Dairy Utensils for Farm Butter Ready for Use
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines farm butter making equipment. Milk pails should be covered-top and heavily tinned. cream separator must skim clean and be easy to clean. shotgun cans preferred for butter storage. cooling tank either cold water or insulated in hot climates. churn simple and clean. butterworker options vary in cost and size. floating thermometer recommended. cream and buttermilk strainers like a colander or hair sieve used. cream stirring rod with a disk ends. wooden paddles and ladles listed. tin pails and half gallon dipper noted. butter printer and stiff fiber scrub brush recommended.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Proper Care Of Milk Separators For Clean Utensils
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the guide urges thorough cleaning of milk separators after each use. It warns against partial washing and daily washing, recommending lukewarm water brushing with dissolved washing powder and avoiding soap films. Nuts and other tinware should be sterilized by farm sterilizers or five minutes boiling.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Horses on farms rise despite machines and war demand
The United States Department of Agriculture analyzes horse numbers on farms, noting growth despite substitutes. Motor vehicles and trucks displace many horses, yet farms still maintain a several million stock, with war demand driving exports and a slight price fluctuation from 1897 to 1918.
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United
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Conserving grain through efficient thrashing operations
An article warns that wasted grain from thrashing harms national food supplies. It details causes of waste such as improper speed, overloading, and poor separation, and stresses regular overhauls, proper belt and pulley care, use of speed indicators, and careful lubrication to keep machines running at peak efficiency.
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United States
Thrasherman
Fruit Picker Boosts Safe High Fruit Harvest
A simple bamboo pole fruit picker with a cloth tube and wire loop allows harvesting top fruit such as apples pears peaches plums without bruising or climbing. The device raises fruit from high branches and gravity transports it to the picker, reducing the risk of falls.
Big Loss From Smuts in U S Grain Crops
The smuts of wheat barley oats and rye cause losses conservatively estimated at 50 million to 60 million dollars in the United States in the average year.
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United States
Forage Crop Output Aims Grow With Higher Yields
Increase for forage crops by boosting average alfalfa yields and other perennials and by expanding use of summer annual crops.
Preventable Potato Diseases Threaten Big Crop Loss
Potato diseases of a preventable character frequently reduce the crop by from 50 000 000 to 100 000 000 bushels. While not entirely prevent able they should be guarded against to the fullest extent possible.
Getting Best From Any Cow
Proper care and a balanced ration are essential to keep a cow healthy even when not milking. Adequate feeding prepares her for work once she freshens, ensuring readiness for future production.
Properly Planted Land of Value For Owner and Community
The article urges systematic garden planning to boost food production and community value. It advises studying cultivation methods, choosing growable crops, and sourcing horseradish and rhubarb from roots. Rhubarb thrives in poor ground and is ready in the second year. Horseradish is planted from roots or sets and stored over winter in sand.
Damping off in seedlings cautions farmers and gardeners
The Country Gentleman notes that damping off, a fungal collapse of young plants, arises from high soil or air moisture. Prevention includes porous soil, timely watering, day heating to dry foliage, good ventilation, and a thin sand layer or light sulfur dusting. Avoid sowing seeds too thickly to prevent crowding and poor drying.
Old Plea for Gardens From Addison Essay
The excerpt from Joseph Addison's 1714 London Spectator argues gardens grow in value over time while buildings decay, praising plantations as virtuous work for estate owners. It links gardening to patriotism and posterity, noting England’s gardens shaped by such ideals and reflecting lasting national improvement.
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Joseph Addison
London Spectator
England
Addison
Not True to Type in Skunk Joke
A young artist on the floor asks his grandmother if she smells anything. She says no twice. He declares she should, because he has just drawn a skunk. The lighthearted scene captures a playful misdirection and a child’s pride in his drawing.
Real Test of Garden Reveals True Beauty
The article argues the garden's real measure is its actual beauty, stating that without fullness and sufficiency of quality the garden fails despite any ideals. It emphasizes practical outcomes over abstract goals and notes beauty as the essential criterion.
Art and Nature in Garden Fidelity to Nature
The text reflects on garden art blending with nature, arguing that human mind and hand must shape the space to avoid simply preserving a bare wild scene. It emphasizes if art does not mark the place, the result remains dull and unremarkable.
Utility of Various Breeds Wyandotte Early Maturing and Well Fattened
The article classifies poultry breeds into laying meat and general purpose, noting Wyandotte as early maturing and easy to fatten. It compares Leghorn Minorca Andalusian Ancona Campine Brahma Dorking Cornish Plymouth Rock Rhode Island Red Orpington, and emphasizes selecting standard breeds suited to locality and purpose for true to type yields.
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Minorca
Ancona
Campine
Plymouth Rock
Wyandotte
Rhode Island
Orpington
Scratching Litter Required for Poultry Houses
Straw and similar material gathers moisture and when the litter dampens it becomes limp and useless for fowls to scratch in for grain feed. Scratching litter is essential but should be cleaned out and renewed frequently.
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Pe United Linton
Best Pullets to Keep
Keep pullets maturing quickly and starting to lay early. Those laying before 200 days are best layers with good care. For large flocks, incubator and brooder are necessities.
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