Judicious Use of Lime
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station warns against misusing lime noting it is not a fertilizer yet frees dormant soil nutrients. It can enrich crops when used carefully by neutralizing humus acidity, sweetening soils, and boosting clover growth, but excessive or ill timed application can deplete humus and harm yields. Lime aids pasture palatability and may suppress moss while improving soil structure and nutrient availability.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
How to Dress Calves for Shipment
Calves from three to six weeks old and about eighty to one hundred twenty pounds are ideal for shipment. Cut the head so the hide stays on, detach legs at the knee, remove entrails except kidneys liver sight and heart, and open the carcass from neck to tail. Do not wash with water. wipe dry. Let the carcass cool fully before shipping and avoid bagging to prevent taint. Calves under fifty pounds should not be shipped. Hang carcasses 6 to 8 hours in an airy place. Fasten a shipping tag with name and address on the hind leg. Best selling days are Tuesday to Friday mornings.
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5. A. Forbes
Illinois
Professor Forbes
John C. Bridgewater
Greene County
Ilinois
Tam
Trath
United States
India
Germany
Columbia
Tropics
Palestine
Spain
France
Price brings focus to Clydesdale breeding in Chicago sale
The daily press notes a Clydesdale gelding selling at auction in Chicago for 660 dollars, bought by Armour & Company. It argues such high prices reflect breed quality and demand, urges breeders to stick to pure blood and proper feeding, and notes roan Clydesdales are scarce but valuable. It emphasizes that top prices reward persistent, disciplined breeding and proper care.
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Daily Press
Chicago
Armour & Company
Brent City
Alexander
Farmers’ Review
Bill Bugs threaten corn and forests shape rainfall
An article discusses corn bill bugs or elephant bugs, their strong prehensile legs, and damage from feeding in corn stalks. It details control tips like late summer plowing and hand-picking, plus a long section on how forests influence rainfall, weather, and soil moisture, arguing for continued reforestation especially on hills and mountains.
Argentina as a Corn Growing Rival
Debate surrounds Argentina's rising corn output and its potential impact on European markets. Critics warn of unprogressive farming methods, while proponents downplay immediate danger, noting large crops could be grown even with limited advances.
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Argentina
Europe
United States
Fresh Air Cure and its Role in Tuberculosis Recovery
The article explains that open air treatment, popularized by Sir Andrew Clarke, transformed tuberculosis care by moving patients from confined rooms to outdoor exposure. It notes winter resorts provide fourteen hours daily outdoors and bright sun, with cold air aiding healing as diseased lung sites are insulated and blocked from healthy tissue, allowing recovery.
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Sir Andrew Clarke
Meals For Calf Feeding In Great Britain Analysis
The article discusses calf feeding milk substitutes used in Great Britain where milk prices are higher. It explains cream removal to restore milk value, notes fat removed leaves caseine, and reviews substitutes like flaxseed and cottonseed meals. Substitutes are high in protein but relatively low in fat, similar in protein to flaxseed meal but poorer in fat.
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Great Britain
Small Grains and the Farmer's Rotation Strategy
The article argues for continuing small grain farming as part of crop rotation with corn and clover. It notes benefits for livestock bedding and soil health, warns against multi-year monoculture due to chinch bugs and smut, and favors clay soils with compact, well-tilled ground. Fall plowing aids early spring sowing, with winter wheat yielding more than spring wheat due to longer cool weather growth.
Forests and Rainfall Debate Reaches Nuanced Conclusion
The article traces a long debate on forests impact on rainfall, noting early US claims of Western drought from deforestation, a later shift to doubt, and new findings that forests can affect rainfall in some regions while remaining unsettled for the US Midwest.
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United States
Great West
Middle West
Frying Doughnuts and Crullers Delinga tor Advice
The article explains making beef suet fat for frying doughnuts and crullers. Rendered fat should be heated to 375 degrees, tested with bread crust, then fried five to eight minutes per batch. A wire frying basket speeds the process and eggs in the batter reduce fat absorption.
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Delingator
Kaffir corn and sorghum seed as poultry feed
The seeds have intrinsic value similar to corn and are easier for chicks to eat due to their small size. On western farms, Kaffir corn yields higher weight than Indian corn in dry seasons, especially in western Kansas and arid lands where soil water is deep. The seed becomes the key element in poultry feeding in these areas.
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United States
Kansas
Tht
Nive Stock Use on Farm Elevates Product Value
The principal use of Nive stock on the farm is to change raw into finished farm products, thus giving them a greater value than they would otherwise possess.
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River Plate
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