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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1909
Page
12
Practical guidance for beginner hunters emphasizing careful stalking in valleys, avoiding haste, and using stealth to improve chances of success. It notes how to position for shots, when to remove hats, and how to treat game post kill by sharing meat with hounds to keep them motivated. It uses personal anecdotes about missed opportunities and the risks of careless behavior.
An old farm guide lists home remedies for equine colic using turpentine and a flannel rag, a method for freeing a choking cow or horse with an egg, pig haltering and shoe insertion, and a fly blister to remove a bone felon with a needle or lancet after six hours.
Readable fragment discusses care for farm animals in winter, stressing warmth, shelter, and ample feed to keep stock healthy during cold months.
A Missouri farmer proves oats respond to drilling and fertilizing with 44 bushels per acre versus 33 in old methods. Texas farms shift from cotton to truck gardening. Illinois oats yield 30, then 25 bushels after a field replant. An Indiana apple tree stands 134 years old. Kansas mice devastate fields. agriculture losses reach 250000 dollars. North Carolina hosts a large turkey operation aiding worm control. Ohio hen lays record eggs. electric skimmed-milk rubber product touted. France opens a cotton plantation school at Havre to train colonial cotton workers.
An Arapahoe county farmer reports a pumpkin so huge that after cutting it in two each twin used a half as a cradle. The note adds crops like corn and pumpkins generally exceed usual yields this year on the farm.
Farmers should support nature study in country schools to foster pride in home and farm life. Such education will steady youths against city lure and prepare them for modern progress and professions. The era of calling farmers clodhopper or hayseed should end.
Fragmentary weather notes suggest storms may impact cows soon. The garbled text mentions cows, barometer and a possible shift in conditions ahead of a change in weather.
A discussion by Miller on growing green forage crops for dairy herds and practicing soiling in summer and fall. The author notes debates over the soiling method, its mixed success, and the need for balanced feeding with grain and by products.
An 1913 U S study notes millet especially Black Voronezh, ground for hogs and lambs, yields 20 to 30 bushels per acre, digested better when ground, and provides a nutritious value near oats. Millet fed to hogs forms white fat, though ration efficiency lags barley and wheat. Millet equivalent to corn in lamb feed at 40 cents per bushel, with limited local market value.
Practical guidance on home butter making from early 20th century advice column. Emphasizes preserving milk quality in cellars, cleaning vessels, and churning process. Advises on washing, scalding, sun drying, and keeping the churn clean to produce good butter even in hot weather.
W. Hanson of Illinois details hog slaughter and processing methods including scalding temps of 180 to 190 degrees, use of a two inch planked scalding tub, hay hooks for handling, and a boiler over a furnace. He outlines gutting, washing, salting at ten pounds per 100 pounds meat, sugar and saltpeter cure, stacking and smoking with hickory chips, borax treatment, and room-temperature storage.
The text argues that pasture grasses can supply most dairy nutrition when paired with small grain feeding. It cites a Pan-American Buffalo trial where cows required six pounds of grain daily to maintain milk without good pasture and green feed at night.
L B E warns farmers that horses need varied diets beyond hay and grains. Good timothy hay is essential, but overfeeding hay or underfeeding other nutrients hinders performance. Watering before feeding reduces stomach issues and improves digestion for working horses.
The article extols using the sun to purify washed cream and milk. It advises filling pans half full with new milk, adding cold water, skimming regularly, and churning when thick. It warns against hot water and overly warm cream to avoid white tasteless butter.
A collection of farm and social maxims arguing for self improvement and vigilance. It contrasts rural and urban life, warns against complacency, and urges productive farming, crop rotation, and road improvements as keys to national progress.
A farm ice method shows using a crosscut saw in place of a regular ice saw to mark a pond. Build a sled frame to guide the saw, attach a smooth iron runner, and fit a push cart style handle for marking two foot wide sections two feet square. Dry drainage and air circulation are emphasized for proper storage.
Director A D Hall outlined Rothamsted field results to Illinois farmers, stressing long term continuity and crop-rotation trials. He cited yields under varying fertility, noting legumes fix nitrogen, phosphorus boosts seed and root growth, and potash drives sugar and starch production with yields of beets more than doubling under potash treatment.
A Moscow inventor showcases a six foot wide combined harvester operable by six horses and two people. Nevada station reports scrub mesquite as the sole large land option near Las Vegas, while the American Tobacco Co shifts 32 Kentucky agents to Cincinnati amid night rider tensions. Minnesota hen outputs and farm electrification are also noted along with poultry economics and local poultry yields.
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