Do Horses Become Insane A Reader Argues For equine Mental Illness
A letter to the Country Gentleman defends the idea that horses can suffer mind disorders as humans do. The writer cites census data on human insanity and veterinary studies to claim horses display mental derangement under abuse and disease, and argues experience with insane horses supports the claim.
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Suggestions as to Sheep Face the Market Early
Farm Journal urges buying sheep while cheap and fattening existing flocks. Feed now, avoid wintering, and shelter from storms. Raise early lambs for May markets to boost profits.
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Farm Journal
Rubber horse shoes promise kinder hoofs for horses
The New York Tribute reports a steel framed shoe with a vulcanized rubber cushion that eliminates ground impact. It is fitted cold to pared hooves and nailed like a standard shoe, improving grip on wet pavements and easing ascent or descent with heavy loads.
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New York
Raising the Heifer Calf and Dairy Prospects
The piece argues fall calves should be evaluated for future dairy value. Good calves may justify raising despite low butter prices. poor calves should be fed for chickens. It notes dairy profitability is uncertain, costs are similar for good or poor calves, and rising cow numbers take time. National Stockman.
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McKinley
Bryan
National Stockman
The Dairy Advice On Pasture and Milk Yield
A Practical Dairy column stresses balanced cows, ample water, and open pastures for milk efficiency. It urges soil prep, permanent, productive pasture, and proper fodder timing. Plus farm anecdotes from Kansas and Massachusetts illustrate dairy and corn productivity.
What Butterine Has Done In The Market Abroad
American Creamery cites data showing oleo oil and butterine exports rising from 68 218 000 pounds to 127 194 000 pounds over six years while genuine butter exports fall from 29 748 000 to 11 806 000 pounds. They argue much bogus imitation is sold abroad as real butter, hurting the U S butter market.
A Tarheel Dairyman's Ex Experience
Correspondence from J. B. Smith of Guilford County North Carolina describes starting butter production for a restaurant at 25 cents a pound while rival butter sells for 16 to 18 cents. He plans to grow his herd and forage gradually, aiming to expand only as experience allows.
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J. B. Smith
Guilford
North Carolina
Poultry Yard Hygiene and Lice Control Advice
The article warns that lice on hens harm egg supply and suggests kerosene emulsion to drive them away. It emphasizes keeping hens clean and removing droppings to prevent bad odors, allowing dust bathing in dry summer weather, and notes that lice and mites prevent Ezga hatchability. Eggs must not be left broken in nests to avoid spoilage and germ death. Buyers should blame themselves, not breeders, for poor hatches when conditions exist.
Natural Food for Poultry Says Dry Feeding Best
The Texas Farm and Ranch warns against sloppy feeding of fowls and advocates dry, thoroughly mixed ground grain in a trough. It notes water should be available in the trough but not added to food, as wet mixtures cause bowel disease and indigestion in chicks and birds.
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Texas Farm and Ranch
Cranberry Grower Bets Big on North Carolina Plantings
Captain C W Chase of Massachusetts has bought 800 acres along the Pasquotank River near Elizabeth City to begin cranberry cultivation. He notes the season starts six months earlier than in Massachusetts, land is cheaper, and labor costs are lower. He claims first-mover advantage and high profits with cultivation costs low and yields cited at $850 per acre.
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Captain C W. Chase
Massachusetts
Pasquotank River
Elizabeth City
N.C
Seedling Peach Growing Instructions From Frost Crack Stones
Those planning to raise seedling peach trees should start now. Save pits from fruit from a yellows-free section. Bury the pits in earth, not too deep, to endure frost. By spring most stones crack. the rest can be cracked with a hammer. Plant in nursery rows or ten feet apart, then transplant later. Most will bear good fruit without budding. if budding, use a hardy reliable kind.
Populists split over fusion ticket in North Carolina letter
A North Carolina reader argues against the Democrat Populist fusion with Sewall on the ticket. He would back Bryan Watson for a straight Bryan Watson slate or abstain, claiming fusion wrecks Populist chances and reflects a national committee misstep.
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W. J. Bryan
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