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Newspaper

The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1897

Page

8

Breeders' Gazette notes rising demand for American horses

The Breeders Gazette reports foreign demand for U S horses doubling yearly for three years. Prices rise 10 to 15 percent on average with strong prospects through 1900. Horse classes include drivers, cab and bus horses, draft horses, and American trotters, with prices ranging from 75 to 5000 dollars depending on class and quality. The piece urges North Carolina farmers to breed first class mares to suitable stallions, promising rising colt values as 1900 approaches.

Progressive Farmer Breeders’ Gazette America T. Barry Chicago North Carolina New York United States Wake County

Hog Cholera Cure Reported From Burned Corn Advice

The Lewiston Gazette cites E. E. Locke Eg as discovering that scorched corn on the cob fed to hogs swiftly cures hog cholera. After a distillery fire in the county ruined corn, hogs fed on the burnt corn showed rapid recovery with no further deaths after the second day. The remedy has been tried in several cases without failure.

United States E. E. Locke Lewiston

Farming wits one horse

Farmers face high costs from maintaining two horses on small farms as land use increases. One horse plowing with light tools can handle much, while two farmers with one horse each can join for faster work as in France and some American cities. Two-horse manure boxes justify the team. Grain, cheap now, provides better nutritive value. feeding in moderation aids digestion, especially in spring. Turnout to pasture calls for succulent added with grain.

Poultry Yard Prospects for Eggs and Market Trade

The article notes challenges for amateur poultry dealers amid active competition and booming advertising. It cites a farmer near Barlington Junction selling 55 dozen eggs from 90 hens in December, and discusses crossbreeds like Cochin, Browns, Brahmas, and Leghorns. Early broilers and proper weights are emphasized for profit.

Barlington Junction

Poultry Shelter Tips From a Missouri Agriculturist

Practical advice on building a dry sheltered hen house for Langshan chicks and others. Shelter reduces losses from damp, chill, and drowning, enabling early market readiness. The piece contrasts this with the looming rise of a Sound Money league led by notable plutocrats amid calls for organized opposition.

S. N. Wolcott Missouri

Rowan Academy and the Shoe Factory in Rowan County

The Rowan Sub Alliance met on the sixth of January and discussed funding for the Hillsboro shoe factory. Members urge all Subs to contribute fully, even borrowing from the Business Agency fund if needed, to get the factory and machinery into operation and prove the venture viable for permanent stock and state-wide backing.

Rowan Academy Sub Alliance Hillsboro Rowan County Alliance State Alliance Bay BR L

Plutocracy Alarmed By Election Realities

The eastern plutocrasy panic as results roll in showing 6 500 000 votes for Bryan and the Chicago platform. Initially confident after a supposedly landslide, they awaken to the defeat and the Democrats’ resilience, as the country moves beyond overoptimistic early tallies.

Sound Money League J. Pierpont Morgan George J. Gould C P. Huntington George M. Pullman Rusall Sage D. O. Mills John D. Rockefeller John E. Searles The Sugar Trust August Belmont Rothschilds Chauncey M. Depew Roswell P. Flower Indianapolis Plutocracy St. Louis Post Dispatch Gould Sage Returning Board Abrilinens Bryan Chicago

Portable Creameries For Farm Dairy Use In 1900s

Farmers eye improvements in dairy work and portable creameries. Moseley's Occident Creamery combines a refrigerator for domestic use and supports deep Swedish cream setting. Useful in hotels and boarding houses but mainly aids farm dairies. Mooreley & Pritchard Manufacturing Co. Clinton Iowa.

Moseley Occident Creamery Addrees Moeeley & Pritchard Manufacturing Co Clinton Iowa

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