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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1892
Page
8
Sarm and Stockard invite ideas from former readers and promise answers. Queries should be addressed to the Editor James Wilson Ames Iowa.
The piece advocates winter dairying with young heifers two cents a pound and higher butter prices, notes Iowa farmers prospering from grass farming, and comments on dairy practices. It criticizes phonetic writing and farm journalism while observing Western and Eastern perspectives on agriculture and the Wisconsin experiment station reports.
The article discusses milk fat separation in strippers milk and promotes churn based processing while noting separators work regardless of fat size. It contrasts proper drainage in Iowa corn fields with public opinion on butter fraud and theft, urging a line between stopping fraud and hindering commerce amid price games.
The piece argues for feeding studies to gauge a herd’s potential, noting that economic and waste considerations hinge on understanding stock capacity. It highlights estimating progeny effects from sire and dam feeding, mentions good small grain crops across the state, and discusses July weather impacting wheat, barley, and oats while noting cool conditions favoring small grains though not ideal for corn.
The passage discusses choosing ewes that milk well to raise strong lambs and notes that selecting breeding stock improves appetite digestion life vigor and inherited vitality. It argues against keeping poor milk producers and links corn supply to market meat and fry products, reflecting rural concerns and hopes for harmonizing regional cattle advice.
The Ames college for farmers' boys houses fifty young men studying farming science and practice especially dairy. About 100 more begin the short course this winter. The college will solve farm problems through student alumni and advisers, sharpening dairy industry in Iowa.
The writer argues about exporting corn to the German Empire to feed the poor while rye remains a cheaper loaf. They question who will grow corn for foreign sale and warn that farmers will not prosper growing corn for others. The piece extols selling butter cheese horses and cattle as more suitable for Iowans.
The British Jersey Register notes Prof. Frederick De Hunt on milk fat globules. Large globules tend to rise quickly and are linked to whey fat loss, while small globules stay suspended and favor cheese making. The work suggests globule size separates breeds into butter cows and cheese cows, with separators turning all breeds into butter cows, while large globules denote cheese cows.
The author warns sowing rape requires fencing and careful management to feed off or haul for animals. It is a fall feeding crop best suited to cheap, intensive labor and premium-fed livestock like milk cows. They doubt rape beats sweet corn, mangels, or rye for fall feed and advise small trial plantings before wide use.
In 1841 Americans used four pounds of wool per person and eight pounds by 1890, reflecting growing consumption and better clothing. About five of the eight pounds come from domestic sources while Britain watches sales of uz wool and hopes to push tops. The shift toward general purpose sheep aims to strengthen home supply and maintain mutton and wool production.
The author notes poor corn growth due to undrained, cold, and yellowed fields while arguing Iowa will not import grain. The plan is to sell less, feed fewer livestock, and prioritize dairy cows, steers, hogs, and good colts. Lessons include draining land above overflows and culling inferior flocks and herds. No town grain shortage is expected.
The Jersey Bulletin argues there is no unique cheese cow and discusses milk composition for cheese. It notes milk at 3.5 percent casein and fat makes good cheese, while higher fat levels require skill, suggesting well balanced milk yields the best cheese.
The article notes 8.5 parts fat to 8.5 parts casein as a cheese milk target while milk with higher fat than casein becomes butter milk. It praises experiment station workers, Capt Speer’s organizing effort, and Iowa farm editors for support as dairy research advances, with a new dairy producing 15,000 pounds of milk daily to test butter and cheese methods.
Bulletin 16 from the Iowa station shows flax with oil about 35 percent is digestible for animals. Feeding guidelines suggest starting with one to two pounds daily, scaling to four or five pounds in late stages, balancing with corn and considering cost. The study offers a starting point for farmers to gauge flax meal use.
Readers ask about sowing flax on sod, best grain for work horses, and methods to store ice. Answers suggest fall sod breaking for corn, flax on rich land but not excessive flax, ice requires dead air spaces and ventilation, saw dust as a non conductor option, separators remove all fat while gathered cream may miss some, oats best for work horses, and letting horses lick salt freely.
J C Fricx advises Rockwell City readers that oil meal plus corn hastens hog fattening. Start at half a pound daily and rise gradually, balancing oil meal with corn to avoid pale pork. Some oil meal feeding is profitable, especially toward the end, and oil meal aids digestion when corn is fed heavily.
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