Magnificent corn display at national exposition in Chicago
The Golden Corn exhibit highlights prize assessments for top ears and varieties like Reid’s Yellow Dent and Leaming, noting Indiana’s and Illinois breeders’ roles. Reports praise improved breeding work and growing interest in corn quality, with hundreds of entries from multiple states and prize money reaching substantial sums.
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Auownt
Indiana
Chicago
Riley
Alanna
Lawn
Wien
Ohio
Nebraska
South
Michigan
Missouri
Wires
Mill
Oklahoma
Texas
Keniyets Reid
Boone County
Silver
Tu the Hays
Aliouer
Tadhina
Cover Crop Prizes Reported in Broad Illustrated Issue
A historical snippet notes prize totals from a fair or exhibition. Winners include an exhibitor from Iowa with about 6000 dollars in prizes and a participant claiming over 7000 dollars. The Broeder's illustrated report references Chivas and a theme around a cover crop and nitrates in arbor notes.
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Broeder
Carrots and farm care for horses and stock
The article notes carrots are highly valued for feeding horses and livestock, with emphasis on their feeding value compared to mangels. It cautions barn puddles to be drained to prevent injuries, and suggests inspecting pig brooding and overall stock care for winter profitability.
Popular Pears and Sprouts in Market Gardens
Readable excerpts discuss Berrie pear and Keifer varieties from Bartlett stock, noting their ripening in autumn and uses. Also described are Brussels sprouts as a valuable market crop, Long Island sprout cultivation details, cabbage seedling culture, and a note on root-house storage and structure for winter vegetable handling.
The Top Round of the Ladder and a Country Girl’s Rise
A country girl named Caulsha Deming goes to the city to pursue authorship and faces pressure to marry. She writes successful books drawn from Washington Irving and humor of a noted author, then prompts a surge of publisher interest. She forges a path from editorial work to original fiction with rising income and growing acclaim.
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CaUsha Deming
Curtis Forster
Legun
Bee
Washington Irving
Theo
Camila Deming
Juan
Preparing for winter on farm hints and care
Farm hints urge year round stock care with cows housed in comfort and clean stalls. Emphasizes stable warmth, ventilation, and steady feeding for winter profits, plus cost effective tools and good equipment to meet the season’s forage needs.
Badinage Between Widow and Bachelor Over Age
A playful exchange between a fair widow and an inconsiderate old bachelor centers on age. The widow jokes about being twenty six while the bachelor dismisses the notion, then hints at taking a daughter if one existed.
Changing the Tune and a Whistling Butler Tale
A Washington Star item recounts a tale of a beer‑cellar ruse where a butler is kept under watch by a whistle while a host tests honesty. The master pretends to hear nothing as the butler whistles, the trick failing when the butler supposedly “changes the tune” and the plan is discovered.
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James
Washington Star
Alfalfa Seed Tests Reveal High Impurity Levels
The article reports on alfalfa seed testing by Prof. Roberts of the AusNY experiment station, finding seeds with 88 percent purity at best and 34 different kinds of foreign seeds totaling 31.5 percent of a lot. Other samples show 79 percent purity with 63.8 percent remaining impurities, and overall only a fraction of surveyed alfalfa seeds were germinable. It also includes a humor piece about a banquet storyteller and a brief note on Firdausi and a clock tower steeplejack.
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Profeaur Roberts
Sithou
Iil- Deloss
Roberta
Letter Writing In Ancient Babylon
The article explains cuneiform writing was not common but scribes abounded in cities at temple gates. Clay tablets and flexible writing surfaces were used, with many ninth century BCE letters showing active correspondence. Writing in commerce required legal written form in the presence of witnesses to be binding.
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Babylon
Christ
Babylonia
Witneasun
Fesear
Master’s Sale of land in Maria County South Carolina
The master will sell at public auction the tract of land in Berhes Township Maria County South Carolina containing forty acres. Bounded north by Sonat Sailie M Norton east by lands of Mew James Sobeat west by Cashes Vobhe Road. Terms to pay mortgage balance. Master Marion TH County.
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County of
Maria
South Carolina
Berhes
Sailie M
Norton
Somail
James Sobeat
Marion
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Brala
Nate Monte
York Sam
Euslat Wetgio
Murtiert
Wartlett Veaus
Burtlett
American Agriculturist
Brussels
American Cultvator
Long Island
George
Matilda
Fu Ai
Bass Pla
Cobarn
Bein
Cawuihers
MD Wipaita
Genietal
Bint
Liao Eke
Chin
Cowrge Ujeu
Judestakinat
Rene Cnet Elie
Tbs
Jist Feo
Alfalti Soc
Te Emily
Roquefort
Chicago Record Herald
Persia
Firdowsi
Chicago Tribune
Ben
Wilseni
Oycas
Tairy N.C
Keotan
Mee Ey
Eeetoent Minwetighly
Rene
North Carolina
Lone Dastiies
Pelephone
Myiss
Hush Arinc Liarge
For
Sane Roert Irvin
Prop’r
Workord College
Spartaneru Lmng
Henry Nelson Snyther
Insel
Geniniaaing
Wofford College
Vereing School
DutUedl
Babcock and Moyer Buggies
Acme
After the Holliday Co
MLNS
Atlantic Coast Line
Norfolk
Wilmington
Carolinas
Virginia
Caine
W. J. Craig
Y. C. White
Gere
N.C
Jackson Springs Hotel
Jackson Springs
Jackson Spring
Walter L. Currie
Mgr
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