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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1906
Page
18
A farming piece notes that breeders who raise two good litters yearly and finish pigs at six to seven months weighing 173 to 235 pounds can profit, especially with skim milk, waste vegetables, and dry hog houses. It advises moist mash, clover, acorns, meat scraps, and careful feeding frequency for better gains.
The article compares hog cholera and swine plague germs detailing differences in shape movement staining and lifespans. Hog cholera germs infect via ingestion or inoculation causing intestinal disease while swine plague germs affect the lungs and have shorter environmental survival.
A farmer recounts experiments with three stave silos, comparing roofs versus no roofs. He notes rain and wet silage spoiled contents, feeding started early, and later added a third silo after expanding to four silos total on the farm.
Fragments indicate Colorado beet crop efforts yield higher net profits with estimates around 25 dollars per acre and notable gains per acre statewide.
The article argues that high milk yield depends on superior feed rather than straw or fodder, citing grain clover pasturage linseed meal and roots as boosters of appetite and digestion. It notes that well bred cows from noted families perform best due to limited capacity in ordinary animals.
A reader argues that hen food can flavor eggs and shares experiences with onions cabbage and other feeds. Experiments from South Carolina Station are cited, while the writer warns that spoiled or decaying feed yields off flavors, whereas clean, odorless diets produce neutral to pleasant eggs.
A South Dakota woman known for award winning hens in Australia shares poultry wisdom. She advises on brooder confinement for chicks, regular watering and feeding, outdoor time by day ten, and using straw and bran to lure them to grass. She warns against lice and stresses weekly dusting and proper egg freshness cues.
A farmer describes feeding timothy hay oats and corn to livestock. He highlights experience with hogs beef cattle and horses while noting a yield of 35 to 40 bushels per acre for yellow dent corn in his locality.
The article urges humane daily milking, brush cleansing, and clean utensils to improve milk quality and profits. It champions warm stalls, clocked routines, and orderly work, then discusses how gender and training affect milking chores, plus a University of Illinois study showing wide profit disparities among cows. It ends by comparing breeds and highlighting the Durham long-lived dairy type.
Practical guidance on crafting pantry trays from jackknives and newspapers for covering beds, and on making a hot soapstone griddle. Includes step by step heat tips and cleaning advice. Also provides a detailed recipe for a no liquor mince meat with beef, apples, molasses, spices, and cider baked in pastry.
A Dakota farmer testifies before agriculturists about enormous farms and slow, costly processes. He recalls distant mail, large mortgages, and families torn by distance, describing a man with a mule team bidding goodbye as he moves to feed pigs halfway across the farm.
Fragmentary OCR references seed potatoes and a method of keeping them. The text mentions a cake at the Ohio location and an old term geomeiou, with unclear details about practices or claims.
George Lewis of California reports a method to control moths in honeycombs using cyanide and sulfuric acid fumes. He notes fogging killed moth larvae and eggs without harming honey, preserving combs for years, and suggests testing on foul brood in infected hives.
Professor G E Day of Ontario Agricultural College reports experiments showing six pounds of roots equal one pound of mixed grain, corroborated by Danish results. Roots help thrift and prevent young pigs from fattening too fast, serving as a bulky supplement to ground wheat and oats for different ages.
Article advises brood sows cannot be cured of eating their pigs but can be prevented by correct diet. Do not feed all corn. include oats shorts clover and alfalfa. Sows crave these feeds and neglect leads to disastrous results.
A Hoard's Dairyman editor's farm raised eight grade Guernsey heifer calves from birth to a week old, fed on skim milk and mixed feed, then sold at $20 each to a Southern Wisconsin farmer. Labor and feed costs are detailed, showing a net profit of about $14 per calf from the skim milk portion. The piece argues for registered sires and proper calf management for profitable dairy farming.
The owner describes early spring plowing with a Scotch Clipper 16 inch riding plow drawn by three horses. A blue three section folding harrow with 105 teeth is used for cultivating and pulverizing. A 7 foot Kentucky seeder with 12 spouts and disks is highlighted, all from American Seeding Machine Co. Other implements come from David Bradley Mfg Co including cultivators and garden plows.
Buckwheat grows rapidly with little care and a good seed bed. It yields straw for stock and grain in high demand for griddle cakes. Mills mix it with wheat shorts and corn meal to fill shortages. It helps soil by dense shade and can be sown after hay or on marginal land. It thrives best in favorable conditions.
The plan to sow rape and sorghum together or in alternating rows for pig pasture draws mixed opinions. Some farmers favor separate planting with concurrent grazing, noting sorghum may overshadow rape but proper separation and steady grazing can yield satisfactory results.
Guidance on maximizing manure production and efficient winter application on plowed land to improve soil fertility. Advice covers hauling as made, reducing waste from leaching, bedding use, and stock health. Also includes dangerous nonsensical sentence about blasting woodchucks with powder, to be disregarded as garbled text.
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