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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1901
Page
3
A farmer’s quick guide to building a light straw barrow from wood and wheels to move small quantities in and out of a barn. It explains frame dimensions, using boards for handles, wheel placement, and bracing to prevent flexing while carrying straw for feeding or bedding.
Wheat expert M A Carlton highlights hard winter and durum varieties from Russia and Turkey to improve drought and cold resistance in the plains. Durum wheats show drought endurance but winter risk. regional suitability spans Oklahoma to Oregon. California hops note vary by picker type. whites are common, Chinese fastest, Indians slowest, Japanese cleanest.
A new principle guides a potato harvester designed to relieve growers from the slow hand digging and picking. The implement, already in limited use, aims to improve efficiency on smooth, fine lands by automating the digging process.
The Rural New Yorker describes an English potato harvester that digs cleans sorts and delivers potatoes into baskets. The separator works like a grain thrasher and aims to prevent stones or dirt from reaching tubers though it may need clean soil. It appears best on smooth western soils and could shift large scale production away from costly East Coast hand labor. Hollyhock Leaves Feed Poultry Says A Poultry Writer
In a fever of self depreciation Ber trand kneels pleading why a noble lady should love him on a New Jersey trick farm. TYolene retorts archly as she lights a black cigar, deriding a character from summer past. The Detroit Journal notes the theatrical farce and social satire.
Iowa State Agricultural College director C F Curtiss emphasizes beef cattle quality over size. He urges broad, deep, well covered blocks and high priced cuts like loins. The piece notes vigor, constitution, and robust appearance as essential, warns against soft or patchy animals, and cites sorghum poisoning risks. It ends with a caution that clover hay should not be sold for it carries farm fertility.
A collection of agricultural health tips covers curing fistula with terchloride of antimony, nasal enurning, ringbone treatment, umbilical hernia repair by clamps, salt injections, catarrh steam therapies, copper sulfate dosing, and foot treatments for cattle. The remedies mix chemical salves, compresses, and procedures, reflecting 19th century veterinary practices.
A Chicago Tribune snippet describes a desert town where a drummer asks about people in the streets. A western Missouri merchant says folks went to the town park to pray for rain. He doubts it will help and notes he has sold no umbrellas.
A brief excerpt discusses heredity as the core principle in stock breeding. It notes that transmission of traits can be beneficial or detrimental and that good qualities must be favored. H. C. Prige emphasizes controlling heredity to ensure desirable traits pass to progeny, with breeders predicting future traits from past progenitors.
A Prairie Farmer correspondent discusses the Polled Durham breed origin from Shorthorns and notes twin hornless calves in Lorain County Ohio. The piece also covers farm management tips for mares and foals, harness care recipes, corn fodder feeding, and Angora sheep breeding at a provincial exposition in New Westminster.
A farmer describes a copper nose ring device to stop cows from suckling others. He notes success with one cow and suggests it could deter self-sucking. details include ring construction and removal when cured. The article also profiles a Maine dairyman growing from six cows to fifty with modern farm methods and notes on Danish butter water content per Professor McKay.
The lesson centers on Genesis 39 showing the Lord with Joseph despite slavery in Potiphar’s house and later prison. It highlights Joseph’s prosperity and faith, the trust Potiphar placed in him, and the theme that God’s presence sustains through trials, guiding interpretation and ministry.
Agricultural insights from G. BE Newell in American Cultivator emphasize planning ahead, careful curing, and proper storage to improve hay quality for dairy cows. Avoid damp hay in bulk, prevent musty smells, and protect stacks with tight-roofed structures to maintain nutrition and milk yields.
Denmark maintains 1,713,735 cows with 456 cattle per 100 acres and 758 per 1000 people. Butter exports rose from 122,412,603 pounds in 1890 to 124,628,911 pounds in 1900, with 8,593,362 pounds packed in tins and the rest in firkins.
An agricultural expert notes land can be rebuilt to yield unimagined returns. In Britain high value pastures thrive on £400-£500 per acre soils through intensive cultivation, dense root systems, and relentless soil care. The American soil also improves via aggressive seeding, fertilizer use, and thorough weed control to maximize pasture productivity.
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