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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1893
Page
5
Excerpts show pre solicited questions from farmer readers. Answers will be provided. Address inquiries to the Editor James Wilson Ames Iowa.
The piece urges practical winter grazing limits and notes drought stress on trees. It highlights Merino wool yields at Iowa Agricultural College, dairy focus, and farm methods from corn feeding to hog fattening. It discusses pasture, potato manure, oats vs clover, and Iowa’s feeding efficiency experiments.
The 1892 New York Dairy Commissioner's Report notes rations rely on cotton seed meal bran and corn from various states with German standards. It predicts a shift to locally produced feeds as regional supplies run out and states begin rationing based on their own crops. Wisconsin experiments push toward higher local carbohydrate use and revised ratios for dairy and beef cattle.
The piece notes severe drouth in Iowa localities cutting corn and stressing pastures, comparing Iowa’s losses with eastern states along the Mississippi. It assesses how drought has affected the state, with incomplete pastures and scarce forage described.
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