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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1892
Page
5
Bere solicited from our former readers. Querios will be answered. Address to the Editor, James Wilson, Ares, Iowa.
The article discusses frost resistance, second growth after early cutting, and dairy expansion in the state. It warns about water quality for cattle, advocates better feed management, and urges farmers to grow peas and fall rye, with notes on hog fattening, road talk, butter markets, and pest control as winter approaches.
A farmer columnist argues grains and vegetables drain rural earnings and urges home production. He warns against fraud in butter making, praises private dairies, and notes the dairy school movement reshapes farming toward integrated, multi‑animal farms over factory competition.
Mr. Shepperd reports in Science on ewe milking traits from Wisconsin station trials. He notes variation in milk quality and quantity, fat content higher than cows, lamb weight gains linked to milk, and that selecting good milkers improves early lamb growth and overall breeding efficiency.
The judge interprets the inter state act as forbidding higher charges for longer hauls, but allows two railways to join in a joint haul. The decision notes a single road cannot violate the law, yet a partnership arrangement can evade it, redefining a line versus a road and suggesting two companies can defy the law while one cannot.
The article questions whether private dairies will end and argues milk pricing, factory work, and farm practices depend on widespread dairying science. It notes current gaps in knowledge and calls for dairying science to become household knowledge as cows integrate into organized farm systems.
The article argues that German chemical tests alone mislead ration plans. Practical feeding must combine chemist discoveries with real farm experience. Feeders should weigh quantities and costs, compare start and finish weights, and rely on station reports to judge what works on their crops and animals.
Lona Waterloo reports no formal pumpkin experiments yet notes cows dried up after pumpkin feeding stopped. Pumpkins praised for succulence, 89.1 percent water, digestible with balanced albuminous feed. not a complete ration, hay or bran oats or oil meal advised, avoid heavy feeding.
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