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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1909
Page
11
Practical guide to potting bulbs in rich soil, keeping them cool and dark until roots establish, and using a soil or water forcing method. Describes gashing bulbs, handling Chinese sacred lilies, hyacinths, tulips, and crocus, plus a nitrate of soda boost after flowering.
An Indiana orchardist argues against low headed fruit trees. He cites better wind resistance, warmer soil, improved cultivation, and superior fruit quality when training trees high. He presents examples from his own and local forests to support high headed, properly spaced trees as the preferred method. He urges studying nature and reducing experimentation.
A Massachusetts poultryman uses self feeding hoppers in each pen with compartments for different feeds. Birds choose dry grain bran and middlings plus dry beef scraps, avoiding damp feed. The system keeps stock healthy and thrifty and eliminates need for hot mashes or mixed feed.
A western chicken raiser describes his hen as worth 5000 dollars though value seems dubious. The bird has a personal valet for toilet care, daily washing brushing and manicuring, and specially prepared food. A press agent distributes stories and photographs portraying the hen in bath and toilet moments.
A vintage guide explains two stable scrapers. It instructs cutting a hardwood board 8 by 18 inches with bevelled edges, drilling two holes, and threading a sapling handle with a ring and wire. The handle is split at the end to wedge behind the board, creating a rigid tool with separate push and pull edges. If used in a gutter, the board should be narrowed to avoid binding.
Partial OCR notes show birds mating behavior observed on a square area. The fragment mentions watching birds and getting ready, with unclear details on species or location.
The guidance advises gradually introducing a halter to a newborn colt, day by day until it accepts it. After acclimation, add a rope to teach responsiveness. While leading outside, hold the chin piece to prevent rearing. Teach calm behavior by kind handling during harness training and tying to a manger while watching the animal.
The piece argues farmers should provide sunny, comfortable kitchens and cheerfully decorate the farmhouse for the wife who spends much of her day there. It cites the mother as the family backbone and urges letting sunlight and love into her home, quoting Julie Gordon on the need for comfort and beauty.
Buckwheat grows rapidly with ample moisture and nutrients. Prepare soil early with plowing and harrowing to suppress weeds and conserve moisture. Sow from mid May to late June for a ~60 day maturity, aiming for cool conditions and enough time before frost. West Virginia station found best results from June 26 sowing.
Plans published by the dairy division of the U S Department of Agriculture illustrate practical designs for dairy facilities. The circular No 181 presents stable configurations for 24 to 100 cows including milk houses and creamery setups, with emphasis on ventilation light floors ceilings and per cow space. The plans aim to guide architects builders and builders in adapting to local conditions.
Detailed guidance on teaching a young colt to fear nothing by gradual exposure. Begin with closeness, then back away as confidence grows, introduce harness, crupper, and common traveling sights. Use calm voice, gentle handling, and progressive work to ensure a well behaved horse as it matures.
Farmer guidance on humane horse care and working teams. Emphasizes selecting a steady walker, suitable size and strength, and mares as practical working animals except near foaling. Notes mares can still breed yearly and remain profitable if injured, with geldings offering similar utility.
Buckwheat types Jap anese Silver Hull and old variety yield per acre ranges 10 to 40 bu. One bushel sowing rate with 150 to 200 lb fertilizer per acre. Japanese grain larger than Silver Hull. Silver Hull heavier. Fertilizer choice matters. superphosphate profitable. Harvesting uses modified threshing to avoid grain damage. Buckwheat serves as flour and stock feed with a 1 to 7 nutritive ratio. Straw rich in nutrients. livestock relish. Buckwheat improves clover and grasses, leaving ground weed free.
A fine Holstein exemplar, Ida Marigold, is praised as a premier dairy cow. Described features include a large frame, intelligent head, heavy milk veins, and well-placed udder. Her lineage includes Stoke Pogis of Prospect as sire of 45 tested daughters, underscoring her superior dairy traits.
The article surveys corn soil fertility, noting no universal rule due to soil differences. It highlights I S Long of Pennsylvania using crop rotations and organic matter to boost yields, phosphorus and tankage mixes in Indiana, planter attachments in the South, and muck soils with potash and phosphorus. It also calls for nitrogen, potash, and phosphorus, and promotes leguminous cover crops as cost effective soil enrichment.
A sudden acid related horse illness causes rapid weakness and hind limb paralysis. Move the horse onto a stone cart, place in a warm bed, and gently turn him. Administer laxatives, relieve pain, draw or assist urine, apply liniment, keep warm, offer small water and bran mashes as recovery progresses.
A shown double cultivator is a common tool in dry farming. It features blade like shovels designed for surface cultivation and soil work amid arid field conditions.
Instructions warn against letting chickens feed on strawberries and advise feeding birds, waiting for settled weather, and not uncovering crowns too early. Guidance covers soil work, bed preparation, avoiding white grid damage, and using manure or commercial fertilizer when needed.
The Berkshire hog is celebrated as the longest bred, most reliable general purpose swine with true markings, hardiness, vigor, and docility. It suits eastern dairy farmers and southern forage-based rations, known for Marbled flesh, easy dressing, and prolific sows. Berkshire bloodlines reputedly enrich many hog breeds nationwide.
Warden W Mc Johnston proposed Oklahoma style farm labor with 100 acres at western Pennsylvania penitentiary, no wall, escape penalty two years added. Charles Lee of Houston claims a boll weevil destroying machine. Anton Michelschmidt of Cato shows corn yield on six acres. Richard R Smith of Stockton experiments with rice growing. US farm imports worth 414 million dollars last year. Nebraska firm plans reinforced cornstalk water mains. A widow near Centralian was left with four years of care for fifty acres of land.
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