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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1910
Page
2
Calf rearing with skim milk aids growth but requires careful shelter and individualized feeding. Emphasizes dairy blood vitality, fall-born calves, and tying calves to prevent cross-sucking, plus sequential feeding with milk and grain for balanced development.
John M. Davion of Platteburg New York has created a smaller horse bonnet that does not impede ear movement. A suspended drum with a perforated bottom and a stretched diaphragm carries a weight that flexes with the horse’s head, causing air in the drum to circulate as the horse trotts or walks.
A New York State farmer explains rearing a lamb by hand, noting the lamb's appetite guides milk portions. The lamb typically drinks about one-quarter pint every three hours, with the last feed of the stretch reduced after weaning to half a pint three times daily. This method is claimed to yield larger profits than selling to cheese makers.
Raising swine for profit requires intelligent daily care and good judgment. A farmer should commit to permanent hog farming, as capital, labor, and time yield high returns. With expert stock raiser, net profits up to 300 percent have been achieved in six months under ordinary farm conditions. Choose a breed you prefer. well bred hogs from prolific strains sell well when properly finished. Live weight target 220 to 260 pounds.
The guide describes selecting well fattened hogs weighing 16 to 18 pounds per standard unit, with 10 to 12 pound asides, premium pricing for heavier weights, and curation of lean proportions. It emphasizes housing to protect hogs from wind, use movable partitions, and a dip trough via a rope pulleys system for efficient management.
The excerpt offers practical notes on livestock keeping, urging clean pens to prevent odors, proper feeding, and rapid growth of young sheep. It warns against selling prime lambs too soon, endorses castration of boar pigs by eight weeks, and stresses market-driven wool sales while noting inefficiencies in poor flocks.
A farmer argues green feeds are essential for poultry health in both confinement and free range. Lettuce, cabbage, rape and beet tops provide cheap, renewable supplies. cut tops rather than uproot plants to sustain feeds through summer and improve laying hen and chick growth without costly substitutes.
The writer argues dairy firms can raise prices by two cents a quart if customers value immaculate operations and pure, clean milk. Cites a New Jersey farmer with a 200 cow herd selling certified milk at 20 cents a quart to New York demand, showing strong local markets beyond big cities.
Poultry notes urge farmers to discard weak breeding stock and use fresh eggs for hatching. Provide grit, fresh water, shade, and avoid overfeeding. Feed ducklings protein and green foods for growth and meat. Heat accelerates mites and body lice, so good housing and feeding pay off. Summer chicks may yield more return than larger fall birds, with less feed and risk.
The guide advises isolating a ewe entering lambing for several days in a pen to improve outcomes. Hand feeding may be needed if twins occur to prevent loss of one lamb. Watch for inactivity or restlessness as signs of approaching lambing and separate the ewe for closer management.
A cautious article argues that diverse grasses on permanent pastures and meadows boost stock capacity. It urges selected seed for succession blooming, seasonal hay cuts, drainage, top dressing, and reduced grain dependence to winter livestock thriving.
A Vernon County Missouri farmer devised a stump burner from scrap parts costing about 1 25. The steel jacket from a food cooker forms the burner base and a bought top piece houses the mechanism. The device places over the stump and uses nearby fuel to burn the stump and roots. A simple, frugal solution that could outlast the stump with roots burned deep in the ground.
An excellent method of constructing an implement to replace an ordinary roller uses soil as the compacting medium. The described device blends soil with binding elements to form a compacting mass that presses soil or earth into a firm, uniform layer. This improvised compactor emphasizes simplicity and utility for field work.
A newspaper column cites thirty drownings across diverse locations under unsafe conditions, urging learning to swim and, crucially, learning when not to swim. It warns against headfirst dives into shallow water, reckless testing of unknown depths, and recommends practical precautions and parental guidance for non-swimmers and curious youths.
The article notes tomatoes as a major food item with sugar as the primary nutrient and organic acids defining flavor. It cites analyses showing tomatoes consist of about 92 to 95 percent water and 4 to 5 percent ash.
The text discusses reclaiming nutrients in tomato juice when used as food. It notes that nutrients are largely in soluble form, advises retaining the juice to preserve nutrients, and mentions the tomato's favorable influence on digestibility of other foods.
Bran milk and pasturage form bulky feeds suited to real young pigs. They help distend the digestive system and allow cheaper feeds to be used. Coarser feeds gain advantage over reliance on concentrates for early growth.
The note stresses maintaining cattle herds for economic returns rather than lingering with cows out of routine or slow management. It emphasizes prudent herd decisions, budgeting, and timely culling to maximize profitability.
Advice on using orchard space for fall vegetables, cooling tactics, bonemeal for vines, and safe work on cold days. Recommends corn as a high-yield, costly crop and praises long-handled forks for handling grain. Suggests plowing for late alfalfa, drying fields, and preventing water pools to curb disease and pests. Also notes decline of old grain cradles but praises their usefulness and easy handling.
Readers learn a porch yard project creating a vine covered tepee tent for children. Construct with bamboo poles and wire netting, add a sunny corner, plant annual vines for color, and optionally install a damp day inner tent or wooden floor for comfort.
Mrs Jame Carr of Trenton New Jersey, seventy four, told Pittsburgh police she fled after her husband said he disliked her. Found wandering Union Station, she hid details until morning when she disclosed her name and address. Her husband, aged seventy six, was informed and said he would travel to Pittsburgh to bring her home.
A humorous dialogue from Puck depicts Mrs Balfan shocked by a wild pitcher as Mr Balfan protests. The scene focuses on tame restraint versus unruly behavior, capturing light theatre tone and social etiquette of the moment.
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