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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1893
Page
4
Agricultural notes discuss dairy education expansion at the Iowa experiment station. Plans include three dairy schools starting March 1 with intensive instruction in cheese, butter, and breeding under Prof. Wallace and a practical dairy focus. Students may take regular coursework and dairy classes, with no entrance exams, aiming to boost farm efficiency and youth participation across the West.
The London Live Stock Journal notes two gallons of milk produce a quart of cream from Devon cattle. The statement hints cream content varies by dairy practices, while an American dairy journal would cite butterfat percentage to define cream more precisely.
An agricultural discussion notes that over fat breeding stock harms fertility and quality. Improved feeding speeds maturity and fattening but can reduce breeding value. It highlights careful culling of poorer animals and praising extensive beef packers Swift & Co for carcass data.
The Iowa Agricultural College at Ames reports high demand for dairy education with the dairy building now open to students. To manage enrollment and provide summer instruction, plans were set to extend classes through December and into winter terms, leveraging the college's dairy facilities.
A historical discussion on equine heredity, the impact of sire and dam quality, and the effects of management during pregnancy. It warns against overmating stallions, idle studs, and poor care, noting how latent weaknesses transfer to colts and how well-bred horses tend to be vigorous. It also covers mare nutrition, pasture needs, and winter risks.
In Dalton Iowa readers ask if white or yellow corn dominates the southern states and if feeding values differ. The reply says white corn has preference in the south, while feeding value depends on protein content shaped by soil, varieties, ripeness and cultivation.
Feed oil cake or oil meal with corn and oats for milk cows. Oil meal adds protein aiding casein production while corn/oats supply starch and fat. Begin with small amounts, increase gradually, and consider price per hundredweight. high quality cows and pregnant cows respond well.
In Battle Creek Iowa J C Preston corrects a farm department report claiming one acre was cut and shocked in two and a half hours. He testifies Mypse and a fourteen year old boy used the Whitley corn cutting machine, drawn by one horse, to cut two acres in 24 hours, and did it easily. He says he will not return to old methods as this proves faster and yields better fodder.
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