Michigan Live Stock Prices and Conditions Report
The January report from Michigan's Secretary of State details livestock conditions and prices. It lists average condition percentages for horses cattle sheep and swine and provides fat cattle hogs and dressed pork prices per cwt along with values by age and class for horses cows and sheep. Prices overall are higher than the previous year with fat cattle and hogs up about 20 cents per cwt while dressed pork lags by 63 cents.
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Michigan
Best Locations for Horse Breeding in United States
Dr. C. D. Smead of New York argues that most eastern pastures are too rough for quality horse breeding and that the future focus should be west of the Mississippi. He cites Kentucky New York Ohio and Pennsylvania as capable but insufficient to meet rising demand, with true abundance found on western ranges with wild and cultivated grasses.
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C. D.smead
New York State
Union
New England
Kentucky
New York
Ohio
Pennsyvania
United States
Mississippi River
Prolificacy of Swine and Import Duty Debate
Prof Thomas Shaw argues bacon swine are more prolific than lard types with litter estimates of eight versus six per year, implying 25 percent higher production. The piece notes a House bill to grant free admission for breeding animals and predicts passage to align with the law's spirit amid a New York board ruling contest.
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United States
House of Representatives
Washington
Board of General Appraisers of
New York
Board of Appraisers
Supreme Court
Preventive Measures. A mother's memory and a child’s question
A mother sits by the fire with her three year old son singing My Country Tis of Thee. When she fades to words about fathers dying the boy asks why they did not give the Fathers 8 pill, tears fill his brown eyes.
Milk by products offer value beyond butterfat
The Arizona Station Bulletin notes dairy farmers overlook skim milk buttermilk and whey. Skim milk contains over 75 percent of original solids and supports growing young animals, while butterfat, though valuable, is less essential as a feed. by products can replace fat with cheaper feeds.
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Henry
Ieee
Arizona
Hulletin
Wisconsin Agricultural Experimental Association Holds 2nd Meeting
The second annual meeting of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experimental Association was held in Madison on February 5 and 6. The society, two years old, reports over five hundred members with about two hundred engaged in cooperative grain and forage projects across counties. Officers elected: President A J Meyer, Madison. Vice President J P Bonzelet, Eden. Secretary R A Moore, Madison. Treasurer H J Renk, Sun Prairie.
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Esconsin Agricultural Experimental Association
Madison
Wisconsin Experimental Association
A Ij. Meyer
P. Bonzelet
Eden
R A
Pear growing in Wisconsin's Lake Michigan belt yields fruit
The author describes a pear region along Wisconsin west shores of Lake Michigan extending ten to twenty miles inland. Eastern Racine county hills host orchards and trees that have paid the ground well. After fifteen years growing pears the trees appear as hardy as apples, surviving severe winters and giving a reliable crop each season.
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Wisconsin
W. J. Yle
Lake Michigan
Racine County
Inaccuracies in Classic Works Noted by Critics
The piece surveys errors in literature from the New York Times examples. It cites Richard I’s knight conversing with a contemporary of William the Conqueror and notes moon-related anachronisms in Besant and Trollope. It discusses missteps in scenes from Ivanhoe, The Newcomer, King Solomon’s Mines, and Around the World in Eighty Days.
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New York Times
Richard I
William the Conqueror
Richard
Clive
Wejno
Smee
Hitler Haggand
Gibeon
Walter Besant
Trollope
Lanny Scott
Lves
Lo’den
Poultry Prices and Feed Costs Across States
Farmers' Review collects reports from H. Cotton in Iowa and others across Illinois Michigan Kansas and more noting higher poultry prices this winter and varying feed costs. Eggs sell around 14 to 29 cents per dozen while chickens fetch 7 to 13 cents per pound and feed costs range from 25 to 40 cents per bushel depending on grain.
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St. Clair County
Iowa
H. F. Harrison
Clay County
Illinois
Thos. H. Mills
Michigan
N. W. Hutton
Linn County
W. A. Doolittle
Nemaha County
Kansas
Two Clover Seed Samples Show Hidden Value Costs
The Agriculture Department reports two crimson clover lots priced at 5.75 and 5.50 per bushel. Tests show one seed lot yields poorer germination after cleaning do not reflect price, while the second lot produces a germinable bushel for 5.64 after impurity deductions.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Destroying Two Common Orchard Scales in Illinois
At an Illinois Horticultural Society meeting S A Forbes tatates entomologist discusses two common orchard scales the scurfy scale and the oyster shell scale. He notes eggs survive winter under scales and that the insects are two brooded with first hatch in May and second in July. Effective treatment timing is during the first week or two of May with low percentage kerosene emulsions, or California wash in late winter. Growth physics of trees is explained by Prof E S Goff, detailing water transport from roots to buds and how terminal buds receive most water, influencing tree form and growth equilibrium.
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Illnois Horticultural Society
S. A
California
E. S. Goff
Poultry Breeding Focus Seen Shifting From Form to Eggs and Meat
Mr. Fred L. Kimmey argues that modern poultry breeding emphasizes form and feather over egg production and table usefulness. He notes high show prices reward prizes rather than layers, suggesting shows neutralize benefit. He urges a shift toward eggs and meat capacity in score cards and breeding goals.
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Fred L. Kimmey
Cook County
Illinois
Kimmey
Oregon Agricultural College expands with new 40 000 building
The Oregon Agricultural College adds a three and a half story 125 by 85 foot building valued at 40000. The first floor houses live stock posing room and dairy. the second holds a large assembly hall with classrooms offices and laboratories. the third contains botany entomology and horticulture. the south wing and upper floors are chemistry and the experiment station offices. The top floor serves as a general museum. George Stephenson's father worked as a fireman in a colliery.
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Oregon
Oregon Agricultural College
Dairy cow management lessons from a Wisconsin sus gent
The report recounts a cow census in Menomonic where only herd numbers were read, exposing that the poorest herd was number four. A young farmer later learned his herd was number four and vowed to improve or quit. he replaced his cows with de Guernseys and doubled receipts per cow while cutting daily feed costs.
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C. P. Goodrich
Wisconsin
Menomonic
Henrg
Mr. Goodrich
Schley
Guernseys
Ormery
Why Poor Cattle Are Marketed From Farmers' Review
In reply to your inquiry, various factors push farmers to sell immature cattle. Last fall 90 day paper matured requiring payment or renewal at higher rates, eroding feeder confidence. Some feed soft corn with poor gains fear lower prices from market manipulation, so they sell now. Others delay hoping for better terms, but feel pressure from market forces and labor conditions. The piece argues for an honest market and fair deal.
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Australia
David B ‘Ow
Dodge County
Nebraska
Corrosive Sublimate for Potato Scab Treatment
A government bulletin advises using corrosive sublimate or bichloride of mercury to disinfect seed potatoes. Mix one ounce in one gallon hot water, let dissolve ten to twelve hours, dilute to seven gallons, soak seed potatoes for 90 minutes, and apply before planting. Warns the solution is deadly if ingested, not skin poisonous.
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Agricultural Experimental Association
P. Bennett
Grundy County
Illnois
Buff Plymouth Rocks
Evermond
George Stephenson
Burns
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