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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
8
Wisconsin experiment station dairy instructor notes hand separators reduce creameries as farmers favor home separation. Benefits cited include time saved hauling milk, improved home skim milk, and disease risk fears from mixed skim. Exposition data show shorthorn steer and Kansas trial highlight skim milk feeding advantages.
Field and Farm laments poor whey tank care in two thirds of firms. Tanks are often buried or not cleaned daily, letting whey contaminate milk delivered to farmers. It urges daily cleaning and pasteurization to supply clean, sweet product and prevent can pollution.
Three essentials for good butter are rich cream cleanliness and low temperature. Farm cream rests several days before churning on many farms. Keep cows fresh in fall to earn 25 to 85 cents per pound for six to seven months, and spring milk brings 15 to 22 cents per pound.
A guidance note explains rinsing churn with cold water before use to fill wood pores and block odor escape. It warns against steaming as heat can release rancid butterfat and cause a lingering disagreeable smell.
Farmers warn that over feeding calves on skim milk leads to scours and poor calf health. Three to four month old calves should receive eighteen to twenty pounds daily, seven to eight weeks old fourteen to sixteen pounds, and three to five weeks old ten to twelve pounds.
The guidance notes cows crave appetite from sweet pasture and warns that dry fodder loses appeal without flavor. It suggests daily manger cleaning and adding a share of hay, while advising against forcing cows to eat over refuse for two to three days.
Reading notes advise feeding milk to calves at about 95 to 96 degrees. A finger test is unreliable, and using a thermometer ensures proper warmth to avoid upsetting the calf.
Fragmentary historical note describes an informal wager in a poultry yard where boys and girls were promised a share of profits to learn practical farming and business methods, though details are incomplete.
An article describes humane milking training for two young dairy heifers. Using gentle handling, a padded approach, and a low rail to restrain briefly, the cows learn to stand and allow milking without force. After a few lessons both become calm and cooperative milking subjects.
The article outlines handling blind staggers in hogs after summer pasture and corn feeding. It prescribes restraint to medicate with calomel and salts, plus possible worm treatment with santenine, to restore appetite within days and prevent further staggers.
A remedy for keeping flies off horses suggests rubbing the most exposed areas with concentrated oil of rhododendron. An alternative uses asafetida with vinegar and water to deter flies. Another method makes a strong smartweed decoction to apply to legs and neck for twenty four hours of protection.
A German company receives seven patent grants for dry wool degreasing methods and machinery. The process uses infsorial earth as an absorbent applied forcefully by simple equipment, yielding even cleaning. Improved dye uptake in skin wools is highlighted as a key advantage for military and fine cloth production in delicate colors.
Production notes advise using calves fed fresh whole milk from the cow as they are more suitable for hotter flesh at weaning. Calves should be encouraged to eat grain to ensure robust growth during early development.
Paris studies a reinforced concrete pavement with perforated steel plates laid on concrete and bolted frames. The Rue Saint Martin section near the Conservatoire of Arts and Industries uses steel prongs to grip wheels and horses, aiming for an even, durable surface cheaper than wood or asphalt with an expected ten year life.
A prairie farmer describes building a small smoke house from a hogshead and stove pipe. The design uses several pipe lengths to cool smoke, a shallow underground trench, and placing the barrel on higher ground. The fire pit is covered to make the pit nearly airtight for smoking meat.
Michigan requires township maps for highway use and funded by the department. New York has long pursued a cooperative topographic survey with the U S government. Since 1903 New York and the federal survey share costs, with engraving and printing covered by the federal government.
A historic instruction explains soaking a wheel in linseed oil to prevent shrinkage and strengthen the rim. Submerge the wheel so the felloes soak, then rotate to ensure full coverage for about three minutes for greater durability.
A farmer notes that overfeeding a cow reduces milk yield and affects butter quality. The issue highlights nutrition balance and dairy product quality concerns for cattle care and dairy production.
The article extols mushroom culture as easy and profitable, requiring little skilled labor. Any farm worker can prepare beds and spawn, while women or daughters can manage the aftercare with minimal daily effort over several weeks. Cellar or stall space suffices, avoiding new construction.
The text describes housing a bed in a tight space with a 50 to 70 degree atmosphere, ensuring dryness and cover to prevent drip and wet floors. It notes total darkness is unnecessary, partial darkness helps, and direct sunshine is harmful to the crop.
Wastes on the farm include keeping crab stock that yields little profit and waste from careless feeding and poor shelter. Most farmers neglect detailed farm accounting, causing them to retain scrub stock that could be weeded out with proper management.
Farmers enjoy the longest lifespans among laboring classes and, if they fully embrace farm life, longevity would rise. The farm offers children outdoor play, dirt digging, sunbathing, and a close connection to Nature, building strong health foundations.
W. W. Wells of Vicksburg Mississippi reports a discovery that cotton seed oil may replace linseed oil in paint making pending practical tests. The find could revolutionize paint manufacture in the South by using cotton seed oil as a substitute.
The text emphasizes air in soil as essential as moisture. When soil saturates with water and air is excluded, the soil becomes sodden and sour, roots decay and the plant dies.
A guide notes winter egg production hinges on hens shedding feathers early to allow new plumage to grow before cold weather. The text emphasizes timing to ensure egg supply during winter.
A remedy for the striped bug that infects melon and cucumber vines is to sprinkle sulphur powder over the vines and around the roots. The bugs will trouble them no more. The second fragment notes a superstition: if a woman imagines another woman, there is no one trying to convince her otherwise.
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