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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1915
Page
2
Dairyman returns in about two and a half years. Red Polls and Shorthorns named as best by most experts. Dual purpose cows favored, with Dimick of American Agriculturist arguing Shorthorn and Red Poll offer strong dairy and meat performance. Other breeds noted as alternatives.
The article stresses the moral duty of plant lovers to spray and maintain healthy stock. It links spraying to life insurance for plants and argues neglect harms owners and neighbors, urging state supervision of nurseries to stop disease spread.
The article discusses alfalfa pasturing issues on irrigated farms in the southwest. It notes securing a good stand is difficult and maintaining it under continual pasture pressure is a persistent problem across sections with long seasons and livestock kept on fields.
The document argues that Cheviot sheep and dual purpose cattle offer steadier income than pure dairy or beef animals. It notes annual milk profits, better hardiness, and meat value from misfits, with Red Polls and Shorthorns cited as milk and beef producers. It contrasts monthly or yearly returns from dairying versus lump-sum livestock harvests.
The article describes farm practices including cleaning and disinfecting cattle stables with coal tar solution and lime wash, handling poultry with proper lifting, and a rotation pasturing system in Arizona to protect alfalfa stands. It quotes I W Clothier on farm management and cites a 100 acre dairy stock farm near Phoenix using eight twenty acre fields to maintain 168 animal units and 360 tons of surplus feed annually. It notes long bodied hens as good layers while short bodied hens can surprise.
A London Spectator note explains that scorpions possess comblike antennae under the thorax that serve as hearing organs. Physiologists and entomologists agree these antennae react to minute air vibrations, enabling the arachnid to sense danger and recognize fellow scorions even to inaudible sounds.
Practical notes for poultry care focusing on molting hens and culling weak birds. Highlights include identifying weak constitution birds, valuing late molters as layers and breeders, and preferring contented productive hens for winter housing. Also offers simple remedies for eye and chick eye issues using antiseptic washes and peroxide solutions.
Contagious abortion is a severe herd disease worse than tuberculosis. The Kansas Farmer urges calling a good veterinarian at once, emphasizes prevention, and warns against concealing cases or shipping affected cattle. Treat every abortion as infectious to prevent spread.
A simple frame of slats attached to small and large circular boards creates a cover over a poultry drinking pan. The design keeps water cooler by shading, prevents tipping, and allows easy lifting for cleaning and refilling.
A guide on making winter hog roughage by stacking green clover with clean straw in alternating layers. Let the stack sit two months before feeding to hogs, noting significant grain savings and healthier animals. Clip clover at about ten inches and harvest in morning and afternoon after dampness dries.
Fowls should be caponized when they begin to show sexual development at from ten to twelve weeks of age, varying somewhat with the breed. When the comb grows and the cock or cock erel shows signs of strutting and trying to crow, it indicates a pretty good time.
Young turkeys require little food at this season yet a small evening feed helps make home attractive and encourage settling in.
Donjawin F. Bush, chief executive of Missouri Pacific and St Louis, Tren Mountain and Southern Railways, named sole receiver for both properties due to failed reorganization, missed July payments, and September maturities. Bush, 55, began as a rodman in 1882 and became Missouri Pacific president in 1907.
Chicago stenographer Mary Alice Smith may become a 10000 dollar heiress by remaining as housekeeper for Mr and Mrs James Pankhurst on their 500 acre Divan Minnesota farm. She was selected from 2000 applicants and was promised 3 per week, potential 19000 total. She left Chicago quietly and bought gingham aprons and sunbonnets before departure. Great Aero Meet Under Way in New York outlines a joint aero show and aeronautic engineers gathering by the Aero Club of America and the American Society of Aeronautical Engineers.
Washington reports an aggressive plan by the State and Commerce departments to secure an American stake in China’s vast resources. Led by Paul Reinsch, Julian Arnold, and E. E. Pratt, the effort aims to establish a strong U S presence in China’s foreign trade to safeguard U S interests after the war. Meanwhile Joan Sawyer campaigns for suffrage, touring eastern and western cities to rally support and deliver messages of solidarity from New York suffrage leaders.
Daughters of the American Revolution will erect a memorial over Daniel Boone burial site near Marthaxville Warren County after almost a century. The granite marker chosen by Boone will be dedicated October 20 in St Louis at the close of a Missouri DAR conference.
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