Plowing corn roots and dairy farming questions
A Maryland farmer condemns deep last plows that cut corn roots as plant murder, noting old practice in Illinois and other states. The piece discusses using quadruple cultivators to control weeds without root damage, and details dairy yield drops when water basins are blocked. It also covers butter production, milk handling, and cream ripening to improve quality. Further topics include strawberry and rape crop guidance, duck farming economics, and sheep breeding for quality mutton.
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Maryland
Illinois
South
Yays
Poultry farming tips from a late 19th century journal
The article discusses cost minded poultry care, shell formation causes, and feeding strategies. It notes eggs, markets, and breed aging, with a steer toward practical tips like oyster shells, gravel, and root-heavy diets to improve production. It mentions Barret Plymouth Rock lineage and historic show placements, plus seasonal cleaning and whitewash practices.
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Poultry Journal
Jedtu Culture
Cate
Eny
Plymouth Rock
New York
Philadelphia
Little Nubbins of Farm News In Iowa and Beyond
A crop note from the Iowa Experiment Farm reports 110 bushels of corn per acre on ten plots and no less than 85 bushels per acre harvested. Reports of a rural fair near Cane Fisher Oklahoma attract riders and wagons from up to 200 miles. The piece notes large Irish emigration, farm labor shortages driving innovation, peach blight in California, celery trusts in Michigan, and a 600 acre farm planned near Minneapolis. It cites William Osborne of Keota, Iowa, whose paralysis led to a 2000 bushel corn husking effort by neighbors. Also mentions prune production and a Trellis Tomato as noteworthy plantings.
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Europe
New York
Buffalo
Ve ‘Bay
Iowa
Cane Fisher
Okla
United States
Ohio
California
Michigan
Minneapolis
Minn
William Osborne
Keota
Towa
West
Davenport Democrat
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Nexdy
J. M. Kelley
Essex
Minnesota
Miller Purvis
London
England
Little Nubbins
Farm News
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