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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
12
The author urges in-depth sanitation for hog housing, troughs, and bedding. He stresses movable fixtures, weekly trough cleaning, dry warm floors, and proper feeding floors to reduce parasites and respiratory issues.
Professor G W Carver of Tuskegee Institute Alabama after five years of study declares the moon burial belief false and outlines care tips to save sweet potatoes. He warns immature tubers are prone to diseases during storage and presents practical guidance.
A farm technique shows steam heated alfalfa cut four inches long and mixed with chopped corn and oats, served on clean floors for Berkshires. The steam heats but does not boil, improving tenderness and palatability, aiding brood sows without over fattening. Across the west stockmen increasingly use scalded hay for hog growth, advising clean feeding floors to avoid muddy slush.
M N Edgerton describes a tomato culture method focusing on training plants to a single main stalk supported by stakes. Priming begins as branches appear to concentrate growth, yielding larger uniform fruit with fewer rots and better coloring. The article notes clusters of 20 to 30 tomatoes and suggests higher market value for fruit grown under this system.
Dig when both air and ground are dry and remove vines with a sharp hook. Cure the vines and store them away. they make excellent hay. Dig before frost injures the vines. Dig in the morning and lay potatoes out all day. Gather in baskets or boxes of not more than one bushel. Handle gently to avoid bruising and preserve keeping quality.
A farmer explains a two-horse harrow attachment built from affordable timber. The draft describes frame, joists, and hitch construction with common boards, stapled to joists, enabling passage over stones or stumps. The plan adapts to available materials and emphasizes usefulness on the farm.
J. 5, Deth of Seaton, illinois, notes a practice of shipping first the cattle not making gains. The remark is framed as a lesson in prudent farm management and efficiency.
Farmers urged to turn farm news into practice. The message emphasizes moving from reading farm papers and station bulletins to taking concrete steps on the farm, discouraging dreamers and promoting practical effort.
The passage notes that predicting fortunes from livestock is tricky. It compares forecasts to looking through a telescope end, implying expectations often misalign with outcomes in farming ventures and cattle raising.
Fragmentary remarks suggest a tense exchange about firepower and cover. The snippet references a coat, a gun, and a push for better protection, with implied advice to obtain a new item and keep it concealed.
An adviser argues for starting a small sheep flock on 120 to 200 acres, noting sheep can eat many weeds and yield solid fat. Recommends 10–20 ewes with a pure bred buck, modest initial costs, and limited initial scale to build a profitable flock through wool and lamb sales.
This column advises castrating lambs at eight days to two weeks, dipping sheep and lambs after shearing, and notes fat lambs in March 1907 fetched $1 per cwt more than a year earlier. It argues ewes can remain breeders with potential profits from lambs, cautions about goat profitability versus sheep, and invites readers to submit 100 to 150 word flock-pay articles.
A leading farmer predicts higher herd sizes as meat demand rises and packers promise pure meat. He argues increased cattle and livestock will boost farm incomes without abandoning other enterprises. The change is seen as a pathway to better times for farmers nationwide.
The text notes that finely divided soil increases moisture content and solubility of plant nutrients. It cites Tull indicating tillage relates to manure, acknowledging a partial truth in his thinking.
The fragment hints at traditional or aging garden beds and a truck method for growing. It mentions small square or oblong beds and dated practices, suggesting older horticultural techniques in use or conversation.
Professor Davenport of the Illinois College of Agriculture argues that apples must be prepared better for market or bananas will dominate due to superior cleanliness.
The article describes efforts to breed disease resistant crops including rust resistant wheat yellows resistant peaches and a nearly blight proof potato. A Colorado farmer reports a rust resistant melon. The piece urges the up to date farmer to pursue these lines and master the challenges.
The insect that appeared in Massachusetts years ago has cost New England states hundreds of thousands of dollars to exterminate. It damages shade trees chiefly and also fruit trees. It spreads rapidly by being carried long distances on trains and other moving objects. Look out for it.
A fragment urges wise forest use noting 28 billion feet of lumber cut in the United States last year and warning of rapid depletion. It calls on farmers to forester and replant, praising the wheel hoe as a labor saving tool for gardens and households.
Women in Montgomery county Pennsylvania meet monthly to discuss science farming. A G W Fink sale in Marysville Missouri sold 35 Aberdeeen Angus cattle for 4200 dollars averaging 128 each. The Agricultural Department cites 500 corn varieties with growth ranges from foot and a half to twenty two feet. A Centerville Iowa case shows a farm telephone saving a woman and baby during a home break in.
A farmer describes twenty acres of orchard on a forty acre farm with apples peaches pears and more. He explains crop rotation vegetables cowpeas red clover and small fruits between tree rows, dairy and poultry income, honey, bees for pollination, and a soil first approach yielding 325 bushels per acre of Early Rose and Early Ohio potatoes. Annual revenue from the forty acres ranges $700 to $800, with future gains as orchards mature.
New York state allocated eighty thousand dollars to create a new agricultural school in St Lawrence county. The plan aims to establish additional farm colleges statewide to educate young men as first class farmers and promote liberal education for the profession. Italian farmers face labor scarcity as two hundred fifty thousand Italian migrants came to the U S, many entering cities rather than farming.
A tip advises removing worn guards from a mowing machine and grinding them along the edge next to the sections. The job is described as challenging but rewarding, best done before haying begins.
The American Farm World urges farmers to protect soil fertility to sustain future production. It warns that crops decline if inputs are not returned, advocating more livestock and careful stewardship to avoid depleting the land, stressing future dollars over today.
A short quirks-rich note discusses creatures named centipede and millipede with many legs. It muses on imagined speed and playful ideas of sports, fashion habits, and curious beliefs about insects in daily life. It hints at folk anecdotes from different places about insects in clothing.
Prof Deltrich explains swine protein needs, emphasizing young pigs require more protein for growth. Alfalfa is a high protein roughage though not always fully utilized by nonruminants. Best use is finely chopped alfalfa mixed with ground corn slop, preferably with skim milk to boost protein.
France prizes a breed of chickens for both eggs and meat. Over the past two years some specimens have set remarkable laying records. These birds feature black and white plumage and a head feather growth regarded as undesirable by many observers.
A person notices a centipede fall to the floor as he shakes his clothing. Another account recalls a centipede climbing curtains toward a sleeper, calmly greeting with a possible bite threat. The narrative names Alice May Douglas as a reference.
Practical household guidance on ironing and starching from a farmer's wife. Tips include folding washed items, using beeswax to keep irons smooth, lemon juice and salt for scorch repair, ironing embroidery on the wrong side, handling lace edges, spraying damp clothes the night before, and methods to stiffen fabrics with borax or kerosene in starch.
A garbled clipping mixes poems on compensation and virtue with stray household tips. It warns against coarse whetstones, warns about hay rigging dangers, and mentions neglected stitches causing pant legs to split amid mis-typed lines and early mornings.
A vintage column offers pig feeding guidance noting rough age limits intake of concentrates for young pigs and benefits of alfalfa pasture when not overgrazed. It also gives home hacks from rug care to clothes drying, tomato skin cleansing, and humorous marital quips about pumps and divorce.
Beekeepers largely oppose uniting weak colonies in spring. Do not combine weak with strong. give each hive a queen, ensure ample food, and close them up comfortably on available frames. Remove empty frames and let them work out their own salvation.
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