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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
6
L. A. Johnston extols turnips as a versatile farm crop for table, feed, and sale. He details using tops and roots for poultry, cows, horses, and hogs, noting turnips can yield up to 500 bushels per acre and provide substantial green-feed during winter months.
The article argues dairymen neglect home-grown dairy foods by chasing protein foods from mills. It promotes crop rotation to rejuvenate fields, place feeds near manure and fertilizer, improve feed variety, and raise protein content for better digestion and palatability. Food production underpins successful dairying and long-term land health.
Spinach needs rich soil and broad sowing or drills when space is limited. In regions north of the Ohio River, winter protection via mulch or cover is advised, while the cover also aids spring harvesting. For autumn sowing, Prickly Winter and Long Standing are the best varieties. prickly refers only to the seeds.
A guide for women on reclaiming waste stream banks to grow water cress. It covers clearing the stream, planting two rows along the ditch, anchoring with earth, cultivating from seeds or plants, mowing when the crop covers the water, and marketing freshly grown cress to homes, markets, or customers for varying local prices.
A discussion on soybeans and velvet beans as valuable forage crops. Soybeans, first grown in 1872, yield nutritious hay when cut properly. sowing methods, seed quality, and soil prep affect success. Velvet bean recommends row planting, with vines reaching long lengths and rows spaced four to five feet apart.
A dairy estimate warns against withholding protein until milk drops and overfeeding after. It stresses many farmers err by not feeding enough of anything and that dairy success requires ample, balanced rations and full feed to run the cow machine.
Seeds labeled high vitality germinate quickly and produce vigorous plants while low vitality seeds sprout slowly and yield weak growth. Key factors: age, maturity, size, known pedigree, run out strains, curing and storage, and variety.
Last year many oak trees including white oak and chestnut oak died in parts of the eastern states. Bark examination showed borers, likely the drought followed by insect attack, as the cause. Large galleries under the bark were made by the common flat headed borer and smaller ones by the two lined chestnut borer, with both larvae present.
The Indiana experiment station outlines practical reasons for farmers to build silos. They note silage preserves palatability, increases livestock capacity, serves as summer feed, saves space, provides near proximity to feed, lowers fattening costs, boosts winter milk, and reduces production costs while warning silage is not a complete ration and should be supplemented by dry feed.
Advice warns against poor ground for poultry keeping. Emphasizes that low damp soils cause disease and losses, while warm dry sandy soil supports flock health. Recommends selecting land with good drainage and location, noting ideal poultry ground is costly but crucial for profits.
Advice for feather eating in poultry suggests adding sulphur to the soft feed. Use one teaspoonful for every three fowls twice daily during a walk. The remedy aims to curb feather consumption and promote healthier poultry behavior.
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