Notes From Naturalists on Insects Birds and Monkeys
Naturalists describe ants fearing ultraviolet light and Doctor Kirkland notes that 90 grains of something will destroy injurious insects. The rose grows wild across Europe Africa Asia and into the Americas. The little tailor bird sews and spins using cotton thread. India rubber trees yield sap for decades. oldest trees yield richest nap. Fishes mimic leaves and sink when in danger. Monkeys abound along the northwest coast of South America but are scarce west of the Andes from northern Peru to southern Patagonia. In Venezuela the Amazon basin and upper Paraguay Parana rivers host most primates. south of their junction they disappear and Uruguay Argentina keep them as traveling show curiosities.
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Kirkland
Europe
Africa
Abyasinia
Asiato
India
America
Mexico
A. Willey
South America
Andes
Peru
Venezuela
Great
Amazon Basin
Paraguay
Parane
Uruguay
Argentina
Notable Figures in Arts and Letters Spotlighted
Kubetik the Bohemian violinist reportedly earned over 500000 in three years Barasate now 60 has played the violin since age 22 Mme Rostagd readies a poetry volume by the wife of a famed French author Mile Marthe Dupuy prize winner lives in an attic Joseph Jefferson recalls being hissed off stage at age four for singing The Star Spangled Banner A Palomtrina manuscript valued at 25000 was stolen in Rome Lateran and believed in Germany Court theater actors Vienna charge fixed fees for charity to pension fund F Hopkinson Smith says a dinner table tale must command attention Lieut W E Safford owns about 200 books from Robert Louis Stevenson’s library Mrs H A Mitchell Keays traces family roots to Henry III of England
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Kubetik
Barasate
Mme. Rostagd
Mile
Marthe Dupuy
Sally Prudhomme
Livea
Joseph Jefferson
Germany
Court
Vienna
F. Hopkinson Smith
W. E. Safford
Navy
Department of Agriculture
Robert Louie Stevenson
Stevenson
Samoa
H. A. Mitchell Keays
Short and Sensible Song and Advice fragment
A fragile excerpt presents pithy maxims about courage restraint and prudence. It juxtaposes moral guidance with a note on cemetery headstones attributed to Turkish burial customs. The lines imply caution before action and speech.
LEARNING THINGS We All in the Apprentice Class
A Springfeld woman Lil credits removing coffee and adopting Postum with curing years of nervousness and heart trouble. She says quitting coffee, begun in childhood, ended sinking spells and improved health over 6 to 8 months. Postum touted as a safe alternative and a rebuilt life.
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Springfeld
Lil
Drs
Wllville
Indoor pig pens for summer hogs keep pigs out of doors
A Farm and Home article by R. B. Johnson describes five open yet roofed outdoor summer pig pens. The design uses a single roof, fenced sides, rear yards, and an airy front to ensure ventilation while allowing ground access and easy slop disposal. Pens can be scaled to any size and built without flooring to reduce costs.
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Johnson
Work for Young Horses
The American Tribune notes that a horse is young until eight. beyond that, it should endure reasonable work without injury. It warns against overworking young horses as stunting growth, discusses feeding, and shares a method: one fifth cracked corn plus succulent foods like root crops, silage, or clover hay. Summer grazing supports young horses' nutrition.
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Breen
American Tribune
Scrubs Eat Their Heads Of In Feeding Test
A Tennessee station feeding trial shows good breed animals gain about two and a half pounds daily while so called scrubs gain only one and a half pounds. Another test notes beef steers gain 45 pounds in 60 days versus 125 pounds under similar conditions. Weed out the scrubs and breed quality matters.
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Tennessee
Mili
Sheep Manure Deemed Best Fertilizer by Farmers
The Farmers' Voice notes scientists and farmers regard sheep manure as the best fertilizer. Some farms rely on sheep and stable manure with no commercial fertilizer. A western lamb-fattening farmer reports land productivity rising by one third to one half due to manure, suggesting keeping sheep for fertilizer value even without selling them.
