Keeping Sweet Potatoes Through Winter
The article shares a method to keep sweet potatoes through winter using pine straw, careful digging, and controlled sweating. Dig after frost or cut vines, lay potatoes sun warmed, stack in piles of up to 25 bushels, cover with pine straw, build a board shed, and let sweat before earth covering. For family use, smaller piles can be kept in a dry warm place.
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Keen Az
Wii Chex
Tatesville
N. 4
Uswe'et
W. F. Massey
Hoticulturist
N. C
Hendie
Rations for Fattening Pigs Expert Guidance
Answered by F E Emery Agriculturist N C Experiment Station J D G Lexington N C the ration is good for growing and fattening pigs on fast but should widen as pigs gain weight by adding corn and bran and adjusting pea meal ratio. guidance includes specific weights and protein to carbohydrate targets and notes experiments on cooking vs feeding dry with water access.
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F. E. Emery
Agriculturist
N.C. Experiment Station
J. D.G
Lexington
N. C
Ibs
Wong
F. BE. Emery
N.C
Break a half blood Jersey heifer from licking habit
An expert states that curing a low value heifer is unlikely to pay. Side bars or nose contrivances may stop licking, but the effort and cost rarely recoup feed and risk. For inferior stock it is better to fatten on Bulletin 80 p. 14 rations and invest in a young cow without bad habits.
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E. R
Asheville
F. E. Emery
Agriculturist
N. Oc
Push for better beef stock and home market supply
Farmers urged to fatten cattle before sale to raise value per pound and improve marketability. Bulletin 81 notes profits from fattening and the need to shift from shipping best beef out of state to supplying local markets with quality stock.
Station invites agricultural questions from readers
The Station will welcome questions on agricultural topics sent for reply. Address questions to the N. C. Agricultural Experiment Station Raleigh. Replies will be provided by the staff member best suited and published when of general interest to extend the Station’s usefulness to practical farmers.
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N. CG
Mixed Notes Reveal Oddities and Local Headlines
A humorous collage notes varied items from Irish nationalism to a Boston estate with autographs valued at $25,000. It mentions a stubborn beer dealer in South Carolina named Metze who defied arrest and killed a local official years ago, signaling tense local crime undercurrents.
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John H. S. Foggy
Boston
South Carolina
Metze
Columbia
Evaporated Sweet Potatoes Prospects in North Carolina
W F Massey of the North Carolina Experiment Station advocates drying sweet potatoes to improve shelf life and utility. He suggests slicing and evaporating or grinding into meal for package sales with recipes, arguing that packaged dried sweet potatoes could create a strong market in Eastern North Carolina.
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North Carolina
W.F. Massey
Indian Pipe Monotropa Uniflora Identified On Farm
Reader from Powellville asks for the name of an enclosed plant found in shady mushroom locales. Botanist Gerald McCarthy identifies it as Monotropa uniflora, commonly called Indian pipe or Fit Root, a leafless parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll. The piece notes its homeopathic uses and market value, with Borricke & Fofel cited as Philadelphia dealers.
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Powellville
N.C
Gerald McCarthy
N. C
Borricke & Fofel
Philadelphia
A Young Girl's Fortune From Dr Miles Remedy
A Brighton New York mother recounts her daughter Blanche improving from nervousness and suspected St Vitus dance after using Dr Miles Restorative Nervine. From 75 to 106 pounds, restored use of her arm, better appetite, and school life. Sold by druggists with guarantee or direct from Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana at $1 per bottle, six for five dollars prepaid.
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Blanche
St. Vitus
Miles
Elkhart
Ind
Compound Oxygen Treatment Promoted by Starkey and Palen
An advertisement touts the Compound Oxygen Treatment by Drs. Starkey and Palen at 1529 Arch Street Philadelphia claiming cures for chronic diseases after 23 years of use. It offers a 200 page testimonial book free and lists offices in Philadelphia San Francisco New York Toronto to avoid imitation.
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Starkey and Palen
Arch St
Philadelphia
Penn
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Areh St
San Francisco
California
New York City
N. Y
Toronto
Canada
For Sale: House and Lot on Greene Street
For sale a half acre on Greene Street opposite J D Farriers. Includes a seven room dwelling with liberal terms. Apply to n22tf W BLOUNT.
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Greene Street
J. D. Farriers
W. Blount
Sale of 50 Acre Jacob Daniel Place in Wilson County
By decree of the Superior Court of Wilson County in the case of Mary Eva O Hagan et al v John O Hagan by their next friend Doane Herring the court will sell at the Wilson Court House door on Monday January 1 1894 the Jacob Daniel place a 50 acre tract in Black Creek township adjoining James Daniel and others. Cash terms. Doane Herring Commissioner.
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Superior Court
Wilson County
Mary Eva O'Hagan
Charles James O’hagan
Doane Herring
John O'Hagan
Court House
Wilson N.C
Black Creek
James Daniel
Jacob Daniel
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