Experimental milling and baking methods for wheat quality
The Department of Agriculture outlines a dedicated milling and baking setup to test wheat quality. Samples four pounds each undergo cleaning, milling, and sponge baking using a fixed formula to compare relative baking values. Full details are in Department Bulletin 1187 and available free on request from Washington, D. C.
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Bureau Agriculture
Economics
United Tes Department of Agriculture
Gsnington
Departmess
Department of Agrenture
Washington, D. C
Prevent Horns on Calf With Caustic Potash Treatment
A damaged notice describes using caustic potash to stop horn growth on young calves. Wear heavy gloves and rub the area gently with a stick until horn tissue is ready to detach, then keep the calf indoors for several days. Warns that rain and eye exposure can cause blindness if not careful.
Guard Against Sore Necks in Horse Harness
A fragment discusses preventing neck and shoulder sores from harness wear. It suggests daily care, cleaning back pads, and lifting collars to reduce neck strain. The text emphasizes injury risk and simple preventive steps for horse teams and handlers.
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Blaze Troy
Crop guidelines for alfalfa and barley and oat seeding rates
The note outlines alfalfa crop care and barley as grain or hay, suggesting barley as three pecks per acre and oats at one bushel per acre. It discusses moisture conditions after harvest to harvest grain or hay and the desirability of cutting for hay if barley cannot mature as grain.
Better Sires Honor Roll Grows Across Eight States
USDA report shows 34 counties exceed 100 farms using pure bred sires for all livestock. Eight counties enroll more than 200 pure bred sire users, led by Pulaski Virginia and Rockingham Virginia with county agents E Grigsby and Charles W Wampler respectively. Other high counts span Ohio Kentucky West Virginia Nebraska and Vermont.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agricus
Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Washington
Vermont
South Carolina
Nebraska
Plant Strawberry Patch in Almost Any Location
A Kansas State Agricultural College horticulturist recommends strawberry beds for 2000 to 3000 square feet to yield a season’s supply. Details include fertile soil, 36 inch rows, 15 inch plant spacing, maiden sets, pruning, root trimming, and planting depth. Varieties Excelsior Dunlap and Aroma ripen in that order.
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R. J. Barnett
Kansas State Agricultural College
Barnett
Dust baths and chlorine dips to combat poultry lice
Keep Vermin Away suggests a dust bath made of road dust tobacco dust and sulphur in a large box to hold several fowls at once. The mix uses road dust six parts tobacco one part and sulphur two handfuls. It also recommends dipping chickens in a two percent chlorine solution to control lice.
Proper care of sow litters emphasized in farming guide
The text stresses good care for mother sows as the key to healthy pig litters. It highlights keeping her warm and dry, supplying succulent milk producing feed, and recommends bran and oats with little corn. Skim milk is noted as particularly beneficial if available.
Farm tips on alfalfa, feed, and legumes in dairy farming
Farm guidance urges raising alfalfa and efficient water use to lower feed costs. Feed grain to dairy cows until pastures grow, rely on purebred sires for strong calves, and notes New York as a dairy leader behind Wisconsin and Minnesota. Legumes like clovers and locusts improve soil and provide nutritious feeds.
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New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Important to All Women Readers of This Paper
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble often without realizing the cause. Kidney health affects other organs and may cause back pain headaches loss of ambition nervousness and despondency. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is claimed to restore kidney health and relieve such conditions. Send ten cents for a sample bottle by mail from Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY. Large and medium bottles sold at drug stores.
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Kilmer
Poets and Plowhandles Spark Whitsett Courier Jest
The Whitsett Courier quotes a proverb about poets being quick to sing of soil yet poor at plowing. An Atlanta Constitution ad touts Cuticura Ointment and Soap for skin issues, dandruff, itching, and rough hands with a five minute wash.
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The
Whitsett Courier
Atlanta Constitution
Mutineers Settled Pitcairn Island in 1790
Pitcairn Island, in the South Pacific, covers about two square miles and has a population near 160. It was settled in 1790 by mutineers from the British ship Bounty.
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Pitcairn Island
South Pacific Ocean
Bounvy
Hearing Both Sides Clarifies Truth Behind Claim
A reader hears opposing accounts to uncover the full story. By weighing evidence from involved parties, the truth emerges with clarity and context.
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Ying
Agricultural Department
Honor Roll
Persons
Pulaska
Grigsby
Rockingham
Charles W. Wampler
Deebie
Greene
Ford
Prince
Union
S. C. Brewer
Oldham
Gordon B. Nance
Hardin
F. S. Hagg
Upshur
W. Va
H. G. Sturn
Miami
C. M. Senn
Tanlac
HINO
America
C. E. Chapman
Elm ST
New Albany
Ind
Anton
C. E
Elm Street
Indiana
Memphis
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
0. J. Hinckley
Lydia E.pinkham
Lynn, Mass
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