Practical Advice on Cotton Seed Meal for Horses and Stallions
A Southern Planter discussion endorses limited feeding of cotton seed meal to horses and mules, noting its high protein value and benefits for labor and breeding. It covers safe amounts for brood mares, initial palatability issues, and recommends winter use with gradual introduction. The piece also argues stallion work year round to maintain vigor, warning against idle winters and corn-heavy feeds.
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Endeavoor
Indiana
Hammond
Augusia
Walter J. Quick
Experiment Station
Blacksburg
Selecting Cottonseed for Better Yields and Seed Quality
An agricultural note urges farmers to judge field variation, select high quality seed from superior plants, and gin lint separately on their own premises to avoid mixing with unselected seed. Emphasizes gains in lint weight, seed cotton per acre, and plant vigor through careful seed selection.
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A. M. Soule
Sentence Sermons by Henry F. Cope
A compact fragment from Henry F. Cope reflects on moral aim in education. It notes that dogmatic voices are loud and that generosity never leaves someone sad, while warning against overshooting personal ethics.
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Henry F. Cope
The Same Old Story on Nitrogen by Legume Rotation
Professor Massey argues that cotton farmers using good legume rotations with peas and crimson clover can build soil nitrogen annually. After a few years the only fertilizer needed is phosphoric acid and potash for peas, while peas feed stock and generate cash year round.
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Professor Massey
A Sad Commentry On Cotton Belt Farming
A Progressive Farmer critique notes farmers borrowing each spring to grow cotton, trapped in a cycle of debt with no cash gains, dependent on fertilizer sellers merchants and lenders. It laments that no region prospers while farmers remain burdened by debts tied to cotton. A second item suggests a pest control method for hogs using a shallow tub of water and crude petroleum to deter lice, with emphasis on regular cleaning.
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Cotton
Alfalfa Hog Feeder Recommendation
A Farm Press writer suggests a swinging front rack to feed alfalfa to hogs in small portions. The design lets hogs reach only a bite at a time, reducing waste as the hay is moved inward with each swing.
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Building a Hog Rack and Winter Hay Plan
The guidance covers constructing a hog rack with a front view for easy passage, four feet high, three to three and a half feet wide, and of sturdy build. It also advises a tight floor to hold chaff and a front floor to keep hogs out of mud. For brood sows, feed alfalfa hay and water, plus one ear of corn daily to winter well.
Regional Hay Production Contrast in Southern States
A contrast notes most city hay comes from the North while North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia average higher hay per acre than Iowa Illinois and Indiana, despite the latter producing over twenty five times as much hay overall.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Proverbs and Phrases Reflect on Self Control and Character
The selection presents maxims about learning shaping living limits. It warns against blaming a kind heart for faults of a soft head and argues improving character requires discipline not outward polish. It notes self mastery depends on controlling inner guests.
Household Affairs Knives Care Tips From Indianapolis News
Household tips emphasize knife upkeep for a refined table. Clean blades with soft flannel and scrub rust with wood ashes on potato. Avoid hot water on ivory handles to prevent yellowing. Store best cutlery in a tissue paper wrapped box to guard dust and dampness.
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Indianapolis News
Burlap and Craftsman Cloth For Cushion Covers
Burlap and craftsman cloth widely used for cushion covers. Simple designs cut from cretonne and stitched can yield striking effects with little time. A diagonal two-peacock-feather motif in mercerized thread offers another easy option. Craftsman canvas $1 a yard, burlap inexpensive. New York Telegram.
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New York Telegram
Dozens of Never Do Its From the New Haven Register
A list of twelve safety cautions from the New Haven Register warns against water on burning fat, cutting toward the edge, using cracked dishes, overfilled lamps, lamps over stoves, wet caustic, daily iodine, cutting a corn until it bleeds, hot water unattended with a child present, medicines in the dark, foreign substances in the eye, stepping onto wheels, and urges remembering these to save life or injury.
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New Haven Register
Making a handy working basket from a cheese box
Instructions describe converting a cheese box into a two part basket with a top and bottom lid, using a leaver two inch trimming, four one inch square legs, and brass tacks. A color cheesecloth lining completes the project, yielding a versatile baby basket with clothing space and bathroom items access.
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Boston Post
Edicurean's Corner Recipes and Tips
A collection of simple kitchen ideas and recipes including Baked Corn, Sour Milk Biscuits, Meat Balls, Scalloped Cabbage, Hominy Fritters, Rhubarb Pie, and Walnut Cream. Each item lists ingredients and basic preparation steps for home use.
Regeneration and Be Born Again in Nicodemus' Dialogue
The sermon centers on Jesus’ demand Ye must be born again as the path to spiritual life. It contrasts Nicodemus the Jew with the world, urging regeneration to enter the kingdom of God. It argues regeneration is essential for any living in the Spirit and invites God’s grace to will and seek this new birth.
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Jesus
Nicodemus
God
Abraham
Christ
Israel
Jesus Christ
Our Lord
The Model Woman: Wife and Mother as Ideal
Revered preacher Rev. William M. Carr argues the ideal woman is the wife and mother while the model wife governs the home. He says a wife sustains her husband in life’s struggles through comfort and inspiration.
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William M. Carr
Perils of Play Warns Against Self Control Failures
The Reverend Orville A. Petty warns that danger lies in lack of self restraint, in accepting peers and habit over higher standards, and in our refusal to demand more of ourselves.
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Orville A. Petty
Unseen Forces and the Hope for Overthrow
Reverend James Avery Norris laments how visible evils menace society while the forces to counter them remain unseen and urging a stronger response to future threats.
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James Avery Norris
The Stamp of Civilization in Civil Society
A quotation from Rev. Cortland Myers argues the mark of civilization lies in the individual man with rights and responsibilities, underscoring personal accountability within societal progress.
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Rev. Cortland Myers
Heroes of Faith in Hebrews Eleven Lessons
Sunday lesson on Hebrews eleven highlights faith as belief in God’s promises and action on them. It covers Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses, showing how faith endured trials, with Moses choosing God’s rewards over earthly glory and glorying in reproach for righteousness.
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Abraham
Isaac
Christ
God
Jacob
Ephraim
Manasseh
Joseph
Egypt
Promised Land
Israel
Moses
Messiah
Rome Burning Fiddle Quips Prompt Nero Joke
A Chicago News item mocked a senator and Nero as Nero jokes that fiddling amid Rome’s burning is best, while the "great man" insists it cannot disturb the neighbors, sailing into a satirical scene of political bravado.
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Rome
Nero
Chicago News
Be Polite to Everybody in Business and Life
The text urges kindness and polite conduct toward all people, warns against prejudice and snobbery, and emphasizes humility in commerce and daily interactions. It contrasts substantial virtue with fleeting profit and cautions against letting wealth bias behavior.
Mothers Who Have Daughters Promote Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Winchester Indiana women report relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for menstrual irregularities and related pains. The advertisement cites letters from mothers and women praising the remedy and offers free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydiane Medicine Company
Lynn
Cold Buster Claims Quick Relief with Wizard Oil
A 1909 note extols Thales Alleged cure for chest cold using Hamlin’s Wizard Oil. It asserts rapid relief and warns against deception, reflecting period health tinkering and satirical stance about cures. The anonymous item hints at common nostrums and public skepticism of medical remedies.
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