Western Canada's Re Sources And Agricultural Potential
An overview of Western Canada describing its agricultural regions, soil, climate, and irrigation needs. It highlights Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and Assiniboia, soil as rich clay loam, frost action, heat retention, rainfall averaging 17 inches, and favorable farming conditions. A Ottawa interior department note offers an atlas and railway rates. A Moose Jaw farmer testimonial claims land value gains and wealth from virtue of judicious investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Canada
Western
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
United States
Western Canada
Moose Jaw
Remarkable 1903 crop yields and seed ad prompts 1904
The note touts Salzer seed varieties with extraordinary per acre yields from 1903 including 157 bu in Indiana 160 in Ohio 98 in Tennessee and 220 in Michigan. It claims 120 bu beardless barley 310 bu national oats 1 000 bu pedigree potatoes 14 tons hay and 60 000 lbs rape and teosinte. It urges readers to request Salzer's catalog by sending 1c to La Crosse Wisconsin and ends with a Goethe quote.
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Salzer
Ind
Ohio
Tenn
Mich
Victoria
Farmer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
K. L
Hog Killing Notes Show Best Practices and Steps
A Massachusetts Ploughman article outlines hog processing from feed timing to slaughter, scalding water temp 180 185 degrees, hair removal, and carcass breakdown. It covers knife readiness, scraping, hanging, washing, gut removal, organ cutting, and portions for sausage, bacon, lard, head cheese, and pickles with salt timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Applying the Manure and Soil Health Benefits
James McFadyean reports at the Ottawa experimental farm that equal weights of fresh and well rotted manure yield similar results for main crops. He cautions against waste from spreading, favors even yearly coverage, and notes soil warming, humus buildup, and improved soil texture from decaying organic matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McFadyean
Ottawa
McFadyean
Care of Colts Teeth and Dentition
Digestive troubles in horses arise from tooth imperfections. Regular dentition brings 16 new teeth between ages two and three, so mouths should be examined then and irregularities corrected. If a colt seems languid, boost nutrition, especially oats, to support dentition. A hog naturally is a clean animal. man makes him dirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ynan
Handy Harness Hooks From Old Buggy Shafts
Old buggy shafts can be repurposed into harness hooks by removing the crosspiece under the single tree and bending the iron ends. Install by mounting on a barn wall with spikes through holes, creating sturdy hooks for heavy work harnesses and avoiding repair with baling wire.
Sheepfold and Piggery
A farm note advises constant salt supply and clean warm quarters for sheep in winter. Oily wool keeps fat. gummy wool leads to thinning. Hogs prefer pure water and should not drink excessive thin slop in cold weather. Buckwheat middlings aid hogs though corn and wheat seeds yield better gains. Buckwheat hulls suit poultry litter only.
Feeding Poultry for Winter Warmth and Activity
The guide recommends light morning rations to stimulate scratching, avoid noon feeding, and place the heaviest meal at night when digestion and rest aid digestion and cold protection. If corn is fed, give it at night and warm or char it in winter. Avoid unnecessary burdens at night and scatter grain among straw to prompt fowls to work for it.
Peruna Promoted As Aid For Old Age Decline
A period advertisement extols Peruna as a catarrhal tonic for aging bodies noting mucous membrane restoration improves hearing smell taste and digestion. It quotes testimonials from Mrs. F E Little and Rev J N Parker praising cures and renewed vigor, inviting readers to write to Dr Hartman for free advice.
Peruna Praised In Letters From Washington and Wisconsin
A Washington letter extols Peruna as relief for catarrh and low spirits after trials with other remedies. Texas resident SAAC Brock 114 years old credits Peruna with health, appetite, blood circulation and resistance to grippe during epidemics. Wisconsin’s Mrs. E West, 87, says Peruna keeps her robust against colds and even cured stomach catarrh after doctors deemed it incurable.
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F. E. Little
Tolona
Yellow Stone Park
Yellow Stone National Park
Peruna
Benjamin F. Hawkes
Saac Brock
McLennan County
Texas
Mr. Brock
E. West
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lavater
Corn
Goethe
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
Ill
John A.salzer
Seed CO
Lacrosse,wis
Bend
J. Mulhall
Sioux City
Iowa
Rieck Z
Fitzgerald &C
Bex
Washington, D.C
Colt
General Grant
J. N. Parker
Utica
N. Y
W. B. Schnader
Terre Hill
Hartman
Washington, D. C
West Point
G Street
S. W
Isaac Brock
Arge
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Water St
New York City
Iif
Aj,lower CO
Lowery Tower
IAN Co
Toronto
Can
Washington Farm
Davenport
Lincoln County
May
Avenport, Wash
A. N. KA
Anakesis
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