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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1896
Page
9
Gueries editor James Wilson Ames Iowa addresses butter and meat affordability, pasture improvements with clover sowing, and pasture management. He discusses dairy trends, corn and gluten meal effects on milk fat, blue grass limits, soil humus and soluble plant food, and regional trade tensions shaping western agriculture.
Dairymen in Iowa can substitute by products with oat fodder cut green and in dough stage for milk cows. Proper curing in sixes and bundles aids digestion, while combining oats with corn or corn meal during peak milking may improve butter quality and reduce mill feed costs.
The New York Experiment Station compared ground versus whole grain feeding in two Leghorn pens and two Buff Cochins, finding 14 percent more grain needed when grain was un ground. Yearly egg yield averaged 85.95 eggs per Leghorn pen with 173.45 ounces total egg weight and 10.04 cents per dozen feed cost.
The report compares Leghorns and Cochins on laying season efficiency. Leghorns yielded one egg per 3.12 pounds of dry matter while Cochins produced one egg per 3.67 pounds. Some pens paid less for feed than eggs. cost of grain influenced results, with Iowa having advantages over New York in grain cost and meat or butter production potential.
The author argues a shift to sheep farming over hogs, noting sheep convert feed efficiently, produce wool and mutton, and suit areas with scarce hogs or disease. With better fences and tools, and declines in dog-related issues, education will boost sheep farming and eventually replace pork as the main meat source.
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