Dairy and Poultry Care From Farm Department Report
The Department of Agriculture summarizes progress on dairy and poultry care, detailing turkey disease known as infectious ente rohepatitis caused by Amoeba meleagridis Smith, its diagnosis, transmission, and implications for prevention. It also covers ration adjustments for cattle around calving and notes cautious use of cottonseed hulls or meal in other stock with attention to effects on the nervous system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Samuel Cushman
Rhode Island State Experiment Station
Theobald Smith
Smith
Turkey
The Best Floor for a Hen House
Advice from Inter state Poultryman on building a healthy hen house floor. It recommends dry clean dirt on an earth floor raised six inches to a foot around the exterior, daily loose dirt under the roosts, weekly removal of droppings, and regular sweeping. It suggests a scratch space with boards, loose straw, and four to six inches of feed grain, with air slaked lime spread on the floor to maintain cleanliness and freshness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Poultryman
Ground Bone Waste Turns Rich Feed For Hens
Americans waste vast bone supplies daily while unknown value lies in green bone for hens. A small bone grinder can convert bone into useful components for bone, egg shells, and muscle, with bones obtainable from butchers at low cost. Salvaging this material could conserve valuable food resources.
Feeding Cotton-Seed Hulls and Meal for Cattle
A North Carolina experiment station bulletin outlines maintenance and milk production guidance for feeding cotton seed hulls and meal. It notes that green hulls can sustain maintenance with varying kernel remnants, while well-cleaned hulls require added meal. For a 950-pound cow, 1 pound meal per 7 pounds hulls can maintain weight and yield about 20 pounds of milk daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Experiment Station
Experience Necessary for Cheese Factory Leadership
O C Beach argues for appointing a capable manager and sending him to a training institution for six months or more. The chosen manager should judge cheese quality at a glance and ensure merchantable output, stating that investing in such training benefits Missouri’s dairy standing.
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mMceeg
Chaieas
Missouri
O. C. Beach
Norses in Russia and horse shortage alarm
The Gazette of St Peters burg reports Russia has 30 million horses about half the world total. About 86 percent belong to peasants and fear grows of a rapid decline as agriculture sags. Thirty percent of peasant cultivators lack horses, prompting calls for more cart horse breeding over racers and light horses.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Butter and Game Birds in Market and Southern Ducks
A short piece on butter quality and price in markets, arguing buyers should test butter carefully to avoid poor stock and noting how market forces shape quality. It then extols true game fowls as hardy, prolific layers and fine table birds, with hens protecting offspring. The Southern Farm section praises ducks in the South, listing states with abundant habitats and urging restocking of waterways to support wild duck populations.
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Texas
Louisana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Farmers Embrace Stock Laws Reducing Fence Feuds
This generation spends less on fences than elders as stock laws gain favor. Keeping cattle at home boosts herd quality, reduces scrubs, increases milk, improves calves, and yields better hogs. The old feuds over fences are now a thing of the past.
Sub Irrigation Findings From A Small-Scale Test
A Texas Stockman and Farmer correspondent describes a personal 21 foot drain experiment using a hydrant supply to study sub-irrigation. He notes faster lateral moisture spread with soil moisture present, issues with surface flooding, and the potential for reduced water use. He invites others to share results to refine methods and data.
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Texas Stockman and Farmer
Irrigating Potatoes For Better Yields
A Field and Farm excerpt explains potato irrigation challenges and methods. It notes that ground must dry between waterings, avoid direct tuber contact with water, and that deep furrow irrigation in ridges yields best results. Proper timing and moisture control are essential for large, uniform harvests without fertilizers beyond river-supplied minerals.
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Utah
Irrigation Methods Through Ancient Chinese Practice
The article describes 5000 years of irrigation in China with level fields and ditches. It explains manual water lifting by children using a rope and bucket to fill irrigation tanks, noting windmills could replace the labor.
