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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1916
Page
7
The article discusses how milk fat percentage varies with animal condition and feed. It notes stress, temperature, and feeding quality influence fat content, and that higher milk quantity raises cream but fat content cannot be reliably improved by a single feeding system. Testing is needed to identify profitable cows.
A New York experiment station list guides mixing insecticides for apples and other crops. It notes two to three materials may be needed at once to combat codling moth, San Jose scale, canker worms, plant lice, and diseases like scab. Some combinations are safe, others reduce effectiveness or injure trees, with best results from Bordeaux mixture with lead compounds. unsafe mixes include Paris green with lime sulfur and various emulsions or alkalis.
In five experimental groups of two pens each, odd numbers receive the regular contest ration. Even-number pens get the same rations plus milk substituted for the meat portion. Milk pens drink water and consume thickened milk. consumption averages 1 to 2 quarts daily. The Storrs station and others report milk as a ration aids chick growth and laying performance.
Emphasizes obtaining high quality seed strains for cabbage tomato and onion. Extends rule to decorative plants including pangies yerbe nas and petunias to ensure robust gardening outcomes.
Not good for orchard. Clore pasturing all season harms trees as trampling by animals, especially when wet. The practice risks root damage, soil compaction, and reduced fruit yield.
A six-year Pennsylvania State College experiment compared large and small cabbage plants grown from drills or broadcast seed. Results show no yield or productivity difference, despite initial height differences of about one inch that vanished after field planting.
A county agent reports a large straw shipment from Missouri to a local paper and strawboard factory earning about 60 cents per ton. He estimates straw as fertilizer worth 2.50 per ton plus organic matter, urging farmers to sell straw and use it for stable bedding and feed litter. Straw as top dressing on fall wheat helps secure clover stands where difficult.
There are several reasons to raise your own onion seed including cost savings and potential future income. Fall screening should select solid globe shaped onions of desired varieties, and sow extra seed to ensure a successful next crop. Onions require about 4.4 to 5 pounds of seed per acre and one bushel yields three pounds of seed on average.
A veterinary expert warns that elongated teeth cause chewing difficulty, loss of appetite, and poor condition. A Virginia mule story shows how treating teeth can restore work capacity and value, while irregularities and sharp points on grinders should be checked regularly to prevent starvation and weakness.
It has been estimated that the value of farm manure allowed to go to waste is 700000000 dollars annually. The 1912 wheat crop is valued at 730000000 bushels. The waste of manure equates to the national wheat crop value, highlighting a vast loss across U S farms.
Farmers advised to use grain with pasture to promote growth in pigs. Even with alfalfa as forage, relying on pasture alone stalls pig growth. One pound of corn per fifty pounds of live weight suffices if forage is plentiful.
Advice on starting a sheep enterprise discusses how many sheep to buy based on the farm setup and whether to raise lambs or feed out. It suggests fifty to one hundred young ewes for a first trial and notes western ewes offer a cheap start when bred to good mutton qualities.
W. W. Robbins of Colorado Agricultural College explains formalin as a top fungicide. The formalin sprinkle or dip serves as a simple effective seed treatment against bunt and covered smuts of cereals including wheat barley oats millet and other smuts.
Instructions discuss killing quack grass in grain fields. Before underground stems form, plant treated manure and plowed ground prepare seed beds. Hand digging, tar paper smothering, and sodium arsenite spray best for small plots. thorough tillage dominates large-field eradication.
Trials at the North Dakota experiment station show brood sows and litters gain well on good pasture with 1 to 1.5 pounds of grain per 100 pounds live weight, while dry lot sows need 2.5 pounds daily per 100 pounds. Pasture halves feed costs but cannot supply all needs. some grain accelerates spring pig growth. Alfalfa clover bromus and winter rye are the first pastures, with oats barley or rape as early spring alternatives.
The Scientific American describes an agricultural motor vehicle by B. L. Folte and Robichaux of Raceland Louisiana. It markets a simple inexpensive farm vehicle with provisions to support cultivating gear and to be powered by the same motor that drives the machine.
At the North Dakota experiment station the corn yield with alfalfa fodder and manure preceding it rose from 56.9 bushels per acre in 1914 to 73.9 in 1916, while corn following corn yielded 28.7 bushels in 1914 and 53 in 1913. The results show an average gain of about 19.5 bushels per acre from the preceding forage and manure practice.
Guidance directs burying dead livestock deep enough to deter scavengers or burning large carcasses. It notes burning is laborious and fuel intensive, so burial is usually cheaper. Infectious carcasses must be covered with heavy dirt before sealing graves.
A collection of testimonial letters from women across the United States praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for various disorders tied to reproductive health. The statements claim improved energy, reduced pain, and overall better health after use, with readers urged to seek confidential guidance from the Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Dr. Fierce, medical director at the Invalide Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, touts Anuric as a uric acid solvent and remedy for scalding urine, rheumatism, dropsy, and kidney derangement. The ad urges a 50 cent package or $1 trial, promising rapid pain relief and kidney rebuilding through hot water before meals. A separate wedding remark notes guests tossing old shoes after Miss Ang Teek’s bridal ceremony.
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