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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1894
Page
11
Guidance on economical chicken nests and coops using soapboxes and boxes for hanging nests. Describes two nest designs, placement in rows, pest prevention with lime or insect powder, and the importance of proper hanging hooks and uniform spacing. Also notes sunlit, warm coops with adequate light during cold weather.
The Philadelphia Farm Journal describes a cost effective two by three foot coop design for early chicks. It details glass shading, ventilation, night dust protection with old carpet or straw mats, and careful heat management to avoid weak heat-stressed chicks.
A Garden City Kansas survey reports wind powered irrigation pumps rising in popularity in the Arkansas Valley. Early setups use a five inch Gause pump with a 10 foot windmill, pumping about 65 gallons a minute. Costs total around 148 dollars with reservoirs built by soil excavation. Returns average about 100 dollars per acre annually.
The red Kaffir corn yields better than the white and ripens about two weeks earlier. Seed is equal to corn in feeding value and performs well even in dry seasons. Red Kaffir is expanding west of the Missouri with fodder harvestable while seed matures. Planting should use rows 10 inches to three feet apart. drill sowing requires tuning and thinning for good heads.
Richard Walsh of Stedwood County shifts from wheat to diversified crops, planting 10 acres of wheat with 100 acres of barley oats and corn. He raises hogs and cattle and participates in a Redwood and Lyons counties movement to diversify farm products amid hard times.
A Michigan farmer shares a long list of recommended vegetable seeds for novices. The outline includes Lima beans, Challenger and Extra Early, New Jersey pole beans, Wax beans like Golden Champion, Beets such as Detroit Dark Red, winter cabbages like Winnigstadt, snowball cauliflower, Celery varieties, early sweet corn Crosby and Cory, and lettuces White Star and Deacon.
Last year at the Divide experiment station experiments with buckwheat used two varieties Japanese and Silver Hull broadcast on poor ground. A June hailstorm destroyed the plants but they revived and grew vigorously with a very good seed yield.
The gate is praised for a handsome imposing frame that remains vertical and upright due to sturdy foot pieces. Built from good material and kept painted, it resists sagging and side inclination and will last nearly a life time.
Agricultural notes urge a small reserve garden for succession planning and transplanting. They highlight poultry benefits from chaff and cornstalk bedding to keep yards clean and active. The silo is praised as an excellent hay making machine that boosts manure and stock feed, potentially expanding timothy sales.
In bleak life moments when joy fades and effort seems useless the poem urges a small merciful act for a sorrowing soul. A single kind deed strengthens the spirit, loosens gloom, and lets a ray of sunshine drift through the clouds. Good Housekeeping.
Mr. Hurd declares a domestic holiday to fix things himself. He renovates, glues, paints, and gadgets through the house causing floods, broken glasses, a bent chandelier, and a ruined cape. His wife demands he stop helping, and he swears to refrain from further domestic interventions.
A brief quip from the Chicago Inter Ocean notes Mrs Dwight confirming fire insurance on their new house. The joke implies her husband fears fire so strongly he would abandon the home before it is rebuilt.
Congressman Warner argues that agricultural implements cost Americans more at home than abroad. He cites pamphlets and quotes from journals to show plows, mowers, cultivators, and other equipment sold cheaper overseas, and notes instances of U S manufacturers shipping for export at lower prices than in the domestic market. He asserts protectionists misrepresented the facts and that exporters often price to cover fixed factory costs.
Senator Mills argues in the North American Review that the Wilson Bill needs amendments to reduce duties and remove the sugar bounty. He suggests replacing specific duties with ad valorem rates and pushing early passage by the House and Senate after fair debate. The aim is expanded trade, better employment, and stronger national prosperity.
The Philadelphia Record quotes McKinley saying the Republicans were driven from power by pique passion and prejudice. He notes the pool protection issue as a forgotten factor and criticizes the party for not recognizing it.
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