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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1892
Page
4
An economic and agricultural discussion stresses skill in dairy work, efficient feeding, and co operative buying. It contrasts traditional farm rations with chemist terms, advocates balanced feeding, and links milk output to beef profitability while urging breeders to combine feeding with breeding for lasting herd value.
Iowa dairying requires full feeding and year round water access to maximize cow productivity. Gradual shifts to oil meal and flax meal are advised, with caution on clover and carbonaceous feed. Emphasis on pasture use, balanced rations, and avoiding crank inoculation theories to protect herd health and market growth.
The discussion traces how experiment stations drive ration talk, aiming for widely understood conclusions. It notes determining grain and fodder values, shifting from foreign sales to home feeding, and farmers sharing experience in common nomenclature. It highlights albuminous grains in balance and ongoing learning, with money as a key outcome.
The article notes that farmers increasingly abandon crude ideas after experimentation. It states newspapers spread experimentation to the people, workers remove bias, and crops will be grown economically. It highlights rapid progress in agricultural science and rising demand for educated men in industries.
The article urges rotating crops on older Town farms, favoring grasses with occasional flax and barley, warns against overreliance on grain, notes soil exhaustion from crops, and suggests pasture and cow farming on poorer soils to sustain productivity and avoid poverty. It emphasizes flax in moderation and using legumes with grasses for soil health.
Questions answer peas for pig feeding recommended by Bristow and Iena. Plant peas four inches deep if no clover or pasture, else use clover. Peas mixed with corn boost albumin for hogs. winter use benefits far northern growers. Brood sow care suggests corn as part of a ration with oats roots or clover hay and oil meal supplement before farrowing to reduce abortions.
A cluttered advertisement page touts Hucklen's Armed Salve and Rozodoro toilet product with price claims and refund guarantees. It includes patient testimonials for Hood's Sarsaparilla and a Cough Cure, Pain Remedy, and other remedies with endorsements from Rev. J. V. Bou0rmeny and Dr L. A. Bhoetz, among others.
Promotes Southern Illinois lands as ideal for crops, dairying, and stock with rich soil and easy Chicago transport. Claims high yields per acre, superior apples and fruits, early vegetables, and healthful climate. Offers inducements to inspect lands via Minols Central Railroad to Chicago commissioner office in Chicago Illinois.
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