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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
11
A wartime style agricultural piece discusses potato quality and storage. It compares varieties, notes that high quality means mealiness and flavor, and explains effects of soil moisture and light. Underground dugout cellars with careful ventilation preserve quality.
Instructions emphasize using tin utensils for milk and cream, avoiding wood or galvanized pails, and keeping joints well soldered. Clean by cold rinse, hot wash with a brush, avoid soap, and rinse with boiling water. Dry in sun and ensure inside shoulder areas are scrubbed. do not reuse worn cans and limit grease.
A note quotes C E Leg stating that dairy sales should not be used for any other purpose. The remark underscores restrictions tied to dairy commerce and property usage.
Poem fragment by Alice May Douglas envisions an Easter angel blessing spring blooms and departed loved ones. Imagery centers on flowers, angelic visitation, and the idea of souls rising to a pure, white end. The piece reads like a reflective verse on renewal and memory.
The farmer should work steadily, plan ahead, and specialize to gain profit. Dairying is strong for marketable outputs, while fertilizers help but do not enrich land alone. If yields are below average, reform land and methods to improve efficiency and income.
The Cooper hawk is identified as a chief chicken thief by farmers, capable of carrying off poultry and small game. The piece notes widespread damage in spring and summer unless farmers stay armed, and mentions economic strains from a prior October panic affecting mule dealers and a new Oklahoma bill restricting Johnson grass sowing and grain sales.
The article weighs lime versus limestone for soil improvement. It cites experiments with pulverized oyster shells and shell marl, noting bluegrass growth on shell roads and richer crops from finer shell particles. It discusses the potential of pulverized shells as a lasting soil conditioner and calls for a shell pulverization plant.
Arkansas experiment station reported 1,195 bushels of rice sold for 994 dollars. Wisconsin and Iowa stations test sugar beets and apple storage while Oklahoma notes light green hug damage. Tubercular cattle condemned at Illinois Eastern Hospital, and Belgian horses importation into the southern states by BE A. Blackshere of Baltimore.
Advice on pig feeding and management to build strong bones and muscle while controlling fat. Emphasizes milk and corn for fattening, water in place of mill feed near market, and giving pigs outdoor exercise in winter. Stresses breeding from matured hogs, intelligent care, manure use, and marketing when the market is leanest.
The article discusses turkey liver diseases misattributed to tuberculosis and explains hydatid cysts as the real cause. It covers parasite cysts affecting humans and notes farming tips such as burning piles, creating onion beds, and improving poultry housing. It ends with agricultural advice on plowing windows of work days.
The piece outlines spring begins for hens, stressing secluded dark nests for laying, cleanable nests to deter lice and mites, and a cheap nest trough design 12 to 15 inches square with a wall mounted platform. It notes roosting avoidance and ease of cleaning as key care points.
A writer urges light coating of plow points and harrow disks for spring use and warns against wasting time on repair. The piece contrasts laying dry fodder for cattle and horses in warm stalls with dragging in wet, moldy feed after cold rains, citing real cases of negligence in spring field work.
Advice on using birds to eat pests, oil emulsions for carnations, tobacco dust around peony roots to deter ants, and boiled bone traps for ant control. Suggestions include brass syringes for spraying, lime or wood ash barriers, hand-picking snails at night, and Dalmatian insect powder for black flies and green lice with weekly light applications after rain or dew.
An article describes building a slicker used by western farmers when weeds grow too large for barrows. It spans about 12 feet with four runners of 2x6 or 2x8 scantling boards nailed atop. A half inch iron rod—or a sharpened steel bar—extends at the back to drag 1 to 2 inches below the soil surface, aided by the rider's weight.
Breeders and gelders risk rupture during castration as intestine can protrude if not checked. Proper positioning, anesthesia, and test for bulges aid safety, with cautions against untrained operators. In severe cases, immediate veterinary care is vital to prevent fatal outcomes and peritonitis.
Regularity in feeding is essential for fowls with cold water in winter and skim milk boosting egg production. Grow your own feed to avoid poor imported grain, and use screenings sparingly. Remove culls, ensure hens eat well, and give turkeys full access to grain. Avoid broken eggs and provide clean nest boxes for shy birds.
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