San Jose Scale Attack and Milk Adulteration Tests
The article discusses a faster opacity based test for detecting added water or skimmed milk in ordinary milk, describing a five minute method using a candle flame through a glass and measuring liquid depth. It also warns that density tests with lactodensimeters can be deceived by partial skim or added water and emphasizes milk handling and cleanliness to prevent spoilage and waxy butter due to overchurning and poor dairy practices. It then shifts to agricultural pest guidance on San Jose scale, its spread since 1880, symptoms on trees, and recommended control washes using lime sulfur mixtures with detailed preparation and timing for winter and summer applications.
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Sandaro Eral
Sidzeway
Board of Health
Glenn W. Herrick
Missouri
United States
San Jose
Sam South
Riley Austin
J. H. Comstock
Imported European Fowl Gains Prestige With American Fanciers
A breed imported from Europe a few years ago has earned high regard among American poultry enthusiasts. Pullets lay an average of 259 eggs per year in cold northern climates. The birds are active hardy and perform well in confinement. Chicks hatch high percentages and incubate or brooding hens produce alert chicks. Cockerels crow early and pullets show vigor at four to five months. The breeder believes rapid growth leads to more meat by ten weeks after hatching than other breeds.
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Europe
Coop
A Girl of Yesterday Seeks a Dress and Defends Family Honor
In 1912 a sisterly quarrel over a costly heirloom dress exposes Dora and Prudence’s strained finances. Prudence resists a party gown, plans to alter it for Elinor Lee, while Dora resists sharing her cast off clothes.
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Prudence
Dora
Squire Hexly
Elinor Lee
Dancing at Marston Ball Glows as Elinor Debuts In Silk
Prudence helps Elinor fit a rosebud silk gown while Dora frets over Tazewell Gray's interest. Elinor arrives radiant in cream frock with lace bertha and pink roses, capturing the crowd. Tazewell secures a moment with Elinor before Allan Muir intercedes on the dance floor. A Belgian tale closes with 15 year old Rene Tasserou attempting a bold robbery but failing.
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Tion
Prudence
Elinor
Dora
Tazewell Gray
Elinor Lee
Miss Prue
Enor
Rosy
Allan Muir
Tazewell
Seed corn picking idea from Buena Vista man
Mr. Geo. Martz of Buena Vista County Iowa advocates picking seed corn during cribbing to improve quality and sounder ears. He states his view in the Homestead column and sends a brief note.
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Geo. Martz
Buena Vista Co
Seed box hitch idea for wagon use gains convenience
A sketch describes a seed box that can be removed from a wagon box by using a single buggy tire and six nails to attach irons. This allows lifting the seed box off and setting it aside for other work without wiring or nailing to the wagon. Measurements involve holding the box on the wagon step and estimating distance around the box to the top of the wagon box with three inches of clearance at each end for hooks and protection.
Sprouted oats as green winter feed for poultry
Poultry experts favor green succulent foods in winter, noting sprouted oats as prized. Quick growth requires warmth moisture and sun, with sprouts reaching 4 to 6 inches weekly. flats must be scrubbed with a water lime mix to prevent molding.
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R. G. Weatherstone
Ur Ra
Sprouting oats for poultry feed in heated closets
Instructions describe building a heat source in a closet using steam, stove, or lamp and soaking oats overnight. Next day fill flats with oats two inches deep, place near heat, sprout to four to six inches, then move flats as plants grow. Feed oats sprout by 8 to 12 inches square per hundred birds daily. Ensure oats stay wet and are watered several times daily.
Sprouted Oats Offer Green Winter Forage
Sprouted oats provide fresh succulent green food for winter feeding, not for food value of the oats themselves. The aim is to supply stimulative support to the digestive organs, and sprouting is chosen for winter green feed rather than feed value.
Sheep Population in New Zealand Reaches 25 Million
Official figures show New Zealand hosts almost 25 million sheep, reflecting the country’s extensive pastoral farming and export-oriented agriculture.
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New Zealand
How to Make a Wire Stretcher from 2 by 4 and Chains
A simple device uses a 2 by 4 lever with three holes and clevises, four short chain pieces, and a two-part clamp. Hooks and stay chains pull alternately to tighten the wire, allowing a four foot wire to be stretched to breaking.
Winter duck feed from garden greens and mash method
The article describes feeding ducks with a mix of turnip parsnip carrot tops cabbage beet leaves purslane pigweed lettuce radish mustard and other greens dried in shade for storage. A mash of four parts greens four of corn chop wheat bran red wheat shorts and boiled meat is prepared and fed twice daily in winter and three times in spring to ensure quick consumption and prevent souring.
Green Feeds Year Around
This article by J F Schureman of the U S Department of Agriculture extols clover hay as a top hen feed, noting its nitrogen and lime content boosts eggshells and lay rate. It recommends steamed clover, scalded hay for better production, with bran as a mineral substitute and year round vegetable foods like cabbage potatoes beets and turnips.
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J. F. Schureman
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Quest of Scientists
What science is now trying to do is to ascertain which physical, mental and moral traits are dominant in humans and which are recessive. It imagines predicting inherited traits in grandchildren from a tall, stout man with red hair and a cruel temper and a slender woman with black hair and a sweet disposition and brilliant mind.
Not Knocking, of Course Jones Advised Caution
An acquaintance warns readers about Jones, implying possible dishonesty without full assertion. The comment urges people who shake hands with him to count their fingers when he leaves.
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Jones
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