Winter celery storage and field methods from old farming notes
A condensed roundup of celery storage tips and planting details. It discusses blanched versus unblanched celery frost tolerance, best planting windows from Oct 20 to Nov 20, and a tested storage method with Giant Pascal and New Rose varieties, plus staking, earth bank, boards, straw protection, and gradual thawing. Additional notes cover peach yellows symptoms, removing diseased trees, leguminous fertilizer needs, a corn fodder cutter device, and a dairy anecdote about butter origins.
Deepen Soil by Fall Plowing and Subsoil Use
An article on improving fertility by deep fall plowing to bring subsoil rich in minerals to the surface. It argues full depth plowing reduces erosion, aids moisture storage, and enables frost to mix nutrients, with farm practices from Philadelphia lettuce to shanty-house methods and regional crop notes. It includes historical figures on soil science and a brief odd note on a millionaire beggar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bome
Agnioat
Winiter
Dairyman’sArgentina Journey From Plains To Industry
The narrator recounts health gains and a turning point in a move to Argentina. He details managing a dairy operation with 50 cows growing to over 1000 milking cows, a butter factory, a steam powered separator, and a 10,000 acre estancia with 4000 cattle. He describes overseeing dairy work, running engines, chilling cream, and shipping butter while adapting to frontier life among the peones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tome van Corde
Ned
New York
Bergeon
Mutre Rios
Ica
Dairy and livestock notes on South American dairy boosting
A discussion of dairy expansion in South America outlines starting small with ten cows and 20 acres, staffing, milking practices, and butter markets. It covers animal shelter needs, milk yields, creamery economics, and the impact of bacteria on butter flavor, with practical milking routines and cleanliness emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Butter Flavor Study and Effects of Fermentation
F G Short notes in Hoards Dairyman that butter flavor is the key quality and its sources, including food and fermentation, significantly impact taste. Certain vegetables and green foods like onions, leeks, turnips, rye, and clover strongly influence butter flavor, with ongoing uncertainty about optimal methods to prevent unwanted notes and enhance desirable ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Short
Hoard
Dairyman
What Calven Want Calf Ration And Forage In One Quote
A calf thrives on a mixed ration half forage and half corn with shelter salt and clean water. A little more than half the feed suffices, even if corn costs 40 cents a bushel. Muscle formers require oats or bran, while all corn or all oats is discouraged in cold weather for heat and muscle balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George EB. Scott
National Stockman
Wallace
Reading Animal Character and Weaning in Stock Breeding
The article discusses predicting livestock value from head features and character, noting strong lines signal vitality and breeding potential. It includes guidance on weaning spring colts, proper grain mixes, and cautions against overusing cob in young stock, plus a brief fashion note on velvet and sable trends.
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Cacce
Victoria Bouquet
Western cattle markets feel shift as big ranches fade
The cattle industry moves toward smaller ranches as large holdings lose advantage. Prices for cattle and calves vary widely with yearlings and cows with calves priced up to 15 per head and action rising in alfalfa and winter feed production. The shift favors new entrants, with sheep crowding cattle country and farming expanding into forage and drought responses, signaling a broader industry reorganization.
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Battuto
Aulver
Bahi
Mayo
National Stockman
Church Lost In London At Old St Mary The Virgin
A derelict church on Ghar ing Cross road London known as St Mary the Virgin has fallen into ruin. No owner has appeared to fund repairs and authorities have shored walls for safety. If no owner is found the structure may be removed as walls threaten to collapse.
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London
Gharing Cross Road
Liverpool Mercury
Venom Extraction Methods From Snakes Explored
A New York Ledger report details experiments on extracting venom from various snakes. It notes a simple apparatus, cautious handling, and ranking of venom potency among diamondback rattlesnake copperhead cottonmouth and related species. The study covers venom stability when exposed to air and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lednor
Indemnity and Insurance: Ancient Trials and Origins
A compact chronicle traces early insurance ideas from ancient indemnities for Roman military supply convoys and wartime booty to later forms of reciprocal insurance in Bruges and Portugal. It notes debated definitions, early mentions in Italy around the twelfth century, and Lombard influence spreading insurance concepts to trading partners.
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Livy
Spain
Cicaro
Ollieri
Geome
Rome
Commierea
Bruges
Portugal
Edward of
Lisbon
Tangier
Italy
Thorn
Testing Cornstalk Pith and Other Oddities Abroad
The American consul general at St. Petersburg reports an experiment on cornstalk pith by the Russian admiralty board at Peligou, showing a cofferdam packed with Indian corn stalk pulp could be perforated five feet below the water line without water entering. Other notes describe Swedish lake Wettern as not bottomless, shared fauna claims between lakes, and a humorous quip about war times and nursery wisdom.
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St. Petersburg
Admiralty Board
Peligou
Sweden
Wettern
Constancia
Swabian
Lake of Constance
Lake of Wettern
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Ohio
Ane
Prince and Princess of Wales
England
Denmark
Devonshire
Philadelphia
New Yorker
Department of Agriculture
Kentucky
Tennnessee
Minnesota
Essex
Berkar
Simon Oppasich
Parmzo
Sipes
Paris Figaro
Sey
Haver
Phil
Europe
Ing
Ony
H. Slayward
Pennsylvania Experiment Station
Texas Farm
Magen
Wanan
Shorthorn
Tammy Bates
Belvedere
Bakewell
Coun
Ha Stephenson
Hani
Shropshire
The
Warne
Aldsed
Boston Cultivalor
Jake
Jake Lando
Baton Rouge
Darks
New Orleans
Dake
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Willie
Harper’s Bazar
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