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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1910
Page
3
An advertisement from Woodruff Feed Company Anniston Alabama promotes Dried Beet Pulp as a dairy cow feed. It claims a 5 to 10 percent milk increase, outlines a trial offer with money back, and prescribes mixing 4 to 5 pounds pulp with 3 pounds cottonseed meal per cow daily with wet feeding.
The article advises starting small for suburban farming near cities with 600 to 800 Legorn hens two cows and dedicated plots for lettuce cucumbers potatoes corn and other crops. It outlines yields profits lessons and the need for an expert helper and a salesman plus frugal living and early rising. It also details cave excavation methods and storage practices with apples potatoes onions and other produce for winter.
A farmer built an apple cave by digging into a hillside. The 18 by 50 feet excavation reached eight feet high using plows and slips to keep walls plumb. An 18 foot evener and a 20 foot chain guided furrows, with teams working inside and outside to form stacked rows.
For winter storage celery should be banked up with earth at the base and covered until frost danger. When needed, bank higher to the top and cover with coarse manure straw or fodder held by boards. Ridges work but become inaccessible after ground freezes. Celery can also keep in a cool cellar or a disused hotbed or cold frame bedded in moist sand.
Watton offers best coal grades at reasonable prices. Call phone 72 to discuss winter fuel needs with O. Watton. jy8 tf
A Virginia inventor introduces a hand fertilizer popper for dairies and small farms. The odd shaped bucket feeds fertilizer through a bottom point into a fine broad stream. A hinged valve controlled by a rod and crossbar lets the operator start or stop flow easily.
The article explains that home butter production can outperform creamery prices by about 25 percent weight gain and 2 percent more value from buttermilk. Using a hand separator can raise butter quality and price while extracting more cream, making a separator worthwhile for multiple cows.
Valuable by product in dairy farming is manure. As land grows scarce and costly farmers seek to maximize fertility and productivity. The final dairy profit for owners of land comes from manure boosting crop yields and land value.
The article argues the male influence in milk quality passed to offspring is often ignored. It notes many dairymen are disappointed by heifers from good cows when using inferior bulls, while superior milking bulls can yield daughters superior in milk yield and quality. Emphasizes careful bull selection as critical to success.
A herd of 3,000 Angora goats works in two bands to clear heavy brush in defined mountain ranges in California. They strip bark and kill wild growth, proving effective for trail and land improvement with similar work rising in the East.
Indiana Farmer advises reducing fly breeding by preventing manure buildup and keeping stables clean. Use frequent fly- repellent applications if needed, shelter and darken windows, and stall cows or separate calves indoors during peak heat. Regular turning out at night and careful care yield better gains.
A Michigan farmer shares field guidance for eradicating quack grass. He advises plowing five to six inches deep to disrupt root systems and prevent regrowth. The tip emphasizes soil disturbance as a control method.
The passage describes replacing an old queen with a fertilized queen of Italian or Cyprian stock. By confining the new queen in a small guarded cage for several days, the bees learn to accept her, leading to colony acceptance of the new lineage.
A 1902 testimonial from Howard L. Klotz of Philadelphia claims Eckmans Alterative cured his severe lung illness after two years of hemorrhages and a pneumonia episode. The letter endorses the remedy for bronchitis asthma hay fever throat and lung affections and directs readers to the Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia for evidence and catalogs.
The text outlines timing for replacing old bees with new, due to losses from birds, storms, and other perils. It emphasizes forcing the queen to lay many eggs daily, ensuring ample honey reserves for winter, and protecting hives from storms. It also suggests sowing crops that boost honey production to support multiple hives.
A Coburn's note warns that green corn stalks attract pigs to chew sap and leave indigestible woody fibre. If cattle access this fibre, especially young stock, it can cause impaction and possible fatal harm. Keep cattle from yards where swine have stalks.
The Farmer column previously stated five percent for the blades and stains of the corn crop. The correct figure is forty five percent of the crop's nutritive value. Readers are urged to silo corn for livestock feed to prevent waste and maximize value.
The article argues there is no moral wrong in coloring winter butter and notes that coloring pleases the eye and palate. It suggests a strain of Jersey or Guernsey blood in cows assists in the coloring process.
Farmers urged to plant a special green forage patch to feed cows during coming dry spells. The advisory highlights timely sowing and maintaining the patch to ensure stable forage supply through hot months.
The text argues that guessing methods to determine a cow’s milk quality are unreliable and proposes weighing and testing as the accurate approach. It notes that guesses yield unsatisfactory results and emphasizes objective testing over guesswork.
A brief note notes an unimportant advertisement was not included in today’s edition and did not appear in the paper. No further details are provided.
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