How Successful Farmers Operate This Department of the Farm
Agriculture notes say Pennsylvania joins states enacting ant colored oleomargarine laws with licensing for sellers and manufacturers. The piece warns against dangerous preservatives in butter and milk, urging purity, and foresees rising demand for fresh eggs, poultry, and pure foods amid calls for stricter laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
A. S. Mitchell
Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commission
Pure Food
Chicago
Seaboard
Poultry Yard Discusses Bacteria and Safe Feed Practices
The article notes some bacteria are essential for chickens and describes experiments with sterilized food and water yielding weak, non thriving birds after seventeen days. It warns against fresh or caustic lime around poultry and endorses prepared oyster shell grit for grit needs. It reassures against overproduction fears for poultry products.
Oleo Margarine Debated in Pure Food Hearings
The New York Produce Review comments on Chicago pure food investigations and the oleomargarine case. It covers Broadwell’s senate testimony, alleged law violations in Illinois, and the public’s reluctance to ask for oleo due to social stigma.
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N. Y. Produce
Chicago
Broadwell
Senatorial Pure Food Committee
Illinois
Knight
National Dairy Union
Mr. Broadwell
First Food and Farm Notes From Reliable Poultry Journal
A writer details early chick feeding with oats and grit, then gradual introduction of meat, grains, and onion tops for growth. The piece notes a Michigan sale of fifty walnut trees for 10 000 dollars, plus farm guidance on commercial fertilizers and soil health.
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Reliable Poultry Journal
Cass County
Michigan
Prepared Soil For Winter Potting From Compost Heaps
The article outlines making two compost heaps in a yard corner. Layer stable manure, sods, and soil, then add kitchen waste garden scraps leaves and lawn clippings. Keep wet with wash water and dry soil, turning through summer. Start a new heap after September.
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Vicks
Honey Dew and Underdrain Repairs in Rural Indiana
A southern Indiana observer debunks the idea of Honey Dew noting it is not true honey and describes how dew dew deposits form on tree leaves attracting bees. The section also explains repairing underdrains, stressing timely digging to remove obstructions and avoid mud filled channels that lead to costly rebuilds.
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New Jersey Experiment Station
Indiana
Farm Journal
Pansies Thrive in Cool Weather and Dwindle in Heat
The pansy favors cool springs and early summers producing its best blooms then and again in fall with proper care. Heat and dry spells dull the flowers, cause shrinking blossoms, and invite red spider damage, changing lush spring beds into sparse mid summer growth. Forests in British America and the United States total hundreds of millions of acres, with fires and logging driving rapid depletion. the government seeks prevention and control measures.
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Harper's Bazar
British America
United States
Record shows Kansas wool yield surpassing expectations
Secretary F D Coburn notes Kansas flocks yield exceptional wool. A Sedgwick County Merino ram produced 52 pounds of wool from one year and sixteen days growth, with other rams and ewes contributing to an average flock fleece of 18 pounds 12 ounces. Study details management and winter feeding.
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Kansas
F. D. Coburn
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Sedgwick County
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Dairy and Poultry
Massachusetts
Pansy
New York
State College of Forestry
Forestry Commission
Kentucky Experiment Station
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