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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1915
Page
4
Following Fresh Farm Furrows, the article stresses two essentials for successful swine keeping: good management and quality feed. It advises building the herd with the best old sows and boars, rearing two litters yearly, and selecting top fall litters for future brood sows.
A North Dakota station advises determining silo diameter by daily ensilage removal. Less than 1 1/5 inches risks mold. warmer weather requires more removal. Winter and summer figures show cows per silo size to match daily feed, with height setting capacity.
Practical notes on breeding and raising hogs with emphasis on proper housing, pasture, and feed. Advocates balanced rations, careful sow records, and staged feeding from weaning to fattening. Warns against relying on waste products and cautions about unsuitable leftovers and soapsuds.
C H Staples compares silo options noting reinforced concrete costs from 2.50 to 8 dollars per ton while stave silos run about 1.50 per ton. A 100 ton concrete silo costs 250 to 300 dollars versus about 150 for stave. Concrete lasts indefinitely when well built while stave can be moved if needed.
Remedy for scaly leg cites a common seasonally contracted condition in chicks roosting in dirty hov ers. It recommends a salve of equal parts lard and sulphur rubbed on the legs. The treatment is claimed to cure the disease without fading leg color.
Daily brushing and grooming are essential to a colt coat. Skipping routines leads to dusty, dirty conditions and lame relief later as the animal must be turned out to recover.
Seneca argues the greatest remedy for anger is to delay and seek right judgment. Do not quell anger all at once, as early impulses are forceful. We learn anger from others and what we hear, so be slow to believe and require witnesses and oath before judging.
Wisconsin reports late blight in central and southern potato fields. Milward urges early Bordeaux mixture spraying with 75 to 100 psi, using two opposite nozzle passes, about four applications at ten day intervals, to prevent vine and tuber losses. Formula: eight pounds copper sulfate ten pounds lime in one hundred gallons water.
Dr. C. G. Hopkins notes in a Illinois Station report that without farm manure the land yields 3.75 dollars per acre annually, while limestone and phosphate give 7 dollars per ton and 2.66 dollars per 600 pounds. Regular applications currently use one ton of limestone and 500 pounds of phosphate per acre each year, with maintenance at lower rates later.
Brewers grains can be safely fed to growing pigs in the first two thirds of the growth period and to brood sows in reasonable quantities. A practical ration uses about one third brewers grains with two thirds wheat middlings, barley, and corn, adjusted by age and season.
A permanganate of potash solution in drinking water is recommended as a tonic. Dissolve an ounce in a quart of water and add one or more tablespoonfuls to the fowl’s drinking water each morning until the solution colors the water wine. Repeat daily for a week or more.
Observers claim poultry including hens geese ducks turkeys guineas and eggs yields the highest farmer returns. They argue income far exceeds outgo with poultry as the most profitable asset on the farm.
Swine herdsman orders immediate separation of hogs afflicted with swine plague into isolated pens. Infected animals receive no feed for two or three days, with no danger of starvation noted.
Ailing horse treatment suggests giving two quarts of oats with bran and water, plus a pinch of salt or sugar. Also recommended are oatmeal gruel or baked water to drink to aid recovery.
General Gouraud, previously in command at the Dardanelles, has been superseded by General Sarrail due to wounds that cost him the loss of his right arm. Joffre selected Gouraud for near eastern duties and Sarrail now leads the army of the Orient.
Newport Sept 20 The Atlantic fleet under Admiral Frank F Fletcher will stage another war game after target practice in Narragansett bay to test coastal defense from Eastport Maine to Hatteras with lessons from last June’s mimic invasion and a simulated enemy landing.
Sept 20 launch by A Moore of New York and Phil A Raymond renowned U S marksman to organize a life club in Possil Greenwich for civilian training and preparedness.
A Belgian refugee children story ends in reunion for Detroit area families. Father Henry Syoen retrieved eighty Belgian youngsters from Belgium after years apart, bringing them to the United States. They passed through Ellis Island before joining parents in Detroit as they pursue American citizenship.
Saranac Lake committee announces sculptor Gorzon Borgium will design a Stevenson tablet. Borgium, famed for the Lincoln bust in Washington and church works, will honor Robert Louis Stevenson who wintered 1887-88 at Baker cottage. He wrote major pieces like A Christmas Sermon during that stay.
Postmaster General Burleson authorizes an eleven cent stamp to cover both insurance and parcel post charges. All local parcels weighing twelve or thirteen pounds carry 11 cents. parcels weighing seven pounds in the first and second zones also use the stamp. The stamp will be dark green and feature Benjamin Franklin’s profile from Houdon’s bust.
Joshua Conkling of Stoyestown Pennsylvania invents a kiss resonator to amplify sounds of kisses in a parlor. He touts it as catching and increasing sound and compares effects to train whistles and November winds. He adds that a machine to guide him would help.
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