Training a Colt Through Saddle Breaking and Handling
A comprehensive guide on early horse breaking detailing saddle acclimation, restraint, and rider preparation. It covers using a chain, bags, and long reins to desensitize the colt, then progressing to walking, trotting, and cantering. Safety steps include open-air training, mounting in stalls, and disciplined handling to prevent confusion of gaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonching
Elod
Ian Taanner
Geerstem
Bacon Hog Cost Study by Ontario Farmer
William Farkinson of Ontario analyzes bacon hog production costing 23 to 23.5 cents per pound for 200 pound hogs. He fed 2,000 hogs in ten years and estimates a 46 to 47 cent per pound break even with grain and bran costs. Last year he sold hogs near 48 cents per pound, netting about 8.20 dollars per pig. Content notes dairy byproducts and buttermilk as feed.
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William Farkinson
Ontario
Tarkinson
Early Onto Potato Variety Introduced
A white form of the potato variety is being introduced. A western grower reports growing the new line and finding it identical to the best old Ghio in all but color, which is fine white.
Oily butter texture and factors in butter making
The article discusses how fat content, cream handling, and processing conditions affect butter texture. It explains that excess liberate causes oily butter, while stability depends on factors like churning, cream temperature, and centrifugal separators. It notes the fat separation and cooling influence the final consistency and hints at bacterial factors in oily butter.
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Ptearia
Paletl
Milk diseases risk from infected cows warned by Conn
Professor W E Conn warns in The American Agriculturist that bacteria from diseased cows can contaminate milk causing typhoid fever scarlet fever and diphtheria and that impure water or contaminated handling spread illness. He prescribes four rules for dairymen: do not use milk from diseased udders avoid contact with typhoid fever scarlet fever or diphtheria cases ensure cleanliness and cold storage rinse cans with boiled or reliable water.
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W. E. Conn
Connecticut
American Agriculturist
Self Sucking Caw, A Cattle Contrivance Made
In Manitoba a farmer describes a self sucking cow and the improvised device to prevent her from reaching her flanks. Using cords and wooden sticks he fashioned a neck and shoulder guard to curb the habit and stop butter loss, claiming it will save time and butter. A Detroit businessman laments dictation ruins spelling and notes monuments as cold memories.
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Manitoba
Apple Picking Sack Patent Described for Easy Harvest
An 19th century patent outline details a warm picking and emptying sack worn by harvesters. The device uses a steel wire mouth closure and suspender rings to attach the sack to the picker, allowing apples to slide from the sack into a barrel without bruising, with multiple sacks produced for use.
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Wellhowse
Credes
Thas
Ace
Peru
Liebenjui
Wellhouse H:s
Grass Culture and Clark Method of Grass Seeding
A detailed note on George M L Clark s system for grass culture from Rural New Yorker outlines loosening soil, heavy seeding to grass, and repeated passes with a one tooth harrow to ensure 14 quarts redtop and timothy per acre plus four quarts reed elarer. It describes sowing in strips, double passes, precise spacing, and careful fertilization to maximize grass stand and hay yield.
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Clark
George ML Clark
New Yorker
Chik
Timothy
Reid
Bo Harbor
Fall brood timing and field operations for nitrate crop spread
The article outlines expected dates and regional patterns for fall brood development, noting nitrate spread, harvest timing, and soil preparation steps. It describes northern and southern county variations, suggesting active periods from late August to late September and advising plowing and sowing schedules ahead of the main crop.
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J. Truws
Lodlawe Csalecs Bees
Ube Orst
Eta Ubon Wil
Butter and Forage Notes From High Altitude Regions
A mixed excerpt covers butter making guidance including churning timing, washing, salting, and brine handling. It also discusses forage plants of the eastern Rocky Mountain region, noting native leguminous species valuable for hay and pasturage, with emphasis on Mountain clover as a vigorous perennial suitable for high altitudes.
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Rocky Mountain
Curious Summer Habits and Horse Fashion Puzzles
In a playful reflection the author notes coats shed by men and changing hats on horses in summer New York scenes on broughams and park displays. The piece also touches Shakespeare and the Lombards linking novelty foods and lending practices with a humorous tone.
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New York
Holding Back Milk Says Udder Nerves Drive Lactation
The article explains milk production as a nervous process driven by the udder's glandular tissue and nerve impulses. It cites Professor Stewart on how excitement and proper nervous conditions trigger milk flow, while rough handling or misbehavior can halt it, leaving the udder tense but milkless until maternal desire resumes.
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Stewart
Preparing for Drought Warned by Ontario Dairy Convention
W C Bright cites two dairymen with 100 acres each in a drought lesson. One farmed proactively with 14 cows, oats and peas, corn, and steady feeding, earning about 6 007 pounds per cow over seven months and $49 per cow. The other did little, averaging 2 022 pounds per cow and $18, a $250 gap.
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Ontario Dairy Convention
W.C. Bright
Water for milk cows challenges milkwater rule
The Geneva station claims cows in full milk require four and three fifth pounds of water per pound of milk. The writer questions whether high milk yields force up water intake to about 60 gallons daily, noting green forage adds water but doubting such a high consumption. They recall dairy experience where top producers did not drink most at troughs. They urge revising figures or noting exceptions.
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Geneva Experiment Station
Mik
Ignorance Cited Across Cities By Detroit Journal
A Boston or Chicago citizen ignorant of music and mathematics is noted with irony. The Detroit Journal quotes urban examples, while a Brooklin Life line jokes about philosophy as a friendly guide.
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Boston
Chicago
Detroit Journal
How to Dehorn Cattle in Field Practice
Briggs in American Agriculturist outlines dehorning methods for cattle using a leader rope and restrained horn removal. The guide notes cold weather handling, lubricant use, and keeping hair back. stresses gentleness, restraint, and avoiding extra rope knots to prevent injury.
Corn Fodder Advise To Save For Winter Stock
P Goodrich in Prairie Farmer urges f armers to harvest corn fodder with modern machinery to replace hand work. He cites a western Iowa letter warning floods may leave farmers short on bay and argues fodder can feed more cattle, save costs, and be a lasting investment. He outlines steps for cutting binding shocking and husking to optimize feed.
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P. Goodrich
Prairie Farner
Iowa
Acre
Richness of Milk and Feeding Effects in Cattle
The study by C. D. Smith after five years reports that dairy cows yield milk whose richness follows set patterns. Milk quality remains similar in winter and pasture feeding, with little day to day variation. cows’ maturity influences richness. and January through drying off shows slight changes.
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C. D. Smith
Proceedings of Society For Promoting Agricultur Science
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Rocko Mountain
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Shakespeare
Brooklin
Briggs
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