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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
2
A Iowa Homestead correspondent details a dairy where a separate milking room and cement facilities yield consistently clean milk with low bacterial counts. The owner attributes success to sunlight disinfection and strict room design, noting the minimal investment compared to other farms.
Guidance urges separating hog pens from mule horse and cow barns. If hogs follow cattle, place fattening hogs in cattle feeding lots or pens, and avoid placing breeding hogs in cattle pens.
Poultry tips warn molting birds need extra care and proper feeding. Indigestion in young turkeys or chickens can occur from wrong feeding causing crop issues. Grit and pure drinking water are essential, and fresh air in any new poultry house is highly beneficial.
The bulletin notes Angora goats thrive in many North American lands, needing shelter only a shed and ample food and water. They yield high grade mohair and help clear underbrush, with four to six goats per acre needed to convert brush into grass pastures in two to three seasons. It warns they are beautiful yet delicate and share diseases with sheep.
A note on making a heavy cellar door water balance with rope and pulley. Then a health tip states hens contain about 90 percent water and require constant access to pure water to lay eggs. It stresses purity and constancy of water supply for laying hens.
A dated surgeon links the mythic many headed Hydra to early bio observations. He cites Morgan and Van Dyne experiments on earthworms and a marine planarian showing head-like growths from nerve ends. The piece also notes a long pennant hoisted by a warship and a French proverb fragment.
Agricultural note from the Ohio Experiment Station reports late blight and rot fungus in potato fields around Wooster from Aug 9–16 1915. It warns of severe potential losses if cool moist weather persists and recommends Bordeaux mixture spraying every 8–10 days, with detailed mix and application guidance and a Spray Calendar bulletin 232.
The New York State College of Agriculture reports on fowl molting. Chicks molt four times from incubator to laying. late-molting hens resume production faster and lose weight during molts. Broodiness increases with starvation and late molters show higher yearly production. Early molters gain more eyes in early winter.
Kunson’s Farmer advises silage should use crops at proper maturity. Corn ripens before cane, and mixing them offers little value and adds labor. Best results come from harvesting corn when stalks and leaves are green and ears begin to dent or harden.
When cows have good pasture they eat substantial hay and prefer dry forage with their succulent feed. Ground corn or barley best supplements grass, more so than cottonseed meal which is high in protein but low in carbohydrates. Supplement pasture with green sugar cane and oats, but bay is advised. Hoard's Dairyman.
The Belgian and French civilians endure war zone hardships with 7 million Belgians and 2 million French in need. The Belgian relief commission estimates weeks to gauge winter needs, aiming to feed over 1.5 million people monthly at a minimum of 23 million dollars, despite limited funds. The organization is now efficient, with distribution networks in place and food delivery the remaining challenge.
Swiss hotel keepers urge government relief from wartime losses. They seek mortgages on inn furniture and a two year postwar interest deferral as 4,000 hotels employ 43,000 people with $227 million invested. Tourism declined 40 percent after 1914.
Budapest reports a push toward a winter campaign on the eastern front with heavy sacrifices. Soldiers receive woolen coats and boots as the rainy season nears and frostbite and sickness loom as key threats.
Arrangements are under way in Springfield for the War Department to produce the new Vickers-Maxim rapid fire gun at the United States armory. Colt Fire Arms of Hartford holds the American rights, with both Hartford and the armory set to manufacture the weapon. The model, English in design, was adopted after extensive tests and is lighter than the Vickers-Maxim with a water cooled barrel and a 60 shots per minute rate.
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