Grade Dairy Cows What May Be Done With Good Halte and Native Cows
Wood advocates grade dairy cows and urges using native cows chosen for performance. He warns against mixing breeds, favors uniform native herds, and stresses cows with rich butterfat, steady milk flow, calving readiness, good udders, roomy abdomens, and ample feed. He advises sticking to Guernsey crosses, avoiding shifting breeds to prevent mongrel cattle, and suggests prudent inbreeding to intensify blood and butterfat.
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M. B. ‘Wood
Guernsey
Ady
Making Milk and the Value of Cow Ownership
Hoards Dairyman argues profits hinge on cow owners who optimize fodder use and milk yield. The article covers skim milk use, gravity or dilution separators, and the impact of cow care on profitability, plus notes on bacteria sources, butter imports, and British transport issues.
Sprayed Cauliflower and Cabbage Pests Study
The article details addressing cabbage pests with a resin lime soap spray. It explains stock solution making from rosin lye water and oil, mixing with milk or whitewash, adding arsenic and Paris green, and applying with hand sprayers for thorough leaf coverage. Results show strong success on cabbages since 1896, while cauliflower spray faces leaf-density challenges.
Winter Squashes Keep Better If Picked Before Frost
The article urges picking winter squashes before a vine killing frost to improve storage life. It notes Hubbard as a reliable keeper and warns that delays in harvesting lead to poorer storage, while immature fruit may store as well as ripe ones if frost is imminent. It also describes a simple method to store unripe fruit for later use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ihs
Pantagraph
Hubbard
TEXAS CATTLE FEVER AND TICKS IN TEXAS NEWS
A long report discusses Texas cattle fever caused by an organism in red blood cells, outlines tick transmission, spread by eggs on the ground, and the large financial impact of cattle value, with dipping experiments at Fort Worth and the Fort Worth stockyards expected to benefit from new methods. It also touches on Merino sheep meat quality, horse hoof and lameness diagnostics, wool exporting trends, western sheep movements, and Spain's Havana drydock status.
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Hoard
Hera
Cee
Aefox
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Texas
United States
Af ‘Laxns
North Texas
Department of Agriculture
Fort Worth
Boston
England
Spain
Havana
Hawans
Washington Star
Selection of Stock Cattle For Feeding
Professor F Curtiss explains in the United States Bureau of Animal Industry annual report that practical feeders observe clear differences in cattle apt to fatten. Some types never feed profitably, so discerning these helps exclude them while recognizing profitable qualities in others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtisn
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
F. Curtiss
A Duke at Eton in Forbidden Letter Incident
A royal heir sent to Eton faced a contraband letter incident as a division master reported receiving a note addressed To his Royal Foolishness Dirty from another pupil. The Duchess of Albany requested equal treatment for her son despite his princely birth.
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Eton
Albany
Awiss Moth
Mae
Fittie
The Heraldry Shop Of London Costs And Confusion
A Daily Mail piece explains how applicants seek coats of arms at Queen Victoria Street. It notes the College of Heralds in London charges fixed fees, with Duke of Norfolk discretion governing legitimacy. It critiques heraldry product marketing and the high costs of genuine arms versus imagined purchases.
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DiMoult
Keganstey
London
Porsonk
Heralda’ College
Queen Vittoria Street
Camberwell
Jones
Wardour Street
Mite End
Wardour Strest
Middlesex
Jonas
Jona
Corret
Oman
Cressy
Agincourt
College of Horaida
Shipway
Lin
Queen Victoria Street
Daily Mail
Duke of Norfolk
Earl Marshal
England
London Mail
Bound to Get the Rubbers in a Lynn Shoe Store
A sport sought rubber protectors for needlepoint shoes but no fitting pair existed. After brief wait, the proprietor improvised using two inches trimmed from each shoe, the buyer paid six cente and left satisfied. War trophies not private property prompt debate in enforcement. Baltimore’s Nordenfeldt gun statue sparks controversy over rightful ownership. Department warns officers against dispersal of captured relics, while other cases demand return of flags and prizes to the government.
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Lynn
Lawrence Sentinal
War and Navy
Inna
Baltimore
Manila
Dyer
Mads
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Manila bridge incident told by English naval officer
An eyewitness English naval officer recounts a Manila bridge scene where a native Filipino spat at a Spanish officer and was pitched into the Pasig by an American sentry who then resumed duty. The report contrasts American and European soldiers and notes crowding and tension on the bridge.
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Manila
Terzon
Pasig River
Pasig
Idlit
Europe
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Wing
Ocornell University
New York Produce Review
Hosrd
Paraguay
Ruffin
Simla
Sanford
London Army and Navy Gazette
Garry
Cornell
Unay
G. G. Harris
Newcastle
Cola
New Yorker
William Crookes
William
Sir William
Niagara
Duchess of
Devonshire
Ireland
France
Riviera
Nny
Bandin
Killumikwick
The
Asterisk
Tetlow
Boston Transcripé
Edimuldera
Horner
W.william
Edinburgh
National Veterinary Association
Bold
Leeds
Eid
Williams
London Live Stock Journal
Montana
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Colorado
New Mexico
Binsbury
Kanea
Schods
Christian Hadeavor
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