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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1901
Page
3
A Bee Journal correspondent describes turning old honeycomb into wax using a simple setup with an oil stove bucket wire netting and rivets. He explains separating wax from refuse by boiling and sieving, noting wax rises above water while debris stays below and offering practical tips to keep refuse under the surface.
A quick salt water experiment shows wax floats because it is lighter than water, and adding salt increases water weight, boosting the rising force on wax. The piece also discusses Isabella grapes for home use, jelly making, and grape juice demand, plus corn and Angora flesh market notes and an advertising line.
The Ohio bulletin on stomach worms in sheep notes that wet seasons and pastures help parasite development but infection comes from grass in pastures with dung. Benzine or gasoline with sweet milk is recommended, with precise dosing and fasting rules, given over three days and repeated after a week or ten days, claiming no harm to digestion or constitution.
The piece argues breeders err by chasing heavy, ill proportioned horses and stresses market buyers favor well bred, finished animals. It contrasts American and English grooming, praising swift washing, drying, and blanket rubbing to keep horses clean and warm after work.
Orange Judd Farmer warns the worst drought on record has devastated the corn belt. He notes little statewide offset, with corn crops failing where wheat yields peak, and stresses the drought area matching the great belt in damage with few compensating states.
The article discusses Merino sheep role in modern mutton herds, noting Merino influence preserves wool while maintaining meat weight. It highlights Delaine lines, ram and ewe performance, and the value of Merino in mixed flocks for wool and mutton. Also mentions white English mustard for getting sheep in season, and calls for uniformity in flocks through better culling and ram selection.
A historical discussion notes trampling harms pasture by soil compaction and reduced root growth. Timothy and redtop varieties have differing resilience, with mixtures of grasses and clover favored for continuous, varied forage. English practice favors diverse seedings for larger yields and steadier stock feeding.
Dialogue excerpt from Mrs. Burton Harrison in Lippincott's features Uncle Bushrod and Miss May debating Judy, notes his three wives and mistrust of a colored woman's tongue, all in a vivid period voice.
Johnson put Stannard outlines irrigation timing based on crop condition and soil moisture. He notes that plants darken or droop when water is needed, while overirrigated crops turn yellowish green and look sickly. Soil moisture is judged by clumping and fingerprints in a soil sample from near the surface.
An Oregon farmer built a stave silo for $20 with 62 staves 10 by 24 feet inside, shaped by a gravel and brick foundation. It uses woven wire fencing for hoops, three access openings, and four bands. Costs totaled $20. labor not counted, it holds about thirty six tons and serves eleven cows.
An enterprising New Jersey woman advertises boarding gardeners and teaching the business of raising Belgian hares as the gardener's chum. Trucker brands indicate reliable goods sell in advance and at better prices on market arrival. New York Fruit Growers’ association highlights grapes as the state's best crop. Rural New Yorker foresees telephone and trolley reaching hills and repopulating New England farms.
Veterinary guidance from W. F. McSparran in National Stockman outlines a laudanum and brandy sedative mix, creoline, barley or rice gruel, two raw eggs, bismuth and pepsin, and careful feeding. It emphasizes gentle administration, frequent checks, keeping the calf warm dry and clean, and reiterates that milk can worsen the condition.
For silage from crops besides corn, timing varies by plant. Sorghum should be cut just before maturity, soybeans when pods are developed, clover in bloom, oats and peas as pods are filling, sunflowers near maturity, and thye and wheat with heads just emerging. Proper trampling aids compaction. deep pits reduce needed depth.
A contributor to New England Homestead outlines butter making steps from milk at about 70 degrees to separator, cream aging, barrel churn, washing, salting at one and a half ounces per pound, overnight rest, then shaping into rolls or jars for market.
A dairy expert argues corn silage provides a solid roughage base for cow diets in the corn belt. To balance the ration, include bran, cottonseed meal, clover hay, soybeans and cowpeas. If silage is unavailable, cut and dry corn fodder, then supplement with Hnseed or cottonseed meal and bran with oilmeal.
An anatomist notes that human proportions follow fixed ratios, stating the height equals six times the right foot length. The face measures one tenth of stature from hairline to chin, the hand one tenth from wrist to middle finger tip, and the neck region from crown to nape is one twelfth of total height.
A historical extract discusses ash and nutrient content in animal feeds including cottonseed meat linseed meal and brewers grains. It notes nitrogen phosphorus and potash in cow milk and compares fodder efficiency with emphasis on ash dietary needs for milk production. It also includes a casual folklore remark on warts and a clubman anecdote about European travel curing a wart.
Kansas station notes cattle die offs near sorghum patches after grazing. Professor Otis warns cattle should be full before entering green sorghum and to graze briefly until accustomed. If successful, sorghum pasturing could greatly expand pasture and cut costs, but risks must be weighed by dairymen and stockmen.
Advice from Indiana agronomist W. Conway on preserving pasture through summer and autumn. Fence off sections to rest grass, avoid constant cropping, and control weeds and briars to prevent seeding. Ensure pasture regrows while grain crops still mature, giving cattle a fair chance to thrive.
The article discusses feeding skim milk to calves with small amounts of high fat additives like ground flaxseed or oilmeal jelly, started at a tablespoon and scaled up to about a half pound daily by weaning. It notes success with oats or shorts in feed and compares Italian bees to native ones, praising Italian bees for hardiness, profitability, and efficient honey gathering during droughts.
A compact digest of biblical lessons from Genesis and related texts, detailing creation, sin, redemption, Noah, Abram, and Jacob with Golden Texts. It weaves commentary on God as creator, humanity’s fall, and the calls to faith, mercy, and meekness, interspersed with brief humor and quotes.
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