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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1911
Page
2
J C Fuller discusses portable hog houses as economical, movable shelters improving sanitation and herd management. They suit four to six mature hogs or ten to twenty shoats, with vented A shaped design, sliding doors, and rear ventilation. Placed on dry, high ground with sand drainage, these structures deter filth and disease while enabling rotation to fresh ground.
Pigs are scarce nationwide as grain prices rise. Farmers should save productive sows for breeders and have male pigs castrated by an expert. Afterward, place in dry pens with clean straw, feed with skim milk and wheat middlings, then pasture on grass and clover. Use wood ash and maintain clean troughs to prevent cholera and swine plague.
The article explains horse digestion and feeding order. It notes the stomach holds about two gallons and recommends water first, then hay, then grain to prevent grain from passing undigested. If the horse is warm, give small amounts of water gradually rather than all at once.
A Farm and Home writer explains a practical wagon design for moving cows and other animals over short distances. The rear axle drops via right angle links to form a low profile for tight turns, with space in front for small wheels and a lifting rear gate secured by wrought iron brackets.
Some firms with heavy horses ban driving beyond a walk. This leads to horses in good condition and owners noting not always replacing animals with many years of usefulness left. A side effect is that horses soon learn to walk fast.
The article advises feeding practices for sheep, pigs, and cows including salt for livestock and caution against overfeeding ewes on wheat and alfalfa. It notes bluegrass as good pasture, stresses pig and brood sow care, and mentions over 10,000 hogs immunized against hog cholera by the Ohio department of agriculture since January 1, 1910. It also warns about lambing risks when ewes lack feed and shelter.
The article explains prickly pear digestion studies in Texas and New Mexico. It notes that prickly pear alone causes scouring in cattle, so mixing with alfalfa, cottonseed meal, or grains improves digestibility and water intake, with practical rations for dairy cattle.
A broad guide covers poultry and livestock husbandry. It stresses humane handling, ventilation, and comfortable housing for cows and hens, with emphasis on feeding, manure use, and winter dairying. It highlights crops like red clover and cowpeas, and notes profitability of geese, ducks, and pigs when attention is given to needs and environment.
An article on farm home beauty and layout urges a wide lawn fronting the house, a tree and shrub background, vines by windows, and low flowering bushes to bind home to soil. It advises planning for future growth, avoiding roadward placement, and arranging barns with future improvements for a harmonious whole.
In limestone country the danger of pollution to springs and wells is greater because limestone forms readily dissolved underground channels that carry contaminants far. By contrast water percolating through gravel or sandstone is purified relatively quickly near the contamination point.
Mixed farming is the safer plan keeping cows hens and horses rais ing potatoes and corn and other standard crops. Few succeed with a special crop and there are scores of failures due to limited capital. One year's failure in pure breeding stock or potatoes or any line means failure. Men of ordinary ability will do better to take up general farming.
The self boiled brand of lime sulfur was used successfully in several places last summer to prevent ripe rot in cherries. The formula used combined 18 pounds of quicklime, eight pounds of sulphur, slaked with four to five gallons of hot water and diluted to 50 gallons before application.
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