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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
5
Practical notes for farmers include feeding cows and calves, using burdock control with kerosene, sowing seeds with a holepunted can, and boosting sunshine in daily tasks. Tips cover flock size, pig and hen care, weed control, cloddy soil, spray pumps, hog feeding trials, self pruning trees, and poultry cleanliness.
A guide promotes hillside orchards in cold climates and notes two-row barley quality. It describes a home made hay stacker with detailed timber specs and a weight brake system. It also discusses crop rotation drainage spraying benefits and farm efficiency, urging careful planning and test results showing spraying boosts yield and fruit quality.
In Moscow the sole female cabby Anna Petrovna, 50, faced taunts and assault but won public favor after enduring early abuse. She drives a sledge, supported her family after her husband’s accident and her son’s death, and now runs two horses as crowds praise her unusual labor.
In responses from many beekeepers the bee moth emerges as the principal enemy while other pests vary in impact. Italian bees in frame hives resist moths best. Blacks in log gums suffer most, especially in plank hives. Strong colonies withstand pressure. weak, depleted colonies invite moth damage and possible colony loss.
A compact machine shed plan fits two mowers two binders a seeder a disc harrow a corn planter a drag a roller a steel harrow a fanning mill two corn cultivators four one horse cultivators two wagons and a manure spreader. Proposes 40 by 40 feet or longer with dry floor clay buffer and roof to shade. Offers two-row 16 foot post spacing and optional 24 by 60 or 70 feet long design with sliding doors and open south end. Galvanized steel roofing advised and space for wagons side by side.
The text explains nodular disease caused by oesophagostoma columbianum in sheep, resulting in nodules in the intestinal wall. It covers prevention by vermifuge treatment, avoiding surface water, rotating crops on infected land, and moving permanently infected pastures off for two years. It also warns of cerebrospinal meningitis as a fatal possibility and outlines sanitation, nutrition, and post-illness recovery steps.
Clover grows easily and hog raising is simple due to abundant hog feed.
The improvement to breed has boosted hog productivity on the farm more than any other animal, signaling greater efficiency and potential profits for the operation.
A dark scene ends with two men plotting to free a prisoner in a vacant house. The modern Sherlock confronts them, commands surrender, and discovers the target is a house cat left alone for the summer. He escapes in his automobile, leaving the conspirators baffled.
Max Winter notes Brooklyn Arion society received higher honors than last year’s Vienna singers. After their program guests requested three more songs from the Brooklyn group. The president praised German songs and predicted similar delight on their fatherland tour.
Instructions cover building a manure pit with central trench to catch leachings, two heaps, and fermentation plan. Additional hog care tips include feeding green matter, oats and hulls, salt and ashes access, clean pens, lice control, avoiding drafts, and keeping hogs on clover and bluegrass.
In preparing to breed pick out the best you have always selecting pigs from large even litters. Try to get large sows and a little fancier male. Use well matured animals at all times. Do not have breeding hogs too far but after her are mated you may.
A farmer notes oats thrive on well drained high ground while seed rots on poorly drained low ground. He argues drainage improvements affect crop rates and many farmers cannot afford losses. He suggests drainage materials can improve general crop yield across land over years.
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