Dairy And Poultry Methods From A New York Poultryman
A Wisconsin round up institute featured C K Chapman of Peruville New York who discussed poultry raising and record keeping. He started with 600 Leghorn hens and averaged 164 eggs per hen per year earning about 1800 dollars from eggs plus stock sales and manure value totaling around 2240 dollars in 1890. He advocates careful feeding and housing design to maximize laying, notes limited south-facing light reduces temperature swings, and shares his feeding regimen and chick rations for efficient production.
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New York
Wisconsin
Monroe
C.K. Chapman
Peruville
Mr. Chapman
Chapman
Small home cheese making method from old instructions
A brief home dairy note describes making small cheese from cow’s milk. Night milk is chilled in a deep pail to chill the cream, then mixed with evening milk. One ounce of rennet per large measure is stirred into warm milk, the mixture is covered and allowed to curdle until firm enough to cut with a knife.
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N. Y
The Pitfalls of Incubator Egg Sales in Poultry Trade
The Farm Poultry notes that reputable breeders offer sittings at $2, $3 or $5 while incubator eggs fall to $6 per hundred. Inexperienced buyers may choose the cheaper option and hatch fifty or sixty chicks of scrubs, harming both satisfaction and breeder reputation. Breeders should ensure buyers understand what they purchase to avoid deception.
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Cubator Kes
Farm Poultry
Adipose Tissue and Bacteria in Dairy Debate
An old lady jokes about excess fat as adipose tissue while a discussion links dairy flavors to specific bacteria. The piece cautions that science explains dairy rules, yet advises applying experience and common sense rather than blindly following scientists.
Too Fatty Foods In Poultry Feeding
A discussion on feeding poultry cautions against fattening it with excess fat or fatty foods. Overfeeding leads to fat in the body, especially the intestines and gizzard, harming egg production and causing liver degeneration. Symptoms include pale or black combs, dead hens, and paralysis, with losses greater than other yard issues.
Lady Cake Recipe Steps for Almond Frosted Cake
This passage gives a historic cake recipe requiring two and a half teacups of flour, Royal baking powder, powdered sugar, butter, milk, egg whites, and almond essence. Mix sifted dry ingredients with sugar and butter, fold in milk and whites, then bake in a hot oven for about forty five minutes.
Agricultural colleges and the dairy interest review
Prof C E Plumb reviews Indiana Farmer on dairy education in US colleges. Wisconsin and New York invest heavily in dedicated dairying buildings. Indiana modestly funds. Dairy programs succeed where offered, while general agricultural patronage remains weak. The article contrasts dairy education with broader farming studies and highlights demand, funding, and outcomes.
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Agricultural Colleges
C. 8
Plumb
Indiana
Agricultural
Wisconsin
Minnesot Town
Pennsylvania
Vermont
New York
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Town
Friends of Agricultural Colleges
Veterinary official doubts tuberculin in cattle diagnosis
Dr W J Zuill, chair of Peargania University veterinary faculty, warns tuberculin may not detect all tuberculosis cases and can trigger latent disease, making milk unsafe. Prof Guillehan of Berne shares concern, predicting cattle losses and milk danger. urges against legal compulsion to use the test.
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W. J. Zuill
Veterinary Faculty
University of Peargania
Guillehan
Veterinary School
Berne
Switzerland
Ziuill
Froth Reduction in Hand Cream Separator Method
A dairy expert reports a simple technique to reduce froth in cream from hand separators. By passing the cream from the separator spout through a small hair sleeve before it enters the cream can, foam is obliterated or diffused, yielding foam-free cream similar to deep setter output.
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London
England
Land of Weet Flowers and War Echoes in Memoir of Ingersoll
A fragmented reminiscence blends a civil war saga with a lecture tour memory. It recounts Col. Ingersoll's 1864 capture by Confederates and Forrest's cavalry actions at Troy across a swollen river, plus Grant's first public appearance as lieutenant general at Willard's hotel amid a cheering crowd. The piece also notes cycling troops feeding Méthuen’s marching columns, a German New Guinea anecdote, and paint used as a supposed armor by natives, with vivid, period-tinged color.
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Memphis
Ingersoll
G. V. Ramseat
Illinois
Forrest
Troy
Rambaut
Washington
Major Rambaut
Grants
Grant
Willard
Belmont
Donelson
Asbury
Gen. Grant
Amla
Morehead
Pennsylvania
German New Guinea
Iismarck
San Francisco Examiner
Arno Senfft
Threteen
San Francisco
Senfft
Mr. Seniftt
Mr. Senfft
Shrewd move noted as armistice cools hostilities
Report discusses sealed terms of armistice, Japan’s stance on demands, and potential effects on future hostilities. It cites strategic reasoning about Li Hung Chao and Formosa, noting internal law and possession as factors.
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Japan
China
Formosa
Manitoba school question and provincial rights disputed
The article notes the Manitoba school issue being publicly debated as the province seeks to maintain separate schools abolished in 1890, while federal attempts to encroach on provincial powers prompt a strong protest from non Quebec members of the conference. The risk of conflict over provincial rights is emphasized as the crisis develops.
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Manitoba
Questio
French Stationery Trends From Paris for This Season
A Parisian guide notes tinted note paper in grayer blues hellotrope and pale pink is fashionable. Crests appear in white on gold monogrammed medallions, envelopes sealed with wax matching the paper—dead white wax suits blue papers. A box of stationery is kept single color, with fashionable Frenchwomen pairing tint and wax accordingly.
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Paris
Hesing Dead Editor of Staats Zeitung Passes
A. C. Hesing, noted analyst and father of Postmaster ing, editor of the Staats Zeitung, Des Moines, dies at age 70. The April issues mention Demorest's Magazine and Atlantic Monthly notices, plus literary notes on Stevenson's memorial and articles in Midland Monthly.
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Staats Zeitung
Cuenco
Anton €. Hesing
Ill
Atlantic
Louis Stevenson
T. Copel
Owen Wister
South Africa
Chicago
Black Hills
Midland Monthly
Dubuque
Valley O the Pecos
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Mleyetiste We Ordertien
Coldstreams
London News
Lord Methuen
Jon Foot
A. C. Hesing
Iowa
Patent Office Report
Des Moines
H. D. Jones
F Dickens
E. Mellen
Tres Moines
United States
Towa
Tuomas G.axpd
Racra
Demorest
Egypt
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