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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1900
Page
3
A farmer explains a self built fertilizer distributor machine that scatters and sows fertilizer evenly over ground. It uses a conical central output in a rotating disk, a hopper with a conical valve, and a blower action to push material outward.
An Ohio grower explains that August and September soil care strongly influences next season’s harvest. Deep subsoil loosening with a mole plow, using tandem teams to protect rows, improves drainage and root stability. Narrow rows, 16 inches, maximize berry quality. trim runners to maintain width. Also notes a washing and drying table design for vegetables.
The article discusses corn culture tactics and weed control, noting how weeds shade soil and affect moisture. It highlights Denmark as a butter producing nation exporting large quantities to the United States and Europe, with oleomargarine used widely. It contrasts Danish butter value at 40 cents a pound with oleo at 15 cents, implying cost-driven consumption.
A National Stock man correspondent notes that butter should be solid and near 60 to 70 degrees when worked, then warmed by two to four degrees in winter. If too soft in summer the butter goes to a butter bowl to harden, with final touches added. Proper temperature avoids reworking, which harms grain and makes butter salvelike.
The light material husking horse from Ohio Farmer uses a 1% inch rung cut to one inch and lowered to prevent corn ears from catching. It reduces back strain and sore hands, while a care recipe using white wax, spermacet, almond oil, glycerin is provided to soften hands.
Commentary from Gleanings In Bee Culture notes California honey prospects improving especially in the north and central areas. It mentions New York brood progress, Colorado cool indications, and cautions beekeepers there not to rush selling honey while eastern demand and local flows could favor Colorado. A Rural New Yorker quote discusses Angora goats and Mohair trade, contrasting with traditional beekeeping profitability and the spirit of invention guiding discoveries.
The article discusses the average dairyman and the importance of distinguishing good cows from poor ones. It argues that a farmer should assess a cow by overall body, structure, and vigor rather than just appearance or prices, noting the challenge of evaluating a cow’s true value before purchase.
The article stresses selecting a single productive dairy line, focusing on butter breed cows with strong heredity, and buying mature proven cows or calves suited to milk and butter. It warns against mixing dairy aims with beef, urges proper feeding, timely culling, and treating stock as future producers. It also encourages cooperative efforts with dairy processors to improve product quality and ease for workers’ families.
The piece cites The American Cultivator and argues that wives and daughters of farmers hold the fate of dairying in their hands. It praises women for keeping dairies clean, overseeing butter making, and applying scientific dairy principles to improve milk care and manufacture, seeing educated dairy women as vital to progress.
Dr Kendall of Saratoga Springs promotes strippings or milk drawn after milking as highly valuable for emaciated patients. He reports rapid weight gains, advising a pint to a quart daily then twice daily, noting many can drink immediately after milking without digestive upset. He claims his method has helped hundreds and could save thousands if followed.
The Creamery Journal argues for separating weedy milk from clean milk to improve cream quality. It urges managing each patron farm condition, dumping clean milk into the cream vat, and aiming for proper fat content to ensure timely ripening.
A The Sheep Breeder correspondent notes nearly 30 million sheep across Exsland and Scotland, on farms and fed over turnips to enrich soils for crops. English meat demand rises as London imports from America and colonies increase, with 14.2 percent from foreign nations and 42 percent supplied by provinces.
The Prairie Farmer discusses soil fertility, tenancy, and stock raising as vital to both landowners and renters. It argues tenants can profit by integrating livestock, improving feed efficiency, and sustaining fertility, with practical tips on cattle sheep pigs and pasture management amid fluctuating grain markets.
The National Stockman warns against overreliance on pedigrees and inbreeding as shortcuts to superior stock. It argues that attention to individual merit matters more than repeated famous names, and that fashionable bloodlines can mislead buyers into paying premium for inferior animals.
The Sheep Breeder argues early feeding boosts profits as lambs enter the market. professional feeders support timely attention to improve gains before selling by the hundred, noting buyers incur costs for delaying training and conditioning lambs before sale.
A writer argues against a dirty patron harming a creamery and addresses common faults in agricultural cooperatives. The piece then advocates line breeding for hogs and cattle, praising Poland-China pigs and Berkshire lines while defending inbreeding as a tool to improve vigor and constitution despite prejudice.
The national stockman notes cattle in the market often fetch low prices because they are not fat enough for killers nor good enough for feeders. Described as in between by dealers, these misfits face weak demand and lower values in each sale.
A humorous Life magazine quip recalls a wedding where the bride’s mother cried and the groom’s mother had hysterics, the church was so crowded that voices were drowned, three women fainted, yet the line declares the event a success.
The article traces the Babi movement from its Persian origins to its spread across Asia into Europe and the Americas, noting Behaullah’s leadership, the role of Burratu Ayn, and the emphasis on gender equality. It also discusses Philippine war atrocities as war’s harsh reality, U.S. perspectives, and social observations on women’s roles and public health advances.
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