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Great Plain
China
France’s Navy Ships and Ancient Trees Factoids
France reports a navy of 408 ships totaling 200000 tons and 621000 horsepower with 80 more under construction. Among the four longest living trees are the olive and the yew both evergreen. olive up to 2000 years old and yew up to 880. London postmen, collectively, walk about 48360 miles daily, roughly twice the globe’s circumference.
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France
London
Panama Bells Arrive in Cincinnati From Early American Era
Two antique bells from Panama dated 1600 and 1720 arrive at the Cincinnati Bell Foundry. The smaller 100 pound bell, once in a catholic church, and the larger 200 pound bell once in the San Rafael church, show signs of heavy wear and possible hammer damage. The bells, bearing copper and silver alloy, are slated for display at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
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Cincinnati Bell Foundry Company
Panama
South America
Cincinnati Enquirer
America
San Rafael
S. Rafael
Cincinnati Art Museum
Castellane to Erect Palace at Malakoff Boulogne Corner
Count de Castellane has begun excavations for a palace to rise at the corner of Avenue Malakoff and Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. The site costs 4,700,000 francs and the design mimics the Grand Trianon about half its size. Architect M. Samson is sworn to secrecy on building details.
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M. Samson
Count de Castellane
Grand Trianon
Park of
Versailles
Mansard
Louis II
Louis XVI
Petit Trianon
Marie Antoinette
Josephine
Napoleon
Trianon
New York World
Arms and the Man with a Stock Broker Quip
In Somerville Mass the dialogue centers on a visiting young man described as a stock broker. A witty exchange compares him to a bear and a bull, highlighting stock-market jargon and social humor.
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Ethel
Tom
Maud—‘‘tWell
Somerville
Mass
Comic Exchanges From Old Newspapers
A collection of humorous quips and brief dialogues from early 20th century papers. Exchanges feature a bike crash joke, remarks on aging and marriage, gender banter, a satirical job inquiry, and a playful domestic gift exchange highlighting social mores of the era.
Trans Mississippi Inventions and Patents Listed
A Nebraska list notes patent grants to Harm on Davenport and Judson in Council Bluffs as well as Lamos Madison Lester and Stroebel Omaha and Schuyler for various devices. Curiosities include a wire fence machine energy indicator fodder bundler arc lamp pencil pneu matic fire alarm bicycle skirt with bloomers and a spring saddle post. A copy of any patent costs 10 cents.
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Trans-Missisaippi
Osana
Nebraska
trans-Mississippi
Messrs. Lurs & Co
United States
Omaha
Daniel Harmon
Davenport
Clarence H. Judson
Council Bluins
Iowa
George Lamos
Madison
George D. Lester
Preston
John K. Nelson
George R. Perkins
Schuyler
Hans H. Sich
Millard
Conrad Stroebel
Nebraska lands nicknamed Blackwater State for peat bog waters
The article notes Nebraska being called Blackwater State due to dark waters from boggy soils. It explains the loamy soil, peat beds, and organic matter coloring rivers similar to bog waters in Ireland. A quip about empty heads and rattling tongues ends the piece.
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Nebraska
Ireland
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Utah Experiment Station
Cincinnati
Yonkers Statesman
Indianapolis Journal
Willie
Cincinnati Inquirer
Washington Star
Isaacstein
Dot Mineselluf
Rosenbaum’s
Jane
Blackwater State
Econo
Troud
Hood
Duxbak
BIAS
Emma M. Hooper
Ladies’ Home Journal
P. O
N. Y. City
W. Crawford
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Charles Z. Hirez Co
Philadelphia
Christendom
Hot Springs
South Dakota
J Francis
Gen
Burlington Route
Neb
Adinustrated Cataloere
Warran Sotux City
Pech Mfg. Co
Sioux City
Sue Nowel. & Chase Machinery CO
West Eleventh Street
Kansas
Vnto
Asth
Harney Ta
John W.morris
D.C
Wala
Ating Olam
Otty Aiuce
Maks
Quincy, Mich
Lindsey
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