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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
19
An agricultural guide stresses harvesting potatoes as soon as tops die to prevent rot and quality loss. It details digging methods for small and large plots, handling, curing, and storage, plus advice on sowing cover crops and sorting for market.
WET FEEDS FOR COWS J. R. R., Ohio, asks if dry feed will produce as good results as wet. Experiments suggest wet feed is preferable when cows have constant water. In winter, watered cows outdoors show fed options yield better milk production. Some commercial dry feeds should not be used such as malt sprouts and feeds that absorb excessive water.
A Chicago man sued for 40000 by the Board of Trade brokers argues that buying and selling grain options is gambling, so the debt is not legal. He contends the wagered acts were gambling and seeks to avoid payment while seeking sympathy.
Professor H. W. Mumford, head of the animal husbandry department at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois, is highlighted among agricultural educators.
An Ohio article argues cholera in poultry is curable with their treatment. It cites success in turkeys and chickens, noting only one fatality when begun at late stages. Early signs include droopiness and pale or bluish color.
The article argues that farm land remains a safe investment amid financial instability, with no depreciation expected and potential price advances. It notes improved demand, government land prices, and a growing population ensuring future value, asserting land’s intrinsic security and inevitability of rising need.
A Massachusetts reader reports fruit trees bearing fruit but failing to ripen while leaves drop. Caterpillars of brown tail variety are suspected by some, but the bark shows rough, lumpy cracking with no worm nests. The letter suggests pruning spraying and general care to save affected trees.
A simple wire mesh fruit basket can be worn around the neck with a bread strap. The contact area may be oilcloth covered to prevent irritation. Wearing this basket frees both hands for picking fruit.
An oily grafter visits farmers offering land at absurdly low bids then demands 50 cents per acre for advertising. The agent claims payment delays until sale but the contract omits this. In Browm county twenty-two agriculturists fell for the bait, with one losing $320.
Practical experiments show cooling, not aeration, largely drives milk benefits. Cooling to the same degree yields similar results. Without an aerator, rapid temperature reduction is harder, making a patent cooler advantageous. Growers in southwestern Michigan report discovery of fine potatoes. acreage this year expected to be very large.
The article urges continuing tillage on strawberry crops through summer and fall, weather permitting, to preserve moisture and keep the surface loose for air and soil-life processes that convert plant nutrients. It warns neglect leads to poor soil conditions and urges weed control with the matted row system.
The piece extols garden labor easing heat and weeds. It urges daily hoeing to keep soil light and porous and air reaching roots. It suggests training cucumber vines on a trellis and notes how vines intrude into sweet corn, shaping growth.
Practical regional guidance on treating fowl cholera with a multi dose home remedy and detailed poultry house disinfection. Instructions cover dosing by pills and drinking water, use of quicklime sulfur spray, cleaning, and seasonal spraying. Includes advice on strawberry bed weed control and removing surplus runners attributed to M N Egerton.
The speaker, addressing the public, asserts widespread prosperity across labor and industry. He notes record wages, strong demand for skilled labor, growing capital, and extensive industrial expansion, with farmers supplying the world and a large export surplus.
Northern farmers eyeing southern colored workers face lessons as the article notes the typical housing and work habits. It describes that colored laborers usually live in rented or on-site cabins, rarely stay at the big house, and handle washing and mending themselves. It argues they resist solitary or unassisted heavy work unless supervised by a white supervisor.
But Fly in Sheep explains a bot fly infestation in sheep with nostril eggs that hatch into grubs causing pain and head rubbing. The remedy includes pine tar on noses and salt troughs for large flocks, with weekly tar applications and humane culling for severely affected animals.
Charlie K. Fife of Cleveland Ohio, age 150 years, received a silver medal from the secretary of the treasury for extraordinary bravery in saving a companion from Lake Erie's waters. He plunged after his friend, battled in the water, brought him to shore and used standard resuscitation methods to revive him.
