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Local residents plant trees in a neighborhood grove. Volunteers gather Saturday morning to water and prune saplings and improve curb appeal for the community.
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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
7
Farm Advice Digest for Poultry and Livestock Care
Farmers receive practical guidance on dairy and poultry management including cow butterfat targets, sow and lamb care, brood sow vigilance, and heat tolerance in horses. Emphasis on feeding quality cows, clean hog pens, proper nest sizes, and efficient grazing to improve milk, eggs, and meat yields.
Feeding and Care of the Spring Pigs
A sow with several piglets can be profitably kept by suburban households using kitchen waste. Provide dry beds, sunshine, clean water, and ample feeding to grow healthy pigs. Build sunlit hog lots, keep troughs clean, and ensure warm bedding for farrowing. Use a herbal mix to prevent scours and worms. Pork demand remains strong with low risk of market overstocking.
Sanitary loft rules for squab production and processing
Practical guidance on cleaning pigeon lofts and nest management, harvesting squabs, and spotless butchery. Includes rounds of cleaning, nest handling, egg and squab care, bleeding procedure, plucking sequence, cooling, washing, and packing with ice and paper in clean containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Leutz
Avoiding Grub in the Sheep Flock
The article explains grub in the head in sheep, caused by the sheep bat fly larva in nasal cavities. Eggs hatch, larvae reach the eyes, persist ten months, then emerge, restart life cycle. Prevention includes tarred noses, salt via holes, and dark shelters. treatment is trephining by a veterinarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goats
Lime Improves Loose Sandy Soils With Green Cover
Lime can make loose sandy soils more compact and moisture retentive. A carbonate of lime is advised in smaller amounts than for clays. Applying lime to a green crop turned under speeds humus formation and fills voids between sand grains. Those experts on light soils say sandy soils respond best to liming when green matter is incorporated.
Don’t Forget to Spray for Better Crops
Don’t spray trees while bloom is on as it kills bees that pollinate fruit. Spraying bushes and vines at the proper time protects against insects and yields perfect fruit. A farm spraying outfit can be small and affordable and pays for itself in the first year.
Why silage forms from chopped corn in a silo
The piece explains silage chemistry: once cut from the stalk, corn undergoes fermentation turning sugar into lactic acid. Sealed silo conditions trap moisture and heat, guiding predigestion and palatability, while exposed outside plant dries and loses moisture, halting fermentation and reducing value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Agriculturist
Protection for sore shoulders in working horses
The shoulder is a tender spot and a poor fit collar causes discomfort. Do not reuse collars on different animals. Bath shoulders nightly when work begins. Clean collars before storage and lift them to clean after morning work. Some teamsters remove homes at noon to relieve neck strain.
Fattening Hogs With Cheap Farm Feeds
The article urges using farm feed for hog fattening, noting pasture rape and forage crops yield moderate-cost gains. It emphasizes cost efficiency and practical methods to improve hog weight gain using readily available resources.
Not Good for Hogs Bran 6 Coarse Fiber Mix Lacks Digestive Fit
Bran 6 and coarse fibrous food are not suited to pig digestive systems. The text cautions against uses that fail to match the pigs' digestive organs and implies lower efficiency or potential issues.
Grains for Good Pork Feed Quality
Grains for pork production emphasize feeding wheat rye oats and other grains with nitrogen content. The best pork quality is produced when nitrogen rich grains are used in the diet.
Keeping Chickens in the Garden for Young Broods
The article notes that a few week old chicken broods benefit gardens by eating numerous insects and causing no harm to young plants. A long narrow wire covered run attached to the coop can be placed between rows, especially corn, with mesh netting to confine chicks and hen as needed.
Marking Mature Fowls With Jeg Bands
The method for identifying mature fowls uses Jeg bands numbered and fastened around the bird’s shank. These bands help owners track age breedings and laying qualities of each specimen.
Inviting Disaster for Hens With Scaly Legs Remedy
Advice warns against placing a hen with scaly legs mites or lice and suggests dipping legs up to the feathers in kerosene to cure the scales. The guidance frames the treatment as dangerous and unnecessary.
Water-Based Wash Destroys Egg Appearance
Water dulls the fresh look of eggs after washing. A small amount of vinegar in the water helps preserve color. Use as little water as possible to keep the eggs visually appealing and fresh in appearance.
Result of Neglect Causes Hen Returns Under Adverse Circumstances
The fragment notes hens produce returns or eggs under hardship, citing neglect as the cause. It references adverse conditions and the resulting impact on yield without detailing the circumstances or outcomes.
Markets Report New York Wholesale Prices
Prices for live stock and meats show mixed readings with steers at 7.60 to 9.0 per 160 pounds, cows 5.0 to 8.85, veals 7.00 to 12.25 per 100 pounds, lambs 5.25 to 8.25 per 100 pounds, hogs 7.65 to 7.75 per 100 pounds, and various dressed meats quoted across several categories. Official milk quotations are unavailable due to abolition of official prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baltimore
Phila
L. I
L. L
Cc & Ga
N. C
Bskt
H. P
Anre
Estee OF
Virginia
Louisiana
Wilson Opposes Labor Exemption Tightening in Trust Bills
President Wilson will oppose proposals by labor leaders to further exempt unions from the Sherman act. The White House conference with Representatives Clayton Webb and Carlin of the House Judiciary Committee discussed the anti trust bills and the labor exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
White House
Clayton, Webb
Carlin
House Judiciary Committee
Orchard planting and grafting methods 1914 guide
George T. Powell explains grafting and budding to propagate fruit trees and advises on bearing qualities and stock selection. The piece lists summer, autumn, and winter varieties and common spacing, pruning, and blending of varieties for market and family orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Powell
Agricultural Experts’ Association
Duchess
Gravenstein
Wealthy
Baldwin
Rhode Island Greening
Northern Spy
King
McIntosh
Rome Beauty
Stayman's Winesap
Pound Sweet
Bailey Sweet
Wagoner
Jonathan
Plowing With Traceless Orchard Harness Demonstrated
The Farm and Home reports that using a traceless orchard harness prevents bark injuries to trees when plowing or cultivating. The harness features a yoke hung beneath the horses with a broad webbing belt over their backs, lifting weight from the backs and reducing labor. Short traces attach to the yoke ends, a pull bar joins them, and a chain from the bar draws the implement.
How to Grow Trees in Sandy Soils for New Jersey
The New Jersey experiment station outlines a method to cultivate trees on barren sandy land. Apply oyster shell lime two tons per acre and 1.5 ounces per square foot, then wood ashes half a ton per acre and 0.375 ounce per square foot. Follow with a 1000-pound per acre fertilizer mix or 10 tons per acre composted manure annually for ongoing growth. Lime and ashes reapplied every three to four years. fertilizer or manure annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Experiment Station
Poultry in Orchard as Farm Building Tip
Advice on locating a poultry house in an orchard on the farm. Keeping fowls in a clover seeded area helps them obtain feed and aids trees and fruit.
Planning and Planting an Orchard for Healthy Trees
Plan spacious root room and sunlit canopies for each tree. Provide ample distance between trees to ensure unrestricted root growth and full air circulation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nersly
Plug
Kansay Experiment Station
Coop In
Cornfield
Formosa
Informattion
New Jersey
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