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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
7
An extended lesson for farmers on egg and poultry feeding stressing pure water, protein sources, mineral supplies, and balanced rations. It emphasizes eight pure-bred hens yielding high per-hen profits and outlines daily feeds, grain separation, green foods, and age-based flock management to keep hens active and productive.
The western yellow-bellied fly catcher feeds mainly on animal matter with little harm to crops, while the snow-bird eats weed seeds and caterpillars, providing agricultural benefits. The southern and eastern butcher birds show varied diets by region, with spiders and vertebrates in the west and more animal matter in the east, influenced by climate.
Advice on keeping dairy cows comfortable and contented, recording cattle performance, and orchard care. Emphasizes time invested pays off, avoid crowding raspberries, limit canes, spacing of rows, and the importance of drainage to prevent waterlogging.
A reader describes two smooth strangers in a yellow car offering “fruit land” on credit with trees planted and a guaranteed deed after ten years. The boss exposes the scam as a theft, while a neighbor allegedly pays $1200 on a fake deal. The letter notes many scam artists have moved from mining to land schemes, signaling imminent trouble.
An agricultural note explains placing a flat frame or woven wire device in a corner of a sow house at farrowing to keep nesting material from scattering and to prevent piglets from crawling onto the cold floor, reducing chilling risks.
An old note describes frost proof mortar using equal lime and cement with sand and a saturated soda water mix. In Springfield Mass a farmer faced 60000 ripening melons and sold 40000 in a week after notices and newspaper ads. A California farmer’s dairy issue mentions milking water and feeding sheep to improve herd health.
Instructions describe a ground level method to operate hard to reach high gable windows. Four small pulley wheels mounted on the wall allow interior operation from the ground or lower floor, enabling opening and closing as needed for ventilation and protection.
The text outlines a small window cord fastened to the sash near the top just below the left top pulley. It notes using tape to run the window and raise it. It mentions a setup with two top pulleys and ropes, allowing the window to be opened or closed if a shower comes up.
Fragmentary note mentions potatoes for hogs and minimal water usage. It reads as an unclear instruction about feeding and watering, with missing details and potential misspellings.
Instructions describe soils, drainage, and two horse plows for furrows. It covers laying out straight rows with stakes and a marking line, using a wire guide on hillsides, base lines for end stakes, and plumb lines for steep slopes. It also explains hole digging with a notch board to center each tree.
Olive culture is an old California fruit industry with the first orchard planted in San Diego in 1769. California counties report many trees with about 1,200,000 bearing trees statewide led by Los Angeles with 320,800. The industry has grown as adulterated oil regulations reduce competition and boost demand.
Guidance on sow housing and care during farrowing stresses adequate space eight to twelve by eight to ten feet, rails to prevent crushing, moderate bedding, and attentive supervision. It warns against overfeeding before and after birth and outlines progressive feeding, early piglet feeding, and introducing a creep run to teach pigs to eat while the sow rests.
The piece urges a winter reading plan focusing on birds and related topics. It suggests choosing a subject, taking notes, and organizing a notebook with sections on classes, nests, habits, descriptions, rare species, and anecdotes. It also encourages mixing literature and farm topics and studying past gaps.
Last summer in a cheese factory a Miss Baumbach lost a gold signet ring. Recently Mr Baumbach received a letter from Mrs Drake of Fredonia stating a ring had been found in cheese bought from her grocer who had given it to her.
The report describes a milk substitute claimed by three German chemists as superior to animal milk, being more nourishing and easier to digest. It is made from vegetable ingredients processed by machinery, stays fresh longer, and could gain wealth for its makers if inexpensive.
The record notes production for 1910 estimated between 750000 and 900000 gallons of olive oil and between 1000000 and 1250000 gallons of pickled olives.
A lone Gordonia tree survives in a Washington area suburb as one of the last of its species with white flowers. Botanists note its shade value and government efforts to save and propagate the endangered plant amid high grain hay and labor costs. Farm teams should have steady work when weather allows field work.
The recipe blends one pound of resin with three ounces of tallow and inflammable materials like sawdust to form one inch square pieces that ignite easily. Each pair will start a fire in the stove. The text notes a Fire section detail and practical method.
Practical notes on adding waste factors to building materials. Gives specific add ons for flooring siding stud spacing shingles weather exposure and lath. Advises against calculating openings unless over nine square feet.
The article advises kind handling of ewes in winter to ease lambing and care for the flock. It recommends keeping some of your best breeding ewes each year to improve uniformity, and highlights the value of exercise and sunshine as sheep tonics while avoiding poor cull stock for prime mutton quality.
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