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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1894
Page
7
The Ames Iowa column counsels readers on livestock, crop rotation, and dairy practices. It discusses export cattle losses, hay value, onion transplanting, wool and wool imports, and the impact of pests. It condemns animal harm, praises rotating crops, notes gender roles in farming, and laments hunting on farms while urging prudent production.
The writer notes population growth outpacing workman idleness while careless breeding lowers meat quality. Farmers are students, offering hope for better economy through improved breeding. Cattle feeding profits have waned in winter as prices fall. Butter declines due to imitations, hogs hold steady, and poultry worsens with low egg demand. Government experiments offer a cautious lesson.
The column discusses Senator Hill of New York promoting a bill to grant states jurisdiction over packages of counterfeit dairy products upon arrival, arguing it will curb fraud by shifting enforcement to state law. It critiques hog market trends, urges breeding and marketing changes, and urges a stricter code to end deceptive coloring and use of non dairy fats in butter and cheese.
The bulletin explains that reduced humus from long cultivation lowers soil moisture retention and nutrient availability. It cites Minnesota findings that nitrogen and phosphoric acid decline with cultivation, and notes that applying barnyard manure or humus improves moisture retention. It recounts fall plowing of heavy oats and rye in drought conditions as methods to boost subsequent corn yields through timely decomposition and soil enrichment.
The writer argues for expanding grain production and rail transport to access new wheat lands, noting scarce remunerative wheat prices, global migrations of agriculture, and the need to master skilled farming or work for wages. They warn against relying on unskilled labor and urge seizing worldwide market shifts.
A proposal to colorless imitation butter passes Senate agriculture and faces House support. Dairymen urge action, arguing yellow color misleads consumers and state control over original packages should extend to bogus butter. The public urged to write Congress and state legislators to pass colorless, honest butter laws.
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