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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
2
An experienced Illinois dairyman shows how raising a herd by strict targets pays off. He tests milk with the Babcock method, culls poor cows, and gradually raises yearly butter output from 200 to 300 pounds per cow. He argues quality over sheer headcount boosts profits.
A Baltimore American writer describes how to produce butter from healthy pasture raised cows. Key steps include clean milking stables, proper cream churn timing and temperature, and working until milk is exhausted. Butter is salted with 12 ounces per ten pounds, sold at 30 cents per pound, in five pound jars, yielding 20 to 30 pounds weekly and using 250 drops of vegetable coloring per 100 pounds.
L. T. Foss of North Adams Massachusetts built an economical poultry house using canvas and old newspapers. The canvas is nailed to studding spaced 18 inches apart and the newspapers folded to 12 by 18 inches and 32 layers thick were nailed on like shingles, then covered with painted canvas.
A rural notice urges kindness to sows heavy with pigs that wander into yards. Instead of shooing with a hoe, shut the animal in and inform the neighbor. The guidance argues this prevents future escapes and earns neighborly thanks.
The article describes a self sustaining farm where sheep supply wool meat and manure while grass weeds and farm byproducts are repurposed as feed and fuel. It emphasizes efficient use of all farm scraps for wood and mutton.
An illustrated guide describes a group pen system to house calves for exercise. Calves move freely in pens and are tethered at feeding to receive individual grain portions. Young calves up to two or three weeks require separate pens to prevent suckling before they learn to eat hay and grain. The calf pen should be well lighted, clean, and open to an exercising yard for good weather releases.
The article outlines diverse dry farming methods based on rainfall, including annual and biennial cropping, and mixed systems with catch crops to build humus. It explains water types capillary, hygroscopic, and free, notes deep dust mulches reduce moisture loss, windbreaks from wormwood Artemisia and other shrubs protect soil, and lists key implements such as plows, packers, rollers, seed drills, harrows, weeders, harvesters, and threshers.
The piece argues frequent dry farming failures stem from careless work poor seed quality and overplanting. It asserts neglect and failure to follow simple natural laws, not soil or rain, cause crop losses and warns farmers to focus on thorough work and proper practices.
The text outlines dairy economics metrics including milk yield per cow per year, butter fat cost, annual feed per cow, milk value per cow, and asks which cow is most profitable and which is poorest. It inquires about herd boarders, feed consumption during the feeding period, and the best and cheapest feed.
The article explains killing chickens by severing the head, allowing the body to hang to drain blood. It notes this ensures wholesome meat and suggests skinning the neck remainder and tying it with twine if the neck is ragged.
The article notes a goose yields about a pound of feathers annually. It advises against feather plucking in summer to avoid harming growth and market appearance. Feathers should be removed only when quill ends show no blood, indicated by flesh separation without pulsing.
Durum wheat largely thrives in drier regions with less than 20 inches of annual rainfall, avoiding irrigation. It is mainly a spring wheat and poorly suited to the south unless sown in fall or midwinter. Kubanka is the dominant variety, with several synonyms listed.
A temper under control aids cow handlers and good pig breeding costs. Paying 30 to 40 dollars to sire 50 pigs can improve outcomes. Overfeeding corn harms young pigs and many breeders fail to bring out breed potential. A few hours of teamwork and a scraper save barnyard manure. Keep a convenient sheep shed for shelter and separate lambs if nodular disease appears. An Argentine agricultural expo will mark its centennial next year in Buenos Aires. A daily digestive tonic may benefit livestock feeders in the long run.
A new style kicking strap described by C F Bassett in Farm Journal offers a safer method to break colts before hitching. The rope loops around the neck and belly band with a small pulley guiding a second rope to straps at hind legs, allowing full use of hind limbs while limiting backward extension. It is inexpensive and easy to make.
A Baltimore American writer praises growing first class fruit as a purely mental satisfaction not tied to money. He compares this pride to an artist or poet’s joy in creating, noting such craftsmen form a bond of kinship valued by the state as citizens.
An advertisement promises a free recipe to cure weak kidneys and bladder issues. It claims rapid relief from pain in the kidneys back and bladder, and includes an offer to mail the recipe from Dr. A. E. Robinson in Detroit, with emphasis on home use and no charge.
A dialogue shows a boy asking if moths affect clothes and a father confirming it is his wife’s concern. The exchange hints at household pests and family dynamics within a domestic setting.
The text cites Prof Fisher of Yale and Sir James Crichton Browne praising oatmeal for nourishment and strength. Fisher found meat eaters tire sooner, while non meat eaters show eight times greater endurance. Browne urges more oatmeal, eaten often.
A guest arrives late for breakfast and the host explains a no breakfast plan. The hostess notes the plan makes everyone feel better and expects the guest will share the same result.
An excerpt admonishes readers to value every moment and warns against using catarrh ointments containing mercury. The quotation from Goethe emphasizes the priceless nature of life and time.
Announcement for Perry Davis Bankiller ointment claiming relief from strains and sprains and inflammation. Ad touts various sizes and bottle prices, noting druggists carry the product. Includes a social jab about women and competition.
A promotional note claims Hope but notes it cannot deliver goods. It advertises Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as regulators for stomach liver and bowels. It describes sugar coated gay granules and says they are easy to take as candy.
A nationwide seed shortage hits corn oats and potatoes with Nebraska and Iowa among hardest hit. Farmers rush to John A Salzer Seed Co for farm seed and catalogue. The firm reports selling tens of thousands of bushels of corn potatoes oats and wheat annually and emphasizes large stock and reliable fulfillment.
The cartoon shows a landlord and a kicker remarking on the ease flies enter through screens and then exit again. It highlights a humorous exchange about practical living conditions and the resilience of flies.
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