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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1893
Page
4
Arm and Stock Yard section invites farmer readers to submit questions. Queries answered by the Ames Iowa editor James Wilson. Address correspondence to the Editor and Ames, Iowa.
The text extols county farm institutes and avid readers of farm papers as sources of knowledge. It praises dairy testing, feed quality, and the influence of outside feeders while noting cheese fat preservation remains unproven. It highlights farmer self-improvement through speaking and active participation.
The article covers lice treatments for horses using a kerosene soap emulsion, barley as a nurse crop, and housing stock to save feed. It discusses dairy and creamery training, calf feeding experiments with skim milk and various meal rations, clover with oats seeding depth, and general poultry care including breeds and housing.
A historical note explains cows thrive on a ration where skim milk provides one pound of protein for two pounds of carbohydrates, and wheat straw presents a ratio of one to sixty five. It suggests skim milk or similar substitutes aid the cow with the straw stack while corn meal serves as another helpful input.
The State dairy school at Ames reports a complete system for butter and cheese with no loss in skim milk buttermilk whey or at the press. Experts note three factors separating ripening and churning and claim savings of $6,000,000 to the state from reduced fat loss.
The article argues that a hog shortage to scavenge waste will depress feeding this winter. With calves scarce and prices high, farmers must rethink beef production, exploring grinding corn with hay and new methods seen in New England, as traditional feeding falters. The piece notes dearer beef is on the horizon and calls for adaptation if hogs remain scarce.
The passage notes skim milk and corn meal and calves are the cheapest items in the dairy districts of Towa. It argues that combining these basics yields very cheap meat until calves no longer need milk, while fodders and grains remain plentiful and inexpensive on the continent.
The article notes a move away from pedigree focused breeding to practical, well fed cattle and horses. It argues low prices deter speculators and reward quality, predicting rising demand and prices for good stock while urging selective breeding and reform in livestock practices. It highlights cattle, horses, and sheep trends and the impact on Iowa farms.
A reader asks about alfalfa or lucerne and Bromus Inermus for Iowa livestock and soil. The reply notes alfalfa is poorly suited to Iowa compared with clover, except in localities with permanent water. it resembles clover but may not endure drought. Bromus iner mus is highly nutritious, surpassing timothy or orchard grass, and is under meadow experiments at Ames.
A Lone Grove item discusses feeding coal as a daily ration for fattening dogs and questions long versus short manure on potato ground. It notes coal aids digestion and gas absorption but doubts hog use of carbon. It advises direct spring manure from stable and prefers year-old or new sod land and field rotting.
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