Comstock Lode and Virginia City Recall the Gold Rush
A retrospective on the Comstock Lode era details how gold and silver fever sparked revival in mining towns from California to Nevada. It highlights Henry Comstock and early claim disputes, the rise of Virginia City, and figures like Sam Clemens, Mackay, Fair, and Baldwin, ending with the Big Bonanza and the rise and fall of the Comstock boom under the New Deal era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
California
Montana
Colorado
South Dakota
Nevada
Virginia City
Nev
Comstock Lode
Roosevelt
C. B. Glasscock
Lucky Baldwin
Bobbs-Merri
Storey County
Reno
Gold Canyon
Henry Thomas Paige Comstock
James Finney
Fennimore
Virginia
Peter O'Riley
Patrick McLaughlin
Manny Penrod
Jack Bishop
Joe Winters
Johntowne
Gold Hill
Six-Mile Canyon
Peter O’riley
Walker River
O'Riley
McLaughlin
Comstock
Glasscock
O’riley
Caldwell
Old Virginia
James Walsh
Winnemucca
Finney
J. A
Kentuck
Osborne
Truckee River
Grass Valley
Sierras
Walsh
Joe Woodworth
Washoe
Penrod
Cook
Bozeman
Washne
Sam Clemens
Territorial Enterprise
Mark Twain
John W. Mackay
James Q. Fair
Darius Ogden Mills
James R. Keene
James C. Flood
John T. Bradley
Ophir
Crown Point
Belcher
Yellow Jacket
Imperial
Kentucky
Empire
Gould and
Curry
Modjeska
Booth
Barrett
McCullough
Consolidated Virginia
San Francisco
Comstock Securities
Sso
Western Newspaper Union
Poultrymen List Their Problems in New York Farms
Farm bureau committeemen at the New York State College of Agriculture Ithaca report marketing as the top issue for broilers while disease such as coccidiosis, range paralysis, worms and other losses follow. High feed costs, ventilation, chick sources and egg prices also rank high. The Cornell poultry department calls the ranking a fair index of work needed through extension services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Poultry Department
New York State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
New York
Cornell
Winter care for soft shelled eggs in hens
A Successful Farming correspondent notes winter egg softness improves with a balanced ration. Keep laying mash in hoppers, supplement with grain at night and morning, and provide crushed oyster shell. Provide sun exposure via glass or UV-permitting substitutes. Add vitamin D by including cod liver oil in the mash.
Weak leg disease in poultry linked to rheumatism and housing
The article cites leg weakness in chickens as caused by rheumatism and factors like overcrowding or overheating in poorly ventilated quarters. It notes brooders with uneven heat, wooden flooring, and intestinal worms as contributors, with pullets often recovering after laying their first many eggs.
Feeding Males Separately Benefits Flurry of Poultry
An expert poultry producer advises feeding the male separately to keep him vigorous for breeding. A warm wet mash with cod liver oil can improve fertility and aid growing chicks.
Keeping Records in Poultry Operations
Keeping daily egg records helps monitor variation and signals when feed or management changes are needed. Maintain a second tally of birds to track sales, consumption, or deaths. Farmers typically start their records at the year's beginning.
Feed and Labor Costs in Poultry Production Study
The Kansas state board of agriculture reports labor use 2.9 hours per bird annually in flocks under 100 hens and 1.6 hours per bird in larger flocks. Feed costs average 43.4 percent of total production, while labor accounts for 28.7 percent. The study stresses careful analysis of both feed and labor costs as most important.
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Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Ivy Not Looked Upon as Unmixed Blessing
A discussion on ivy as a mixed blessing in England and America. Ivy enhances beauty when controlled but harms ruins and trees when left unchecked. Official bodies warn against overgrowth while noting ivy can protect walls and be decorative when pruned and restrained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Office of Works
National Trust
About Ourselves Society and Br Pierce's Pellets Ad
A Victorian advertisement likens society to frozen water and skating to social life. It promotes Br Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a health tonic that regulates the liver bowels and stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Br. Pierce
Household Hunt Time Saved By Blending Filling And Butter
A home kitchen tip notes that making sand wiches is sped up by blending the sandwich filling with creamed butter to create a smoother spread and quicker assembly.
Is This Too Good for Your Cough Ad
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a seven in one cough remedy for quick relief and safety. It argues mild coughs may yield to lesser treatments, claims uncertain factors in success, notes higher cost but promises a druggist guarantee. Coughs are framed as danger signals urging best treatment.
Texas Gulf Coast Properties Trade Discussed
A potential swap is proposed between Texas Gulf Coast properties and a Northern property. The note requests exchange of details and references Morrisom Box 1109 Hourtom Tex as the contact point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Gulf Coast
Morrisom
Hourtom
Tex
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Bobbs-Merrill Company
Phillips
Rse
LRT Eee
N& TS
Alrig
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