Destroying Gophers Methods From Washington Department
Agricultural officials advise farmers west of the Mississippi to use poison traps and carbon bisulfide to eradicate pocket gophers. Strychnine solution poisoned corn is priced for low cost, with step by step preparation and delivery into main runways. Trapping remains effective in fall fields, while carbon bisulphide requires careful application in moist soils. Community cooperation is urged to prevent reinfestation.
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Mississippi River
United States Department of Agriculture
Orange Judd
A Few Plow Points
A compact guide on plow care and handling. Tips include cleaning, oiling with kerosene, and brisk rubbing to restore a rusted tool. Simple transfer device ideas use wood blocks and pins to move the plow across fields, with diagrams showing loops and clamps for securing the point.
Farm Notes and Mulch Advice in Journal Fragment
A fragment from the Farm Journal offers gardening tips on mulch use and seed sourcing. It mentions saving seeds, buying quality seeds, using wood ashes in the garden, and applying mulch around bushes, though the text is garbled with loose ends and unclear context.
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Pi farm—Farm Journal
Rail and wire fencing compared for farm use
The article compares old rail fences with woven wire fencing, noting rails last long when white oak or chestnut, but barbed wire harms horses. It advises replacing rails with nine strands of wire at about 37 inches high, plus a top barbed wire, with eight more inches for safety. Posts should be eight feet apart, with heavy white oak posts seven feet long, and proper anchoring and bracing. Cost estimates place wire and posts at 30 to 35 cents per rod.
A Fertilizer Test on Clover at University Farm
Professor C G Hopkins of the University of Illinois reports results from ten experimental plots testing phosphorous lime potassium and nitrogen on dried clover hay yields. Data show phosphorus and potassium boost output while nitrogen shows no clear benefit and lime effects vary. The study suggests soil nutrition tests can guide farmers in identifying essential elements for their lands.
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C. G. Hopkins
University of Illinois
University Farm
Locust Stumps How to Pull Without Digging
A practical guide from the Ohio Farmer explains using a stump puller or home made lever to remove non large locust stumps. The article describes dimensions for an eight foot upright, a plank butt piece, bolt setup, and a two foot hook to attach to a cant-hook style post for lever action.
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Ohio
Livestock Express Transport Crating Methods
The author explains cattle express prefers transport by express, noting calves in light slat crates with heads out and bodies enclosed, while older animals require large strong crates full length with a neck stanchion. Feed is placed before the animal and water provided by express personnel.
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Express
Shipping Stock by Freight in Rail Cars
The article explains attendants’ roles and provisions for freight stock, detailing stalls or stanchions built along the car, feeding spaces, and methods to transport hay and water. It notes attendants are commonly required, with free rail fare sometimes offered, one or both ways.
The American Sheep Affects Farmers and Markets
The American sheep shifts from wool focus to mutton suitability. Wool prices rebound yet farmers must raise well fed sheep for better city market prices. City demand favors higher quality over weed and brush fed stock. Pasture quality and sustained feeding determine profitability and meat value.
Stock Notes on Pigs Cows and Feed Practice
Advice from Farm Journal and Horse Review stresses use of older boars or sows for breeding needs caution with young sows. Replacing worn home staples can prevent lost time. Treat men in dairying kindly to ensure success. Ground oats mixed with bran and Indian corn makes an ideal stock ration.
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Farm Journal
Timely Bee Talk on Section Method and Hive Air
Guidance for beekeepers on forcing bees into sections, brood nest management, and hive transfer. It covers using noise to drive bees, increasing hive air to reduce swarming, transferring frames between boxes, inserting queen excluders, and building a solar wax extractor from common materials. It notes timing before dusk and practical steps for frame hives and wax extraction.
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Farm Journal
Observation Hive for Bees On Porch Demonstration
A Farm and Home guide describes building a porch observation hive from lumber a five inch by twelve inch by eighteen inch frame with a wide intake tube for bees to enter. Hang it in shade near vines, use a screen topped ventilated cover, place brood frames and queen cells inside, and observe daily to learn bee workings.
Brother Bill and the Fish Tale Contest
Brother Bill boasts that he knows it all as he heckles a poor fisherman. The narrator recalls a day fishing with family and friends when Bill interrupts, swipes the pole, and claims the “bigger catch.” The tale ends with Bill’s boast and a memorable line about knowing everything.
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Bill
Spat A Reason for It Inmates Angling Creek
A fragment reports an insane asylum inmate’s odd remark to a lone fisherman at a creek. The passage hints at a tranquil scene amid unrest, with a consoling line about coal strike worries and keeping warm.
The Kicking Cow and the Calm Milk Method
A farmer advises diagnosing cow udder pain to stop kicks rather than using force. He shares experiences with a convinced kicker and a stolid cow, noting that pain or bruising in the teat causes kicking. By gentle milking and finding the sensitive teat, he ended the behavior without strikes or harsh treatment.
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Bern
Novel Lamb Creep Lets Lambs Climb To Feed Platform
A practical lamb creep uses a plank with cleats forming a platform about 244 feet high where lambs feed from troughs on one side. Lambs quickly learn to climb and play, using the platform at feeding time. Originated by N R Vandervoort of Clinton County Ohio, noted by the Ohio Farmer.
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N. R Vandervoort
Clinton County
Ohio
Curing Horse Bad Habits With Tar Paint and Soap
A Rural New Yorker correspondent shares remedies for stall wood gnawing and rope biting. Painting wood with hot coal tar deters chewers, and soaking a rope in water with dissolved cheap soap stops biting. The writer notes one horse avoided a chain for nearly a decade after the soap solution.
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New Yorker
Plan Garden Before Planting for Neat, Efficient Beds
Create a careful garden plan dividing the space into plots and assign crops to each plot. Decide sowing order and plant near one side to leave room for successive plantings. This method saves time and makes the garden look ship-shape, or garden-shape in tone.
Time to Do Wife Favor with Flower Beds
A Farm Journal note urges husbands to brighten their wives with flowers or a flower bed. It humorously emphasizes daily domestic upkeep and companionship, suggesting that shared chores and care strengthen the marriage beyond rare gifts or grand gestures.
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