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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
27
A compact guide on sandy soils explains that organic matter is more accessible, sand acts as a water and nutrient sponge, and overcropping without fertility restoration ruins soil. It advocates a three year rotation of corn, wheat, and clover with manure as top dressing, plus clover pasturing and returning droppings to maintain soil health and productivity.
A midwestern farmer offers practical winter guidance on staying active, protecting water pipes and wells, and keeping the cellar cool but not freezing. He advises readying fire prevention, market moves for hens and turkeys, charitable deeds, and sound feeding practices for livestock, plus celery and crop storage cautions.
A reader asks how many pounds of alfalfa seed fit an acre and the optimal sowing method. Advice: 25 to 30 pounds per acre, soil well prepared, alfalfa suits clay soils on rolling land, sow broadcast or drilled, broadcast requires 5 extra pounds, avoid deep or shallow sowing, roll and harrow lightly on light soils, nurse crop debate favors no nurse crop, consider importing soil from an old alfalfa field if needed, spring common in the West, fall preferred in the South, consult a state experiment station for locality guidance.
Practical notes on livestock feeding optimize fat or milk output with appropriate diets while warning against overfeeding and poor housing. The piece also details celery storage with earth mounding, leaf cover, and frost protection to preserve stalks through winter. It cites experiments in Nebraska and mentions Professor Mumford of Illinois.
Miss Anna Galliver describes celery growth patterns with cool fall weather boosting growth. She advises banking rows with earth to keep roots cool and wet, and notes alternatives such as mulching with poultry manure and wrapping bundles in paper when blanching is difficult.
Advice for dairy farmers on dry feed management emphasizes ample clover hay and good ensilage with accessible salt. Limit corn and avoid oats or straw to prevent reduced milk flow and off flavors in butter. Odors contaminate milk quickly. keep cows away from strong smells and substances.
Rushing explains fall planting of red clove onions to gain spring starts. Spring planting requires dry, well prepared ground to avoid baking and poor yields. Onions divide into multiple cloves with subsequent divisions, and success hinges on proper planting timing and soil conditions.
The text describes methods for separating cream, including using a cream separator or cooling and reheating milk in shallow pans to double cream yield. It discusses keeping cream for several days near freezing, ripening at 60 degrees with a sour cream starter, and cautions against adding water to cream. It notes cold weather causes churn troubles and that even experienced termakers may face stubborn batches.
Patrons of Husbandry the Grange to campaign for a parcels post system this winter backed by Postmaster General Meyer who sent a representative to Hartford to discuss with the National Grange. The plan would charge 12 cents a pound from city offices to rural delivery, with a 25 cent eleven pound package via a 5 cent first pound and 2 cent per pound thereafter. National Master Bachelder urged aligning Grange and post office plans. Also notes soil humus restoration and wheat bran value as animal feed.
Rushing Illinois explains onion culture from planting in fall or spring, with rows four to eight inches apart and eighteen inches between rows. He emphasizes annual resets, soil types rich in decomposed organic matter, and liberal fertilizers. Yields of 400 to 1000 bushels per acre are possible with proper cultivation and soil fertility.
Professor Gosward of the state college reports the grape berry worm has caused extensive damage to Ohio grape crops and across other states. Eggs appear as tiny specks on grape skins in midsummer. larvae burrow into the pulp. Fall brood overwinters in leaf folds. fire is the recommended remedy, with weed and leaf debris removal around the vineyard.
Guidance advises using kerosene to make a hot fire and spraying with disparine at three pounds per fifty gallons of Bordeaux mixture. A sticking agent is recommended, and affected vineyards should contact the Ohio experiment station in Columbus for full directions. Bulletin No. 63 contains valuable pest information.
Illinois Indiana corn sold at 50 cents a bushel in the field. Oklahoma broom corn about 35 000 tons this year. Washington flat crop may bring growers 20 million dollars. 3 500 000 apple trees bearing in the state. Government to collect millions of forest seeds. Public land recoveries over 700 000 acres from railroads. Diamond found in chicken gizzard by Evansville girl, she keeps job after legal aid. Nevada farmer dies of rabies from calf bite. Santa Fe planting eucalyptus in southern California for posts and ties. Oconto farmer injured when neck entangled in halter chain dragged by frightened horse. Milk prices rise in mid and eastern states. New York farmers paid 4 cents per quart, retail at 9 cents.
A veteran southern cook who feeds President Roosevelt and his family at Pine Knot Virginia is highlighted as one of the last of the old time cooks. The piece contrasts her traditional preparations with modern southern cooking by younger cooks, praising her expertise and the authenticity of her dishes.
This piece urges beginners to start small in poultry ventures with standard bred stock. It warns of common failures from improper incentives and stresses humane, consistent care for hens. It advises timely work, better tools, and balanced feeding to secure top crop results.
A detailed kitchen table guide describes brooder cleanliness to prevent lice, methods for dusting hatched chicks, and using carbolic acid in water to curb cholera. It outlines feeding regimens from chick days to three weeks, including pone preparation, grinding grains, Hess poultry panacea, and progressive diet changes before selling at 11 weeks.
Mrs Mary Hirschfield of Ohio extols incubators over sitting hens noting reliability and capacity to handle up to fifteen hens. She describes a 150 egg hot water incubator, and in 1906 with 76 birds she says she gathered 374.4 dozen eggs and sold 827.5 dozen for $52.60, with 47 dozen kept for setting.
A household report lists eggs valued at 61.06 and poultry at 76.18 for a total of 137.24. It notes 60 hens and pullets remaining after losses, with feed costs around 60 and confinement due to nearby neighbors, comparing brooder care to free-range challenges.
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