I Meet Carriston Again on a Highland Sketching Tour
The narrator reunites with Carriston in 1865 after years apart. Carriston hints at hidden powers and possible madness while the pair plan a sketching trip in Callendar and the Western Highlands. The story frames friendship, science versus mysticism, and looming tension as they resume their journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Carriston
Carriston
Highlands
Scotland
Actucrs
Cecil Carr
Callendar
Blacksmithing Lesson Proves Its Value at Cornell
A Cornell mechanical engineering class required seven trades including blacksmithing. One reluctant student, initially averse to leather aprons, later used his forge training to weld a mine shaft in Colorado. He credits the skill with saving the mine and earning respect from workers and the boss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL College
Cornell
Colorado
Pittsburg
Rural Hamlet Exchange on Fork in the Road
A traveler asks for a knife and is told to find a fork in the road. The reply quips that the speaker is Brown, in a humorous rural exchange reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Strength of Spider Silk Compared to Steel
A spider silk thread shows exceptional toughness, bearing about three grains of weight. This strength is roughly fifty percent greater than a steel thread of the same thickness, highlighting the remarkable resilience of natural fibers.
Global patent costs for broad protection analyzed
The text notes that achieving worldwide protection requires patents in sixty four countries, with an estimated cost of about $2,500 per country, totaling a substantial global expense for securing intellectual property rights.
Pruning, Varieties, and Plowing Notes From Horticulture
The article surveys currant pruning, pear blight, and top apple varieties including Greening Hubbardston Northern Spy Ben Davis Canada Red and Baldwin. It lists peaches Early Michigan St John Kalamazoo Elberta and Fitzgerald with later lots. It discusses fall plowing for Indian corn on Central Illinois prairie soil and manure management. It also covers Paris Green insecticide use and critiques cattle shipments and pricing affecting feeders and fattening cattle.
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Michigan
Hubbardston
Ben Davis
Canada
Baldwin
Oldenberg
Alexander
Primate
Illinois
Nero
Jeffris
Shropshire
Black Diamond
Monarch
Stanton
Burbanks
Lewis
St. John
Kalamazoo
Elberta
Fitzgerald
Crawford
Engle
Mammoth
Bronson
Orchard and fruit growing Q&A with farm advice
A long reader Q&A discusses pear varieties Bartlett Anjou Howell Lawrence and Keiffer, pruning grape vines and plums, peach bed planting, mulch, oats in strawberries, and pruning timing. It notes pest and fertilizer concerns and mentions Paris green fraud in a Louisiana bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
St. Johns
Elberta
Kalamazoo
Steven
Bartlett
Anjo
Howell
Lawrence
Keefer
Bose
Barnard
H. D. Perkins
Caton’s Weathered Insight on Preparing for Indian Corn
J D Caton once said preparation shapes harvest outcomes. The note hints at traditional methods for readying fields and storage ahead of Indian corn season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Caton
Orchard Cultivation Pays
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin notes cultivated ground yields darker foliage with less wilting. Apples weigh 14 percent more on cultivated than pasture and 17 percent more than on mowed land. Moisture: 140 barrels of water in twenty inches soil depth on sod equals 140 on cultivated soil. Cellar tips advise lime to reduce dampness and odors and dirt over stored roots to prevent freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas Cattle Feeding And Panhandle Pastures Outlook
Inspector Jordan reports Texas cattle on feed totaling 98 700 head with 25 000 more to be fed later and notes wide regional differences. Panhandle and Western Texas enjoy excellent grass and higher cattle numbers, while Southern Texas has better grass but fewer cattle and Central and Northern Texas see reduced stock and feed amid drought. Texas sees 169 000 more cattle than a year ago, with increases from Old Mexico and New Mexico due to lush grasses. Stone drainage methods are advised to dispose of loose stones on farms and improve underdraining channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Texas
Kansas City
Inspector Jordan
Bureau of Animal Industry
Jordan
Kansas
Panhandle
Comptroller of
Texaas
Albert Dean
Old Mexico
New Mexico
Bex
Preserving Eggs With Gelatine Coating Technique
English method describes washing fresh eggs in milk or lime to remove dirt and ferments then coating with a colorless gelatine film to preserve shells and whiteness. Claimed to keep eggs unchanged for a year or more and strengthen them for transport.
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Hugh Conway
International Press Association
Conxtincen
Sacriston
Sir Ralph
West End
Carristons
Toms
Fairy Olen
Carrison
Sience
Leard
Carriston Dreamis
Carlston
London
Bournemouth
Sant
Louisiana
Jxp
Sta, Bulletin
United States
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