Cattle Mango Disease Reports Show Decrease
Reports from all sections indicate cattle mango disease is decreasing due to better feed and treatment. Dr. Parker of the Bureau of Animal Industry in San Antonio Texas notes improvements in cattle and sheep, with cattle showing the strongest gains.
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Parker
Bureau of Animal Industry
San Antonio
Tex
Breeding Sheep Tips From Rural World Note
When buying a sheep for breeding ensure it is superior to existing stock. Successful sheep husbandry relies on keeping good sheep in small flocks. Mutton sheep prices depend more on conditions than size, and sheep are gentle and nonresistant on the farm.
Proper Marking of Pigs for Identification
The Prairie Farmer advises farm breeders to mark purebred hogs early for permanent identification. Use ear notches with a leather punch to represent numbers by position, enabling up to 624 combinations with few notches. Some add central ear holes, but risk crowing. larger punches work for cattle, and the method applies to sheep and goats too.
Spread of Diseases Among Livestock Warns Farmers
An outbreak of glanders in horses occurred in central state and led to quarantine. Authorities failed to contain infected animals as traders concealed them, causing costly taxpayer impact. A stray pig triggered hog deaths on a farm, spreading contagion. Farmers urged to report suspected diseases to the state veterinarian and aid efforts to stamp out outbreaks.
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Jeesly
Twenty Share Beef Ring Chart for 20 Members
Mr Charles Grose presents a chart from Farmers Advocate Canada for a beef ring of twenty members. He states he has used the chart for seven years and believes it the easiest to cut by of any he has seen.
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Farmers’ Advocate
Canada
Charles Grose
Calf Rearing for Baby Beef Production
A Farmers' Review note explains keeping a calf growing from the start using skim milk if possible, or whole milk until weaning. It stresses gradual weaning, avoiding a sudden switch to grain and roughage, to produce the slow-growing animal ideal for baby beef popularity.
Low Down Fodder Wagon for Efficient Handling
A Farm and Home description of a low rack fodder wagon designed to ease corn fodder handling. Features include a 7 by 14 foot top, 6 foot stands, 4 by 6 inch 19 to 20 foot stringers, and mounts on front and rear axles with extended kingbolt nut washers and hooks. Front stringers spaced 20 inches apart. 30 inches behind. short axle-to-platform reach prevents tipping. enables loading from shock and placing on cutting machine without stopping.
Gasoline Kills Thistles On Indiana Farm
A farmer reports gasoline applied from a small oil can to Canada thistles destroys patches within days. Repeated treatments kill roots and tops, with some fields cleared after two years. Spraying a large area remains impractical due to hazards to other vegetation.
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Indiana
Invention to Tell Egg Age From Air Space Size
Saxony based Cold Storage reports an apparatus that determines an egg’s age by the increasing air space at the large end. The device uses a glass vessel with angled lines indicating ages, and an egg’s tilt within a liquid reveals its age. Fresh eggs lie flat, while older eggs tilt more, reaching about 60 degrees at fourteen days.
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Saxony
Wessel
Unes
Pessimistic farmer grumbles as rich crops wear on him
Dr. Richard T Gottheil of Columbia University recounts an old Persian tale about a farmer who, despite a bountiful harvest, laments that such crops are terribly wearing on the soil. A visitor notes the farmer is fortunate, yet the farmer insists the abundance tires the land.
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Richard T. Gottheil
Columbia Univeristy
Vacation by Nickel Plate Road Promises Easy Trips East
An old advertisement describes summer travel by the Nickel Plate Road to Eastern resorts with quick routes from Chicago via a three train service and stopovers at Niagara Falls and Lake Chautauqua. Dining cars offer varied menus, porters greet travelers in uniform, and ticket prices undercut comparable lines. Also includes miscellaneous clipped items and testimonial notices about cures and remedies from period sources.
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Niagara Balle
Lake Chautauqua
Chicago
Wayne
Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
New York
Nickel Plate Road
New la Salle Street
Calahan
Adama St
Worrying the Landlord
A Clarinda resident faces a dog issue with a landlord while Florinda explains the dog was given away. Frederick’s anecdote about Ane barking and the phonograph adds a domestic detail in a Cincinnati context.
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Clarinda
Florinda
Fido
Frederick
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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