Notes on Planting Corn and Field Preparation Tactics
Practical guidance on soil prep early plowing to capture spring rains, seed bed shaping with disk harrows and rollers, seed grading to match grain size, proper planting depth from half to one inch, and handling replants. Includes planter adjustments, drift avoidance, and tool ideas like floats to maintain uniform depth and firming soil for even germination. Continuous advice links depth, moisture, and stand viability with fertilized soil and replant considerations.
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New Yorker
Early Weeds and Cultivation Rule Grounds
Advice on farming discipline warns that starting cultivation before weeds take hold prevents poor ground. It notes possession of land is a legal concept and emphasizes timely action to maintain a presentable field.
Potash in clay experiment on reclaimed swamp soil
The Partners' Review reports Indiana trials where clay spread on reclaimed swamp land was tested for potash availability. Two years of crops showed little gain, despite richer organic matter, casting doubt on the method and questioning deeper plowing as a substitute for commercial potash.
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Indiana
Benn
Fencing a Dry Gully With a Simple Swing Gate
A farmer proposes a durable fencing solution for seasonal gullies. By suspending a frame between two bank supports a swinging gate can close the gully when water rises and swing free as water recedes. A simple frame and closely fitted rails create a versatile barrier for turning stock across dry or wet gullies.
Wood Carrier Demonstrates Efficient Firewood Load
A wooden carrier is shown with a four leg rack to hold and move firewood. The design allows enough wood to be carried in one trip to last a day or two. The outside barn is described as four to six feet long with rounded ends for handles. Stakes prevent rolling, and two people can easily carry the load.
The Old Apple Orchard Care Guide
The old apple orchard may be made useful by removing grass and planting a ground cover that does not heavily feed the trees. Choose a crop that minimizes deep plowing to protect roots and avoid further root damage. Cut suckers and remove dead limbs. avoid extensive pruning unless excessive wood exists.
Flooding Worsens Field Fertility Losses
Report describes heavy floods washing away fertility from fields. In a large standing-water field, hundreds of manure piles disappeared as a current carried manure and soil nutrients away. Proper outlets lacking caused real waste of valuable fertilizer.
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Felde
Handy barn plan for horse and cattle storage
The plan details a 35 by 38 foot barn with seven horse stalls and space for about ten cattle. It includes a feedway for 600 bushels of corn and an oats bin, plus 16 by 18 feet for implements. Doors are wide enough for wagons, with an eight foot wide horse stall and ten foot wide doors for easy team exit. four hay mows above the lower floor and six foot eaves.
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The
Journal of Agriculture
Live stock industry viability and farming strategy
The live stock industry is a premier, enduring sector for the country with centuries of profitability. It stresses high roughage farming, especially carbon-rich plants like corn, to feed cattle and convert air carbon into marketable animal products. Even costly land favors profits when growers produce herbaceous tank-like feeds for high-priced outputs.
Scrub cows hold milk potential say farmers' review
The Farmers' Review argues for testing scrub cows that produce good milk and could pass high milking qualities to offspring. It notes all current breeds trace back to cattle that were scrubs and that many strong milking strains lie in cows without pedigree, containing blood from improved breeds.
Well-Lighted Cow Stables Light Law Idea Urged
An editorial urges farmers to install more windows in cow stables to reduce disease risk. It notes some states may pass laws mandating increased light, but argues farmers should act promptly rather than wait for legislation.
Right Kind of Draft Horses for City Work
The breeding of horses for the city should favor those suited to ordinary team work. Larger draft horses are in greatest demand, while medium-sized horses fit farm tasks. Medium drafts adapt well to large farms employing heavy machinery, replacing lighter breeds.
Volendam and Dordrecht by Trekschult in Holland
A travel writer chronicles Dordrecht's Stadhals Groote Kerk and the Wijn Straat, then tours Gorinchem Gouda and Amsterdam. The journey includes Volendam's dyke, trekschult travel, duck farms, fishing harbor life, and vivid color matches of Dutch rural art and culture with notes on weather, trains, and local habits.
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Dordrecht
Wijn Straat
Groote Kerk
John
Cornelius de Witt
Dort
Blesboseh
Rotterdam
North Holland
Zuyder Zee
Gouda
Jangkerk
Amsterdam
Volendam
Tolthula
Edam
Broek
Monnikendam
Holland
Pioneer of Colorado and Blair man recalls Doan's Kidney Pills
Veteran of Civil and Indian wars Matthias Campbell of Blair Nebraska describes long back pains and kidney trouble cured by Doan's Kidney Pills after wife and he used the remedy. The ad quotes historic lore about Peter Minuit and New York from a National Magazine feature.
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Matthias Campbell
Wind
Colorado
Nebraska Street
Blair
Neb
Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Bit Nye
Peter Minuit
Biw Nye
Tia Hiletory
United States
New York
Mandatu
Inland
Giant City
National Magazine
Coffee bag losses soar as Brazil ships face costs
Brazil ships incur over 18 cents per bag for more than 20 000 jute bags needed to store the year’s coffee output. Last year’s production waste and bag costs totaled nearly 4 million dollars, highlighting economic strain on the coffee trade. Also note Mrs Pinkham and family sailed from Naples for a Europe trip in May. A lighthearted quip about Adam and Eve ends with a joke about souvenir postcards.
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Brazil
Marine Eye Remedy Ad Headlines Aims At Weary Eyes
An old advertisement fragment promotes Marine Eye Remedy for red tired eyes and weak sight with claims of a 44 page book and a Chicago company. It cites a Talmud quote about purity and fate while mentioning soothing drops for children and wind gully cures, ending with a farmers joke about potatoes.
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Marine
Marine Remedy Co
Chicago
One of the Essentials of happy homes the Syrup of Fig
An ad highlights health and happiness through trusted products, praising an ethical remedy approved by physicians and the Well Informed of the World. It promotes the genuine California Fig Syrup Co laxative syrup as the best choice, available via leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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