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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
7
Remit one dollar to receive any listed publication for one year. Includes Old and New subscribers. Cash with order. Newspapers named include the New York World thrice weekly, Louisville Courier Journal weekly, Cincinnati Enquirer weekly, all praised as newsiest or widely known papers.
Advertises Orange Blossom as a safe flax seed poultice claimed to cure inflammation congestion and multiple uterine conditions including prolapse cancers and ovarian issues. It promises global testimonials and self treatment for women, priced at $1 with book and free sample from druggists.
A long reader list shows donors for a village picnic including Kasper Schuc H Fleck Sr and many others. It also notes real estate activity by H B Tormohien and a 1910 National Education Association event in Boston with Southern Railway travel details.
The article explains how flavor taints come from milk feeds and milking practices, noting onion and cabbage feeds can give bad tastes and that poor sanitation before delivery also causes gassy flavors. It warns against mixing corn with calf milk and describes starch digestion differences between calves and hogs.
The article argues dairy cattle should be judged by production like butter output rather than tongue color. In beef cattle, emphasis should be on fundamental beef qualities and fattening value rather than flashy breed points. The aim is higher quality steers for market fattening and better overall prices.
In southern Chinese provinces cows are mainly used for plowing. An American missionary astonished villagers by milking a cow and drinking milk, a discovery as sensational as the roast pig. Milk selling grows, but breeds are poor and care is lacking, yet demand rises as villagers taste dairy.
The article describes the square cheese cut into one pound portions from a four by twelve inch cake and ten pound boxes, and a twenty pound daisy divided into twenty one pound sections. It also notes Denmark milk producers with Red Danish cows, their color, size, and milk yield of 8700 pounds and 840 pounds of butter per herd of thirty cows.
A fragment from a local feature recalls a child witnessing cow milking for the first time and asking a farmer if the milk is the same one people drink, reflecting on rural life and everyday chores.
The article argues geese are hardy low maintenance stock best suited to wet land and sheds, with Embden and Embden-White China varieties noted as easy to dress and plump. It stresses understanding geese nature, choosing young stock for breeding, and that relocation harms breeding unless conditions are right.
Field and Farm argues no feed can guarantee all hens lay, but proper feeding and vigor improve egg production. They recommend varied seeds in small quantities and allowing birds to forage for bugs and greens. Sealy leg, caused by a mite, is treated by removing scales then applying balsam of Peru and vaseline after soaking the feet in soapy water.
The article notes turkey herds support many Sacramento Valley families with 500 to 3000 birds valued at 2 to 34 dollars each. It describes managing a 3000 bird flock as harder than 3000 sheep, since turkeys wander and drift. The only way to keep them healthy is to let them drift. A turkey herder follows with dogs and guides the flock, valuing practical egg-laying hens over fancy breeding.
The article reviews a Manitoba Farmers' Advocate barn plan featuring a 40 by 84 foot cattle section with two large box stalls, a horse area with five stalls and two box stalls, a near feed bin and feedroom, plus a silo and two root cellars. It notes the design maximizes space and keeps silo access away from cattle stalls.
The article warns that improper corn feeding causes significant losses in sheep. Unmixed corn is hard to digest and can kill lambs as their stomachs are not prepared for it. It advises moderating corn and mixing it with oats, bran, or light grains to ease adaptation.
A horseman notes breeders grass on swamp lands lacks the nutritive value of upland forage. He advises daily grain for young stock on low lands and cites Kentucky bluegrass as yielding best growth when oats and bran or corn and bran are added to the grain ration.
The article surveys ancient and medieval horse shoeing, noting Greeks and Romans used fiber coverings, Nero's horses with silver shoes, his wife’s with gold, and William the Conqueror introducing nailless shoeing. It also mentions chin files to deter pests and a cloth wraps to keep mares from worrying work horses, with cloth removable at rest.
A veterinary note emphasizes feeding the horse well enhances bone and muscle development, particularly in Tin-horsea breed, to improve endurance and resilience against wear.
The Farmers' Bulletin notes that strict selection and intelligent breeding can reduce swarming in honeybees. Persistent effort in experimental apiaries may yield a strain with lesser swarming tendency, though complete elimination is unlikely and would require long-term work.
The article reviews ant honey from the Mexican species, noting its aromatic flavor and sugar composition. It details uses by Mexicans and Indians, including eating it, fermenting it into an alcoholic drink, and applying it to injuries, while concluding that farming ants for honey is unprofitable due to low yield and difficulty of cultivation.
The article explains worker bees numbered 15 000 to 50 000 in a colony perform hive tasks for ten days as nurture workers then become Weld bees in the field for pollen nectar. Average worker life in busy season about 45 days, longer if hatched in cooler weather. Salt Lake County once led the west with 10 000 colonies. smelter activity ruined profits and many beekeepers bought more stock only to lose them.
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