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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1916
Page
3
A farm guidance piece explains disc harrows improve furrow bottoms by chopping trash refining soil and promoting moisture and nutrient flow. Proper bottom preparation prevents yield loss and aids wheat crops by reducing drying, baking, and root restriction, urging use of the disc barrow to save time and horsepower.
The article argues that a purebred sire is essential for dairy profitability, stressing that quality ancestry must be registered. It warns that breeding from scrub stock lowers herd value and that consistent use of purebreds could yield millions in ten years, making the sire the most profitable dairy investment.
Farmers who feed pregnant sows to develop bone and muscle are on the right path. Two weeks before farrowing place the sow in a dry draft free pen with a guard rail, minimal bedding, and ample water. Provide assistance if needed and keep pigs warm, then gradually reintroduce full feed. Ensure sow milk, exercise, sunshine, green feed, and separate creep feeding for pigs three to four weeks old. Weaning occurs at eight to ten weeks, with continued good care boosting yields and profits.
A writer warns that brooder fires stem from leaving lamps with the wick too high or a loose burner catch. Keep the catch tight, trim the wick safely, and never leave the brooder house until sure the wick cannot smoke. If smoking occurs, do not open the chamber door. fetch water and extinguish before air reaches melting oil.
The text asserts that water immediately suffocates burning coal oil and ends the danger, arguing against the belief that water cannot smother such fires. It urges using water at hand rather than chasing it and emphasizes the immediacy of extinguishing with water.
Guidance on achieving early tomato harvests using greenhouse, hotbed, or house-grown setups. Tips cover seed sowing, soil, warmth, light, transplanting into cans, frost protection, and staggered planting for a longer season. Includes methods for late varieties and storage considerations for home canning.
A survey highlights large supplies of fertilizer materials in city garbage. Waste contains nitrogen phosphorus and potash essential for crops, offering potential farm benefits but presenting city waste management challenges.
The document outlines turning municipal garbage into fertilizer by recovering grease as the primary value. It describes three degreasing methods, expected yields, and price ranges, noting current small adoption by U.S. cities and potential nationwide impact for farms and urban economies.
A.M.A. outlines practical chick rearing methods emphasizing boredom prevention and exercise. Morning dry mash in shallow boxes stimulates scratching, while nighttime grains and buried grain piles encourage foraging. Fresh chaff earth and green foods sustain activity and contentment for hundreds of chicks.
The article notes Canada holds a vast reserve of sugar in the sap of sugar maples, highlighting the country’s abundance of maple resources and the economic potential of maple sap.
The author notes mangel beets yield highly when fertilized and well cared for. Plant thick, drill seeds, thin to strong plants every eight to twelve inches, and cultivate with five-shovel tools and one horse to control weeds. Maintain rich soil and avoid early weed crowding for best late summer harvest.
Carl S. Vrooman, assistant secretary of agriculture, argues farmers must treat farming as a business, urging adoption of scientific agriculture. He notes many farmers work as hired help and warns against blaming abundance for low prices, citing potential yield doubling in wheat.
State experiment stations urge more oats in New England with idle land suitable for oat farming. Oats provide feed value for horses poultry and young stock and serve as a sailing crop for green feed. Director Woods Maine Experiment Station endorses 12 varieties yielding 74 to 83 bushels per acre with ample plant food to ensure high quality grain.
Astragalus species known as kevin in Persia provide gum tragacanth. They grow on mountain ranges around the Persian plain with bushes up to two feet high. In spring sap rises and branches are cut to allow sap to flow, which coagulates within hours on the stalk surface.
Lime does not replace fertilizers or manure. It supplements fertility by correcting soil acidity and improving sweetness for crops, but it does not supply plant food. Without organic matter and adequate fertility, liming alone reduces returns and can lead to poorer yields than unlimed land.
An Indian chief Squanto showed the settlers to fertilize land with fish to increase yields. Bradford notes his teaching as essential for planting. In 1621 and 1622, Mourt records 20 acres of corn and six acres of barley yielding well when treated as instructed.
A. E. Hodge of Somerset County Maine raised eleven hundred bushels of beets from one acre last year. Two hundred bushels sold at six cents each covered all growing costs leaving a net profit of nine hundred bushels or five hundred forty dollars. Manure and high grade fertilizer were used. similar methods applied to turnips and other truck crops.
Virginia truck farmer Director T. C. Johnson of the Virginia Truck Experiment Station reports one acre produced vegetables worth $3000 last year. He notes New England gardeners and truck farmers also exceed $2000 per acre via intensive methods and multiple crops. He stresses best soil, ample manure, and heavy fertilizer use.
A fashion piece cites Miss Okey of Ohio State University noting color guidelines for dress. Light hair and blue eyes suit blues, brown eyes suit browns, and hair color narrows suitable hues. Dark-haired women have broader color options, with blue eyes and rosy complexions allowing many shades.
A study finds that firing multiple blasts at once increases rock breaking efficiency by about 25 percent compared with single blasts.
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