Campaign for hog cholera eradication begins in Iowa and Indiana
The agriculture department starts a nationwide effort to eradicate hog cholera beginning in Iowa and Indiana in cooperation with Iowa State College. Serum immunity and quarantine methods aim to clean up infection nationwide, modeled after successful cattle tick eradication in the South. The effort could raise hog industry profits and lower meat prices over years.
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Iowa
Indiana
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Iowa State College
Dorsett
Towa
Rewinding Barbed Wire Device Demonstrated
In the Independent Farmer Carl Achilles describes a simple wire winding device built from an old buggy axle and wheels. Two by fours form a crank supported by a bent rod, with nails and wedges securing the spool. One person walks while another turns the crank. winding progress matches the pace of a person walking.
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Carl
Achilles
Manure management impacts farm profit and soil health
Farmers can save or lose hundreds yearly by promptly handling barnyard manure. Nitrogen converts to ammonia escaping as gas, nitrates wash away with rain, and other bacteria reduce nitrates to nitrogen gas, causing direct losses to soils and environment.
Horsemen’s Hint on Stable Door Latch Risks
Notes warn riders and handlers to secure stable doors properly as horses can bolt when stalls are not fully fastened. A horse may push back, snag its head, or break gear if doors swing open unexpectedly, posing danger to animal and handlers.
Excellent Hay Rack Lift design aids field work
J Whaley Griffin describes a hay rack lift that rests the rack when not in use. The device allows a single worker to swap wagon frames quickly by lifting the rack between posts, saving time and labor otherwise wasted by multiple men traveling to and from the field.
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J. Whaley Griffin
Wagon Rack Loading Procedure At Game Time
A procedural note describes aligning a wagon rack with posts and wheels. The lire marks the top height, then the rack is raised above the wheel to clear the wagon. To load, position under the rack between the posts, slide back the rack, and back the wagon. When the rack rear rests, stand on the rack to help set it as the team backs away.
Quinces Offer Higher Returns Than Apples, Ohio Expert Says
Professor J. C. Whitten of Ohio College of Agriculture argues two acres of quinces can yield more income than twenty acres of apples. Quinces have strong, consistent demand and long keeping quality. Proper care, pruning, spraying, and picking are essential for high flavor and value.
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J. C. Whitten
Ohio College of Agriculture
Whitten
Self boiled lime sulfur for San Jose scale control
Dr. W. B. Hinds of the Alabama experiment station cautions against relying on heat to make a winter wash for San Jose scale. He warns that self boiled lime sulfur for summer use is not suitable and outlines proportions and boiling times to craft an effective fifty gallon wash. He recommends about twenty pounds lime and fifteen pounds sulfur, boiled at least thirty to forty-five minutes.
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San Jose
W. B. Hinds
Alabama Experiment Station
Rape as Fall Feed for Livestock in Cornfields
Rape sown at two pounds per acre in the cornfield after final plowing provides abundant fall feed for sheep swine and cattle especially when hogging or corn is part of the plan. Lambs will eat the rape and waste no corn while producing meat at low cost. Promptly snap or husk the corn before turning other animals into the field.
Goethals on Panama Canal Defense and War Fortifications
Colonel Goethals asserts the canal’s 600 foot channel and coastal forts deter a hostile fleet, as firepower protections and fort emplacements near Taboga, Margarita, Nonos, Perlco, Culebra, and Flamenco are being rapidly prepared. Jungle defenses, occupied zone evacuations, and patrols by the Tenth Infantry shape a wary, Japan-focused coastal defense plan.
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Culebra
O. Z
Panama Canal
Locka
Goethals
Atlantic
Taboga Island
United States
Taboga
Empire
Canal
Panama
Pacific
Toro Point
Colon Harbor
Margarita Island
Colon
N&os
Perlco
Pioneer life is not easy on the western frontier
A Montana letter describes frontier homesteading hardships. It notes settlers, mostly poor, rely on labor and courage, facing drought, predators, rough roads, and sparse capital. The wife shoulders many chores, schools are far, and husbands often work away to improve claims.
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East
H. R
Montana
Dynamiting Holes for Trees in Dry Farm Planting
The Ranch and Ranger notes dynamiting holes for trees as a common practice with low cost per tree and potential root penetration benefits. It describes drilling a two foot hole with a dynamite charge and fuse, replacing soil, and clearing the hole after detonation. Deep plowing remains the best dry farming method, but dynamiting may help roots break through hard pan if soil is moist.
Water Costs Dry Farming and Rain Analyzed
The article explains crop water use, noting 90000 pounds of water per bushel of wheat and 227000 pounds per acre per inch of rainfall. It warns that rainfall alone cannot grow crops due to drainage and wind, and advises dry farming only in regions with at least ten inches of rain, uniform soil to eight feet, and a preserved dry soil cover.
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Farm Magazine
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Poultryman Advises Bright Combs Through Lime Method
A successful poultryman claims bright combs come from a simple mix of corn in a bucket watered, then stirred with a quart of powdered lime. He notes feeding twice weekly at night and cautions scrubbing window panes with old newspapers to improve cleanliness.
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Bis
The Making of a Big Leaguer by Hugh Fullerton
In a vignette from The American Magazine the author recounts a country boy’s childhood note about Ned a hired man who taught a boy the basics of baseball. Ned plays first base barehanded impressing the boys with early feats and hints at a past as a famed outfielder with a great team.
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Hugh 38
Fullerton
United States
Hoetella
Ned
Father
Itching Terrible on Limb in FD Clarkfield
A patient from Mine- Clarkfield describes years of severe leg itching with red and yellow spots and dry scales. After using various salves, Cuticura Soap and Ointment completely cured the condition in six weeks. Sample offers and address for Cuticura appear in the ad signed by Gordon on Nov 20, 1912.
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Clarkfield
Mine
Gorden
Dept. L
Boston
Stray Stories Ambiguity At A Vegetarian Supper
An anecdote from Stray Stories recalls a husband delaying home by 11 pm as his wife warned of benans if late. The exchange highlights domestic humor and timing in a social setting.
No Dubious Situations Do You Assimilate Your Food
A garbled OCR style item references Mrs Jones and Mrs Winelow soothing syrup claims for teething and gum inflammation and wind colic. It also contains unrelated social commentary about spinsterhood and stepmothers and a note on cowardice tied to fear of consequences.
Woman Praises Pinkham Remedy for Female Trouble
Windom Kansas area resident Miss Many A. Horner credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her displacement bearing down pains nervousness dizziness and irregularities after doctors failed She urges other women to try the famous tonic derived from native roots and herbs and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts
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Windom
Kansas
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Horner
Box 41
Lydia
Pinkhawn Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Froman
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Fae Thals
Tuaboga
Sam
Atlantic Ocean
Rying
Weam
W. Pickard
Culebra Island
Ees
Panama Railway
W. H. Aspinwall
Henry Chautteey
John L. Stevens
Washington Hotel
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