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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1907
Page
12
A farm guide stresses horses as invaluable helpers and urges consistent care. It notes neglect leads to poorer performance in spring, warns against barn confinement, limited water, and irregular feeding while emphasizing proper hay and balanced grain rations.
An Indiana hen pecking crumbs from a dynamite crumb pile on James Jones' farm triggered alarm for three days. The farmer and wife avoided the loaded fowl until he shot it with a long range rifle to end the danger.
Working farmer notes emphasize exercise, pasture access, and balanced rations to prevent burn out on grain. Regular three meals for steady work, a full evening meal after rest, timely feeding, clean water, salt availability, grooming, and clean stable floors. Mental and physical health depend on attentive care, proper feet, and consistent routines across daily life.
H D Hover of Eureka Kansas purchased eighteen prize winning steers at Greenwood county fair. The average weight was 1188 pounds. The cattle were Herefords Galloways and Shorthorns. The message hints at sheep inquiries but the text is unclear on details.
The article describes apple pests including the apple blossom weevil, apple sucker, and coddling moth. It explains how each pest injures buds, shoots, or seeds, causing rusty buds, discolored fruit, and tunnels that spoil appearance and edibility.
The article argues that soil type matters less than the farmer in crop success. It highlights clover hay timing for digestibility and curing, defines a balanced ration as optimizing food value and minimizing waste, and notes different crops need varying fertility, stressing proper crop relations to conserve soil fertility.
A study of poultry farming outlines three essentials to winter egg production: proper hatch timing so pullets reproduce before cold weather, a springlike and well-ventilated housing, and meticulous care including suitable feed and sanitation. It details feeding plans using grain mixes, greens, meat scraps or bone meal, and regular cleaning to minimize vermin while keeping hens healthy and productive.
In a cool cellar, cider with vinegar mother added matures into marketable vinegar about a year sooner than cider without mother. Do not add vinegar to cider still in alcoholic fermentation. Some farmers try to blend fresh juice with vinegar stock to hasten production, but the alcoholic stage must finish first for acetic fermentation to start.
Illinois harvested 38,500,000 bushels of wheat last year valued at about 26,000,000 for farmers. The report notes a strong grain outlook for this year and references a past pest control effort by the Peeneas Experiment Station during the spring orange pest scare in the southwest, distributing parasite counts to curb ravaging.
A Farmington letter to the editor asks if calves should be fed more than skim milk. C N B says calves grown on skim milk alone fail to thrive and recommends oatmeal with hulls, oil meal, and corn meal mixed with skim milk, introduced gradually two to three weeks after birth.
A Kansas correspondent asks if grain feeding raises milk butter fat. The reply: once a cow is in normal condition, the percent butter fat cannot be increased by feeding grain alone. improvement comes through breeding. Experiments show dairymen generally agree grain feeds do not enrich milk fat percentage.
Practical guidance for amateur florists: place plants in east or south windows for best growth, use morning sun for some species, and avoid dark rooms. Prepare compost from equal parts garden soil, river sand, and well rotted manure, sifted after mixing, with lime added to a peck mixture.
The article advises using farmyard, stable, or pig manure at six to ten tons per acre to improve soil and drought resilience. For added crop growth, apply a complete chemical mix of nitrogen, potash, and phosphates, with two to three cwt of super phosphate, one cwt of sulphate of ammonia, and one cwt of nitrate of soda per acre at planting and before earthing. Potash is crucial for potatoes, supporting healthy growth and disease resistance.
Advice to remove trash and use thoroughly decomposed materials only. Do not use fresh manure for general potting. Bone meal is best for some plants and available from florists with usage guidance. Soak pots before use and wash them inside and out to prevent moisture draw.
A focus on lamb growth shows eight week old lambs fetch top prices per pound, while four month lambs earn less. High quality and market timing drive profitability. farmers aim for early harvests to meet top buyers and avoid price drops as animals mature.
Denlera of Madison Wisconsin declare there is no profit in the milk business at current prices because state law will not allow them to aid and adulterate their product.
The article explains feather production for hats and trims including white chicken and turkey feathers. It notes handling tips such as separating body plumes, keeping tall feathers separate, and bundling tall plumage for shipping. Markets in Chicago and Cincinnati pay well, with five chickens yielding a pound of feathers.
King of the Rovers, an imported Angus bull, owned by the Ohio Experiment Station, is praised as one of the finest specimens of the breed ever brought to this country.
The passage details feather prices and uses: tail feathers for dusters at about forty cents per pound, skirt feathers nearly as valuable, wing and point feathers saved for featherbone substitutes, larger feathers sent to milliners after processing, and small feathers made into artificial bird breasts and tails for bonnets. Duck feathers about thirty five cents per pound, goose feathers from sixty cents per pound for white to fifty cents for mixed.
Guidance on brooding sows stresses exercise and warm dry sleeping quarters with dry bedding changed weekly. Use rye or wheat straw or shredded corn fodder, ensure bedding is dust free, and provide a balanced gestation ration with oats, corn, wheat middlings, and digester tankage for protein.
Farmers should gather left on the ground potatoes for hogs and hens. Keep shoats for winter, warm hog houses, and straw beds. Use horse manure piles for feed, cover with straw, and mend pen floors to avoid injuries. Pigs fatten quickly and yield money.
A cement trough designed for placement at the center of a fence allows watering animals from two adjacent fields. The trough is sturdy and weather resistant, enabling efficient livestock watering with a single installation.
The author urges doubling corn rations for near ready hogs to finish them, avoid long-legged hogs, and maintain health with good feed and clean pens. Tips cover floor design, charcoal, salt, milk, and apples as hog foods, cautioning against holes in floors and leaning toward cold weather pork.
An September issue article on an improved earth closet was published with credit to C D Lay instead of the Country Gentleman of Albany New York. The correction notes the rightful authorship by the Albany publication.
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