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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1896
Page
8
A Iowa farmer discusses soil conservation, subsoiling, and crop rotations to preserve moisture and nutrients. He urges returning roughage to fields, warns against burning straw, and stresses balanced farming over hog dominance. He advises sourcing simple dairy inputs over commercial stock foods.
The text argues against lumping manure and advocates light, widespread distribution. Spreading manure thinly allows rapid decomposition, partial mulching, and shade to reduce evaporation. It urges wider coverage in spring and fall pastures and suggests using a harrow when spreaders are unavailable to prevent rankness and keep stock on the pasture.
A rural statement urges halting burning of roughage to retain moisture as Iowa faces drier seasons. Decaying vegetation and humus help prevent desert conditions, and straw spread on pastures would curb evaporation and return mineral elements.
A reader asks about Alsike Clover and seeding. The reply notes Alsike is valuable for pastures with a low spreading habit, best sown early in spring with plenty of seed, and suggests using a grass seed bed alone with a light nurse crop like barley if any. Oats are discouraged for nurse crops due to shading and moisture needs. For old pastures, seed as soon as frost ends and harrow.
E M Kopp asks about better hog rations for nine Poland China shoats and whether stock foods help. A Kansas-ish Iowa reader notes corn and oats best in winter, oil meal may help, and warns on costs. The letter also asks about Butterfat tests, Babcock method, and butter yield from 3.9 percent fat milk. a dairy expert explains factors affecting butter yield and overrun, recommending a one sixth addition to fat percentage for conversions and noting losses in skimming and churning.
The North Western line announces Mardi Gras excursion tickets at very low rates from February 10 to 16 1896 good for return passage until March 14 1896. Tickets and information available from Chicago and North Western Railway ticket agents. Also special excursions February 11 and March 10 1896 to many points in Virginia Georgia Alabama Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas and Arizona.
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