Fighting the borer in orchards and its control methods
A detailed guide on round headed and flat headed borers in fruit trees describes prevention and treatment. Methods include mound protection around older trees, wrapping young trees with wood veneer and light soil, spraying inside wraps with kerosene emulsion, and whitewashing in spring and fall with caustic potash and Paris green to kill eggs and larvae. A Virginia farmer cites hot water treatments and pruning to reduce infestations, while a tale recounts boiling wood ash around trees yielding dramatic recovery.
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Pennsylvania
Savas
Paris
Tarmer
Virginia
Common Sense for Winter Poultry Houses and Feed
Practical advice on winter poultry management from a reader named A Galigher. Suggests dividing large flocks into multiple houses for better egg production, storing cabbages and fall rye as feed, saving turnips and pumpkins, cooking scraps for feed, and proper use of ashes for grape vines.
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A. Galigher
Protecting fruit trees from mice and pests in orchards
The article details winter and year round techniques to shield trees from mice rabbits and groundhogs. It covers making soil and cinder mounds around bases using tamper tools and proper drainage and recommends galvanized mesh and poultry netting for protection. It also suggests using straw stalks to form durable plant guards and warns against wire girdling.
Buying versus raising your dairy cows
A dairy keeper argues it’s more profitable to raise cows than buy. He recalls buying nine cows in Pennsylvania with only two good, while six well-bred Jersey heifers raised from top cows produced cows high in butterfat. He cites lower feed needs and better selling value for home-raised stock, stressing careful selection, feeding, and management to achieve consistent results.
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Pennsylvania
Good Feed for Young Lambs and Safe Ration Ideas
A stockmaster urges wheat bran as the safest starter for young lambs with gradual corn meal mix as they strengthen. Oat meal should balance the ration, and pasture plus exercise are essential. Avoid fast feeding, use small grain rations, and favor grass over grain when possible. Rams and ewes receive small grain at critical times.
Sheep management tips for barn and shelter needs
The text suggests selecting about fifteen ewes and a ram to start a flock, with emphasis on abundant shelter from rain. It warns that wet weather harms sheep and notes the sheds should be high and well drained to keep them dry, while avoiding staying in a warm barn.
Proper lamp care and lamp maintenance notes
Do not have poor lights. Poor lights come from lamp and wick condition. Keep wick trimmed and cleaned, dry wicks replaced monthly, wick warmed before use, and chimney clean. Dry wicks return to the lamp while warm for best Neht. Dampness and contaminated ground cause poultry diseases. maintain pure ground in the lane.
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J. B
Lorkhart
Ory
Free government cook books and bulletins for home use
A promotional note lists free or cheap U S government bulletins on meat use in the home and food preparation. It highlights Farmers Bulletin Nos 391 258 128 278 203 483 and 132 covering meat nutrition canning sterilization eggs preservation and food safety advisories.
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U. S
Agricultural Department
Farmers’ Bulletin
Marla Parloa
Thire
C. B. Langworthy
Sonkini
Ford
Consolidating FHE Schools For Rural Areas
Rural communities should study school consolidation this winter as a modern movement to attract youth to country life, raise farm values, and improve rural living. The piece urges consideration of consolidation while noting potential benefits and cautions against overgeneralization.
Bees on dry land farm and pasture suggestions
Bees can live and possibly increase on dry land country but require pasture. White sweet clover on half an acre per colony nearly guarantees success. Other suitable plants include white clover buckwheat alfalfa and fruit trees though sweet clover grows best in any soil or climate. Also note the need for adjustable kitchen windows and good air supply in the laboratory workspace.
Profitable hog breeds and crossbreeding insights
A Maryland farmer recounts a 30 year hog-raising test of breeds. Berkshire crosses produced the best profits, with Poland China, Chester White, and Jersey Red trials noted. He describes breeding, feeding, and cross methods, emphasizing early maturity, fattening, and market readiness.
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Poland-China
Berkshire
Poland
Value of Wild Celery as Duck Food
The article discusses wild celery and canvasback ducks. It notes canvasbacks derive about a quarter of their food from wild celery, more than other ducks, though proof of superior flavor is lacking. It explains other diving and nondiving ducks’ feeding, plant characteristics, and pollination details of wild celery.
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Ducke
Easily Made Hanger From Poles 84 Percent Long and 3 Inches
Instructions describe making a tripod hanger from two poles with specific hole sizes and bolts to form a cross structure. It notes a device capable of handling a large hog, a shipment to Spokane with 200 crates sold for 1050 dollars, and poultry raising offers targeting women as an easy, non taxing income source.
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Cross
Davica
Beet tops digger prize offers 310000 reward
A joint circular from beet sugar manufacturers announces a 310000 reward to invent a machine that digs beets tops and separates tops from beets. The note notes progress in agriculture and the need for better soil prep and general farming practices to maximize crops and wool quality.
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Holland
Bread Without Flour In France Uses Wheat To Dough
In France bread is made without flour by a machine that transforms wheat directly into dough. The wheat is washed, then about a pint of tepid water is added per 4 pounds of grain. The mixture rests six hours, swelling the grains to twice their size. Yeast and salt are added and it is processed in the machine to produce a smooth paste.
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France
Successful Farming Com S NoUs
There is one thing about farming which is not true of other industries and that is that each farm benefits from the success of boy neighbors. In a progressive neighborhood where stock is good farming is profitable, roads and schools improve, land price rises, markets are better, and boosting neighbors helps yourself. Within a year Buenos Aires population rose and the United States and its dependencies produce a tenth of the world's sugar.
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Tne
United States
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Hanes
Maryland
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Abc
Patatnes
Spokane
Buenos Aires
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