Use of alcohol in cream tests for accurate fat reading
The article explains adding alcohol to the cream test bottle after the Babcock test to straighten the fat column top by creating a fat saturated alcohol layer. This method reduces reading uncertainty by producing nearly straight lines for measurement, though it narrows the fat column and should be used promptly while the fat remains liquid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
Dairy Division
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Buying Machinery for the Farm
Advice urges farmers to compare machines among neighbors, verify parts availability, and avoid cheap or odd grinders. Emphasizes standard makes with readily available replacement parts and warns that damaged cows are costly to recover from once they fall off.
Too Many Chores Leave Boys From Farm Home
A South Dakota farmer letters a commission about farm life parenting and youth. He warns that heavy stock farming harms children health education and happiness and cites a family that lost five sons to farming debt. He recalls his own shift from heavy stock to crops and pastoral life, praising calmer farm work and Clover and grain farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevalt
Hite Combosion
South Dakota
Commission
Stubbie
Hare
Timnois
Filling the Granary with Portable Elevators and Conveyors
Farmers adopt portable elevators with conveyors to unload corn into distant parts of granaries and barns. The system allows discharge at multiple points on either side of the conveyor. The piece notes a cynical view on lawsuits and parries farmers’ resistance to new ideas.
Words of Wisdom on Honest Work and Middlemen
A column argues farmers should use big brains over hands to profit, linking honesty to practice, and noting middlemen fatten on labor. It warns against waiting for inspiration, saying idle minds fail to act and opportunities slip by without effort.
Raising Hogs A Practical Guide To Early Disease Control
This excerpt emphasizes early hog cholera and swine plague detection, humane culling, post mortems, and strict separation of sick from healthy hogs. It advises thorough cleaning, disinfecting, and weather-ready housing, plus feeding adjustments, water sanitation, cremation of carcasses, and gradual restock timing to minimize losses.
Easy Way of Handling Flower Pots by I M Shepter
Castors cost little and four can be fitted to old table legs to create window plant stands. Fill a shallow box with sand, rest pots in it to absorb moisture, and paint the box. Use castors for moving the stand. place boxes on windowsills to brighten rooms in winter. Avoid crowding, keep light, and soak plant roots before potting for freshness.
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I. M. Shepter
Toome
Feeding Oats To Chickens Sprouting Method For Poultry
Sprouting oats provides a nutritious chick feed. Soak oats twelve hours in warm or cool water, drain into galvanized trays, and stack them. Stir daily and keep moist to encourage sprouting. By day four to five sprouts reach half to one inch, and can be fed to chicks. winter use longer growth and possible green oat greens. Continuous daily trays yield steady feed. beware inflated sales of hidden methods.
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Mathew
Smoke House Fire Prevention and Pest Advice
A fragment discusses safe smoke house operation to prevent meat burning and house fires, recommending a dedicated stove with pipe near the floor to cool smoke and improve flavor. It also contains a misquoted quote from Professor Masser about labor savings with equipment and a bizarre line about seven million pests on the body, ending with advice to rid chickens of insects.
Breed for Wool or Mutton and Sheep Water Needs
An article argues sheep should be bred for both wool and mutton quality with twelve to thirteen pounds of quality wool from the best double deck sheep. It notes a shift toward dual-purpose flocks and highlights water use concepts, touting possibilities of sheep drinking little if well fed, and stresses clean water sources for sustained health.
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England
John Wrightson
London
Lévestesk Journal
Lancashire
Primrose McConnell
RAL FENCE PHILOSOPHY.
A fragmented moral musing advises against overvaluing praise and warns that vanity misleads. It jokes about self interest, social charm, and the behavior of audiences, urging generosity and prudent personal conduct amid sayings on manners and charity.
Taking the College to the Farm
Secretary Wilson and Dr. Galloway spearheaded an initiative to bring agricultural education to northern states. The plan, born from boll weevil damage in the South, relied on 800 county tutors teaching diversified farming. The effort boosted cotton and corn yields, educated farm youths, and promoted better practices for healthier, higher yielding crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Dr. Galloway
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Department
Tetter
Rough Stones as Concrete Filler for Cheap Construction
A local tip endorses using rough stones as concrete filler to cut costs. The method saves sand and cement by placing cleaned stones in layers between wet cement mixtures, creating solid walls, floors, or steps. The article describes arranging a base layer of stones, adding cement, smoothing surfaces, and repeating until the structure is finished.
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Aduk
Germany
Farrowlie
Podeleg Wy Mle
Smoire
Masser
L & Reynolds
Araery Bunday
Reste & Pew
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