Siphon for the Farm shows a gravity fed watering siphon
A farmer describes building a siphon from three-quarter inch galvanized pipe with lead threads to lift water from a well 61 feet below the water level to a trough about 100 yards away. The device uses two valves at A and B, a feed pipe with a foot valve, and a copper chamber to allow a steady flow of roughly four gallons per minute with 64 feet of head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Oure
Rufus HR
Libbey
Ohio
Making a hedge fence from young hedge plants
Instructional piece from Troy New York on planting a hedge using one-year-old plants. Prune roots to 10 12 inches and top to same length. Plant on a 45 degree angle to encourage multiple shoots. Space one foot apart. In year two prune to about two feet high then gradually to four and a half feet, with occasional midsummer clips. Replace failed plants next spring.
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Troy
The Good Roads Agitation and Road Education
The article argues for permanent good roads benefiting the entire section and condemns patchwork repairs. It laments the damage to horses and vehicles and urges the L A W to educate lawmakers and people, pushing for widespread road improvements and a shift from patchwork to lasting standards.
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L. A. W. Haw
Temperature of Dream and its effect on churn speed
A Farmers' Voice article advises dairy farmers on optimizing cream temperature to speed churning. It notes typical cream churn temps of 58 to 60 degrees, with adjustments for cold rooms, cream from different cows, and feeds such as cotton seed, plus churn construction, speed, batch size, and cow milking duration as influencing factors.
Smoothing the Soil for Sowing Cabbage
Instructions describe smoothing soil before sowing cabbage and other seeds using two boards tied together with cross braces and springs. Center nails support a six foot board laid across, creating a makeshift smoothing tool.
Oldtime Farming and Butter Making Techniques
A reminiscence from American Cultivator describes sowing seed by smoothing a field with a long board and riding it to set depth, plus butter making through traditional churn and brine steps. It notes cabbage seed broadcast for market, and reflects on evolving methods from earlier practice.
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G. L. Slade
Pine Butter In Made and Dairy Tips From Farm Life
The article advises farmers and wives to share milking duties and improve cow selection, feeding, and stables to yield safe butter milk. It stresses clean udders, strained milk, and using a cheesecloth in the strainer to remove dirt. It notes milking technique preferences and mentions pleasant rural pastimes like baw and ox contests in Vasmuuis.
Western Canada sport and settlement notes blend of game
A miscellany column describes Western Canada as a sport and travel setting with ducks, geese, deer, wapiti, moose, and prairie scenery, plus notes on settlement push and a medical recovery story from Jamaica. It also includes a humor snippet about fashionable bonnets and kleptomania.
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Canada
The Uncanny Tales of Feigned Death and Ghostly Captains
A mixed review of sensational anecdotes on feigned death during weddings and racing, a derelict ship steered by a dead captain for miles, and odd tidbits about St. Youn’s bread from the Adriatic. The piece cites various sensational capsules from newspapers, ending with quips from Chicago and Philadelphia papers.
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London
James Somerville
Arietis
British Columibb
General Sigma
San Francisco
Alaska
Bodder Pree
Adriatic
Lisea
Agricultural Department
St. Youn's Bread
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Liesa
N. Y. Sun
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Relialle Farm Siption
Chernin
Vasmuuis
SPORT
Western Canada
Mik Stook
Surg
Glendale
S. 1
Nxt
Joseph Lennon
Jamaica
Herbert K. Noble
Lennon
Jann
Maitland Express
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Post
Philadelphia Record
Ren Jonson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Good
Mrs. Pinkham
Mish Pant
80Th Avenue
Yestar Way
Seattle
Wash
Dean Mus
Prxemam
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Plaker
Cliy Ilan
Mit
Lyia E. Fisonan Maviciin
Euould
Prin Nic
Californheu
Whiting
Brooklyn
Jooss
Geo. W. Dowisu
Baird
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