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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1913
Page
7
The article explains the feeding needs of laying hens, highlighting the importance of lime for shell formation, green foods in winter, and a varied diet. It discusses using crushed oyster shell, mangels, cabbage, turnips, alfalfa, and multiple grains, plus buttermilk, feeding schedules, and exercise to prevent overfatness. It also covers handling feed in mash form and keeping hens active for best results.
A period guide to curing pork describes killing hogs at dawn, hanging meat to cool, salting with saltpeter, packing in a box for six to eight weeks, washing off salt and mould, applying borax to prevent slippery surfaces, and smoking before warm weather. It advises using pine wood for smoking and emphasizes careful handling by women to prepare lard.
Dairy notes stress selecting cows with the true dairy form for profitable offspring. They warn against breeding non-dairy cows and urge early cut hay from clover or alfalfa to feed dairy cattle. A breeding bull should be the son of a cow with a large milk record and the true dairy form.
The red-letter county event hosted a rally with over a thousand attendees last fall in the South. Farmers were joined by teachers patrons pupils merchants mechanics preachers lawyers showing broad professional interest in farming.
The article explains making a simple one loop rope halter from 12 to 13 feet of rope. It notes this design is safer than a two loop halter since it is sized to the animal and not adjustable. Steps include forming a nose loop, splicing for pass through, measuring around the head, and attaching the nose piece to the cheek piece before final end splicing.
Foul brood is a contagious fatal disease of larvae. The guide warns beekeepers to avoid old combs and equipment, replace with foundation, and kill failing queens. It details signs such as sunken cappings, brown ropy matter, and a foul odor, plus a four day cure using new frames and foundation starters, feeding sugar syrup, and consolidating weak colonies.
An article explains meadow mice habitats and the damage they can cause to orchards and berry bushes. It details spring and winter bait formulations using chopped alfalfa or clover, strychnine sulphate, and water, plus three methods of applying the poison and precautions to avoid harming birds.
Dry climates boost mite numbers in orchards with the brown mite as a common culprit. Eggs appear on trunks and limbs late summer, overwinter as eggs, and are abundant on pear cherry plum prune and almond. Remedies include sulphur sprays, tobacco preparations, and dormant lime and sulphur treatments. eggs may resist some methods and require repeated applications.
The article argues sanitation in hog pens and sow care determine pig losses more than sow numbers. It warns against over feeding and under exercise harming brood sow heat and suggests outdoor activity and varied feeds, plus improved methods to boost crop yields without increasing sow count.
The article argues balky horses stem from trainer or rider faults such as overload or harsh treatment. It states balkiness is rarely cured and such horses should usually be used only under saddle, not in harness.
The article advises farmers to select cattle with care when feeding thousands of bushels of corn to steers. It notes that buying low-cost steers often backfires, and recommends silage alternatives like horned turnips or mangles as dry feed aids. It also explains that silage does not taint milk but odor from open pails can affect it.
A Missouri physician expanded medical outreach by using carrier pigeons to cover vast hilly areas. He set up a coop in a buckboard to access inaccessible regions, giving a significant boost to the practice.
The insect severely damages raspberry canes and also affects grapevines. It cuts the cane to lay eggs. When the young crickets hatch they feed on the cane nap, rapidly weakening the branch and killing the stalk containing the insects.
Musty hay causes coughing among sheep and lambs. Feed is disrupted as poor storage leads to irritation and reduced intake in the fold.
A Massachusetts farmer bought 40 cents worth of steak, received 10 cents change, and later found the dime in his coat pocket which helped him locate the steak he had mislaid at home. The tale underscores the high cost of meat.
Hens may pull and eat each other’s feathers when confined and idle. Remedy by range grazing or deep litter scratching for grain, providing greens and roughage, and offering seeds hung high to encourage effort. Treat pricked areas with carbolated vaseline to prevent further damage.
Breeders should pursue pedigree breeding while using careful production methods to curb rust until long term control is achieved. Remove wild asparagus around fields, plant new beds sparsely and windward, keep seedlings out of cutting beds, curb poor shoots, and halt growth of shoots by mid June. Remove tops in fall for 1-year beds not to be cut next year. Bulletin 263 offers detailed guidance.
A reader notes honey at 20 cents a pound and praises a bees brand producing 106 pounds per season. The letter argues beekeeping offers untapped value for farmers despite egotistical talk and hints at changing transport and peat industry impacts.
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