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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1895
Page
3
Farm and Stock Yard responds to inquiries directed to editor James Wilson in Ames Iowa. The item notes readers may send questions about farming markets livestock prices and farm operations to the newspaper office.
The writer argues for improved cattle quality and exercise, notes Mexico trade price targets, and predicts Iowa will not become a nation of large farms due to high acre costs. They warn against grinding grain for stock as prices fall, highlight sheep parasite problems, and urge pasture changes. Falling corn and oats prices will push down mill feeds, require price parity with European markets, and reflect tariff impacts on U.S. grain use.
Iowa farmers weigh cheap feeding options amid low cattle prices. Suggestions urge winter feeding of potatoes to horses and brood sows, while stressing that well bred early maturing steers fatten with proper feeding. Emphasis on economy, coarse fodders, and broader market implications for hogs, cows, and horses.
The article argues free entry of cheaper foreign cattle depresses American farm prices and hurts cattle producers. It cites a government policy move as worsening the situation, noting a large potential impact and ongoing uncertainty about how far it will go.
Iowa soil owners aim for profitable cattle through selective breeding and better feeders. The article notes import trends, butter and bacon hog markets, and the shift toward good milking blood, with emphasis on heredity and Dairy stock quality.
Bulletin 41 of the Minnesota station covers soils and the elements vital to plant growth. It explains how a plant suffers when any essential element is missing and lists deficient elements such as nitrogen phosphorus and potassium. It notes iron magnesium sulfur are usually abundant, while chlorine silicon aluminum and manganese are unnecessary.
The piece discusses corn absence, Canadian feeding practices, and Irish hog husbandry. It notes the Irish focus on high quality bacon, castration of sows before feeding to avoid heat effects, and a great market opening for town farmers to produce this valued hog product. A Canadian packer introduced the Tamworth breed.
A Iowa extension bulletin discusses feeding potatoes to cattle and hogs for milk and fattening. It recommends boiling or steaming potatoes for hogs and feeding potatoes with oats to dairy cows, noting starch availability and potential returns above 84 cents per bushel. It offers to add the reader to a bulletin list for experiment results.
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