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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1906
Page
12
A modern practical guide discusses barrel pumps as efficient spray systems for small and medium plantations. It notes fifty-gallon barrels as inexpensive tanks and describes mounting options on sleds, two wheels, carts, or wagons for flexible field use.
The article details using cloth bands around trees to trap full grown larvae of the cooling moth as a supplementary measure to spraying. It notes bands attract cocoons, enable larva destruction, and recommends cleaning bark, regular ten day inspections, and not relying on banding alone in badly infested areas.
The article discusses increasing meat production efficiency by weighing fat versus eating quality, noting that consumer demand favors lean meat. It highlights the role of agricultural education, slaughter tests, and Exposition demonstrations in proving carcass quality, and points to competing corn belt and western irrigated regions driving beef development amid new fertile lands and government aid.
The quince is a hard acid fruit needing cooking for flavor, grown as a shrub with white flowers or golden fruit. It keeps well and is priceworthy, though cultivation lags behind other fruits. Mulching aids growth. best with a single stem and light pruning. native quinces taste better than California varieties.
The article warns that calves from dairy cows rarely yield profitable baby beef. It urges dual purpose cows, proper housing, exercise space, and sun, plus a dry feed ration of cob meal oats and bran. It emphasizes gradual transition from milk to dry feed, roughage availability, and avoiding overloading with concentrates to preserve digestion and muscle growth.
A Farm Journal writer recalls Chapin the English expert who picks top egg layers by looks. Tested in the United States last winter he correctly identified strong and poor layers and estimated annual egg yield. Chapin stresses head shape eyes and sparing feathers near the comb as indicators.
Farmers facing dry summer pastures can boost dairy output by rotating crops. New Jersey experiments over seven years show rye sown in fall yields in May, followed by wheat and alfalfa cut in mid May. Wisconsin trials favor fall rye, alfalfa, red clover, and peas plus oats planted April 16 with early June harvest.
An information dense note details the cabbage maggot pest harming crucifers in New York and northern states, with control using below root injections of sulphide or carbon. It covers breeding, crop planning, and advises on efficient feeding and husbandry for dairy and beef cattle, plus orchard and poultry notes.
A young man insists he was right after allowing a hen to be killed and found full of eggs. A neighbor counters that the hen had been laying in another barn for a year and claims the eggs, turning the dispute into a public quarrel with terse, incomplete remarks.
Prof Shaw of Michigan College of Agriculture discusses livestock quality as a key factor in beef production. He notes that quality differs across livestock classes and influences judging decisions, shaping farmer perspectives on what constitutes superior animals.
Professor Vorhes and Professor Billings at the New Jersey experiment station compare silage with dried beet pulp in dairy cow rations. The trial, conducted at the state farm, used uniform housing and milking by students, with careful weighing, sampling, and feeding schedules to record outcomes.
The report describes building simple shelves in stables for tools and supplies, and details an experiment comparing beet pulp and silage rations for dairy cows. It covers milking methods, water, ventilation, exercise, milk and butter yields, costs, and fat content, noting better milk and butter gains with silage.
The article advises starting chicks with grit and steel cut oats or pinhead oatmeal at 24 to 30 hours old, then gradually switching to whole wheat and cracked corn by three weeks. It emphasizes fresh air, sunshine, clean earth, and controlled feeding to prevent disease from overfeeding or overheating.
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