Red Clover Region and Its Key States in Clover Production
The clover region spans Ohio Indiana and Illinois as major producers, bounded north by the 45th parallel and west by the 97th meridian. Growth outside the region occurs in Oregon's Willamette Valley, eastern Washington Palouse, and Montana's Gallatin Valley under irrigation. Red clover is valued for forage and soil fertility, making it a crucial modern crop.
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Charles J. Brand
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Ninety
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Palouse Country
Washington
Gallatin Valley
Montana
Crop Management and Breeding Advised by Teneyck
The article stresses timely, careful farming to avoid losses and insists on pure varieties of wheat, corn, and other crops. It notes most corn sold is mixed in color, lowers value, and suggests premiums for pure color. Crop breeding and livestock considerations are highlighted along with storing grain low.
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Teneyck
Kansas
Grain markets and farmers selling damp grain at harvest time
Farmers face low prices when grain, especially corn, is sold damp after harvest. Dealers store in large quantities and may push prices down, while small lots stored by growers lose less value. Experts urge independent, thrifty farming and selective stock purchases to avoid market pressures.
Safe Seed Drying Practices Highlight Air Flow
Seed corn should be placed in open racks or hung up in a room with free air circulation. Sometimes artificial heat is necessary, especially if the corn matures late.
Caring for Fowls During Molting Season
The American Poultry Journal urges careful handling of hens during molting to protect their vitality. Select birds to keep for breeding and market the rest before shedding begins, ensuring valued layers are not culled during egg shortages.
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Krow
American Poultry Journal
Farmers and Poultry Grievance Over Poultry Fancier
The farmer asserts a real grievance against the poultry fancier in a dispute over stock and dealings. Details remain unclear but the confrontation centers on liability and fair dealing between farmer and breeder.
White Nolland Turkey Breed Described in Standards
The white Holland turkey, native to Holland, is described as larger and more beautiful than the common white turkey. Standard weights list cock 26 pounds cockerel 18 hen 16 pullet 12, with disqualifying weights under 20 for cock and under 12 for hen. Plumage pure white, shanks and toes white or pinkish white, eyes hazel, head rich red, changeable to bluish white.
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Holland
Seed Potatoes Trade Prefers Regional Seed Stocks
The Rural New Yorker summarizes that northern grown seed potatoes are favored in the north and southern second crop seed in the south due to seed changes, soil, and storage. Experiments in northern Europe support that seed end cuts produce higher yields because the growing point is younger and eyes are more numerous.
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Europe
New Yorker
Farm telephone lines adapt to local conditions
The passage notes that farm lines need not be standard construction and can be adjusted to local needs. It warns against hanging wires on trees and encourages teaching youths about volts and electromotive force. It describes a bridging telephone allowing private talk between two farmers on a mutual line without others listening in.
First quality fruit scarce in market at moderate price
The piece notes there is little fruit of first quality produced in sufficient quantity for consumer needs at fair prices. It argues city families pay luxury prices for apples and other fruits like pears, plums, peaches, oranges, and berries including cherries and grapes due to tight supply.
Prosecution Dismissed In Prussian Court Case In Posens Park
In Gnliesen Prussia on Jan 5 the court discharged all defendants including Von Kos cielski and Von Chirzanowski and others after they were charged with taking part in a public meeting at Von Koscielski castle park without government consent. The state bears the prosecution costs.
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Gnliesen
Posen
Prussia
von Koscielski
House of Lords
von Chirzanowski
Glidyse
International “Socal” Association
Skoraczewski
Socal
Koscielski Castle
Bread Loaf Offered to Judge in Essex Market Court
Nine prisoners were fined 1 cent each by Magistrate Walsh in Essex Market police court for selling bread on the street from uncovered baskets. One vendor, a worn, offered a rye loaf to show appreciation. the gift was refused. The remaining seven were fined for intoxication.
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New York
Essex Market
Walsh
Board of Health
Why Smith Was Arrested in Adrian Miss
Adrian Michigan January 5 Anson Dick Invon of Plissfield reports two chickens missing from his coop with heads wrung and a blood trail to Charles Smith home. Officers arrived smelling chicken cooking and Smith was arrested. King Edward Shooting Pheasants at Chatsworth
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Smith
Adrian, Mich
Anson Dick Invon
Plissfield
Charles Smith
King Edward
London
Duke of Devonshire
Chatsworth
Ptomaine in Beans Kills Three
Three people die in Los Angeles after eating canned beans caused by ptomaine poisoning. Victims include Henry Carter a well known Ontario resident his daughter Mabel 28 and Charles Edward Abbott. The tragedy underscores dangers of tainted preserved foods in cold storage era.
