Jugger's Cow Caper Ends With Quick Trade In Milk Cause
A man named Jugger buys a cow hoping to profit from milk and butter. The cow proves wild, pulling him through a chaotic chase across his yard, breaking plants and a cactus. After a dramatic escape, his wife sells the cow to two plank-shanked drivers who buy and resell the animal for profit.
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Jugger's
Jugger
Meon
Wales
Jageer
Dugger
Jentle
Jtweger
Digger
Dagger
Mra
Jrigger
Jagger
Lose-Bush
Mr. Jugger
Neighbors Playmates Learn to Share and Resolve Disputes
A children’s verse from Youth's Companion shows neighbors Tack and Janie quarreling then making up after sharing cake. After a midday moment, Janie offers a bite over the garden fence and Jacky accepts, ending their dispute. They return to playing together till night.
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Tack
Janie
Jacky
Bo Jacky
Mel
Tricks With Eggs and Obedient Columns
A guide explains how eggs act in liquids of different densities using three jars with fresh water, salted water, and half-salted water. It then describes making an obedient egg by filling a blown egg with silver sand and sealing, allowing it to balance in any position, and contrasts with a disobedient egg hardened by wax and shot that returns upright after shaking and heating.
Has Pet Porcupine From Nova Scotia Woods
A writer recalls autumn vacation trip with three men and a boy in Nova Scotia. For an eighth birthday, a porcupine is brought home as a pet. The animal sat on a birch limb eating leaves while seven miles from the nearest house, as the father explains how he captured it.
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Paps
Nova Scotia
Papa
Bluenose the Porcupine Comes Home Portrait by Helen Fuller
Helen G. Fuller recounts a birthday gift story from St Nicholas about a Nova Scotia porcupine named Bluenose. Papa and two men capture the animal after a trek seven miles through swamps, transport it to Bridgetown, and fix the creature in a home underground shed. The pet eats birch leaves apples and sweet corn and endears himself with a gentle, curious nature as the narrator bonds with him.
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Papa
Bridgetown
Bluenose
Nova Scotia
Helen G. Fuller
St. Nicholas
Lasinat Claims Sandwich Islanders Are The Laziest
A traveler recounts visiting the Sandwich Islands and labeling the natives the laziest people on earth. He notes inhabitants on one island did little work, mostly squatting, chatting, laughing, and playing, living content with natural provisions. In Honolulu and other places, work occurs, yet overall the islanders appear as lazy as they are happy.
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Lasinat
Sandwich Islands
Honolulu
Islands
Waterworks on VE De HOCK Farm Cistern Project
Rural New Yorker describes the cistern built on VE De HOCK Farm to hold 170 barrels, with a six inch wall, frost proof cover, and a ditch 38 rods long. The system includes two garden hydrants, barn and pigpen valves, and multiple well and cistern connections to supply hot and cold water, plus a windmill pump option. The author notes practical features for farm use and family benefits, with a humorous quip about watering horses.
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Gront
Creamer
New Yorker
Hints for shepherds and sheep breeding guidance
The article urges timely dipping after shearing and links breed, diet, and wool value for manufacturers. It extols sheep as vital to farmer economy, stresses ram influence on external traits and vitality, and advises planting rape kale peas oats and vetches. It cautions selecting show animals with true breed character and promotes size with quality in breeding stock.
Hog breeders seek better hogs to meet rising farm demand
Hog breeders say demand from farmers aiming to improve herd quality outpaces supply. Market hogs are higher in breed and quality than years ago, but costs to feed superior hogs remain higher, and farmers seek further improvements.
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Jena
Dressing Sheepskins and Dyeing Wool
Home Stock and Farm describes tanning sheep hides with alum and salt, salting and drying methods, stretching and oiling, plus steps for washing, scraping, and softening. It covers drying, rubbing, and finishing, then mentions using aniline dyes and directions that accompany them.
Fly Brush For Cattle A Pasture Device
A summer pasture aid helps cattle brush off flies. Four posts form a 12 by 8 foot rectangle with varied end heights, an 8 inch board top wall, and evenly notched upper edges to hold four inch wide boards. The design aims to provide relief alongside shade and water.
Arrangement of the brush device for cattle fencing
A detailed description from Orange Judd Farmer explains constructing a brush barrier by pairing rails to form clamps, bolting through holes at one foot intervals, and placing brush between end boards. The finished device varies in height to suit cattle sizes, allows easy replacement of worn material, and is clamped by boards at the ends.
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Orange Judd
Sheep on the Farm: Benefits of Raising Ewes and Weeds
The article extols sheep as valuable for wool and meat and urges farmers to raise flocks to combat weeds. It notes sheep eat many weed varieties, recommends starting with bred ewes, and covers feeding, docking, and management practices for healthy flocks.
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