Wide-Aware Farm Boy Leads Calves Photo at Portage Fair
A Portage County farm boy Marty Stebbins drives a paired team of calves with a wagon. The photographer captures him with calm dignity, noting the calves respond to gentle cues rather than harsh treatment. The scene centers on farm life and a child’s skill.
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Portage County
Chagrin Falls
Marty Stebbins
John Gould
Harry
Mr. Gould
John
Sim
Uarry
Snap
Young farmer Harry trains calves for fair and work
Story recounts Harry and his trained one year old calves winning county fair prizes. He uses his free hours for training and industry and even hauls bran and goods on the road, delivering 700 pounds. Before Christmas he sells calves for 45 dollars and prepares another pair for farm work.
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Harry
Wiste
Harty
Mr. Stebbing
George E. Sent
Ohio
The Poultry Yard And The Old And The New
The article extols practical poultry care with lime for runs and clean floors, warns against sunstroke and disease, and urges dry earth or coal ash amendments. It then shifts to praise outdoor country life for boys, stressing health, discipline, and observation, followed by a note on balancing conservatism with progress in American farming.
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Pew
Brush Arrangement for Cattle Pasture With Brush Supports
A pasture device to provide cattle with brushing posts. Four posts form a 12 by 8 foot rectangle with end boards and notches for holding brush between paired boards. Adjustable heights from 3 to 5 feet accommodate cattle of various sizes and allow easy replacement of worn brush. Orange Judd Parmer.
Dressing Sheepskins For Tanning And Dyeing At Home
Instructions for tanning sheep hides with wool on, using alum saltpeter and common salt, extending tanning to two-skin batches, stretching and oiling, then drying and softening. Includes washing, scraping flesh, pumice rub, and dye selection with aniline dyes.
Sheep on the Farm Emphasizes Weed Control Value
Sheep are a valuable farm asset for wool meat and weed control. A U.S. authority cites sheep eat 515 of 600 known weeds, aiding pasture management. Farmers urged to start flocks to reduce weeds, with breeding to reach sufficient numbers. The piece also offers Douglas mix for duck cholera and poultry care tips from Ohio Farmer.
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Europe
Extinction of the Potato Threatens Domestic Economy
A historical analysis warns that both sugar cane and potatoes may be heading for extinction due to seed sterility from bud propagation. Harvard and other botanical labs explore cross-breeding and seed restoration to sustain these crops and avert widespread economic disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvard University
Cincinnati Enquirer
Museum of Economic Botany
Harvard
Xelener ix
Real Panama Hats and Poise of Island Life
A New York letter contrasts Panama hats made in Ecuador sold across Latin America with the luxury versions priced from 20 to 150 dollars. The piece also surveys life on a Caribbean island noting poverty and happiness, abundant fruit, two corn crops, and no cold winters in Porto Rico.
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Colombia
Republic of
Ecuador
Mexico
Central America
South America
New York News
Panama
Porto Rico
Chicago Times-Herald
Almanac and census figures headline a long-ago era
Readings note tobacco grown in Wisconsin three counties and ships on the St Lawrence. A tree in Dyer County yields firewood honey and raccoons. An almanac from 1667 sold for 135 dollars. US population tallies reach 76,305,387 with a 20.7 percent ten year rise and now exceed seven million in the same ratio.
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Wisconsin
St. Lawrence River
Mary
Dyer County
Tenn
Boston
Samuel Green
Cambridge
United States
Wonderful Cure Report in Indiana Case
Buck Creek Indiana July 15 Mrs Elizabeth Rorick reports severe rheumatism with pain keeping her awake Doctors said nothing could help her She used Dodds Kidney Pills and recovered completely Pain gone Sleep restored She stopped the pills and never felt a return Tippecanoe County residents hear of her cure and report positive results
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Buck Creek
Ind
Elizabeth Rorick
Dodd
Tippecanoe County
Language Trends and Global Expositions Across 1900
A kaleidoscope of notes covers world languages at the Pan American Exposition, Swiss guides for Rockies tours, 1900 gold output estimates, Transvaal yields, Morgan's luxury train, artifacts from Tunis and Upware, a Bos primigenius head dredged in England, Texas population stats, and North Western rail fares and travel tips.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Rocky Mountains
United States
Transvaal
John Verpont Morgan
Belvidere Park
Tunis
Cam
Upware
England
Texas
Manuachusetts
Globe
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Farm Journal
Kent
jisttoRs
York
New Engifan
IVES
Great Central Railway
Conte & Seton Er
Ig Pome
Algentra
Chie
Maine
Indiana
Buffalo
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Pamlott Sariel
Horent
Neollet
Miroe
T. W. Teaxdale
Agen St
Indy
Johnny
Atchixon Globe
Washington
Garden of Eden
Philadelph
Wheat Investors Loan Comporation
Chivale
Rose Darras
Gale
Teasat Corre Berar
Beeneg
Tony Tara
Evean Foti
Ates
ST. John's University Collegeville
Minn
Benedictine
Jargent
Noethewent
Grafton Hall
Winchester
Per Sametes
Maneapolis
Woonward & G, GN Commision
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