Alfalfa Cultivation and Hay Harvest Practices
Scientific notes on planting alfalfa at twenty pounds seed per acre in spring, clipping after six inches height, and repeating clips through summer to boost growth. After first season, cut hay when one tenth of the blooms appear, with disc harrow post-cutting on dry ground. A farmer shares results from intensive cultivation with a Double Action harrow, yielding over eleven tons in 108 days, and predicts five tons per acre with April sowing. Also discusses reset timing, fertilizer use, and long-term yields, plus sheep-raising suitability on high dry land and avoiding riverine areas.
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Acre
Geo. M. Clark
Middlesex Co., Sonn
Farmers’ Review
Starting the Sheep Business
Advice for new flock owners urges steady commitment to sheep breeding over jumping among ventures. Start small with a score of ewes, buy outright, and focus on proper feeding and care to grow the flock. experienced shepherds yield the best results.
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Gomeone
Keeping Dirt Out of Milk Woes and Germs in Dairy
An old miner’s tale contrasts with dairy science on keeping milk clean. Professor Fraser notes that muddy udders can contaminate milk, introducing dirt and countless germs, urging strict cleanliness from milking to delivery and noting germ counts under various dairy conditions.
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Fraser
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
A. A. Alexander
Farmers’ Review
Baby Beef and its profitable path in cattle breeding
A Farmers' Review summary by A. J. Alexander explains baby beef as young, well-bred cattle from the Shorthorn Hereford Angus or Galloway lines. It contrasts them with old Texans, noting faster finishing, marbling, tenderness, and higher prices for young beef. Profitability relies on proper breeding, early fattening, and quality feed from birth to maturity.
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Dakota
Porter House
Cora
Alexander
Farmers’ Review
Ohio soil experiments show phosphorus alone profits best
Cyril G Hopkins argues Illinois prices for Ohio fertilizer results are unrealistic. He shows five year costs per acre for phosphorus alone at 2.40, phosphorus and potassium at 8.90, and all three elements at 20.90. After adjusting crop values downward, he finds phosphorus alone yields the highest net profit, with nitrogen and potassium adding costs exceeding the gains.
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Pantagraph
Ohio Soil Experiments
Ohio
Illinois
Light In the Sheep House Early Lambs Need Sunlight
The author urges ample daylight in a winter sheep house with multiple windows and a north-side option. Sunlight aids thrift in old sheep and is especially valuable for young lambs, providing energy and growth benefits for early lamb production.
Designs in Oil Kaleidoscope from oil water drop experiment
A curious oil on water demonstration shows a drop of pure sperm oil spreading into a circular film that unfolds into ever changing city like patterns for about thirty minutes. Pressing a paper onto the surface captures the design as a white oil image on a black background. castor oil yields smaller similar figures.
Foolscap Paper Origin Casts Its Odd Name
The origin of foolscap paper lies in Oliver Cromwell placing a Cap of Liberty stamp on government sheets. After the Restoration, King Charles II saw the stamp on dispatches, asked its meaning, and exclaimed that he would have nothing to do with a fool's cap.
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Oliver Cromwell
England
Charles II
Farmer of the Nobility Lord Carew Milk Herd Feature
English nobleman Lord Carew is described as a renowned farmer who owns a rare Jersey herd. His wife is noted for going “a-milking” in a short skirt and low-cut bodice, reportedly causing many expert milkmaids to blush.
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Lord Carew
The Beautiful Hilltops of Life in Lyrical Fragment
An OCR fragment weaves lyrical lines about the “beautiful hilltops of life” with heralds of courage against chasms and slope. The text shifts to a vignette describing a man’s routine involving alcohol and coffee, noting daily spending on drink and meals, and Sunday rest patterns in a French working context.
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Vanity
Ope
Laura Alton Payne
Resolutions of the American Medical Association on Alcohol Education
The annual American Medical Association Congress in Portland Oregon adopted resolutions supporting compulsory public school study of physiology hygiene and the effects of alcohol and narcotics for 22 000 000 American children and noting British efforts with 15 000 physicians petitioning for similar education British physicians led by Sir William Broadbent offered a course of study to school boards based on the US scheme by Mrs Mary Hunt The resolutions commend the science based defense against alcoholism and urge continued enforcement of temperance education laws by American boards of education teachers and literature aligned with current scientific truths
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American Medical Association
Portland
Ore
Congress
American Medical Society
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Whebeas
William Broadbent
United States of America
Mary H Hunt
America
Drink Blight In France Reported In Sunday at Home
The October Sunday at Home analyzes rising alcohol use in France. Mr W Soltau cites statements from M Austin De Croze and others noting Brittany’s early exposure to the problem and Normandy’s worsened scene. The piece quotes alarming passages about widespread drinking and its ominous social cost.
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France
W. Soltau
M. Austin de Croze
Revue Des Navues
M. Croze
Brittany
Mr. Scltauther
Paris
le Temps
Normandy
M. Dounveha
Flo
Drunkenness and Alcoholism in The Lancet View
The Lancet argues drunkenness is not alcoholism and links intemperance to evils. Convivial drinking is intermittent and less tied to chronic alcoholism, while sustained work with constant alcohol can cause poisoning. Durham and South Wales show high drinking but not higher liver disease or delinquency, challenging common assumptions.
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London
Durham
Northumberland
South Wales
England
Blighting Effect of Alcohol and Its Social Destruction
Hearst's Chicago American warns how drink kills friendship and family bonds. It portrays alcohol as driving men from duty, equality, and affection, leading to violence and ruined marriages. The piece argues drink erodes respect within the home and harms children’s view of parents.
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Hearst
Chicago
Big Causes Drink in Juvenile Court Testimony
Judge Tuthill of Chicago juvenile court outlines drink as the principal cause of cases. He notes liquor drives poverty, neglect, and parental failure, leading many youths into juvenile court. The testimony highlights drunken fathers or mothers and the broader social damage of intemperance.
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Tuthill
Chicago
Where Liberty Ends and Our Duty to Others
A short, dated discussion on personal liberty vs social responsibility in a temperance context. It argues that private rights end where they harm neighbors and emphasizes that influence should be uplifting, noting limits on individual actions and the need for consideration in a community.
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Lkely
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Pat
Duluth News-Tribune
Cyril G. Hopkins
University of
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