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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1912
Page
10
A detailed guide outlines a 16 by 40 foot poultry house with three front rooms and a long rear hallway. It covers flooring, partitions, nests, feeding troughs, manure handling, materials list, ventilation, cleaning schedule, and maintenance to keep hens healthy and the building durable. Also notes California seaweed farming, Chinese market feed shifts, and a Pennsylvania zoologist warning about coal tar treated grain.
At the Jara western State fair crowds mob hog pens as prices for hogs soar through the fall. Farmers, including wives, discuss breeding and investing hundreds in quality stock amid record demand and large attendance by as many as 30 000 farmers in a day.
Three Wisconsin farmer boys cheered as a broken down phonograph, wielded by a trickster, lured their cows home. They repeated the stunt, turning the machine on and off, making it a neighborhood amusement with the cows returning each time.
The article discusses protecting cows from flies in summer and cold weather, stressing that excellence is relative and best measured by accurate records. It notes how weather and management affect dairy cattle and emphasizes diligent record keeping as essential.
Farmers are urged to use silage as a primary feed, noting it yields higher profits per acre and enhances digestion when paired with ground grains. Silage increases steer fattening, reduces grain waste, and is preferred by cattle over dry corn fodder due to taste and palatability.
The piece notes farm unions forming among farm workmen with hopes of uniform working days and evening chores limits after long days. Wages are cited as high, with Western workers reportedly earning 40 to 50 dollars monthly plus board. It questions the feasibility of uniting unskilled, dispersed workers and notes farmer opposition and limited worker enthusiasm.
The author recalls a versatile farm horse named Old Major who served nineteen years of steady work hauling cordwood lumber and railroad ties. He describes the horse’s prime utility across saddle and harness work, notes his excellent conformation and durable constitution, and shares feeding and shoeing details learned through experience with a competent veterinarian.
The article explains marsh land drainage as the first step to productive use, detailing surface and subsurface needs, ditching strategies, and the role of subdrainage with tiles. It notes risks of overdrainage on sandy marshes and the importance of subsoil examination before planning full drainage.
A report borrows from Rider Haggard to depict harsh farm labor conditions in England. It describes a farm with twenty men living in a windowless wagon-like building, covered with sacks for sleeping, with a tree nearby serving as both kitchen and parlor.
Mrs. Thomas Douglas of Houghto Missouri was attacked by a bull while crossing a field. She fought the animal with a long hat pin and sustained eye injuries before being knocked down and gored to death.
A historical note describes how young pigeons feed, noting that older birds may favor certain offspring. It outlines sex tests by bill handling and tail movement, and warns that vermin threaten flocks. It recommends cleanliness, white washing, and tobacco stems in nests for hygiene.
An agricultural editor advises feeding colts a winter ration of corn and hay or oats and hay with no bran. Young colts struggle on pure grain and hay. include bran as a weekly mash. One bushel bran to four of oats or corn is a good proportion for colts and all horses.
The San Jose scale, a tiny, destructive pest, was identified in the 19th century and spread from California to the East and South. It infests trees, turning branches ash gray as populations surge. buyers should obtain entomologist certificates and fumigation proof, inspect trees, and apply lime sulfur wash in winter or summer to control outbreaks.
Instructions for sampling cow milk to obtain a fair fat-content average. Use labeled pint jars, preserve with formalin, collect by dipping with a wire dipper, and sample across at least six consecutive milkings. Shake daily to avoid cream sticking but do not churn, per H. E. McNatt.
Dr W A Evans of Chicago advocates strict hygiene for dairy farmers. Milkers must wash hands and cow udders before milking, with no cost but major impact on milk quality. Poor barn cleaning and small windows reduce cow vigor and raise bacteria, while New York tracks bacterial counts to reward the cleanest producers.
The assertion that Western farmers rushed into debt to buy automobiles is proven unfounded. Farmers, as a class, hold more money to buy automobiles or other needs than most groups, surpassed only by bankers and tariff protected manufacturers.
An experiment in Philadelphia ended with a guinea pig dying 12 hours after inoculation with frozen eggs. A dealer who supplied the eggs was arrested on charges of selling eggs removed from shells and given to bakers who thaw the product. The report notes regional differences in average wheat field sizes across states.
No branch of husbandry now pursued offers better opportunities for profits for the amount of money invested and the time expended than the production of hogs. Demand for good productive farm property is steadily increasing. Some very high prices are paid for well improved farms.
A practical four foot wide corner closet fits right into a square room. It can be built into the wall or added later with shelves supported by nailed studs. Shelves may run to the floor or stop at a chosen height, with curtains to cover. Uses less than fifty feet of lumber and can be stained to match woodwork. Doors fasten beneath the shelves to keep them clear for boxes and jars.
The Farmers Union in the South operates 5 600 manufacturing plants and the nation has 16 large meat packing plants. The American Society of Equity owns 4/300 of plants. Mrs Mary Emmery of Cincinnati runs a home for birds, assisted by Professor H M Benedict of the University of Cincinnati. Buildings for the birds cost about 250 000 dollars.
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