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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1892
Page
5
Readers are invited to send questions to Editor James Wilson in Ames Iowa. The column welcomes ideas and seeks farmer input with answers provided by the editorial team.
An Iowa journal urges strict meat and dairy reforms, cites lung plague in cattle from Britain, favors stopping imports until eradication, and pushes water access via high point boreholes. It discusses breeding sires, care of pigs and sheep, private car freight protests, rising land values, and drought resilient feeds like turnip roots and oats for a shrunken dairy sector.
The piece argues dairy skill from cow to curd, noting rennet timing and fermentation as essential. It contrasts Eastern and Western practices, laments drought impact on pastures, and observes lice on turnips while mangels fare better. It cites a Cedar Rapids merchant importing New York cheese and urges domestic cheese production using local feed.
The blue grass and three year old clover mature at different times and cannot be cut for hay together. Plow up clover fields after two seasons to prevent an uneven swath of ripe blue grass and clover. If permanent pasture is not desired, the land is full of clover roots and the plant has done all it can.
The discussion notes a shift toward unripened curd over aged cheese and highlights growing demand, with Iowa factories avoiding skimmed product and Wisconsin and New York cheese playing a major role in regional trade. It mentions a strategy of shipping east and keeping summer products for winter, and remarks on scarce water impacting herds and ponds.
A historical discussion explains securing corn as shocks versus silage, noting moisture, weather, and housing timing. It highlights the shift westward, the need to compare shocks and housed feeds fairly, and that a short season caused ripening challenges with some expected shrinkage but more corn overall.
A confident observer notes broad material progress in towns and counties while asserting that moral and religious life strengthens alongside wealth. He cites sacred observance, education, charities, missions, crime decline, and overall good behavior as proof of ethical and spiritual growth.
An editorial discusses wintering stock with field corn and silage, praising in-field handling of shocks and delayed feeding. It surveys competition from Northwest grain fields, British and European feeders, cheaper transportation, and rising American meat exports, urging continued expansion into foreign markets while balancing home production.
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