Raising Chickens for Healthful, Steady Growth in Chicks
Practical guide on chick care from hatch to early growth. Emphasizes health, feeding, rest after hatching, and avoiding overcrowding. Recommends starter foods, greens, milk products, clean water, grit, and regular feeding. Warns against damp feed, mouldy grains, overfeeding, and mixing ages. Encourages outdoor runs, exercise, and parasite prevention.
Sweet Peas Guide for North Dakota Gardens
Sweet peas thrive in North Dakota, reaching 4 to 6 feet and needing a trellis. Use poultry netting for support and shield from winds. Plant as soon as soil is workable, in a trench 6 to 6 inches deep, cover an inch or two, then fill as growth proceeds. Pick blossoms every few days to avoid stopping blooming.
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North Dakota
Ina Trench
Dept
N. D. Agr. College
Bad Country for Kings in Poland Through History
Poland’s monarch history shows repeated upheaval with Henry of Valois praised as weak, Michael Wienlowleck dying suddenly, Augustus deposed, Stanislaus Leszczynski exiled, and Ladislaus and the last Stanislaus resigning. Sigismund I faced a crisis over a secret marriage to a Radziwill widow, uprooting the throne as nobles demanded annulment for a stronger foreign alliance. The crowned queen died soon after amid suspicions of poisoning by her mother in law.
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Poland
Henry of Valois
Michael Wienlowleck
Augustus
Stanislaus Leszczynski
Ladislaus
Stanislaus
Sigismund I
Radziwill
Sigismund
Mistakes of Early Homesteaders in Montana Farming
A homesteader advises Dakota readers on common missteps in new settlements. He stresses proper capital use, avoiding overextension, prioritizing cows for steady income, and careful land and weed management. He warns against plowing wastefully, choosing unsuitable crops, and relying on luck or debt, urging disciplined, stock‑oriented farming in Montana.
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Han
Cream Whipping Tips From North Dakota Agricultural Dept
A North Dakota Agricultural College advisory notes cream should contain at least 24 hours resting, aims for 25 percent fat for best whipping, contrasts with standard 18 percent fat. Keep cream cold under 40 degrees Fahrenheit and adding a little sugar can improve whipping texture.
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North Dakota
Dept. N. D. Agr. College
Milk for the new calf or colt
The new calf or colt should receive its mother's first milk which aids digestion and bowel movement. This first milk has been described as nature's physic by Ex. Dept.
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Ex. Dept. Agr. College
Time to Sow Flax Depends on Planting Window
Agricultural note from Ex. Dept. N. D. Agr. College outlines flax sowing times. Early plantings around April 20 to May 10 aim to avoid hot weather. May 15 to June 1 often yields poorer blooms. late seeding June 1 to June 16 in North Dakota parts may do well if no early fall frost. Frost risks are highest during blossoming. young flax tolerates spring frost poorly after bloom.
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Bolley
North Dakota
Great Northern
Grand Forks
Williston
Dept
N. D. Agr. College
Sweet Clover for Pasture in North Dakota Advice
North Dakota agriculture notes that sweet clover offers higher carrying capacity than timothy bromus wheat grass or native grasses. It is a biennial so yearly pasture changes require more fencing. Cattle and sheep can bloat but this is rare. guard by feeding roughage before first turnout and avoid turning stock onto wet sweet clover.
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North Dakota
Dept
N. D. Agr. College
Melon profits in packing firms spark North Dakota push
A Financial World clipping notes Armour & Co schedules a 400 percent capitalization rise and declares the first stock dividend, with Swift & Co also boosting shares. It questions farmers about keeping profits local and describes the Northern Packing Company created in North Dakota with a 500000 dollar capitalization to unite growers and processors.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Creases Swift & Co
Chicago Stock Exchange
Chicago and Western
North Dakota
United States
Northern Packing Company
Northwest
Great Northwest
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