Early Celery Blanching Methods For Market and Farm
Techniques for blanching celery on small and large scales are described. Beards boards, pine or net boards, and spanners of galvanized wire keep rows upright, with two to three weeks needed for branching. Drain tiles carved over plants provide light exclusion and crisper product, while careful tying and timely removal prevent weight loss and blight. Agricultural notes follow on apples, peaches, chicory, and beans. closing with a sentimental line about babies.
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Michigan
Ohio
New York
W. R. Beattie
Stable and Silo Arrangement for Efficient Cattle Feeding
An Ohio Farmer describes a new stable and silo plan designed for convenience in feeding cattle. Stanchions run at right angles across the stable with a walk on one side, feed alleys, and a manure vat beneath the walk. A three story barn, hay bays, and a round tub silo 20 feet high and 15 feet in diameter are described. The system allows about thirty five cows in a 30 by 50 foot stable, with silage fed via a truck along alleys. The foundation uses stone and cement, with double boarding and paper between layers for insulation. The silo is closely attached to the barn, with interior openings and shoots for ensilage delivery.
Selecting a Dairy Cow From Her Record and Conformation
A period piece on dairy cow selection stresses tying milk yield to feeding, seasonality, and conformation. It warns against buying cows from records alone and highlights an ideal dairy cow with balanced body traits. Calf selection criteria include teats, adder cord, and teeth, while emphasizing long term ledger-style profitability and avoiding scrub cows.
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Yiel
United States Agricultural Department
Important Little Things for Farm Horses To Succeed
A farmer should keep only the number needed, groom and feed well, start work gradually, fit collars properly, and keep horses clean. These small details often determine a season's success or failure in work.
Balanced rations for dairy cows spark farmer ignorance on costs
On a street discussion of dairy feeding costs in Bort Allinson, dairy farmers show surprising gaps in understanding, debating bran versus oats and the price per ton. The article argues for balanced rations to maintain milk production and farm profitability, noting many farmers fail to study feed economics.
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Bort Allinson
Anyside
Mould
Dairy Insights and Butter Salt Practices
A compilation from Dairy and Creamery covers butter salt levels, washing effects, and keeping quality. It notes 1–2 ounces of salt per pound of butter fat, explains salt absorption and surface adhesion, and warns salt alone does not preserve butter. Also includes home remedies for wart treatment and cattle irritations with practical, period-voice guidance.
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McKay
Edward Slater
Creamery Journal
Feeding and Breeding Swine Tips From Burn World
W A Henry urges three daily meals for very young pigs with constant water, while discussing prolific Yorkshire whites in England and the breeding traits for sow longevity and litter size. Topics cover pig efficiency, feeding potatoes, and finishing hogs with peas and grains.
Raising Calves Advice for First Six Months
A correspondent offers detailed cattle-rearing guidance from birth to six months. It covers feed regimes using clover hay ground corn and oats, pasture choices, calf and cow management, housing and weather considerations, water access, dehorning timing, and gradual increases in grain. The plan aims to prepare a calf for market by August with emphasis on steady milk supply and sun exposure.
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J. H.our
American Agriculturist
Sumer
Ealyea
Bidana
Import Restrictions on South African Oats for Angora Breeders
A Washington dispatch notes that importing rinderpest risk halts oats reports for Angora breeders in the United States. The secretary of agriculture forbids importing animals to protect promising American industries and wool markets, urging patience over drastic measures. The piece includes feeding notes for kid goats and statistics on U S goat numbers and Mohair output, citing Texas leading totals and New Mexico figures. It also contains brief anecdotes on a Scottish minister and a joke about a baby and a parlor maid.
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Washington
Aubrey Gist
Carlsbad
X. M
United States
Texas
New Mexico
Sunday School Lesson on Paul and Barnabas in Iconium
A Sunday school reflection on Acts chapter 14 recounts Paul and Barnabas preaching in Antioch Pisidia and Lystra, facing opposition, miracles, and misidentification by locals. The note urges humility before God, steadfast faith, and living a God centered life, with references to Scripture and moral exhortations for believers.
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Tha
Jes
D. M. Stearna
American Press Association
Paul
Antioch
Pisidia
Sconlura
Lysira
Barnabas Jupiter
Paul Mercuriug
God
Christ
Jesus Christ
Jesus
John
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Ween
New Jersey
Charles Blackgars
Iron Mountain
New Yorker
Heegins
Solia
Evans
Geneva
F. H. Hall
Trac
Totien
Congress
N Northwest Agriculturist
SAA Seas
Uatire
W. A. Henry
Burn
Pla
Hore Ag
Enaoy
Ples
Gifti Ag
Live Stock Journal
Yorkshire
Lapps
West Highland
Edinburgh Divinity
Jane
Wilke
Earth
Eden
Barnabas
Derbe
Tarsus
Luke
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