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Newspaper
Darlington Herald
Location
Darlington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1923
Page
3
A combined rat trap and feed box uses a small pipe and a bag to capture rats while hens feed. At night a string pulled from outside drops a hinged cover, driving rats through a pipe into the bag where they are killed. Described by L Harris Hiscock in Popular Mechanics Monthly.
The Ithaca College of Agriculture bulletin outlines efficient rations and management to boost egg production during cold weather and high prices. It recommends scant morning feeding, a heavier noon feeding, green feed, oyster shell, clean water, and equal mash to grain, with specific weight recipes and a request form for the bulletin.
The article emphasizes monitoring egg size and shape for shipping and market appeal. Uniform eggs fetch higher prices, while overly long or wide eggs reduce returns. An eastern authority notes breeders should prioritize egg quality over sheer quantity, citing a poultryman with high total counts but few top quality eggs.
The text proclaims a shift to definite accurate methods in poultry breeding. It emphasizes that modern poultrymen must know the sire and dam of their birds to determine exact pedigrees and lineage.
Young hens start laying in the fall and continue through winter when eggs command the highest prices.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the report warns that clover failure is a major current challenge for farmers in many regions. It cites soil depletion improper seeding methods nurse crops diseases and autumn treatment as causes and recommends lime phosphorus and manure to restore soil fertility and viable clover stands. When red clover cannot be grown even with amendments alternatives like mammoth clover can improve soil and reinstate later red clover production.
The U S Department of Agriculture recommends a staged feeding plan for calves. Start with whole milk in weeks one and two, then gradually replace with a corn oat and blood mixture in weeks three to seven, finishing with exclusive gruel and meal by week seven. Monitor for scours and adjust feed accordingly.
Five to eight loads of manure per acre on old pastures is advisable on many farms. When barnyard piles cannot be spread on cultivated land, applying manure to pasture yields immediate value and prevents loss of plant food.
Ten hours of man labor and ten hours of horse labor yield one acre of hay. An acre of silage or corn requires five times as many man hours and six times as many horse hours as hay. Potatoes and cabbage need ten times horse hours, while oats wheat barley rye and buckwheat need twice the man hours and three times the horse hours per acre.
The article argues profitable dairying rests on alfalfa due to its protein and lime value for milk production. It notes high producing cows still need grain, but feeding alfalfa lowers the grain requirement.
Advice from J. W. Sjogren of Colorado Agricultural College on reducing depreciation of farm implements. Distinguishes wear from rot and rust, urges proper housing with a tight roof and sheltered storage, and recommends winter maintenance including tightening bolts and sharpening tools.
Canada advances a national road program with a 20 million dollar five year plan. Provinces lead construction while the Dominion government covers 40 percent of costs to standardize highways from Winnipeg to the Rockies and link Ottawa, Sarnia and Port Huron with the United States. An Alberta Montana road ties into cross border routes as part of broader international highways.
Frequent cleaning and oiling plus timely repairing extend harness life. Replace weak rivets and temporary fixes with durable parts like concord clips conway loops and repair buckles. Winter and wet days offer chances to inspect stitches and riveted splices and perform permanent repairs at low cost.
Ordinary scours in young calves are caused by indigestion. The calf should have restricted milk and must be fed several times daily. Give about two ounces of castor oil to clean the bowels.
The accumulation of leaves and rubbish under hedges and in brush land offers ideal shelter for many injurious insects during the winter. Plans should be made to clean these areas up early this winter. Later winter and early spring burning of grassland is not as effective in chinch bug control as fall and early winter.
The first determination of light speed credited to Romer uses Jupiter’s satellite eclipses observed for recurring patterns. He linked the interval shift to Earth’s orbital motion and deduced light travels about 186 500 miles per second, with light taking roughly 16 minutes to cross the Earth’s orbit.
A fragment quotes a conversation tone about poetry and grievance. The brief notes a man with a grievance described as a burden to others, reflecting a reflective or ironic mood.
Mount Gallo near Maloja in the Engandine region, about 7000 feet high, was decapitated by an earthquake. The Zurich observatory logged the Japan quake with minor shocks in Grisons. Alpinists report the top granite block collapsed into a ravine hundreds or thousands of feet below.
An older man tests a suitor for his daughter claiming he is a good listener and financially successful. The father warns these traits will face an acid test, prompting cautious approval in a Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt.
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