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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1909
Page
17
In southern Kentucky the author describes tobacco farming steps from seed bed burning to transplanting. He notes shifting planting times from early June to late May, laborious suckering, worm control by Paris green, and the firing process for curing. He laments labor changes and rising prices shaping field work and labor demographics.
The piece surveys diverse farm items from prairie fires in Minnesota cooking stored potatoes to Johnson grass pests in Oklahoma, road bond plans in Los Angeles County, bird protection efforts, and various rural curiosities including crop yields, old apple trees, and livestock initiatives.
Plans describe a hillside barn with a cellar designed to be dug into the hill for cool summer cellars and warmer winter rooms. The scheme notes the structure will be set into the slope and include S8xb0 feet measurements for the underground portion.
A Yaggy catalpa plantation near Hutchinson Kansas covers 500 acres and is cited as highly successful. Costs per acre include land seedling transplanting and labor with projected first crop income around 5 246. Catalpa noted for rapid growth endurance and light weight wood suited to short rotations.
Advice on orchard culture favoring sod culture for color and yield. Tilled trees require open pruning, high potash and phosphoric acid, low nitrogen. Peach trees need timely culture to harden wood before winter. Emphasizes planting few varieties and trees, not overplanting. Set trees near buildings to ease hauling, and devote time yearly to spraying and pruning for a better crop.
The article explains careful catalpa cultivation for profit. Selecting hardy catalpa seed, rich moist soil with low alkali, and early pruning to encourage straight stems, with cut back at age two or three to trigger sprouting and vertical growth.
A Garfield Utah woman with twelve hens and one rooster shares her poultry method and success. She describes buying hens March 13, 1908 and raising chicks from multiple sets totaling dozens of chicks through coordinated brooding and rearing.
Professor W F Massey argues Pennsylvania farmers institutes waste money on pointless welcomes and attendance drives. He cites Illinois and North Carolina as examples of keeping institutes focused on practical farming work with demonstrations, lectures, and even mobile classrooms for wives, funded by railways, to reinforce education over entertainment.
The article underscores feeding and housing for dairy cows in winter. It notes pumpkins and sweet apples boost milk yield with grain, warns sour apples require caution, and stresses keep cows warm in stalls with ample fodder. It urges clean, well ventilated, sunlit stables and frequent stall cleaning.
The author contrasts North Carolina institutes with Pennsylvania ones, noting no general tax list funding and reliance on fertilizer tax funds. He recalls five field parties and 133 institutes last summer, with large crowds in Mecklenburg County. He praises the absence of entertainment, the quick, question driven sessions, and the value of practical knowledge over speeches.
J Wesley Griffin proposes a coil spring attachment about one foot long to pull the brake block free when the lever is released. One end ties to the brake block and the other to the wagon bed bottom to prevent rattle and keep the lever in place. This aims to reduce mud ice and snow buildup and lessen tire wear and team weight.
On farms brood sows are kept in tight quarters with risks from carbonic acid gas. Proper care and warmth raise healthy litters. greed and luck are rejected as factors. Kind handling, clean quarters, and attentive udder rubbing improve outcomes and reduce problems.
This guide argues for keeping two cows or at least one Jersey for rich cream and ample milk. It covers cow selection, housing with sunlight, feeding with alfalfa and pulp, and the process of separating cream, churning with improvised gear, salting and shaping butter, plus cleanliness and recordkeeping to ensure profitability.
Nebraska experiment station tests show cut alfalfa yields lower feed needs than ground alfalfa. Ground alfalfa costs more due to grinding, while a three quarters corn to one quarter alfalfa ration is cheaper than a one half/half mix for fattening pigs.
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