Corn Not Alone for Hogs by L. E. Carter Iowa College of Agriculture
Experiments by Kennedy and Robbins compare corn plus supplements and pasture types for fattening hogs. Meat meal and tankage show similar value to corn alone, mixed rations gain faster with less feed, barley improves corn blends, and clover pasture yields strong gains versus timothy. Pasture efficiency varies with protein levels. corn with clover offers near best gains and profit compared with dry lot feeding.
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L. E. Carter
Iowa College of Agriculture
Kennedy and Robbins
State Station
Make up your mind not to borrow tools this year
A rural exhortation urges farmers to avoid borrowing implements from neighbors and instead acquire or budget for needed items. It argues a well run farm should not rely on borrowed gear and suggests helping neighbors only when able, highlighting shared hardship in sickness or tight times.
Opportunity on the Farm for Ambitious Boys
An elder urges boys to seize chances, improve homely duties, and avoid fleeing the farm for excitement. He warns that opportunity rarely knocks and stresses valuing local work, developing leisure time, and finding profitable occupations at home rather than chasing fleeting town temptations. Narrated as guidance from Samuel Franklin.
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Samuel Franklin
Must Keep Changing Crops To the Editor
The article argues that growing the same crops year after year exhausts soil fertility, citing prairie lands and abandoned New England farms. It explains crop nutrient needs, root systems, and soil forage areas, urging crop rotation and varied cultivation to balance soil treatment, weed control, and pest/disease disruption.
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West
New England
Green Food For The Hens In Winter
During cold periods green food is essential for hens kept indoors. Morning feeding of cabbage and winter greens acts as a tonic and helps appetite, with roots like beets and turnips also valued. Cooked clover hay or alfalfa mixed with grain serves as a good substitute, especially for laying hens, providing lime and bulk. Boiled vegetables are liked but must not be overfed to avoid bowel trouble. Ground grain mixes should include bran to aid digestion and egg production.
Lighting board for beehives diagram guide
A description of constructing a lighting board for beehives. It advises marking two small cleats on the underside of boards with walls, then driving a Pyar gee the board and cleat, and leaving space for mounting. The text is fragmented and lacks complete steps.
Girl's sideline is eggs by Annie C Emery
Annie C Emery describes a solo home eggs business started in May with $30 to $50 capital using White Leghorn eggs and an incubator. She details self sufficiency, modest staff, and balancing office work with poultry, valuing home labor over city life while earning about $300 a year from eggs and extra work.
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Annie C. Emery
New York
The chief need of the country in the little district schoolhouse
The fragment notes a stated belief about the country’s needs tied to rural schooling. The readable portion suggests a focus on education in small district schools as central to national welfare, though details are incomplete.
Silage Fine Steer Feed By Thomas I Maire
Pennsylvania Experiment Station reports a 1906-07 trial comparing shredded corn stover and corn silage for fattening steers. Twelve Hereford and Shorthorn yearlings, equally weighted, were divided into two groups and fed identical grain rations of broken ear corn and cottonseed meal, twice daily, in the college barn.
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Thomas I. Maire
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
College Barn
Prize Winning Hackney Tandem Team
A prize winning hackney tandem team proves its mettle by sticking to heavy draft horses, with judges noting the horses’ strength and steady gaits while reserving fancy breeds for expert exhibitors.
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Hackney
I Built A Poultry Business From Egg to Enterprise
A narrator recounts starting with incubator care and selling eggs to employers, delivering fresh eggs year round for 60 cents a dozen. She emphasizes untainted eggs, proper hen care, seasonal laying, and keeping a steady customer base in a downtown office setting. She details henhouse design, feeding, exercise, and humane housing, stressing clean water, fresh food, and safe materials. The piece also argues for better rural education to connect farming to daily life and future agriculture.
Double Watering Trough for Four Fields
A watering trough made of cement or wood can water stock in two fields at once. A ten foot square trough placed at the intersection of four fields will water animals in all four fields simultaneously.