Practical guidance on saving seed and managing crops. Advice covers beans cucumbers melons and tomatoes with methods for planting between potato rows preserving seed by water fermentation and aging and using perforated cans for irrigation. Emphasizes intensive cultivation and labor saving with home abundance and potential surplus income.
Farm labor costs drop from last year as manufacturing curtailment leaves many out of work. In the Midwest and Southwest contracts show wages about 50 dollars per month lower than a year ago. Typical farm hands now earn 25 dollars monthly, down from 30, while livestock hands fetch 35 to 45. Youths and inexperienced immigrants offer services for 15 to 20 dollars monthly. More manure spreaders were sold in 1907, signaling farmers are waking up to cheaper help.
A collection of old farmer wisdom advocates caution in promising, trying new farming methods, and thoughtful planning. It notes courage is needed to adopt innovations in an old neighbor hood, warns against overworking workers, and cautions that haste in punishing bad habits leads to mistakes. It contrasts labor practices, efficiency, and the value of steering efforts in the right direction.
Farmers should form threshing organizations with several congenial workers. When the thresher arrives, all help with the machine in the area, and shirkers should be moved to another ring. Start now to organize before summer work begins.
The article warns that hot sun harms young ducklings and chicks and notes high July August demand for ducks. It urges watchful summer feeding to prevent bowel trouble, stresses shading for fowls, fresh beef scraps for hens, and avoiding dew soaked grass to prevent scaly legs. It also mentions ducklings may drown sitting in rain with mouths open.
Springdale Queeny, a collie bred by Johnson Lowe of Illinois, has drawn two failed $400 offers from her owner. She can drive stock by word or sign, fetch cows, or move horses and cows as directed. One of her puppies shows strong instinct, guarding cattle for long hours at five months and guiding them to water when thirsty.
Farmers are urged to delay laying by corn until weeds recede and ground stays clean. Early work invites fouled soil and poor nourishment, since air and dew reaching roots are essential for a healthy crop.
The fragment urges instilling country love and pride in youth. It argues youth need not pursue law or medicine to use their brains, stressing practical, beneficial work on the farm and proper use of talents. The text reflects a rural Uplift perspective encouraging agricultural-based education.
An open tank system costs 30 to 45 dollars to install and treats forty to fifty six‑inch posts daily. Creosote costs vary by region from 10 to 27 cents per gallon, with treatment per post from 4 to 15 cents. Properly treated posts last at least twenty years, with Idaho lodgepole pine showing sixteen extra years of durability. Forest Service circular 117 details experiments and commercial-scale guidance. write to the forester in Washington.
Question from H L G of Ohio asks if some pigs should stay with the sow after partial removal. Answer: yes, especially with a heavy milker, to dry her gradually and prevent a caked udder. Weaning too soon or small litters can injure sows and affect future milking.
Representative Mann of Illinois bills to make adulterated seeds a misdemeanor. Hood River growers sold forty boxes of winter banana apples at twelve dollars each, with last year’s crop at 105000 boxes. Lawrence Tennessee growers will dispose of canteloupes via a single firm. Sixty-six Percheron horses sold at Sioux City, averaging 406.59 each. Maryland farmers push labeling of cold storage eggs. Louisiana to ship 1500 carloads of radishes. Long Island cauliflower shipped 137000 barrels earning over 200000 dollars. Kalamazoo fruit growers’ co op buys 90000 boxes lowering costs state-wide. Aroostook County potatoes left in ground 3.0 to 3.9 million bushels. seed needs 3.2 million. Industrial alcohol manufacture slower. gasoline trust limits industry. Oregon stands timber value with 300 billion feet, 600 sawmills, 31,000 workers. Brookings South Dakota to open agriculture school five months yearly with broad curriculum.
The government has employed rangers in western forest ranges to kill predators of stock. Wolves and coyotes have fallen to bullets and poison, with each kill reducing sheep losses. It is estimated that a wolf causes about $1,009 in damage annually.
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