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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
3
Have a feed box in stables to store different kinds of feed. It can be made in two, three, or four compartments to fit space. Set the box in position with a lid to prevent pests and a loose animal from gnawing and causing indigestion. Cost is nominal.
Farm Journal advises buyers to budget 150 to 200 for a horse and warns against selling top mares. It prescribes careful breeding, culling headstrong colts, and a firm but quiet training method using a rope halter to teach a horse who is in charge. It also stresses prepping harnesses before spring work.
The article discusses a simple automatic door closure using a pulley weight and rope to prevent farm animals from wandering into living spaces at night. It presents a visual method, suggesting a window-sash weight as the ballast and a spool for the pulley. It also covers a method to suppress quack grass with shallow plowing and subsequent harrowing.
The writer observes farmers seldom keep accounts and notes that when records exist they cover mainly household expenses. They argue for comprehensive farm accounting including crops, stock, and all farm-related transactions to improve management.
Instructions to treat seed grain with formalin four ounces per ten gallons of water, apply two gallons per thousand pounds, mix thoroughly, moisten all kernels, and cover in a pile two to four hours before airing. The process swells kernels, speeds germination, and should be done just before seeding in spring.
A diagram shows a barn door latch with a vertical piece behind an iron strip catching behind a cleat above the door. Lever B operates it, heavy enough to counterbalance, with a pin to stop fall. Self adjustable for sagging doors and cheap to build using common farm materials.
An illustration shows a tool designed to form water courses by plowing a depth and throwing dirt from the center to both sides. The device uses tongs or jaws to channel earth outward as the ditch is formed. This handheld implement aims to simplify ditching work.
A brief description explains a ditching tool that throws dirt to both sides of a furrow. Operate by moving forward then back to scatter soil evenly, repeating until the poll is cleared. The text mentions the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in relation to the device.
Ohio farmer Austin Herrick shares a method from Rural New Yorker for integrating sheep with orchards. He spaces trees 40 by 40 feet, mulches with cow manure, protects trunks with poultry wire, and moves sheep to browse brush to create pasture in about three years. One misbehaving ewe is sold.
The author recounts a visit to the Little Big Horn battlefield near the Crow agency, noting how white marble slabs mark the fallen and how Curley, long labeled the sole survivor, endures relentless questioning. Also includes rustic farming maxims and horse care guidance despite the war remembrance.
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