Rabbits and Hares Threats and Protection in Crops
Considerable interest attaches to rabbits and hares due to crop damage and potential profits from breeding especially the Belgian hare. The article covers methods of extermination and protection for fruit trees and vineyards including fencing, wrapping, smearing trunks, use of newspapers, and distasteful mixtures. it also notes poisons and diseases have limited success and mentions nitrate of soda as a fertilizer stimulant for certain vegetables.
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California
Colorado
Oregon
Tah
Idaho
Olive culture in arid districts and irrigation needs
The article praises olive trees as highly drought tolerant in desert districts, noting their ability to survive long without water and still produce when irrigation returns. It emphasizes careful cultivation, drought resistant varieties, and irrigation, with soil preferences and temperature limits for optimal growth.
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Salt River Valley
Inara
Sted
Indians On The Warpaci S Against Tree Killers
A 1912 cooperative beetle control project on the Cheyenne Indian Reservation in South Dakota and Montana reduced beetle damage. The Bureau of Entomology advised, the Interior Department funded, and Cheyenne Indians cut and barked 11,017 trees from Sus Fe to July 4. 1912, at a net cost of 905.52 dollars with estimated ten year stumpage savings of about 125 thousand dollars. The report notes community effort and the philosophy of planting hope.
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South Dakota
Tomita River
Southwastern
Montana
Forest Inxerla
Bureau of Entomology
Department of Agri+culture
Indi Service
Department
Interior
Annular Patch and Chip Budding Techniques Described
The article explains annular budding by transferring a bark ring with a bud from a bud stick to a stock, using special tools or paired knives, and outlines patch budding by a bark pattern swap. It covers care, alignment, timing, and leaf clipping to maximize bud vigor, with guidance for dormancy chip budding in spring or late winter.
Open country needs a new civilization and farming spirit
Dr. H Bailey urged Micnals teachers to forge a new country life through better schools roads churches and social ties. He warned city growth drains rural influence and called for broader educated rural leadership and a strong fighting edge to modernize agriculture and foster social brotherhood. He stressed open country renewal via consolidated schools rural libraries and a stronger country church.
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Micnals
H. Bailey
Country Church
Panama Canal
Unclear excerpt from New York farm scene
The fragment shows a man visiting his uncle’s farm last summer and examining a well-made object near a tarn, noticing a white feature before continuing. The text is incomplete and lacks concrete facts or names to provide a full summary.
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New York
Deep Plowing and Subsurface Packing Boost Seed Bed Quality
The text urges deep plowing in dry farming areas with subsoil packing tools to create a firm seed bed that retains fall and winter moisture. It warns against excessive surface loosening and stresses moisture retention as key to successful crop growth, noting beans in the North require careful preparation.
Haysteak Delight In Shared Banter At Arden Farm
A fragment shows a puzzled exchange where Charles and his uncle discuss doors and windows, humorously mishearing hay as haysteak. The scene captures a rural exchange about a summer addition to the Arden property.
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Charles
Roses Thrive With Proper Drainage And Soil Mix
For roses to succeed in dry soil with good drainage, ensure moisture balance. If the soil wets easily, create artificial drainage by digging two to two and a half feet, fill with rubble down to eighteen inches, then cover with rich topsoil. Add well decayed cow manure and, for sandy soil, mix in stiff loam or clay to improve texture.
Feeding Broilers at Cornell Station Compared Feeds and Growth
Seven flocks of 120 chicks underwent a six week feeding experiment at the Cornell station to compare cost efficient gains. Treatments included cracked grain, dry mash, wet mash with milk solutions or skimmed milk, and a mixed “variety” diet with bread crumbs eggs and Johnny cake, with beef scrap and bran as base. Wet mash produced largest, plump birds while variety rations yielded most activity.
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Cornell
Feeding Trials Show Wet and Powdered-Milk Rations Best
The study compares wet mash, powdered-milk mash, variety ration, dry mash, and cracked grain. Wet mash and powdered-milk mash produced fastest early growth, while the variety ration offered strong gains around week five. overall, wet-mash with powdered milk yielded best six week results and lowest cost per pound.
Robber Cows and the Other Kind
A discussion on dairy herd management argues selling nonperforming cows to fund a high producing one. It cites record milk yields by Jacoba Irene Jersey, Rena Ross Ayershire, Colantha Fourth Johann Holstein, and Yeksa Sunbeam Guernsey, and notes adding butterfat boosts value. The Babcock tester is praised for accuracy in judging cow value and herd quality.
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Jersey
Rena Ross
Ayershire
Holstein
Colantha Fourth
Johann
Yeksa Sunbeam
Guernsey
Babcock
Draft horse breeding and blood lines in farm practice
The article argues good blood is essential for high quality draft horses and laments farmer stinginess in paying for superior stallion service. It urges farmers with capable teams to keep well bred mares and sell superior colts, asserting bloodlines raise performance and profits. It also touches on unrelated notes about year round eggs in China and the rising popularity of evaporated cranberries.
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China
Australia
Hong Kong
Sidney
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J. E. Corn
A. Reed
Walcome
Ny Arden
Jacoba Irene
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