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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
12
Hog keeping is urged as a key: home meat and lard supply reduce costs. Green pastures, movable fencing, and hogging down crops cut losses and fertilize land. Pasture crops like clover, rape, alfalfa, oats, cowpeas support year long pork and lard production.
The year 1913 is projected to yield 1 734 529 000 dozen eggs in the United States the estimate excludes small towns and city breeders. Ducks lay as many eggs as hens but eat more per egg and their eggs are less saleable. Ducks can thrive where chickens fail and are hardy. Also advice on rabbit protection for trees with 1 inch mesh galvanized wire and copper sulfate soil treatment for grapes to aid growth and disease prevention.
The Department of Agriculture and the Biological Survey reopen the crow case and find the bird valuable to farmers for eating pests like grasshoppers and cut worms. The crow’s harms include destroying young birds, but benefits may outweigh the risks if numbers stay controlled. Crows roost in huge winter gatherings and travel in family groups most of the year. Subscribe for the Necorah Republican.
A farm column discusses methods for cheaper aluminum supply, livestock feed trials, and varying agricultural practices. It notes risks of carbon disulphide, pegs on custom perches, and the relative value of eggs-tankage versus scrap. It cites regional alfalfa trials, shredded fodder, blanching celery, earthworms, and robin behavior while warning about sinkhole water contamination. The piece closes with a global crop outlook: world harvests 10 percent below average.
A New York physician jokes that thin stockings and shoes keep doctors afloat. The ad promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds, claiming effectiveness and safety with Engbertson's Pharmacy as seller. It also advises bone meal in calf milk to improve growth, suggesting cottonseed meal and bran as mix-ins.
Iva Smith of Point Blank Texas reports relief from a chronic liver complaint after using a 25e box of Cham berlain's Tablets and recommends them to others. Engbertson's Pharmacy sells the remedy. Adv. Cabbages stored for winter use provide excellent egg producing feed for hens.
A Wallaces Farmer note explains skim milk from farms using hand separators may carry butter-fat loss. Wisconsin dairy expert C E Lee lists six causes from mislevel separators to improper cleaning and incorrect bowl height or speed.
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