Even depth and spacing in grain planting debated
A Farmer's Review contributor notes experiments showing wide variance in tillage depth and seed counts per square foot with oat crops. Experts warn exact evenness is impractical and could backfire, while highlighting that generous space often yields better results and practical limits for seed. Livestock notes urge careful horse care, bedding, feed, and the value of the colony system for poultry housing due to mobility and disease reduction.
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Farmer's Review
Ro Barnes
Minnesota College of Agriculture
Elise
Eise
James Dryden
Poultry Department
Oregon Agricultual Colle
Dryideg
Score One for the Automobile in Farm Practice
The article discusses how farmers may accept autos as costly yet revealing that dusting roadside plants with ordinary dust can repel aphids and pests as effectively as costly powders. An experiment coated turnips peas and cabbages with dust, eliminating insect parasites and showing autos as a cheap protective method.
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Althouigh
Everbody
When the Chicks Get Wet
A Farm Journal correspondent notes that chickens exposed to unexpected showers can go limp. The quickest remedy is a bath in warm blood heat water, then drying near a kitchen range until they regain liveliness.
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Rasen Emekens
Farm Journal
Hog Tonic Mixture Recommended by U S Department
The United States department of agriculture suggests a hog toning mix using Wonder charcoal, salt, lime, hyposulphate, sulphate, and antimony sulphide. Powdered thoroughly, a dose is four large tablespoons per 200 pounds of hog flesh, administered in a thin slop for convenience.
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Unitedtates Aepartment of
Alture
Milk Coolers and Worms in West Virginia Experiments
Experiments at a West Virginia station showed that washing and scalding milk coolers left many worms and spoiled milk during cooling. Only live steam stopped the trouble. After thorough steaming of cooler andHartling machine the cooling benefits grew, guiding long term practice.
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West Virginia
Will
Pure Bred Sires vs Scrub Ewes in Farm Practice
The article argues farmers pay up to 100 dollars for pure bred sires and would not settle for scrub stock at a tenth the price. It suggests culling old ewes past productive value and fattening them briefly before disposal to maximize profit.
Balanced Feed for Horses and Nursing Advice
Advice on horse feeding details a nurse should use a quart of oats and a quart of bran daily when idle, three times daily when at work, with corn substitutions occasionally and fodder in moderate amounts. Emphasizes ample water and regular hours for feeding and hydration.
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Iowa
Dynamite Affects Farm Lands in Groundbreaking Ways
An era of agricultural progress hinges on dynamite use to blast stumps and hardpan, drain marshlands, and quicken crop growth. The practice, growing from skepticism to wide adoption, spawns professional blasters and routines for safe, effective blasting in fields, swamps, and cutover land.
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Flo
Antry
Passenger train schedule fragment for Wabuska Ludwig and Lintwig
A dated timetable fragment lists a series of train numbers and routes in Pacific Time. It shows northbound and southbound services with destinations including Wabuska Ludwig Lintwig and Levant, noting daily or ex Sunday schedules with approximate times. The legible entries include No 4 No 5 No 7 No 2 No 6 and No 8 trains with corresponding times such as 12:40 p.m 1:58 p.m and 4:23 p.m.
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Northhewnd
Pacific Time
Wabuska
Wabaska
Sun
Ae Levant
Southboumd
Ludwig
Lintwig
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