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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
5
Practical advice from an agricultural column on hog husbandry. Recommendations cover feeding rates, ration mixes, and body type for breeding stock, plus disease prevention, quarantine, crowding limits, and the value of six solid brood sows over many scrubs.
A farmer explains sowing oats early in spring and dividing the land between peas and sorghum after harvest. He notes timing for cutting peas and sorghum, the use of corn to feed mules, and a rail-and-slats method to cure hay. He adds that rain won’t ruin stacks if managed promptly.
A Massachusetts reader details building a small 16 by 8 foot hen house on a city lot in October 1904. She records 1 908 eggs and $56 30 in 1905 from 13 hens, plus 3 088 eggs and $81 14 in 1906 from 20 hens, with detailed feed and management tips including greens, beans, mulch, and staged feeding to keep hens productive.
The article explains dry farming in semi arid regions, stressing moisture conservation, soil preparation, and constant cultivation after rains. It covers corn and grain planting methods, irrigation caveats, and the need for large seed selection, plus practical sheep husbandry including shade, water, hoof care, and gradual flock growth for profitability.
An advertisement extols glycerine in Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It cites medical authorities praising glycerine as nutritive and antifermenting, aiding digestion and strength, and claims it enhances Black Cherry bark and root compounds for chronic coughs and lung issues. It notes no alcohol and invites readers to request a free booklet from Dr. R V Pierce.
The text lists hazards in dairy farming including poor fodder, dirty water, foul barn air, manure on udders, dirty milking, slow cooling, improper milk handling, heat exposure, and sick or in-heat cows, plus weak transport. these factors cause taints and unsafe milk.
Dairymen can waste carbohydrates for protein when corn is cheap and bran costly. Milk is about 88 percent water. A cow that must distill dirty water into milk is overburdened and cannot perform well. Summer is easy for dairying. winter tests profitability. Good, uniform butter yields top prices. Miller Purvis notes profitable trades of corn for bran and wheat.
A brief note highlights that farmers gain value from building and maintaining woodpiles. It emphasizes practical benefits like readily available fuel and efficient use of farm resources.
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