Dairying Topics and Hoard's Dairyman Editor A J Smith Dead
Readers invited to submit ideas to Edi Tames Wilson Ames Iowa on dairy matters. Notes on dehorning, farm factories and separations, tile drainage, milking habits, calf value and cattle selection. A J Smith editor of Hoards Dairyman is dead, praised for fact driven dairy journalism and West wide influence.
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Tames Wilson
Ames
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Hoard’s Dairyman
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Butter Color Sorting Drives English Market Trade
Dealers in England buy un salted churn butter, sorting by color to profit from market taste for uniform hues. They purchase before salting, as markets vary in preferred color.
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The New England Farmer on leadership and corn silage
The editorial warns against failed leaders in farming and notes silage quality depends on dented corn. It cites Guelph station findings that immature corn yields poor stock when fed. It predicts more immature corn this year and recommends fodder curing and siloing to avoid acidity. It discusses anti option and pure food bills and politics in Iowa Illinois.
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Farm editor quarrels over growth and butter in rural life
A rural editor criticizes narrow colleagues, argues skim milk lacks growth value, and urges proper fat for beef and dairy. He laments farmers selling good butter cheap to city stores and calls for better preservation and county fair attractions to draw farming visitors.
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Temple
Fairs, Charity, and Tanner's Fortunes in Reform
The piece critiques fairs with objectionable features and the revenue they generate, arguing some patrons boycott such events. It discusses Tanner’s fasting fame and a controversial plan to move orphaned children west to raise them, claiming heredity would shape generations though perfection remains uncertain.
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Tanner
The Separator's Labor and Farm Prosperity Outlook
The piece discusses farm labor shortages and the potential shift in dairy processing at home. It predicts eventual changes as free lands decline and population rises, enabling on farm manufacturing, improved cheese quality from better butter quality, and the possibility of farmers producing tea and controlling temperatures for dairy operations.
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Lowa
Economic considerations in horse breeding for farmers
The article argues that farmers should avoid keeping mares to raise colts unless they are pedigreed and marketable. It notes April to June as peak work, with timing of foaling affecting work load, haying, and harvesting. Grass-born colts are deemed healthier, while late foals can nurse longer and start well, despite wintering challenges.
Hog Rearing Shift Toward Lean Meat and Grass Diets
The author argues to reduce lard by avoiding corn heavy feeds and bogus butter schemes. Hog growth should favor grass peas and clover over grain to improve lean meat, slow growth, lower costs, and protect land. Grain emphasis hastens early maturity and erodes soil health versus yearly steer growth.
The Separator and the Calf in Dairy Feeding
The piece argues the separator removes fat from skim milk harming calf growth. It suggests enriching separator milk with flax meal oat meal and pea meal and feeding warm to calves. Grains aid growth after three months.
Farm stock the result of others' thinking and planning
A brief reflection on how farm stock quality reflects the long term planning and ideas of previous generations whose work shapes current yields and practices. The text emphasizes continuity and the value of accumulated knowledge in agriculture.
Importing animals requires matching local conditions and careful breeding
The text argues that domestic animals adapt to soil, climate, habit and selection. It warns that imports must be suited to local environments or risk latent traits, impaired symmetry, or reduced performance. It urges studying needs, near replicating ideal types, and improving draft horses cattle sheep and beef yields locally.
Hay cutting and feeding: when to cut for each animal
Experimenters advise cutting hay earlier for milk cows and fattening steers to maximize nutrition, while growing stock and idle horses can use coarser forage. Younger, greener grass cures better but yields less. older hay yields more but with tougher fiber. avoid grass seed in rations.
Crossing Poland China Hogs With Chester White Advised Against
The advisory notes Poland Chinas are bred too fine with small bone and short bodies. It recommends within breed selection to restore old style, warns against violent crossbreeding with Chester Whites, and suggests visiting other herds to find larger boned examples.
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Wonster City
Iowa
Poland
China
Harrow or Rollers for Early Corn Clod Control
Centra Cory reports advice on corn cultivation from July 2. ESCRIBER warns harrowing after emergence damages corn and creates uneven stands, recommending thorough harrowing before germination and using rollers or planks after prowing to prevent clods.
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