Farm Prosperity in 1904 Exceeds All Previous Records
The 1904 agricultural year shows corn valued near 2.6 billion bushels and a farm value over 1 billion dollars, with cotton second and hay and wheat close behind. Total farm product value reaches about 4.9 billion, amid rising livestock and poultry values. broader prosperity spreads across farmers nationwide.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Poor Man’s Cow: Milk Goats Could Help Farmers
A 19th century Agriculture bulletin argues goats offer cheap milk for the poor and thriving market potential. It notes Nubian goats as best milker, the value of goat milk for infants, and limited American dairy goat stock with imports from Switzerland.
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Washington
Department of Bericulture
George F .Thompson
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Switzerland
Indiana
America
We Langanzavh
Hreela
Lyons
France
Mount d'Or
United States
Walls of Jericho Echo in German Brass Band Incident
In Helligenstatt near Leipzig a brass band practice caused a wall to collapse. A local music master and his musicians heard a note sequence like the Jericho trumpet story. The wall fell during a high note, scattering players across the meadow. Authorities compare it to glass shattering by sound.
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Jericho
Joshua
Helligenstatt
Leipsic
Walla
Areer
Funeral Sermon by Wire in Pittsburgh Funeral
Benjamin P. Welsh a druggist from Allegheny lay in Allegheny General Hospital with a phone to his head and heard Rev Thomas Park deliver his wife s funeral sermon from his home on Fairview avenue The telephone company arranged a transmitter before the coffin so mourners could hear the sermon a mile and a half away
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Pittsburg
Benjamin P. Welsh
Allegheny General Hospital
Fairview Avenue
Allegheny
Thomas Park
Women to Run Farm in East Cornwall Conn
Delia Seelye and a female partner resign from Waterbury posts to run a farm in East Cornwall. They plan poultry as the main industry with substantial crop acreage and will hire no male labor.
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Delia Seelye
Waterbury
Cornwall
Conn
Italy to issue new stamps with city views and landmarks
The King of Italy has ordered postage stamps featuring principal cities monuments churches and other objects of general interest. The set aims to showcase notable views across the kingdom.
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Italy
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