Canadians Lure: Free 160 Acre Homesteads Draw American Farmers
A year of migration shows about 60000 Americans moving to Canada, mostly to farm lands in Western provinces. Officials tout abundant grain markets, rising export potential, and cheap land with strong schools as reasons for prosperity, highlighting Manitoba wheat and growing trade links with Liverpool.
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Canada
Wilfred Laurier
Corn Exchange
London
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Montgomery
Liverpool
Dominion
Russia
India
Pacific
Manitoba
Dominion of Canada
British Empire
Safe milking stool praised for sturdy practical design
A farmer describes a durable milking stool construction with a diamond shaped seat and beveled braces. The design uses long diagonal seat grain to prevent splitting and includes precise dimensions for legs braces and top placement. N. J. Turner notes in Farm and Home that the stool supports the milker and bearing weight effectively.
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N. J. Turner
Feeding Dried Blood For Calf Scours Prevention
The Kansas Experiment Station reports dried blood prevents calf scours. A teaspoon per feed typically suffices, increasing to tablespoonful for weak calves. Store in milk if it settles. feed after mixing. Also notes German calves will be vaccinated at three months and Behring’s plans to add formalin to milk. warns against using diseased milk for food.
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Salter
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Kansas Experiment Station
Kansas Station
Germany
Behring
Koch
Reichstag
Ministry of Agriculture
Berlin
Raising Dairy Cows For Profitable Herds
The article argues dairymen should raise their own calves, selecting those with strong lineage for milk yield or fat production. It warns against buying cheap pickups and endorses attentive, generous early feeding, noting the calf’s first weeks determine future value and profitability.
Aeration Of Milk Requires Pure Air Not Odor Laced Air
The article argues aerating milk is ineffective in foul air and only feasible with clean surroundings. It notes odors from barnyards hog pens and other yards contaminate milk at milking, making aeration pointless where air is not pure. Winter helps a bit when yards are snow covered.
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Ideal cow stall plan from Farm Journal description
Sectional view of an almost ideal cow stall designed to keep cows clean and comfortable. A seven inch drop platform prevents crowding, with a swing stanchion and sloping manger, a divider between cows, and a feed alley. Hind feet rest on the platform rear edge to maintain cleanliness for clean milk.
Milking Hygiene and Postmilking Feed Guidelines
Farm guidance on milk safety from fresh animals urges rejecting milk until after the ninth milking, keeping the milking stable dust free, feeding dry fodders after milking, brushing udder and flanks, thorough sponge washing of the udder, and timing feeds like ensilage to clear volatile products. Use clean tin pails and discard rusty or patched tins, with extra coating and flushing of welds if seams are not well soldered.
Penman Peruna Endorsed by Catholic Sisters Across States
Letters from Sisters of Charity and a Sister Superior praise Dr. Hartman’s Peruna for influenza catarrh colds coughs bronchitis and grip. Recommendations hail relief from laryngitis voice loss and throat catarrh with continued favorable results across institutions in Detroit Central Ohio and the Midwest.
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Hartman
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Mich
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Columbus
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Sisters of Charity
Central States
Sister Superior
Colorado
Peruna endorsed by Sisters of Charity in the Southwest
A Catholic institution reports a prominent Mother Superior praising Peruna as an effective remedy for catarrh in all locations. The letter notes withheld names for privacy, invites requests for details, and offers free medical advice from Dr. Hartman of the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
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Tartan Sanitarium
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