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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1907
Page
20
A five year rotation with corn, crimson clover, Irish potatoes, wheat, and timothy hay removes 238 nitrogen, 91 phosphorus, and 294 potassium pounds in five years. If crimson clover is plowed under, soil gains 60 N and 14 P and 66 K, yielding 178 N, 77 P, and 228 K removed over five years. Over fifty years, totals reach 8600 N, 8250 P, and 11400 K removed, risking exhaustion.
Farmers who fatten a few steers aim to beat market prices by efficient feeding. Success hinges on choosing young, well bred cattle and on the feeder's skill. Summer purchase, good grass, ample hay, and varied feeds like bright straw, clover, timothy, wild hay, alfalfa, and stover sustain profitable winter feeding in the central west.
Andrew M. Soule of the Virginia Experiment Station explains how crop rotation affects soil nutrients. He estimates nitrogen can be replenished by legumes, while phosphorus and potassium require annual applications, even with stores from nature covering two thirds of needs.
The article urges dairymen to read agricultural dairy literature and to improve ventilation and sunlight in stables. It recommends whitewash for disinfection, cement floors with proper bedding, and land plaster in gutters. It notes using the Babcock test to keep milk tests near 4 percent and stresses intelligent judgment in daily milk production and flexible milking times.
Gradually they are worked up to full feed by December, and they eat heartily and gain in weight rapidly. Shelled corn, ear corn, or cracked corn mixed with a few ground oats and waste mill sweepings form the fare. Shelter is essential for cattle on feed.
The dairyman pays 12 dollars per gallon of daily milk for cows rich enough to show 34.4 percent fat with adjustments of 1 dollar for each quarter percent. Two cows are bought on merit. Dry cows are usually sold, and replacing them with fresh cows risks disease and a vicious animal. It is safer to keep profitable cows rather than replace them with unknowns, due to short savings versus potential herd problems.
Milk is kept wholesome through safeguards during milking and transit. Milk is collected in a dairy with sterilized suits for workers, hand washing between cows, milking through a sieve, and straining into cans. Fore milk is discarded to prevent bacteria entry, then milk is quickly moved to the dairy from the barn air.
A fragment notes Peary’s 1889 Arctic expedition mentioning radish seed in an open attic box at a fort. The hazardous context is unclear from the fragment, but it records an unusual detail tied to the explorer’s early experiences in the region.
The article urges improving home surroundings to shape children’s appreciation of nature and enhance property value. It cites shade trees, flowering plants, and strategic planting, advising a clear plan, modest costs, and leveraging farm resources, citing Frederick Cranefield of Wisconsin Experiment Station and warning against harsh treatment of women on the farm.
The notes survey rotten corn in southern Illinois after heavy rains. It notes pecan disposal in Curco Texas and compares land values between Michigan and Western farms. It cites Turkey abundance in Kentucky, a widened assessment on meat trust losses, and road funding moves in Michigan Massachusetts Victoria Australia and Florida. It mentions a Florida inventor and a road machine cutting labor.
A reader argues for fair treatment of hired farm help and criticizes farm owners who expect Sunday work. He suggests cottages for workers, social opportunities, and cautions against unions. He notes labor shifts from the south to coal mines and railroads, urging dependable pay.
The guide advises two weeks before lambing to feed ewes grain, starting light and building to a half bushel twice daily. Add roughage like clover hay and bean pods, switch from timothy to varied forage, and ensure air and warmth in the shed. Prepare pens, separate lambs briefly, support new mothers, and provide a creep for early nibbling and grain access.
Guidance on spring spraying for fruit, vines, and berries outlines when to apply multiple treatments, with second and third applications two weeks apart and a possible fourth if infestation is severe. Recommends combined fungicide and insecticide like Bordeaux mix, cites potential 90 percent disease control, and notes farmers in New Hampshire and Washington report high yields. Also mentions a Northwestern homestead movement led by Rev. John C. Coleman.
The article describes an oxygen based treatment for cow milk fever using a potassium iodide solution infused into the udder, with massage and timing guidance, citing Dr. Hartwig’s 1903 cases. It also notes Virginia agricultural observations by Professor Whitney on corn yields, peach buds, water’s tempering effect, and the spread of winter spraying among Georgia fruit growers, plus a San Jose scale note for January to leafing period.
Advice urges pasture discipline in early spring with alfalfa to prevent overstocking. Emphasizes conservative sheep growth vs cattle, proper feed for sows, and steady pig development. Warns against overstocking, stresses water warming, ventilation, and clear watering access. Recommends beef-focused calves, corn and cob meal, and modest use of beet molasses and cottonseed for higher quality beef.
This advice urges careful orchard prep, soil description to state stations, and obtaining varieties suited to conditions. It warns against buying uninspected fruit trees, recommends buying near home, and suggests waiting on cutting winter-killed peach trees as they may recover. Emphasizes fruit cultivation as potentially more profitable than other crops.
Practical guidance on crossing Wyandottes with Brahmas or Cochins for eggs and meat, mating ages, and avoiding inbreeding. Broiler season runs January to July, with Howe’s ration given for the first ten days and subsequent feeding. Rhode Island Reds noted for broilers, weather shifts affect egg yield, and blood spots are linked to ruptured vessels during laying.
Ohio Experiment Station reports thirteen years of trials on a worn farm using a five year rotation with corn oats wheat clover and timothy. Acid phosphate raises yields. full fertilizer with nitrogen and potassium greatly boosts wheat from nine to twenty nine bushels per acre, paying for itself and producing rental value. Additional trials with farm manure plus phosphorus carriers show similar benefits.
The text explains that overfat hens cause soft shelled eggs and infertility. It notes no dedicated Single Comb White Wyandotte strain, lists occasional single comb emergence in all strains, and compares Leghorn varieties for egg production. It mentions Blue Andalusians, Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, and Wyandottes, with color-related variations and feathering issues.
Practical guidance for Southern farmers on hog care and feeding. Advice covers winter exercise, avoid swill, selection of bacon hog types, shelter needs, feed management, handling runts, and concerns about overfat sows. Mentions a 700 pound hog raised in North Dakota by H. E. Putnam as a success example.
Experiments show acid phosphate from manure replacing nitrate of soda and muriate of potash in a three year corn wheat clover rotation. Eight tons per acre raised nine-year corn yield to 62 bushels, followed by 25 bushels of wheat. Net value increase after phosphate costs averages $35 per acre, or $9 yearly after manure handling.
Farmers report Joseph Reinecke of Seneca Kansas yielded forty bushels per acre of wheat and fifteen bushels of buckwheat, totaling 36 dollars per acre. U S apple barrels total about 35 million, 12 million more than 1905, with strong demand and rising prices foreseen.
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