Turkeys and Their Care Highlight Heavy Maryland Prices
The passage notes The White Holland variety as among the heaviest layers. It warns against inbreeding and lice, dampness, improper food as mortality causes. It cites Maryland and Philadelphia dry picked turkeys commanding high market prices due to fatness, good grade, and bleached white skin from proper killing.
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White Holland
Maryland
Philadelphia
Farm Auto In Practical Use Involves Har Rows And Light Machinery
A historical note describes farm equipment in practical use with har rows, mowers, and hay rakes attached to tractors and other power units, illustrating how farmers adapted light machinery for field work and harvest tasks.
Feeding Silage Beats Stover for Steers in Trial
In a cattle feeding trial two groups of steers received equal hay and different grain supplements. Lot 1 had corn stover while Lot 2 received corn silage containing ears. Silage-fed steers ended heavier at the end, with higher individual gains, and were in better overall condition though costs were nearly the same.
The Hired Man's Side
Five years after arriving at the farm the narrator recalls the boss hiring practices, yearly contracts, and his own steady work ethic. He warns against overreliance on patent medicines, credits winter repairs for earnings, and urges readiness and proactive labor when nature allows.
Cats and dogs build pretty shelf set for a dame
A playful aside notes that cats and dogs can assemble an appealing set of bookshelves for a refined mistress. The remark suggests ease in the task and a lighthearted tone about domestic ingenuity.
Hens Prefer Dark Nesting Where Eggs Are Laid
Poultry raisers note hens seek dark nests over light ones and prefer bottom mangers. Suggested nests built in four sections 14 by 14 inches with a hinged top or removable cover for easy egg gathering. Monthly fumigation with sulphur and kerosene advised to prevent lice. burn sulphur to clear insects, keep doors closed, exclude hens, and wait at least three hours after fumigation.
Overlook Small Farming Philosophy in Practical Grains
A essay emphasizes moderation for farmers urging care over sheer land expansion. It argues big farms tempt overwork and weather losses, while mindful management of forty acres can yield higher profit per acre than larger, careless endeavors. It cautions against overextension and advocates optimizing existing resources for peak crops.
Feeding notes for farm pork and dairy cattle
Use cheap farm foods to fatten pigs and feed cows bran remains best avoided. Pasture rape and forage crops yield moderate gains with light grain rations. Wheat rye oats and grains rich in nitrogen produce high quality pork. Clover serves as a complete ration improving muscle milk and fat, best with alfalfa in rational crop rotations on a well managed dairy farm.
Prodigal Son Returns to Farm Advice for Young Men
The column argues farm life offers steadier rewards than politics or other trades. It notes Wisconsin livestock yields of 67 million dollars fueling pride in cattle breeding. It praises pure breds, warns about hog price slumps, and urges sticking to proven methods. Cc. E. Bradfute cites confidence in pure bred livestock.
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Wisconsin
Cc. E. Bradfute
Ohio
Growing tomatoes on posts
A fragment describes growing tomatoes on posts to avoid rotted fruit from damp ground. It suggests pruning as soon as bracithes appear to constrain growth to the stock. The text is incomplete and presents conflicting wording and garbled phrases.
Grow Farm Feed for Sheep by W. Mr. Kelly
The article outlines profitable methods for fattening sheep using home grown feeds with minimal grain. It advocates buying feeders early, feeding on pasture and fodder, and finishing to market weight while leveraging manure value and a ready home market. It emphasizes small flocks, proper housing, running water, controlled exercise, cleanliness, and providing ample but not excessive feed.
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Mr. Kelly
Michigan
Ohio
Notes on hog raising and feeding practices
Practical guidance on sowing rye and rape for hog forage, moving hogs with portable fences, avoiding sour food and dirty water, and using light grain rations with succulent foods. Advises on fattening pigs needing confinement only in the final stage and suggests carnmeal and other grains late in fattening.
Artificial Egg Hatching In Incubators
The text discusses how dryer air in incubators speeds evaporation and that eggs emit little heat for about two weeks. It warns high early hatch temperatures can be fatal and notes a brief rise to 119 degrees on day eleven may not kill. It also describes removing infertile edges and spacing fertile eggs in similar positions.
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