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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1894
Page
4
Farmers read editorials on clover, potatoes, mangels, turnips, and the value of carrots for colts. Notes compare Canadian yields, discuss udder quality in cows, churning fat recovery, and the need for better stock farming. The piece laments game laws, critiques Coxey's army, and urges practical crop choices and root crops for winter.
The piece argues for matching feed to growth needs when rearing farm young. It stresses balancing nutrition like parsnips with a 1:7.3 ratio, using grass substitutes such as bran and grains, and emphasizes that young animals require a grass-derived manufactured product rather than fat alone. It highlights the use of warm sweet skim milk, careful handling when milk is unavailable, and cautions against artificial confinement that hinders natural growth.
The article discusses exporting fat sheep to Great Britain and importing early lambs for New York. It argues for developing local markets by raising high selling lambs, feeding milking ewes, and crossbreeding to create a robust Iowa sheep that combines milk and meat traits. It anticipates rail shipped dressed lambs and land value tied to skilled livestock handling.
Banner Iowa questions grinding versus soaking and cooking, balancing with bran or bran substitutes, and whether higher priced wheat or bran yields better pig growth. The expert notes soaking corn can be as good as ground, cooking adds fuel cost with unclear benefit, oats and small grains digestibility, and favors feeding oats with corn over selling to buy bran.
Real estate notice offers Ames lots or houses for sale with cash or monthly payment plans. Charles Whitaker and J A Kerr advertise options and terms to buyers in the Ames area.
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