, cautions against overfeeding, and explains how milk composition reflects cow nutrition and individual variation. It also reports the guilty verdict of Rev Frank W Sandford for manslaughter in withholding medicine from a dying boy.
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Farmington
Frank W. Sandford
Shiloh
Holy Ghost and Us Society
Leander Bartlett
Sandford
Liquorone promises cure via germ-killing gas liquid claim
An advertisement offers $1,000 to anyone who proves Liquorone cannot kill germs. It extols Liquorone as a gas-derived medicine that kills germs in the body without harming tissue, claims long research over 20 years, and promises a free first bottle by mail with an order paid by the company. It lists numerous diseases the product purportedly treats and invites readers to request a sample coupon.
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Liquorone
America
Cardui
Cardus
A Hog Man's Experience and Hog Breeds Guidance
A veteran farmer extols pure bred hogs over common stock, urging buyers to choose the best breed for two paths to success. He recalls paying $45 for two pigs eighteen years ago, then doubling his operation to sixty acres, ten piglets from a sow in a year, and now owning a dozen brood sows shipping pigs across the middle states.
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Jess
Middle States
American Animals Abroad And Irish Meats Trade Secrets
Secretary Wilson describes Sir Thomas Lipton buying horses and pigs in Chicago, sending horses to Ireland for jumpers and selling them in Britain to English buyers, while pigs labeled as Irish bacon are shipped to England. He notes many others follow similar practice, exporting meats under English Irish or Scottish labels.
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United States
Wilson
Thomas Lipton
Chicago
Ireland
Great Britain
England
Thomas
Lipton
How Bacon Settled Him
Leonard Bacon, famed New England theologian, faced vehement objections at a conference. He replied that one cannot let an opponent's ignorance offset his own knowledge, a line cited from Harper's Weekly to illustrate a counterargument against popular assertions.
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Bacon
Leonard Bacon
New England
Dr. Bacon
Moderator
Flarper
Extraordinary marriage custom among mountain peoples
In a region between India and Persia a powerful tribe enforces a striking practice. Women may select their own husbands by having a serv ant pin a handkerchief to a man’s hat, compelling marriage unless he proves he cannot meet the father’s price. The custom reflects limited female rights yet ritualized choice.
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India
Persia
Left handed criminals explained by right handed majority
A doctor asks how 32 of every 100 criminals are left handed. The professor chuckles and says the other 68 are right handed, making the statistic simply reflect the distribution of handedness.
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Chicago Tribune
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Kansas
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W. H. Beal
Illinois
C. G. Hopkins
Urbana
Geory VI
Edward IV
Henry
London
Tale Creamery
Gata
Nebraska
LE. Haecker
Lehnert
Iowa
Texas
Hoard’s Dairyman
L. W. Lights
National Stockman
Anne
Osone
la Tas News
Liquid Groue Co
Wabash Ave
Ania Stina Ay
Jocust Street
St. Louis
Cardut
Lapina
Hoxor
Orrine
Atlanta, Ga
Orrine Company
14Th St
Washington, D.C
J. A. Williamson
Uggist
Perpesiog, MD
Finola
Victor
Suse Beenes
Maree
Victor Remedies CO
Frederick
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