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S&G Homesteade: July 2015
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Our two-and-half acre adventure. This has certainly been the month for the layers! All the other January pullets started laying, unfortunately no hen is broody this month, and we weaned the chicks from the broody Eileen, so all 24 pullets and hens were and currently are laying. This has added up to a new record for eggs: 364 eggs during the 31 days of July, that I am aware of! They are here, and they are so tiny! They are also absolutely cute . quick pic. 25 assorted guinea keets. As I watched, both slid...
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S&G Homesteade: Capon slips
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Our two-and-half acre adventure. Because Cappy decided to toss his head in annoyance just as I snapped the comparison pic. Size difference between Cappy (the blur). And hatchery GLW cockerel the age Cappy was when caponized. If Cappy had stayed a full capon, he'd probably have been our chick nanny for a few years, but as his hormones have come back he has lost his patience with the chicks. Ah well, he is a good size now for smoking. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe To S&G Homesteade.
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S&G Homesteade: May 2015
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Our two-and-half acre adventure. For the month of May, we had two pullets start laying - Beetle on the 2nd and Blackie on the 23rd - for eight to ten layers, with two going broody - Eileen-dark set four eggs on the 25th and one of the Wheaties set five on the 29th. So, kinda-sorta eight layers laid 183 eggs in 31 days, and nine of those are set. Capons as chick nannies. Puffy the nanny-capon and one of his Silkie chiks. Hubby and I just killed the second water moccasin (cotton mouth) in less than a month...
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Agrarian Nation: —1876—Patents onFruits & Plants
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Respect For The Past. Wisdom For The Present. Hope For The Future. From the Cultivator and Country Gentleman. January 27, 1876. We find nothing in the present act to change these views. Farmers and horticulturists everywhere would be completely at the mercy of all who chose to enter upon a career of swindling them. It would in all ordinary cases be easier and cheaper to submit than to appeal to the courts for protection. Deliver us from growing any fruit we cannot give away if we choose.”. 8220;If every ...
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Agrarian Nation: Agrarian Nation Update 2015
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Respect For The Past. Wisdom For The Present. Hope For The Future. Dateline: 5 March 2015. Apple picking into the ox cart. This 1880 photograph is one of my favorites. From the archives of this web site. Click for a larger view). I have ceased publishing new information to this web site, and am now focusing my efforts on a new web site called Agriphemera. But this web site is still full of many other wonderful excerpts from the Agrarian Nation. Here are links to just a few of the most popular posts.
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Agrarian Nation: —1826—WalnutsAn Excellent Family Medicine
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Respect For The Past. Wisdom For The Present. Hope For The Future. An Excellent Family Medicine. Everybody eats walnuts; everybody knows how to make a pickle. Of walnuts. Few, however, know the medicinal virtue of walnuts. Now, the fact is, walnuts, when prepared, secundum artem. Are an excellent opening medicine and alterative. And this is the way to prepare them:. The older it gets, the better it is. One walnut is a dose for a child six years of age, as a purgative. And other doctor stuff? Pickled waln...
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Agrarian Nation: —1874—Flax Culture
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Respect For The Past. Wisdom For The Present. Hope For The Future. Flax in flower ( photo link. Flax was a common crop in the Agrarian Nation. Especially in the northern states. Flax produced seeds for oil and fiber for cloth. The following excerpt comes from The Cultivator and Country Gentleman. Of March 26, 1874. Your correspondent G., on page 168 (March 12) asks for some instruction as to raising flax, time to sow, and the manner of harvesting, threshing, &c. Flax bolls ( photo link. The time to harve...
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Agrarian Nation: The Milch Cow—1825, 1842, 1843, 1849—
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Respect For The Past. Wisdom For The Present. Hope For The Future. 8212;1825, 1842, 1843, 1849—. Best Food For a Milch Cow. Sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkins and ground oats are unquestionably among the best articles of food for milch cattle. These cause the milk and butter to assume a fine flavor and rich color, at the same time the quantity and quality are greatly increased. Keep No More Cows. Than You Can Keep Well. Marks of a Good Cow. As for the almanac excerpts, please note that root crops and pump...
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Agrarian Nation: —1869—A Remedy ForCanada Thistle
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Respect For The Past. Wisdom For The Present. Hope For The Future. A young Canada thistle. From the Cultivator and Country Gentleman. May 20, 1869. Wales Centre, N.Y. Cows eating Canada thistle ( photo link. Thats a very practical, useful tip! I did some research to see if goats will eat Canada Thistle, and they do. Here is an excerpt:. Http:/ members.efn.org/ ipmpa/Noxcthis.html. 09 December, 2012 13:30. 09 December, 2012 17:18. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome To Agrarian Nation. Weekly post...
