Novel Power Windmill Reappears In 19th Century Rural News
A correspondent sends Rural New Yorker a 1884 built windmill image used to pump water for 200 head of stock for fourteen years, grind teed, and run at low wind. It stood seven or eight HP, twelve feet high, twelve feet diameter, with a one‑sided sound entry and an eight cup wheel. It cost nothing for repairs, fuel oil only, and outlived many modern mills until a fire in 1898.
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New Yorker
Barna i
Iowa
Wome
Practical Pork Curing and Sausage Making Tips
Tips from Farm Journal on curing pork and sausage making. Includes proportioned mixes per 100 pounds, salting, smoking with hickory or apple, drying, canning in lard, and handling to avoid freezing meat. Also notes on equipment and post pulling technique from Orange Judd Farmer.
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Usemeila
Farm Journal
Orange Judd Farmer
Fragmented Rural Note on Jokes and Weeds in Minnesota
A fragmented column recalls a prank at a Watonwan county creamery involving a milk hoax and a blacksmith. a discussion compares weed definitions from botanist gardener and popular views. notes rising attendance at state fairs and a study from Ohio on phosphorus boosting cereal crops. ends with advice on timing and advertising.
Dairying and Rural Prosperity in Iowa Reports
In a discussion on dairy and farm economics, the piece extols the link between dairying, stock raising, and regional wealth, noting Iowa as a leading agricultural state. It includes an Iowa State Fair butter score by C. D. Elder, and comments on dairy laws, farmer costs, and city milk marketing dynamics, with a closing remark on Chicago creamery production trends.
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Wright
Jess
Iowa
Her
Union
America
C. D. Elder
E. K. Slater
City humor quips on farm life and coin faces
A brief exchange from newspapers features playful farm and money jokes. Uncle Hi-Mm jokes about teaching calves on a farm while Mrs Henpeck ponders the habit of placing a woman’s head on coins. The dialogue showcases light, domestic humor.
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Wade
Houston Post
Creaming Milk by Gravity and Separator Methods
A Wisconsin dairy note explains two creaming methods, the separator and gravity process. It cites trials by C L Peek and Wise Lawson, describing a gravity setup with two compartments, spring and iced water to achieve thorough creaming, while noting impurity removal differences and legal milk standards.
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CO. L. Peek
Tribune Parmer
Procena
First Exhibit Under Way at Live Stock Exposition
The Department of live stock announces the first exhibit at the exposition grounds. The outdoor display shows a practical exhibit with three silos, prepared as part of the ongoing exposition.
Guernsey Cattle Records Highlight Milk Yields Since 1899
Since 1899 the American Guernsey Cattle club has run home and butter competitions with observers from agricultural stations verifying results. Top cows show milk outputs over 10 000 pounds, and the breed’s merit in rich colored milk is substantiated amid broad admiration at fairs and exhibitions. Ayrshire breeders plan St Louis world’s fair participation with 25,000 dollars allocated to support display and demonstrations.
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Guernsey
Glenwood
Lucretia
William B. Caldsrell
Ayrshire
Wineis
Ayrshire Breeders' Association
St. Louis
Ayrehire Breeders Association
Imade
Draft mares praised as best farm investment for breeding
An agricultural column argues draft mares are the top farm asset as prospering markets return. It cites a mare producing foals valued at 200 to 300 dollars, notes mares’ efficiency, and urges alfalfa feeding, careful foal care, and strategic cattle-like management to maximize profits.
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Ughelaas
Kansas
Fresh air defense against consumption, promotes outdoor life
An Albany Argus advertisement extols fresh air as prophylaxis against disease and bacteria. It claims no person living an outdoor life will die of consumption and notes consumptives can benefit by daily fresh air, even sleeping on cots in tents or on porches.
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Maine Experiment Station
Albany Argus
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