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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1907
Page
18
The text details best practices for dairy cows including feeding mixes, breeding timing, and milking hygiene. It also covers butter production, use of calf rearing, and economical dairy equipment. Separate sections discuss fruit variety selection, self sterile pollination issues, interplanting, and choosing first class nursery trees for orchards.
The piece argues hired labor draws men away from farming and proposes remedies. It urges smaller holdings, more farmer’s sons, and diversified industries, plus teaching practical, location appropriate farming methods. It warns against impractical “hook farming” and favors choosing wage work over risky rent or loans when capital is scarce.
Practical advice on hog feeding using green corn fodder and husked corn, urging gradual use of concentrated foods like tankage and oil meal. Emphasizes building lean meat and bone to reach 200 225 pounds, adds charcoal salt mix, worm checks, coal tar in slop, and cautious dog supplementation with age guidelines.
The article notes peanut prices have not fallen below 60 cents a bushel in ten years with October 1905 opening at 90 cents. It covers planting window from April 1 to May 10 and describes spacing three nuts per hill, hills 18 inches apart in rows about two feet apart.
A reader from Ridgefield New Jersey urges farmers to start fall pig care early after weaning. He advises skim milk with light grain, then corn meal milk and clover hay before sale. The focus is on producing a compact 100 to 150 pound pig for higher market value.
An Ohio experiment in a 260 tree Rome Beauty apple orchard used straw mulch costing 9.50 per ton laid down. The average per tree cost was 0.30, high due to straw scarcity, with typical costs around 0.15 per tree. Four hundred barrels of apples were gathered from the 250 mulched trees, noting twenty five trees in this area.
After planting, vines require minimal cultivation with shallow plowing to keep grass and weeds out. The crop matures in early October and is harvested then. Nuts and vines are dug, piled to dry, then bagged in five bushel sacks for storage awaiting buyers. Seed nuts cost about 1.40 per bushel. Virginia yields average 80 bushels per acre, Tennessee about 60. Western Kentucky soil is superior to Tennessee and rival to North Carolina and Virginia soils.
For ten gallons combine 25 pounds common lime slaked with boiling water, 5 pounds wood ashes, 10 pounds melted beef tallow, 2 pounds common salt, and 0.5 pound glue dissolved. Add dry mineral paint for color such as burnt umber ochre or mineral red. Mix hot, apply warm, keep stirred.
Apple Jack cider is the ripened common cider. After pressing the juice from apples place it in large open tubs and keep it at about sixty degrees for ten days. Then rack off into clean casks and store in a cool place. If the cider shows signs of soaring heat to 165 degrees skim then put into fresh casks or bottles.
Split phrases describe cuttings of perennials stored in boxes of sand in a close shaded place for rooting or preservation. The fragment hints at horticultural practice for maintaining or propagating plant stock.
A farmer compared mulched and unmulched apple trees and found mulched trees produced about fifty five more barrels. At $1.50 per barrel this adds $82.50 in value. Quality was higher, with more firsts and a crop value rise of $235 overall, about $1 per tree.
Perdue Experiment Station Bulletin 96 offers guidance on dairy cow care and feed. It recommends oats and peas, sweet corn, sorghum, and other forages to supplement grazing in dry periods, shelter from winds, darkened barns in fly time, and feeding a mixed diet from corn related and legume and cereal feeds.
In winter the farmer can haul manure to enrich thin fields and gain higher yields, with each acre boosted by ten bushels the first year. The period also suits shop work, repairing machinery, building coops and houses for springstock, checking stalls, and preparing posts for the coming year, urges E. E. Sedgwick of Alexis Illinois.
A farmer queries barn storage and animal housing conditions including hay straw fodder grain, well ventilated stables, winter vegetables in cellar, road dust for dust baths, and leaf and trash reserves to replenish the scratching shed.
News of the Farm reports grain state farmers suffered an estimated 25 million dollar loss this year due to shortages of help. Farmers are forming groups in many states at the urging of local merchants to keep supplies local rather than ordering from mail order houses.
Field specimen from western Nebraska shows alfalfa roots extending over six feet in drought. Across states, deep roots and new farming methods boost crop value since 1900. The Farmers Union of Indian Territory plans a 7500 bale cotton warehouse at Ardmore. Demonstration farms via Iron Mountain railroad routes aim to spread better agriculture in Arkansas and Louisiana.
The Burlington road advances a movement to teach agriculture by mail with an annual gathering of farmers and their sons modeled on Chautauqua. Lectures by competent men are planned and farmers from the Philippines may be invited to study agriculture in the United States.
Questions on seed choices and protection for crops and livestock. Mentions rye or wheat seeding, manure, rabbit protection, drain readiness, straw mulch for strawberry beds, windbreaks for bees, and haying. Notes Minnesota public school funding, Farmers Union in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, 500 delegates at August convention, and veterinary authority Ri A Craig citing hog disease linked to muddy yards and crowding.
Practical guidance for dairy operations on udder cleanliness, immediate milk removal, effective straining, proper cooling, and handling to prevent contamination. Emphasizes brushing and wiping udders, using clean strainers or cheese cloth, chilling milk to 50 F or cooler, avoiding mixing warm and cold milk, and ensuring clean air and coverings during cooling.
The article discusses orchard establishment focusing on variety selection, source of trees, and choosing between dwarf and standard types. It contrasts younger trees with older stock, notes standard trees are generally more reliable for large plantations while dwarfs suit family orchards, and questions the best source of trees given shipping and care considerations.
An author argues winter exercise beats long rest for farm horses. Regular daily activity while housed, plus a liberal diet, hardens and strengthens horses for spring work. Loose confinement is blamed for poor conditioning and weaker performance.
A farmer describes a method to curb a kicking cow by tying a sturdy strap around the hind foot between the hoof and first joint, tight enough to prevent movement. The note outlines a simple restraint to control dangerous kicks during handling or milking.
Practical tips from a historical kitchen scene describe peeling onions by the hearth, using leaves for chickens, and avoiding tears. It notes leaves’ bedding value, leaves as insect food, and warns on stinging a furred finger. Also mentions a fly blister remedy for a felon and improvised water and ash uses for farm chores.
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