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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1912
Page
3
Farmers often sow a variety that yielded well in a favorable season. The piece warns against shifting varieties based on past high yields and stresses testing new seeds in the same field with a standard variety to avoid biased comparisons. It notes variability across fields and emphasizes uniform, careful evaluation before adoption.
Forcing rhubarb indoors is simple and inexpensive for a few roots. Set roots in a box or on the floor, cover with earth, keep moist, and water as shoots appear. With careful handling there is little odor or dampness, and forcing can start immediately or wait in dormancy for weeks. Multiple crops can be grown in succession if space allows.
A discussion on pig swill composition warns against feeding offensive refuse to hogs. It highlights the danger of including salt and soda from dinner plates and kitchen waste, noting that wall and soda in large quantities are poisonous and can cause serious illness in pigs.
Canadian Pacific Railway notes Alberta potato trials at Brooks on ten acres in the Experimental Farm. The Dining and Sleeping Car Department has bought the entire output, claiming Alberta can rival British Columbia Ashcroft potatoes in quality and size, promising welcome news to local farmers.
The article notes silage is poor for horses and not a good feed. It emphasizes horses have small stomachs and need nutritious, not bulky food. It advises against feeding silage to hard working horses and suggests small daily amounts for idle horses to supplement coarse feed.
The Useful Mole Moles are usually considered to be beneficial to the farmer as they feed on insect larvae. They cause garden damage when they run through flower beds and lawns, but can be excluded from cold frames and hotbeds with half inch mesh galvanized wire cloth.
The article explains protein as a key nutrient containing nitrogen and other elements. It states protein builds the body and forms muscles tendons skin hair hooves bone and connective tissues, with protein comprising most body matter aside from fat, minerals, and water.
Abbottsford bidder Trethewey offers Purebred 8.0 White Leghorn and barred Plymouth cockerels. Apply 8 OL Trethewey P O Box Abbotsford Buc.
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