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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
3
The author critiques wasteful hay feeding practices in a friend's barn. Open V shaped mangers and messy feed lead to costly losses at high feed prices. A better feeding trough design is praised, noting its lack of waste and payback within weeks. The piece urges thrift, urging workers to fix costly carpentry and avoid cherished but wasteful habits.
A farmer details feeding windfalls to hogs in orchards, using waste fruit for cider or preserves and parings for fattening. Hogs benefit from the apples, root the ground, and improve soil, remaining thrifty and ready for butchering after fattening on corn and grains when fruit is scarce.
A farm note urges regular tar on sheep noses to deter gadflies and promote health. It highlights the cash value of swine, recommends early use of tar and kerosene for wounds and maggots, and suggests ground-feeding of turnips while managing disease and flock marking to prevent sheep from mixing with neighbors' stock.
Practical guidance for constructing sheep feeding racks up to 20 feet long with 18 by 20 inch floors and 2½ to 4 inch side boards. Advice covers rack height, use of slats, proper hay portions, and daily cleaning. Also notes corn cobs removal, avoiding chicken roasts, door-to-diet differences by region, and preparing racks before the feeding season.
Simple homemade design explains building a hog scalding vat from 2x12 planks and sheet iron. It details dimensions, joinery, support irons, a long drainage trench, water quantity, a scraping bench, and eight foot lifting chains for lowering and raising hogs.
Advice on rotating hogs between pasture and rape and pea mixtures, alternating grazing every two to three days. Recommends not overexposing hogs to one feed, and separating ewes and lambs into different flocks despite lambing having finished.
The notice urges careful monitoring of the flock and pasture in late summer when pests and diseases rise, stressing inspections extending beyond 24 hours by the State to safeguard the herd and property.
The article explains comb honey in sections, typical sizes, and foundation use. It notes bait sections to start early season work and explains swarming as a major disruption, with remedies like room, shade, ventilation, and staged hive openings to favor extracted honey. It cites C. P. Dadant’s practice of large hives with minimal swarming.
The text advises preventing cracks in a chicken house by applying exterior battens to stop cold drafts and using crude oil or coal tar inside to seal gaps against wind and snow. It emphasizes winter protection and the difficulty of building with hard pine.
The note urges crating the old roosters when going to town as they contribute nothing for board and instead intrude on the flock by gobbling feed and being mean to smaller chickens. It specifies this does not apply to pure breds of high class.
A report from an Ontario poultry station questions mashes and praises sprouted and soaked grain as alternatives. The author urges farmers to feed a warm mash once daily to prevent indigestion and sickness, noting mash can be prepared by soaking meal or middlings in boiling water overnight.
A short note suggests installing a dropping board in a chicken house to simplify cleaning. It claims fifteen minutes weekly suffices to clean after 100 hens, promoting easier maintenance.
A Missouri Valley Farmer advises cleaning the board and covering with ashes or slaked lime, then placing roosts on a Jewel to prevent hens crowding. The note emphasizes proper coop sanitation and perch arrangement for flock management.
Advice on keeping chicken coops clean and well wired for profitability. Emphasizes nest cleanliness fresh straw daily grit and charcoal, pure water and avoiding stagnant pools. Notes experiments with confined turkeys eggs fertility unaffected and urges country youths to raise flocks for earnings while warning against overstocking during imports.
A historical note describes a cure-all concept for poultry as a principle of good management, emphasizing preventive measures and plant-based remedies as part of farm practice.
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