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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1893
Page
4
The letter page urges practical farming over theory, praising careful breeding, feeding, and seed use. It discusses dairy cattle, mutton breeds, milk fever causes, and the value of leguminous crops while urging cautious grain feeding and on-farm grazing. It also weighs corn planting methods and row versus hill checks for weed control.
Questions answered on calf feeding with factory separated milk and flax seed, and on whether to yard cows or let grass grow. Advice compares oil meal usage with corn and cob meal, recommends protein balance, and cites experiments from 1891 and Bulletins 14 and 19.
The author argues that vague language softens the theft label and promotes stealing. They claim deliberate mislabeling of goods and heavy taxation as incentives, warning that evasive terms erode accountability and enable theft to rise.
The article argues Iowa soils thrive with drainage and warns that wet springs hinder corn and oats. It urges farmers to surface drain pastures and meadows and to tile drain to prevent soil baking and lodging, increasing productive power in wet and dry cycles.
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