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Los Angeles
Henry Carter
Ontario
Mabel
Charles Edward Abbott
New York Antl Tipping Law Upheld by Special Sessions Court
High water threatens southern Indiana with rivers Wabash White Patoka and Ohio rising as far north as Terre Haute. Governor Polk urged to intervene in Liberty Missouri murder case involving Aggie Myers and her lover with expected January 10 hanging. Major General Bell reports Cuba situation satisfactory.
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New York
Court of Special Sessions
Indiana
Terre Haute
Wabash
White
Patoka
Ohio
Polk
Aggie Myers
Rank Hottman
Liberty
Bell
Cuba
Duke
Duchess of Marlborough
London
Alicante
Spain
Andrew Carnegie
Washington
Bureau of American Republics
M. J. Kelley
Minneapolis Baseball Club
Des Moines
Facetious Guard Warns Passenger Over Carriage Window
A French railway guard tells a woman kissing her fiancé through a carriage window that it is forbidden to throw objects from the windows. The exchange is brief and formal as the guard enforces safety rules.
Dormant Season Lye Spray Clears Moss From Fruit Trees
Pacific Rural Press advises applying a concentrated lye solution one pound to six gallons of water during the dormant period to clean tree bark. This not only improves appearance but aids thrift by destroying mossy parasite growth that hardens and brittles the bark.
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Pacific Rural Press
Princess Natalie of Montenegro Honeymooning in Wild Mountains
Princess Natalie, 24, wife of Mirko of Montenegro, is spending her honeymoon camping in Montenegro’s mountains. She is an avid sportswoman who hunts, photographs, and travels with a rifle, cartridge box, and a dog, protected by mountaineer sentries. Her family ties include Count Constantinovitch, kin to the former king of Serbia, and relations to the queen of Italy and King Peter of Serbia.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Natalie
Er Lushand
Mirko
Bos
Constantinovitch
King
Servia
Italy
Peter of
Law measure targets unfair oil pricing in Boston area
Boston reports a bill filed by Representative Griswold to curb unfair discrimination by the Standard Oil Company. The measure cites evidence that the company charges 14 to 18 cents a gallon in Boston while competing markets like Springfield offer the same oil at 10 cents a gallon, signaling price manipulation.
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Boston
Griswold
Greenfield
Standard Oil Company
Springfield
Murder of Mrs Henry Anderson Sparks Inquest Adjournment
Kirkenanee January 5. Henry Anderson husband of a Cambridge woman murdered while in bed with him and their infant daughter Sunday night. he remains rational but cannot give a coherent story. Inquest adjourned as doctors report the revolver fired from near Mrs Andersons head.
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Henry Anderson
Kirkenanee
Til
Cambridge
Mra. Anderson
Child Dies After Locomotive Accident In Anderson
James Campbell aged 9 son of Mr and Mrs Barrett H Campbell of Anderson Indiana died from injuries after trying to mount the steps of a passing locomotive and being crushed by the wheels.
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Anderson
Ind
James Campbell
Barrett H. Campbell
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Iowa
The forecast shows increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions in Illinois and Indiana. Lower Michigan expects warmer weather with brisk southwest winds. Wisconsin may see snow and warmer temperatures, while Iowa reports snow or rain with a warm trend.
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Ilinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago Markets Wage Through Grain And Livestock Data
Chicago Board of Trade quotations show wheat corn oats and pork and lard prices with open high low and close figures. Cash sales list various No 2 red and hard wheats as well as corn by sample and live stock prices for hogs cattle and sheep in Buffalo with strong receipts and price ranges.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Choice Prairie
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
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Malinda Akers
Basham
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Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
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Mountainews District
Chicago Grain
Eames
Lombardo
Tipton’s
RE. G. Mason
Sutherland Bros
Chamberlain
Oures
Dr. Ki
F St
Washington, D. C
Colenso
Frank Rogers
Iowa Central
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Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Peoria
Mason City Mail
Twin Cities Limited
Peoria Express
Peoria Limited
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