Potatoes Seed Source Varies by Region in 19 Varieties
An Oklahoma correspondent reports that in Kansas, Missouri and nearby Iowa, potatoes are mainly used as seed and for household use. He notes home supply gains from soil good areas and questions three year yield differences. Missouri tests of nineteen varieties show northern seed performing best in three years, Missouri seed varying, with Beauty of Hebron and Early Rose yielding highest in different years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Field and Stockman
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Missouri Experimental Station
Beauty
Hebron
Mrs LeRoy Coville Endorses Swamp Root for Rheumatism
A Chenango Union reader from McDonough New York writes a testimonial praising Swamp Root and Female Remedy with A and O Anointment for rheumatism and female weakness. She claims complete recovery after two bottles of Swamp Root and one of Female Remedy, and offers to prove it with more witnesses. The Union notes five thousand dollars for anyone proving any part untrue and contrasts the testimonial with church rain on bonneted congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy G. Qoviule
Chenango Union
Norwich
N. Y
McDonough
Chenango Co
Kilmer
Binghamton
A &O
Leroy G. Coville
Swamp Root
Horses of Tuliewn Aged Mares and Hambletonian Line
A long listing details fine mares from Tuliewn with style and trial speeds, tracing lineage to General Wilkes and Hambletonian lines. It notes sires such as Dane, Monitor’s kin, and includes pedigrees, race times, and dam lines, followed by care terms, pricing, and farm contact P. McKeever & Bro at Clermont Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Wilkes
Geo. Wilkes
Tor Jeen
Une Gee Goodman
Peacock
Benton Gray
Diomede
Fox
Monitor
Drennon
Lucy Fleming
Rolla
Graygle
Dame Strader
Hambletonian
Squire Talmage
Old Hambletonian
Rysdyks
Lady Talmage
Stir
Dame Vanner Chief
Gainesseco
Denmark
Hiadam Brown Kitty
Veech’s
Highlander
Obie
Old Hambletontanyke
Hdwie Forrest
Strader
Strader H
Prank H
Lottie K
Richwood
Citton Boy
Baldy T
Eames Eee
George Wins
Breid
Ambletonian
Byldyke
Ly Spanker
Henry Clay
Harry Wilkes
Guy Wilkes
Mike Wilkes
Wilcox
Wilson
Bo Bo
Volunteer
Ohio
Alley
Bodine
Cogeem
Spa
P. McKeever & Bro
Reas
Art Stambburg
Smut Prevention Trials at Kansas Experiment Station
Bulletin 22 reports 1891 field results near Manhattan showing oats smut around 5 percent. Potassium sulphide matches hot water treatment, used at one pound per twenty gallons for 24 hours. Treatments reduce smut and boost yield. wheat smut varied with limited decisive fungicide success. Sprays on spring grain largely ineffective against rust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Experiment Station
Manhattan
Bordeaux
Pin mystery and fraud taunt audience in Dublin show
A thought reader in Dublin boasted he could locate a marked pin hidden by an audience member. A Trinity student secretly hid the pin, then the reader failed to find it. The student proved the trick by provoking the reader to sit, and the pin was promptly produced amid a raucous reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Trinity
London
H. James
Calcutta
Craddock & CO
Race Street
Philadelphia
Sand Blast Use Widely For Cleaning and Decoration
The sand blast is a convenient method for cleaning buildings using a four ounce per square inch air blast. A pump drives the blast through flexible pipes, cleaning stone surfaces at about one square foot every ten minutes. Higher pressure could speed the process. It also purposes the whitening of incandescent lamp bulbs and allows decorative lettering or armaments on the exterior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Telegram
Brown's Iron Bitters and French pawnbroking history
The note urges feeling weak and worn out to try Brown's Iron Bitters. It then explains French pawnbrokers are forced to offer low interest to compete with government run monts de pieté, named after Perugia's mountain of piety, with over seventy such institutions in France and some offering gratuitous loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Perugia
Italy
London Assurance First Swell In Town Pities Old Porpoised Daughter
A fragment from London Tit-Bits describes a social scene with a rich man in town and a talk of marriage. A second note claims reliable authorities say Siam enforces the death penalty for anyone heard mentioning the king's name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Assurance
Richem
Ecopd
London
Siam
Cheap plant protectors for early melons and vegetables
A simple wire framework acts as a plant protector for early melons cucumbers squash tomatoes beans and more. Made from No 8 wire with a conical taper and cloth or paper facing, these protectors cost about 2.50 per 100 and can be made to order by tinsmiths or wireworkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arei
New England
Beekeeping in a Small Way for Farmers
The article urges farmers to keep a few beehives to boost orchard yields and honey sales. It notes affordable, available equipment, simple beginner steps, and safe queen introduction methods. It lists trusted hive types and warns against patent hives while stressing spring as ideal to start. Orchard grass with clover is praised for hay quality and pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Farm Journal
Ohio Farmer's Institutes
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Brown Brothers Company
Rochester
Cory
Perry
Crosby
Concord
Mammoth
Evergreen
Dr. King
Belt & Sarr
Batavia
J. B. Walker
Williamsburg
Detroit Free Press
Merrell & Soule
Syracuse
N. J
NPLEX
Anu
Jean and Satteen
U.S
Bortree Mfg. CO
Jackson
Mick
Organs
Dan’l
Beatty
Washington, N. J
F. Hiscox
New Yorks
Vic
Germanta Nursery CO
Hooker CO
Rochester, N.Y
P. O
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St
Ernest J
Bowden &O
Drs.gratigny & Norris
Elin Street
Cincinnati
Parker
Wever
Boe
Drugeists
Marpony
Aggists, Orh Trcox & CO. N.Y
Epps
Eabody Medical Institute
Omaha
Pennsylvania
M. B. Church
Nebraska
St. Jacobs
F. B. Adams
Perry, Mo
ST. Jacobs Oil
Mason & Hamlin Company
Pozzzoni
H. Hill
KF. Motsinger
Undertakers
Davytis Bugg
Water St., Near
Bridge
Milford, Ohio
Giesting
Fountain Square
Ww. B. Cord
Walter A. Woods
Ameblia
J. E. Poorman
Monmouth
New York
Texas
Lone Star
United States
Michigan
Virginia
Louisiana
Utah
Nevada
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