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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1892
Page
5
Sarm and Stocklard invite former readers to submit ideas and queries. Questions will be answered. Address to the Editor James Wilson Ames Iowa.
Spain now admits our pork. Butter is sought to be about as low as it will go. The Babcock test is revolutionizing Iowa dairy men. Eighty per cent of our exports are from the farm. The wet season will check the over growth of insect life. Sow from a half to a bushel of millet an acre. Prepare land as for oats. Texas people speak well of sweet clover, a plant that is a pest up here. The agricultural department at Washington finds that farm labor is steadily rising in cost. The heavy rains have partially suspended dairying at the factories by wash outs and overflows. The way to improve a herd after you buy good blood and feed well is to select the best and sell the worst. You can trap pocket gophers with a common trap or poison them with potato that has strychnine inserted. The concentration of cattle business in a few hands tends to squeeze the producers and consumers more and more. Wrap a rag around cabbage plants and let it come an inch and a half above ground. This will prevent the cut worm from doing mischief. The first time through corn you must plow deep enough to scour the shovels. Less than that will not make a good job. Plow shallower later. Whenever we read after a man who knows that a certain breed of cattle is just what is wanted by every farmer, we conclude he needs schooling. Rains and snows have prevented North Dakota people from sowing grains in season. As they depend on wheat mostly, this is serious for them.
Real good breeding stock is selling well with buyers paying high prices. Several sales show farmers value quality while real poor stock sells like common animals.
The United States requires 500 million pounds of wool annually, about one fifth of global supply. The U S buys a fourth of its needs, mainly carpet wools, and claims to grow as fine wools as any nation.
Maryland experiments show pigs fatten better when allowed to forage in summer without grain, then fattening in fall. Victoria offers a six cent per pound bounty on butter exported to England and sold at twenty four cents per pound, spurring rapid dairying development in the colony.
The leading objection is that dehorned cattle crowd together in heat and fly time, causing sweating and overheating that would not occur if the cattle retained their horns.
Mrs. Busick of Wabash Indiana claims she can raise calves as well with skim milk as with new milk. She never allows calves to suck and feeds grain with the milk. She emphasizes warming the milk as the first point and urges farmers to study the art.
The article notes a coalition among packers to boost profits on producers and consumers. It discusses hay making for stock feed due to a wet May, advises planting flax in June, and using June ripening millets for fodder or silos. It highlights Indiana Dairymen and Wisconsin station sheep feeding studies, including a farmer selling bull calves and Jerseys noted in a talk.
The article notes two growth paths from different feeds. One path favours nitrogenous feed such as oil meal and bran, while another yields the cheapest growth from carbon-rich feeds. It suggests combining feeds likely offers optimal results.
The excerpt suggests millet instead of corn after mid June. If cut while stalks are green, the seed and hay are valuable and rich feed requiring careful feeding. Stock can be wintered on millet more efficiently than on immature corn, with uncertain chances for a successful fall harvest on corn planted after mid June.
The piece notes butter in eastern markets at 19 cents, harming eastern farmers who face high land costs and feed needs most of the year. It argues prices may push eastern competitors out, with pasture conditions and sun drying grasses affecting output. September may change the situation.
The Ames dairy program handles 10 000 pounds of milk daily from 100 patrons funded by tests. Nine seniors receive dairy instruction four are girls. The cheese annex will open in fall term. Agricultural courses gain popularity and other classes consider dairying in a short winter course.
A Horse Review writer argues against a long standing theory on sex control. He notes germs are not strictly male or female and cites data suggesting bias in births with higher male rates. He adds ovariectomized females can still produce both sexes and census gaps exist due to stillborn counts.
The piece argues that no corner exists in dairy business and commissions gouge farmers. Five percent equals transport cost when butter is cheap and grows to half again when prices rise. It urges farmer and dairyman co operation, hiring an agent to sell, and cutting out commission houses to protect profits.
A fragment notes that interference has made something impractical and that he may hear something said. The line hints at a discussion or decision impeded by disruption and expected verbal remark.
The article lauds Commissioner Tupper’s Dairy Facts for detailing Iowa dairy affairs, noting 705 creameries and 68,690,715 pounds of butter shipped, with home use around 100 million pounds. It highlights regional producers, co operatives, and the state’s dairy prosperity, calling the work thorough and valuable for future review.
In Geneva Nebraska advice favors millet for June sowing as best fodder, with sorghum a late plant and inferior to millet due to high sugar content and curing issues. Sorghum praised for deep rooting and trough tolerance in southern latitudes where millet fails. Question on Swiss cattle milkers and feeders left open.
The article notes the contrast between well drained and poorly drained lands in Iowa. It argues tiling impervious soils will pay, and leveeing river bottoms can protect flood prone low lands, emphasizing drought and flood resilience and preparation for rainy seasons.
A letter defends and clarifies views on the New York editor's misplacement of a biography and the Institute law. The writer disputes Klinefelter’s paternity of the law, vows no meddling in farmers meetings, and notes gratitude for ongoing support while resigning from visitorial duties. The piece hints at next winter’s outcome and respect for Klinefelter’s role.
J W Allen notes churn results compare with Babcock fat percentages and reports butter yield variation by feeding and pasture. He cites a 16 percent butter advantage over standard fat tests, with some weeks near 20 percent, and says pasture alone in June is hard to beat though grain can boost yield if grain price supports it.
A Springfield bound letter asks how to kill wild morning glory and pea vine invading Washington County fields. Suggestions include close pasture with cattle sheep or hogs, summer fallow, sowing timothy and clover, overstocking, and letting hogs root out remaining roots to eradicate the weed.
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