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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
3
Experiments at Ottawa Station tested pork cost from five pig groups fed on clover pasture grain and other feeds. Results show costs per hundredweight ranging from 2.24 to 8.57 with best outcomes from steamed clover and grain and from grain with skim milk. Readers with clover hay are urged to use it for pig feeding this year.
An illustrated note explains a durable hog house door made of one inch boards and 24 feet square, hinging at the top to swing both ways. Bottom supports keep it closed, a pin holds it shut, and a height-adjustable post limits swing to manage hog passages.
The piece argues farmers should maintain strict accounts of all animal costs and revenues. It cites four tress to keep a cow and deducts land rent against expenses, noting manure value on four acres offsets rent. Proper accounting reveals which animals pay or fail to profit.
Farm Journal advises seeding yards with wheat or rye and crimson clover to deter flocks from wheat fields near henneryswarf Essex. Rape seed is cheap and sowing now provides green forage and health benefits for the flocks, offering a practical soil and pest control measure.
The Maryland experiment Station urges sun exposure for hogs and outlines pen design features to boost sanitation and growth. Key points include south facing pens, lattice ends for air flow, central manure pit with drainage, swinging gates, concrete manure pit saving liquids, and front feed bins for mixed rations.
The leading cow in the model dairy at the Pan-American Exposition is the Guernsey Mary Marshall No. 5604 bred and owned by Ezra Michener of Pennsylvania born April 20 1891. Her best week yielded 294 pounds 7 ounces of milk with 4.75 percent butter fat. After nearly five months in milk she produced 180.8 pounds with 5.8 percent butter fat for the week ended September 17.
Dr C C Miller argues longevity in bees could improve wintering if worker lifespans extend. He suggests selecting longer living queens over multiple seasons, noting queens born earlier may prove best. The Bee Journal editor concurs long tenure should be balanced with replacement by younger queens.
Scratching remains hens work and chicks show rapid growth when hens have ample food and health. Fresh, bright hens with red combs and clean plumage indicate eggs are plentiful and no extra egg feeds are needed.
Advice from Country Life on shoeing horses when a nail causes a flinch. If the horse flinches the nail should be removed and the hole disinfected with carbolic acid and sealed with wax. If bleeding occurs retie the shoe only after the nail holes align with the white line and disinfect the injury before closure.
The article extolls pure bred Hampshire Downs for lean, fast fattening meat and hardy performance. It advises crossbreeding with a Down ewe and Cotswold ram, notes ram shoulder importance, stock management before lambing, feeding regimes for lambs, and avoiding stale pasture to ensure quality prime mutton. It emphasizes careful attention to lambs and gradual ewe-lamb nursing practices.
An article notes that declines in bird populations disrupt natural insect control, harming agriculture in France. It cites that in Herault the loss of insectivorous birds may cost over 2,900,000 gallons of wine annually, with birds saving thousands of grains of wheat and grapes daily.
Water is absorbed by roots and slightly altered by cell contents to form sap. It moves upward through sap wood from cell to cell via numerous partitions until reaching the leaves. In basswood, cells are long and the ascent crosses about 2,000 partitions per foot.
To wean foals start with thorough halter breaking and begin soon after birth. Train the colt or filly to eat oats in both forms. Feed grain to the dam regularly day and night so the foal can reach it easily.
A New England Homestead note describes horses tossing hay from the manger, trampling it and refusing to eat. It says this occurs mainly in single stalls and recommends nailing a wood piece across the manger to push hay down and prevent spillage.
The article outlines methods to boost stock feed and milk yield by renovating pasture land. It advises plowing lean areas to sow winter rye and grass, using fertilizers, and careful reseeding. It also discusses subduing brush with cutting, selective grazing, harrow aeration, and fencing to control regrowth.
A farmer recalls a hay and grain wagon rack crafted by his father Thomas Atkeson more than half a century ago. The cut describes the construction and lists lumber details including ash scantlings and curved pieces shaping the rack.
A reader describes a long useful wagon rack designed to be assembled with proper length screws and bolts. The rack stays level along both sides and tends to center the load, praised as the best ever built after years of use.
Fresh laid eggs are opened and contents packed in air sealed glass jars. Jars stored cold and sold to bakers in large cities who value the shell as a quick quality check. One bad egg spoils the entire jar. This method, like bottled milk, will have limited sale in big cities.
Professor Wheeler of the Rhode Island station advises sowing clover seed toward the end of March or early April on light snow so the ground is fully covered. Once sown, roll the land while still soft but not so wet as to injure by hooves.
Describes a balloon frame poultry house 18 feet wide with 12 foot pens, stone fill and dirt floor, two large windows per pen, ventilating trap doors, sawdust ceiling, self shutting screens, towered roosts, coal tar painted roosts, and a hinged shelf leading to a long droppings box. FE. C. Bloodgood notes in Farm and Home.
The item warns anthrax kills quickly in livestock, causing swift death before symptoms are noticed. It advises immediate carcass disposal, lime treatment, and burial six feet deep, noting spores resist for years and can spread via pastures and food. Prof Stockman mentions an inoculation method.
A Farmers' Review note argues dirt floors for poultry houses can prevent bumble foot if roosts are kept low. It cites board and cement floors as workable in many cases, with roosts around 18 inches above a board floor. The piece notes dirt or dust can cover the floor adequately.
Prairie Farmer urges farmers to provide warm, well built pig houses rather than single sided sheds. Comfortable pigs grow better and require less feed, boosting profitability. With extra effort, fall litters can match spring results.
Farm and Ranch declares hornless cattle a clear improvement and notes natural born mulleys will be favored. Those who plan ahead can dehorn now, as hornless cattle feed better, are more docile, and loss of horns alters habits, making breeding hornless stock advantageous.
Veterinary guidance recommends steaming nostrils with two ounces of turpentine in boiling water for twenty minutes, twice daily, for up to a month. It also advises administering a teaspoon of copper sulfate in bran mash twice daily for a month or longer if needed.
The article describes Dutch marsh drainage by windmills and applies a Wisconsin trial at Lake Mendota. A dike and sump collect swamp water, with wind-driven pumps maintaining drainage. seepage is minimal and evaporation handles excess water. The method promises value for high priced, fertile land and drought irrigation with simple siphon controls.
The article describes a device enabling one man to process a hog quickly. Place the hog on a rack, close it, lift over the trough, lower it in, and move the cross lever to scour the carcass until hair loosens. Repeat with each hog, adjusting timing by hair removal tests.
A recipe for a harness dressing blends fish oil with mutton tallow castor oil ivory black beeswax rosin Burgundy pitch and roasts in an iron kettle. It yields a soft black dressing that repels mice and preserves leather. If fish oil is unavailable neatsfoot oil may be used.
The writer argues selling current field crops avoids storage costs and shrinkage. Potatoes at 50 cents per bushel now vs 75 cents next spring. apples suffer higher losses from spoilage, so quick sales are profitable in the long run.
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