How Lands Grow and the Farm Savings Bank
A Southern agriculture piece argues that improper use of low grade fertilizers depletes soil humus, urging rotating crops with legumes to restore fertility. It contrasts cash buying nitrogen with homegrown feed, praising farmer savings through using land and livestock to raise teams. It notes Minnesota data on nitrogen via rotative cropping and advocates pasture and fodder crops for winter and summer feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
South
Professor Massey
Cotton Belt
King Cotton
Home Savings Bank
J. C. Stribling
Landscape Painter in China Describes Work Permits and Crowds
Hodgson Liddell, a noted landscape painter, details a year in China painting near the Summer Palace in Pekin. He recalls crowd control, use of sedan chairs and a launch, and the need for an interpreter and coolies. The British Minister secured his entry after lengthy negotiations, with two weeks’ stay and liberal treatment but constant surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Hodgson Liddell
London
Summer Palace
Pekin
Hanchow
London Daily Mail
Sayings in Foreign Pash: Proverb Fragments Collected
A compact list of aphorisms from multiple languages. It includes French guidance on swallowing pills, Greek and German maxims about wind, truth, wealth, and effort, plus a Rochefoucauld reflection. The items appear as short, standalone quotes without context.
Build a wagon box scoop and labor-saving devices
The article describes constructing a scoop board and wagon box with boards, rods, and iron fasteners, including bolt and hole details. It contrasts manual plowing with mule-powered cultivation and urges better implements to save labor, criticizing reliance on manual labor.
Feeding and care notes for young pigs at weaning
The guidance stresses not overfeeding or making the meat sloppy. Maintain charcoal in the pen, observe regular feeding, and let pigs out for occasional exercise. Keep the young pigs from losing baby fat as they are weaned, preserving good condition from early on.
Proverbs and Phrases Snapshot
A collage of maxims from various authors. Irish, Pope, Greek, Virgil, Schiller and Lovelace provide thoughts on hope pride precaution belief manners and freedom. The collection links virtue and restraint to human experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil
Schiller
Lovelace
Mixing cattle breeds and field notes on Jersey Holstein crossbreeding
A Breeders Gazette correspondent criticizes widespread crossbreeding among farm animals in the Eastern States. He warns that Jersey and Holstein crosses dilute both breeds, noting variable milk yield and quality, argues careful selection is key, and anticipates Shorthorns replacing mongrel Jerseys and Holsteins. Also mentions a medallion honoring M Laveran in Constantine military hospital for malaria parasite discovery in 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breeders’ Gazette
Jersey
Jerseys
Hovlstein
M. Laveran
Constantine
Algiers
Not Drugs Food Did It And The Road To Wellville
A reader recounts chronic constipation cured by Grape-Nuts after lifelong reliance on laxatives. An elderly patient describes muscle paralysis of digestive organs, multiple unsuccessful remedies, and permanent relief within days of using pre-digested Grape-Nuts. The letter claims the food’s power is unlimited and invites further letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Harrison Smith
Mt. lXisco
Cuticura Remedies
Boston
Mass
Wellville
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Richmond
ADV
United States
Ea x Crow Stocken Co
Newton, N.C
Southern Music
Box
Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co
Baltimore
HH. Cg, Berry
Hancock
Eczema
Libby
Southern Agricultural Topics
Mail
Breeze
Souther
Atlanta
Kansas City
Incinn
Portsmouth
Saint Louis Savennah
Ted States
Cstrreins
Northern
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittstore
Maxwell Johnson
Tampa
Fla
Cardui
Johnson
Stong Srrger
N.Y
Dr.d.jayne
David
Owens & Miner Drug Co
Hichmond
LD North State
Ask
Ae Ggist
OLD North State
Shen Co
Xanthine CO
Virginia
TE Lexington
Perr Tits
Ates Reagonae
Trompson
Espera
W. Lees
Atharmar
W. L. Douglas Caut
Cates
W.L. Doug
Spark
Brockton
Paxton Toilet Co
Catt
Wells Medicine CO
Lafayette
Indiana
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