Vaccinating Cattle Against Tuberculosis Progress Report
A communication from the Pennsylvania Live Stock Sanitary Board details Dr. Leonard Pearson and Dr. S. H. Quillenden's experiments at the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School on vaccinating cattle against tuberculosis. Vaccination appears to confer strong immunity, with vaccinated animals showing no tubercular infection, unlike nonvaccinated peers. Further large scale trials under careful supervision are urged before herd-wide use, with state aid sought for expanded experiments.
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Pennsylvania Live Stock Sanitary Board
Leonard Pearson
of Pennsylvania
H. Qullilend
Veterinary School
University of Pennsylvania
Live Stock Sanitary Board
von Bring
United States
Germany
Pearson
Agricultural Colleges Admit With Varied Short Courses
Correspondent C W Brock asks about admission to agricultural colleges including high school requirements. Purdue accepts students with three years of high school. Colleges differ on branches offered to special students and the length of short courses from ten days to three months. no uniform admission rule exists.
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C. W. Brock
Ilinois
Purdue University
Agricultural College
College of Mechanic Arts
Advice on sowing clover seed for varied soils
At a farmers institute in Illinois F H Rankin explains that clover sowing must fit soil type. He advises seed from clean farms or on your own land, using five to six quarts per acre, sowing early with deep covering to endure frost and drought. He warns against late sowing and surface seed vulnerabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Minois
F. H. Rankin
First Professor of Dairying Dead
The January number of the Experi ment Station Record notes the death of Dr T R Segelke professor of dairying at the Royal Agricultural College Copenhagen. He helped systematize butter and cheese making on scientific principles and is regarded as the father of modern dairying in Scandinavia. He taught dairying from the early sixties and became professor in 1874, considered the world’s first flat professor of dairying.
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T. R. Segelke
Royal Agricultural College
Copenhagen
Segelke
Scandinavia
Denmark
Raspberry Culture Practices with A L Hatch Wisconsin
A L Hatch of Wisconsin explains raspberry planting eight feet apart for two-horse lever spring harrow cultivation. He favors depth up to six inches, notes winter protection, and advises removing old bushes before fall. He finds long-handled pruning hooks unsafe for workers and recommends long-handled, short-bitted shears or a common pruning knife. At Sturgeon Bay, winter protection is not used and old bush removal is not essential.
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A. L. Hatch
Wisconsin
Sturgeon Bay
Potato introduction likely from pea in New England history
The fragment states that the potato was probably introduced into New England from a pea origin where it had long been cultivated, reflecting early agricultural misattribution and transfer of crops across regions.
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New England
Warding Off Disease in Hog Herds with Sanitation
An agricultural notice explains that disease stems from a germ in the blood and stresses the role of clean, disinfected hog housing. It recommends hot lime whitewash with chloride of lime, weekly applications, and thorough sanitation including pens, floors, and feeding areas. When cholera threatens, move pigs to fresh quarters and maximize disinfectant use.
Why There Are Few Hogs in Colorado
Prof I C Buffum notes Colorado’s hog census from 1601 shows 101,198 head amid 2,278,968 irrigated acres and 24,700 farms. Hog scarcity stems from ranch grazing on mountain and plains lands kept in large areas year round to cut costs, with cattle and work horses forming most ranch livestock.
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I. C. Buffum
Colorado
Fakes in Horticulture Nut Tree Frauds Warn Customers
The horticultural field faces widespread fraud as sellers mislabel nut trees and misrepresent seedlings. Nut trees like pecan and hickory are swapped with substitutes such as plum-nut and maple budded trees, while claims of chemical treatments and disease resistance are used to deceive buyers. Even reputable nursery firms may substitute varieties when stock is sold out, highlighting the need for an earnest campaign by honest nurseries.
Unique New Orleans School Fixes English Errors
A New Orleans school bans bad English by a cent-for-errors bank. Each mistake is recorded with exact phrase, time, and offender, creating a running log. Pupils contribute nickels, accumulating fifteen errors to their credit, funding books and general benefits.
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New Orleans
Uken
Julia
Hazel
Dee
Mabel
Sugar Making Course Proposed by University of California
The University of California announces a four year sugar making course within the College of Mechanics to train sugar-house engineers and superintendents. It will cover practical and theoretical mechanics, wood and iron work, machine handling, plus chemistry and sugar-house construction in the College of Agriculture. This marks a push to teach trades in schools rather than relying on underinformed instructors.
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University of California
College of Mechanics
College of Agriculture
Potatoes’ rise from delicacy to staple in Europe
The potato began as a European novelty, valued mainly in Ireland, and only by the mid eighteenth century did it gain real importance beyond Irish shores.
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Europe
Ireland
Buckwheat Best Grows on Well-Prepared Good Land
Buckwheat yields best crop on good soil that is properly prepared, though it will grow and produce fairly on poor soil with little manure.
Soil Improvement by the Aid of Fertilizers
Farmers' Review stresses careful fertilizer use as essential for long term soil productivity. It notes nitrogen phosphorus and potash exhaustion, warns against one‑sided mixes like bone meal, and urges complete blends along with crop rotation, soil preparation, and selection of seed to sustain old lands.
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Duncan
Diagnosing Disease in Livestock Through Close Observation
The owner must learn normal health to detect departures in animals. Beginners in stock breeding should study health by examining hair, manure, urine, and digestion. Learn the normal pulse of horses and other animals including rate and pulse feel such as full or weak.
Study of agriculture in rural schools urged by National Grange
Mr. N. J. Batchelder of the National Grange argues concerted action by members is needed to introduce agriculture study in rural schools. He favors nature study on plant growth soil formation and birds, emphasizing practical knowledge over distant geography. The movement, he says, has begun and deserves state and national support.
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Wisconsin
Agricultural College
A. B. Hostetter
Illinois Farmers’ Institutes
Springfield
Farmers' Review
N. J. Batchelder
National Grange
Rocky
Hfe
Rivera
Hindoostan
The Cultivated Oat Origins and Varieties
The cultivated oat, avena sativa, is an annual plant though the genus includes several perennials. It is believed to have developed from the wild oat, avena fatua, native to Europe.
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Europe
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