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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
8
Advertises Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy that regulates stomach liver and bowels to improve well being. Sells for 25 cents at F S Shriner s drug store with a February date.
A good farmer saves seed corn for personal use and still has extra to sell to neighbors if their seed fails. Corn fodder and timothy hay alone do not meet animal needs. gluten meal should be added to the ration. Regular milking time supports steady milk flow, and careful dairymen stick to a clockwork schedule.
The author notes that despite widespread school privileges and high average intelligence among ordinary Americans, about 90 percent of the Russian population cannot read or write.
A column compares fresh garden celery with imported varieties and notes the taste advantage of homegrown produce. It explains an orchard of about 100 acres near winter quarters lost most fruit to grass and curculio. Missouri dairy output in 1906 included 11,968,065 pounds of butter valued at 2,397,213 dollars and total dairy products worth 3,966,189 dollars.
A farmer split thirty acres of hay into three small stacks last year and lost much to rain. This year he built one large stack with poles and a hayfork, forming a compact center that will keep through winter. Extra time hauling and stacking saves money long term.
For tender rose varieties unable to endure winter outdoors and not wanting winter blooms, lift them before ground freezes trim tops short and pack roots in moist earth in a cellar. Cover tops with sand and moisten periodically during dormancy to prevent drying and maintain vitality for spring rebound.
The orchard year plan notes November to April as a window for protecting trees from rabbits and mice, hauling out and scattering fertilizer, and removing dead or diseased trees. Heavily yielding trees deserve reinforcement, saving time next spring for pruning spraying and cultivation.
The article argues for better highways using road drag work to fix unimproved, impassable roads selling land at $75 to $100. It also discusses livestock feeding efficiency, noting cows vary in appetite and nutrition needs, urging individualized herd studies and careful rationing. Cement floors and foundations are suggested for granaries and corncribs.
The author praises updated farm buildings for rat proof floors and notes they are as practical and cheaper long term as wooden floors. He criticizes farmers who save on costs by using cheap sire choices, calling such short sighted tactics economically ruinous and leading to a stagnant herd.
The article notes that prize fat steers yield meat with excessive fat, making them impractical for many buyers. It cites heavy corn fed beef losing about 50 percent of sellable meat. It also advises removing mature garden weeds and burning seeds to ease next season's weed control, and compares neglecting duties to locking the barn after the horse has been stolen but argues some value remains.
A rural route farmer mailed five pounds of honey to a friend sixty miles away. The package leaked in transit and smeared every parcel in the mail sack, creating a sweet mess.
The passage explains that food scarcity, not cold, drives most birds to migrate. Crows, blue jays, and sparrows winter in the north where they can find food, while more insectivorous song birds travel south as their food supply declines with the approach of winter.
Arrangements at Garden City Colorado sugar refinery to install a plant converting tops and upper root portions wasted in sugar manufacture into alcohol. If successful, it promises large savings as beet sugar industry remains in its infancy.
Washington department statistics from eighty-two breeders across twenty-three states analyze birth sex ratios in pigs. Of 1,477 sow litters, 6,660 boar pig births and 6,625 sow births are recorded, implying 201 boars per 200 sows. The report suggests a persistent natural law behind these results.
A poultry keeper reports yearly losses of one quarter to one third of her stock, amounting to about $30 in eggs monthly during the laying season and 600 to 800 birds yearly. She urges an alert, aggressive watchdog to deter thieves and warn owners before marketing time.
Dr Russell, a bacteriologist, warned tuberculosis in dairy and beef cattle stems from unsanitary, poorly ventilated pens as well as heredity. He cited a Wisconsin farm with seventy two cows producing milk for a Swiss cheese plant, where manure stood a foot and a half deep and ventilation was absent.
Seventy two cows crowded in a barn with four boarded up sides and a strong odor. At noon the tuberculin test showed sixty nine reactors making carcass disposal impossible. All animals were killed on the premises and buried in a ditch.
The forest service of the department of agriculture has issued a concise booklet explaining national forests policy for the public. It covers what forests mean how they are used and who may benefit including home seekers prospectors and miners. Copies are available by contacting the local congressman.
The piece notes farmers resist milking despite incentives and milk prices. It contrasts beef breed ventures with dairy work, suggesting some prefer beef or beer-bred calves to avoid the labor of milking. It cites a local acquaintance who would milk cows rather than eat, underscoring varied farming attitudes toward dairy work.
A cooperative experiment with the forest service reduces fire damage to a large California lumber tract. Protective strips cut through forests, patrols, a telephone service, and needed equipment cost 2 cents per acre. Results show high success with minimal expense, likely to expand nationwide and among private timber firms.
The author recalls the first heavy frost destroying the food source of two hummingbirds visiting salvias by the dining room window. One bird returned at dawn, fed briefly, then sheltered on a blossom spike near the window to warm in the sun, and disappeared the next day.
A Southern Farm Magazine feature describes Meggett a small station on the Cooper River near Charleston as the world’s cabbage hub. It highlights Norman H. Blitch, “the cabbage king,” whose farm reportedly raises more cabbage than any other individual and dominates the trade with extensive shipments and rail operations.
John Smith analyzes city taxes funding light sewer building water and library services. He notes the burden reflects community wishes and urges citizens to support capable officials to levy and expend funds wisely.
The University of Iowa flags fly at half mast after the death of Mrs. Emma J. Huff of Muscatine at age 56. An unclassed liberal arts student, she was likely the university's oldest student. death attributed to pneumonia.
Local newspaper asks readers to donate clean cotton rags to The Tribune office located at 46tf. Call for material supports printing needs and production cleanup. Sought rags must be clean and ready for reuse by the presses.
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