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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1916
Page
3
Guidance on sowing oats early for better yield and quality, noting cool, moisture-balanced weather as ideal and hot humid spells as dangerous. Emphasizes proper seedbed, shallow freeze tolerance, and early varieties to avoid late-summer heat and humidity. Recommends clover-oats seedbeds and warns against deep or uneven covering.
Practical guidance from G. L. S. on brooder care for baby chicks. Focuses on warmth, clean bedding, varied forage, and daily amusements to prevent overfeeding. Recommends hot water bottles, a pail of earth, lettuce with soil, chaff, hidden grain, green onions, sprouted oats, rolled oats, and a sand pile to occupy chicks. Emphasizes not overfeeding and keeping chicks active, warm, and clean.
A reader from Nebraska asks about bloody milk after a cow gives birth. The column notes blood can appear for a week after a heifer’s first calf due to rupture of small udder vessels from congestion of large milkers, and advises milking gently three times daily and giving saltpeter and poke root in feed twice daily.
In the Pacific northwest wheat region a spate of fires and explosions damaged hundreds of threshing machines. Six scientists studied field and lab work and traced the outbreaks to tilletia tritici stain smut, which under certain conditions became explosive. No criminal act was involved. arrests were overturned after scientific proof.
A farm guidance note explains that feeding surplus milk to poultry increases egg production and quality. Milk-fed poultry fetches higher prices, while milk aids year round laying. Daily washing of feeding vessels and using clean crockery is advised. if limited milk is available, moisten mash for even distribution.
The article explains purifying butter by washing to remove buttermilk then salting with pure fine salt at one ounce per pound. It advises gradual mixing, a 24 hour rest, and packing for market. Salt flavors and preserves, while water in butter affects dryness. Emphasizes cows’ constant water access.
An old farmer notes most pastures lose forage when left to self repair. Seeding clover and timothy with a disc drill boosts growth during summer drought, improves soil moisture absorption, and provides pasture through July and August. Clover adds nitrogen and helps suppress weeds while blue grass remains strongest.
A historical farming note advises feeding sows properly in winter to prevent cannibalism. It cites corn alone causing feverish, restless sows at farrowing, and recommends adding pumpkins, root crops, alfalfa, clover hay, or protein. It also suggests slop with kitchen waste and digester tankage, weekly salt and ashes, slack coal, crude oil for lice, and simple nest bedding to improve litter outcomes.
Annual oats crop losses to smut are avoidable. The formalin seed treatment is simple and inexpensive, reducing smutted heads. Experiments and farmer observations support the value of treated seed in their communities.
A detailed guide explains how formalin-treated oats kill smut spores spread with seed oats. It covers mixing ratios, handling, and curing steps, including spreading the treated grain to dry, keeping the pile shallow, and airing to vent the formalin gas. Safe feeding only after complete drying.
The piece urges dairymen and farmers to protest any congressional bills that would allow oleo to be sold as butter at butter prices. It argues this fraud harms honest marketing and calls on beef and grain men to support dairymen in safeguarding fair competition.
Advice for creating a seed bed by burning a weed heap on a sheltered south side then turning the soil to mix ashes and sterilize the ground. After cooling, sprinkle seeds lightly and cover with brush to deter birds, with careful raking to finish.
A Fairy offers a man a swap of lives with any person. He selects a poor, hardworking fate then a rich famous life, then a lonely powerful life, and finally a man of success with loved ones. He learns true happiness lies in appreciating what he has and that many others are already the happiest living, though unaware.
A tip suggests to foretell frost by laying straw hay over beds or covering with an old blanket or carpet as protection. The advice attributes the method to M. C. and emphasizes simple home measures for cold nights.
The State Department of Agriculture warns milk and cream containers in the state are often short or dented and must be the standard size, sealed and properly marked. Jobbers and creameries urged to stop using short measures and ensure cans show capacity on test.
A historical note links cabbage to moderation and wine handling. Egyptians reportedly ate boiled cabbage before meals to curb drunkenness, while French vineyard keepers avoid planting cabbages near grapes to protect wine quality.
The article explains wheat has two broad classes winter or soft wheat and spring or hard wheat. Winter wheat is sown in fall and harvested in summer, while spring wheat is sown in spring and harvested later in summer.
A grain of wheat comprises the husk with five bran layers, the cereal layer, a thin membrane around starch cells, and the germ. Milling removes the bran coats and the germ.
A kitchen tip suggests scraping corn from the cobs and adding a little cold water to create a creamy base. The cob scraps are boiled with the beans to extract sweetness, producing a richer texture before the corn is added for final succotash.
The article explains Graham flour is produced by grinding the entire grain to a moderate fineness. It notes that whole wheat flour is made by grinding the grain and removing the three outer coats, and that germ removal affects color and keeping qualities.
The report notes that Canada's forests cover an area more than twice the size of Europe. It emphasizes the vast expanse of Canada's woodland and its global environmental significance.
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