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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1893
Page
7
Farmers and stock growers are invited to submit ideas and questions to the editor James Wilson in Ames Iowa. Readers’ queries will be answered through this column.
Iowa farmers discuss feeding practices and animal care noting overfeeding harms calves and hogs while good housing boosts profits. The piece argues for balanced diets, warns about wet weather, and highlights high beef prices, scarce farm products, and rising enrollment in agricultural courses at Ames.
In a long discussion from Oak Iowa the author urges better farm practice for hogs and cattle. He warns against overreliance on corn, promotes grazing and mixed feeds with peas and oats, and stresses exercise and proper pasture for breeding stock. He also reflects on selling the farm and the value of rural life. He concludes with a Q&A about black pepsin and butter yield, debunking claims and urging honesty.
The article stresses the critical role of soil quality in farming success. It argues longer experience and study reveal the necessity of good sub soil conditions to achieve productive yields.
The article urges farmers to drain wet fields and lay tile four feet deep or more. It stresses deep, properly laid drains to remove water, improve subsoil air, and speed soil warming for a quicker, more consistent growing season. Open ditches on lands with heavy floods.
Readers ask for corn varieties suited to black sandy soil and whether seed corn is sold. Advice favors dent types like Mastodon and Capital that mature in local conditions, with emphasis on planting the largest dent that will ripen to ensure quality feed.
The text notes a plan to cultivate land quickly to yield a large variety of crops. It emphasizes speed and diversity in production, suggesting rapid development of diverse plant species across the area.
Centran H Clark notes common field corn yields more feed per acre and weight gain than sweet corn. He cites up to thirty three tons of green corn per acre and advises when to harvest for silage or fodder. He also compares fodder quality and timing for milking cows and early fall cutting of sweet corn.
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