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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1892
Page
5
If farmers shift from selling grain to feeding crops the farms gain wealth. A farmer with a stalled weaning colt asks about the best ration to restart growth and suggests feeding new milk and cream for recovery.
This year saw 80 prolific rusts on winter wheat, causing many varieties once thought invincible to be rejected later. Wheat that escaped rusts and yielded well this season may be valued for future planting.
The article argues for sheep ranching on abandoned New England farms to tap markets for lamb and mutton, discusses expanding rye in wheat breeding for disease resistance, and urges farmers to study grinding grain, water needs for sheep, and the value of winter wheat, crop rotations, and soil care. It cautions against bogus foods and endorses careful feeding and breeding of livestock for market.
The Kansas station finds winter indoor feeding reduces costs versus outdoor feeding. With ample money to build, it pays to keep stock comfortable as the north wind is a gross feeder. Gains drop as May warmth nears, so protection and feeding intensity matter.
Land values in Iowa are rising as investors and first rate farmers compete for farms. Rent for well improved counties runs about 3 dollars per acre, with 6 percent interest pushing acre value toward 50 dollars. If rates fall to 5 percent, value drops to 60 dollars per acre. Sir John Lawes' Rothamsted works prompt lectures in the United States and bolster Iowa agricultural study as the state builds practical, locally applicable farming texts and research partnerships.
A discussion by Gabrilson estimates that five men and two boys can put two acres of corn into a silo per day, with ten days yielding twenty acres. The piece weighs silage versus corn fodder, noting labor limits, field curing, and the value for milch cows versus young stock, while urging work for working men during harvest.
The article reports a legal clash over whether oleo color matches natural butter. Witnesses from the dairy and butter industries debate if real butter must be yellow, noting Massachusetts bans coloring real butter and highlighting differing expert opinions on color and quality.
Victor Iowa describes using a barre eburn No 4 with a pret windmill for washing clothes. White items go in luke warm water then boiling water, colored items in same water then cooled, saving labor and preventing knotting. A frame to hold wringer and reverse turning of barrel aid hand use. The windmill harnessed for laundry is praised as a sensible contrivance usable where wind power is available.
Inquiries inquire about growing Vick’s buckwheat variety and testing on Ames college grounds. Notes from T. F. May of Sanborn Iowa discuss gypsum and sand plaster as land amendments with limited success on oats corn and wheat. Japanese buckwheat cited as grown locally with offers to share seed next winter.
Plankinton 8. D. Grain Palace hosts its second annual exposition from September 28 to October 9. The event promises enhanced displays with daily features including a political tournament featuring leading party orators. A round trip fare is offered to attract visitors to South Dakota’s celebrated harvest festival.
The Iowa Central Railway announces excursion tickets at half rate on Tuesday August 30 and Tuesday September 27 to destinations across Northwestern Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota Montana Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Missouri Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah New Mexico Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Louisiana and Texas plus Kansas City and St Joseph MO. For rates and details contact local agents or Thomas P Barry G P A Marshalltown IA.
The Iowa Central Ry will sell excursion tickets to Portland Oregon from September 10 to 19 at half fare. Tickets are valid 60 days from sale for return and may use a different return route. For details contact agents or Thos I Barry FP Marshalltown Iowa.
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