Developing and feeding young horses
A Kansas State College guide stresses rapid, healthy growth for foals and yearlings through proper feeding and care. It urges generous mineral and protein intake, calcium and phosphorus for bones, iron and electrolytes for blood, and emphasizes pasture when possible, grain as needed, constant salt access, clean water, and meticulous hoof and stable hygiene to prevent lasting damage.
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Prc. W. McAmpredi
Annie Tant
Animal Husbandry
Kansas Agricultural Calege
Champion Hackney Horse Diet Advice Fragment
Fragmentary guidance discusses feeding horses with Hackney stock using seed proteins and digestible matter. It notes seeds should enter the young growing horse’s diet when grass is scarce, recommending bran, Minseed meal, alfalfa hay, and grains like oats corn barley kafr milk or emmer with substitutions for alfalfa.
Properly Storing Winter Squashes
Winter squash is a valuable winter vegetable and keeps until spring when fully ripe. Store only well ripened squash, in dry garb age, with racks or shelves to hold them. Temperature of 5 to 75 degrees is suitable for storage.
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EP. Sandates
Colorado Experiment Station
Mters
Tokyo
Corn Risk for Farm Animals
Farmers warn that feeding new corn to livestock is risky. Mew Corn is reported to be as harmful to chickens as to pigs, with caution urged when introducing any new corn in diets.
Sheep Raising Undergoes Change in Western States
The American Stockman reports a shift toward fattening sheep for eastern markets, signaling end of free range methods and wider access for eastern sheep keepers. It urges culling poor stock, selling small animals and excess cockerels, and notes shifting pasture use including duck housing with rye crops.
Soil for Fall Sown Crops and Seedbed Moisture
The article stresses moisture as the main obstacle to good fall stands and advises sowing crimson and bur clover, and other fall sown legumes, on well compacted, finely pulverized seedbeds. It notes that deep soil breaking helps if moisture is abundant, but seed depth must match moisture to ensure germination.
Early 20th Century Fragments on Rail Spikes and Household Hints
A miscellany of comic exchanges about railroads and first spikes with a gold spike and a hammer, then hairbrush as better tool. A Worcester era ad boasts Dodd’s Kidney Pills and dyspepsia tablets with free household hints and music. A joke about couples and a Tokyo fan anecdote closes a collage of quips on economy and frugality.
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Wedd
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo
Dodd
Keep Noxious Plants Down
Weeds waste water and plant food in early corn growth. Using a weeder or harrow on hot sunny days establishes an earth mulch and kills weeds as corn grows to seven or eight inches. Avoid early morning or cloudy day operations to prevent damaging tender plants.
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George Livingston
Rules for raising wheat fallow in dry farming era
The article discusses early plowing and fallow strategies to boost yields in dry wheat regions. It compares early plowing, dishing and medium early plowing, and deep early plowing, recommending summer fallow as safest. It also covers crop rotation, manure use, and notes higher net profits from light top dressing. It briefly mentions chick-raising costs and timelines.
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Kansas Experiment Ne
Get Rid of Kites and Mite Remedies in Hen Homes
A fragmented note discusses methods to control mites in poultry housing. It mentions whitewash or kerosene as possible interior treatments and stresses thorough application to the hen’s living space while noting someone’s skepticism about mockery.
Cuticula soap baths and a Natal game tale
An old advertisement promotes Cuticula Soap Baths as soothing for infants and skin conditions, offering free samples by mail. A writer recalls Natal scenes where a white boy and natives play a game with a muzzleloading shotgun, trading coins for each action, highlighting culture and a warning on safety.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Adv
Natal
Not Mere Searches for a Luxury Apartment
A woman seeks a first class neighborhood flat with ten rooms and three baths at 140 a month. An agent hints the path to the place lies with a clergyman. The dialogue includes questions about an automobile lunch and a remark on pursuing duty.
End of a Romance Period and Jestful Vignettes
A set of light snippets from a 19th or early 20th century paper includes a dramatic breakup vow to burn letters and marry, a minstrel interval joke about old maids and married women, a fire extinguisher quip about daughters’ late callers, a vegetarian joke, a woodman friend’s dinner irony, and a note on a silk hat failing at scenic investment, reflecting era humor and social mores.
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Jeannette
Tam
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