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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1915
Page
2
J B Morimon reports in Farm and Fireside that six month old White Plymouth Rock cockerels weighing about six pounds each sold at twenty cents per pound. Fifty four birds cost feed totals $32.40 and brought $54.80 in sales, earning roughly six cents per bird.
Practical guidance urges gentle handling of cows to maximize milk quality and calf health. Proper shade shelter salt water access and clean feeding tools are emphasized. Begin weaning at four weeks and replace whole milk with warmed skim milk by ten weeks.
Live weight price 20 cents per pound yielded 263.50 total. Six months of feeding cost 5140 pounds. Cockerels separated at three months. if kept with others they gain poorly and meat quality suffers. Diet included wet mash with bran middlings oats meat meal and occasional sulphur, plus wheat and oats, grain mix, greens, and ample water, shells, grit, and dust bath. Six-month weight averaged six pounds for White Plymouth Rocks.
Aaron Burr showed extraordinary self control during a Boston visit after Hamilton's death. In a museum moment, Burr faced Hamilton’s bust unflinchingly, remarking loudly there was Hamilton and noting poetic features, revealing calm composure under provocation.
A Rural New Yorker article by C B Greene advises feeding calves grain dry rather than with milk. Feed three times daily when young, then twice daily after two to three months. Use a grain mix of three parts cornmeal, three parts ground oats, one part wheat bran, one part oil meal. Feed grain immediately after milk in the same bucket to aid mastication and saliva mixing. Offer hay after three to four weeks, preferably second-cut alfalfa or clover, and gradually increase grain as calves grow, about a half to one pound per 100 pounds live weight. Avoid abrupt changes, spacing adjustments over two weeks.
The article explains cork oak cultivation along Spain's coast and adjacent regions. Cork bark is harvested in ten year cycles beginning two feet from the ground, then four feet up after eight to ten years, with later harvests extending to the upper trunk. Inner bark is vital and cannot be injured. The process yields floats for nets and maintains tree health when done carefully.
A Kansas Farmer argues hogs suffer in heat without shade and thrive with protection. Hogs and cattle seek high, breezy spots. cheap, open sided sheds can be built quickly. On large pastures multiple shade spots prevent crowding and keep hogs cool during hot days.
Two weeks of heavy feeding will fit broilers for market. Provide ample range and age specific feed, including cornmeal mash with beef scrap, plus grain and fresh water. Confine birds in clean pens two weeks prior, feed twice daily, monitor fullness to avoid overfeeding, sell before feed intake drops.
Data from the department of agriculture shows oats fed to dairy cows do not decisively alter milk flavor. Trials with fifty tasters found no strong preference between oats and a corn and bran ration. Various feeds including corn, alfalfa hay, cottonseed meal, and bran can yield good flavored milk when balanced with other feeds.
The article argues barnyard manure should be spread fresh on soil rather than stored. It claims every ton applied before weathering gains about $2.50 in crop value, based on careful experimental work, and urges wider adoption of this routine farming practice.
Farm Journal advises a worm treatment mix for pigs using 100 pounds of coal dust or substitute, five pounds of copperas dissolved in boiling water and blended with the dust, left in open hoppers for swine access.
As warm weather arrives, authorities urge providing shade for poultry to shelter fowls from sun and prevent prostration. Ensuring stock comfort is emphasized to avoid setbacks to growing youngsters.
London July 1 reports new German airship defense efforts with an aluminium torpedo fired from a Zeppelin, gas buoyed and radio directed, plus advances in trench protection and a rounded front airship with gas tanks and bomb dropping gear. Also noted are public notices on finances and a sun warning for blond women, with various war prognostications and political moves in Britain and the United States.
The report details France’s wartime foreign trade losses totaling over 1.14 billion dollars with 590 million in early 1915. It cites declines in shipments, wheat seizures, and port activity, and notes U K and U S impact. Separately immigration policy cites President Wilson’s stance against returning any immigrant to danger and Lusitania concerns. It also covers Salvation Army property holdings and finances with state specifics.
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