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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1912
Page
7
This guidance advises starting with a small number of colonies near home to avoid shipment losses. It notes that any bee race can be adopted by requeening and stresses selecting disease-free hives. Inspect brood health or consult apiary inspectors, and begin in spring for best results.
A historical note outlines beginner beekeepers should start with strong colonies and brood, or build up smaller ones, and avoid losses. It discusses queen pricing from one dollar to several, warns against overreliance on breeding stock, and surveys bee races from Italian to Caucasian, Carniolan, Cypriot, and others, noting traits, pros, and cautions for each.
Home dairy note explains supplying succulent foods like roots or silage to winter stock. Silage is cheapest for large herds of 12+. smaller herds use roots such as mangels rutabagas or stock carrots. 20 tons of roots can feed 10 cows at 20 pounds daily for 200 days, costing under 40 dollars, with feeding value roughly 30 dollars in nutrients.
Farmers and fruit growers lose billions yearly to pests while birds like quail and prairie chickens decline. Quail in a potato field contained potato bug remains. a Texas quail carried boll weevils. Kansas wheatfield showed chinch bugs. Improve next season by learning horticultural literature and changing methods.
The article discusses frozen and dried eggs for human consumption, noting that they are often used to disguise inferior quality in cooking. It highlights rising trade in dried and frozen eggs, the high price of strictly fresh shell eggs, and the availability of questionable eggs sold for cooking by some disreputable firms. It also acknowledges legitimate drying and freezing under sanitary conditions and the practical benefits for long-distance shipping and storage.
In St Joseph a long horn steer wandered from stockyards and settled in a backyard between two large cactus plants. The animal stood firm with horns four feet across, ignoring efforts to move it. The scene turned the yard into a no man’s land as neighbors watched the stubborn effort unfold.
Instructions detail making loop and eye splices in rope, end splices to prevent raveling, and assembling a two loop halter with eye splice, loop splice, end splice, nose piece, and head coverage. Includes step by step actions, diagrams referenced, and cautions on tightness and safety.
The piece argues three main hurdles for independent farmers: small individual lots reduce dealer interest, mixed goods from many buyers depress value, and storage costs at towns or markets raise expenses. It then advocates cooperation to standardize products, pool supplies to attract buyers, and either secure current offers or hold goods for higher prices.
The list shows crops commonly used for silo purposes including corn sorghum clover alfalfa soybeans oats rye kaffir corn and milo maize, reflecting broad adoption across farming operations.
The text explains Cooper's hawk as part of a trio of swift hunting raptors known as blue darters. It contrasts its winged prey strategy with ground-foraging hawks and notes Cooper's hawk’s prevalence and damage, especially to poultry, including frequent dove and chicken predation.
Luther Burbank told the California Fruit Growers Association that spineless cactus leaves can make paint and whitewash. He said one leaf yields ten gallons of paint and the mucilage dissolves in alcohol, not water, aiding oil colors. He envisions fiber as rubber substitute for tires and wood pulp for paper, with waterproof cactus whitewash as a key product. He is negotiating with an eastern firm to use the leaf whitewash.
Instructions explain starting with a grain stack and not exceeding reach. Use a fork to lay bundles from ground level and place about two loads per stack to avoid overheating the corn as moisture remains in the stalks.
The text notes that many workers leave fodder corn shocks in fields during winter and occasionally haul in a load. It contrasts stacks as a more feasible method for storing fodder than keeping shocks, as advised by J. G. on August 8.
A historic cleaning formula describes slaking lime with boiling water and straining the mixture. It adds salt dissolved in warm water, three pints of ground rice paste, five gallons of hot water, and allows the blend to stand covered. Optional coloring with ochre lamp black keel or splueding is noted to suit appearance.
W L Howard advises fall planting of large fruit seeds such as peaches and plums to endure winter freezing for spring sprouting. Small seeds like apples and grapes should be mixed with sand and stored in a northside open box to freeze thaw all winter, then planted as soon as soil can be worked.
The article notes the vast potential in poultry ventures starting from a backyard operation. It highlights city residents who begin small and gradually expand into large producers, often becoming the most successful figures in the industry through hands on learning and steady growth. It mentions that many top producers started modestly and grew by mastering every detail.
The cooperative or circuit breeding movement, centered in Maine, Minnesota, Michigan, and North Dakota, unites farmers to improve one breed by using registered sires from top herds. Circuits employ a superintendent, record milk and butterfat, and rotate sires. North Dakota and Michigan stations report significant gains in herd performance and breed purity through organized associations and field agents.
The article argues that direct aid to family farms via cooperation with state and federal agriculture departments can speed heredity improvements in livestock. It stresses scientific breeding, collective management, and the need for species and subbreed variety tailored to local conditions. It also urges households to discuss modern home conveniences like running water and heating to improve country living.
Mrs. A Joseph explains beekeeping tips for orchard health. Bees aid fruit by scavenging damaged ripened fruit after birds peck them, preventing further rot. Plant buckwheat late to bloom when little else flowers and move hives only short distances to avoid desertion.
A practical guide describes a simple water heating setup using a post mounted iron bar and a removable kettle hook for hog-killing chores. It urges establishing a sizeable orchard, recommending five feet apart spacing for currant and gooseberry bushes to ensure a productive garden and future preserves.
The notice cautions that feeding spotted or decomposed food to poultry risks disease or poisoning. It instructs burning all decomposed fodder at once to prevent harm and impropriety in farm practice.
In parts of Europe fruit trees line roadsides and provide revenue. Hanover area yields 20 612 marks last autumn. Watchmen patrol on bicycles during ripening, Sunday crowds. Picking fruit from ground forbidden. knocking fruit from trees fines of 100 marks or more. German laws shown to inspire respect. highway fruit theft is rare.
Anna Galigher advocates letting turkeys roam free while fattening for market. She notes confinement harmed appetite and growth, urging ample exercise, corn, sharp grit, and even access to a corn field for several weeks.
Incubation periods vary by species with 21 days for fowls 28 days for ducks turkeys and guineas and 30 to 35 days for geese. Leghorns may hatch sooner and hen behavior can delay or impair hatch. Cold eggs chill quickly while warm weather can lead to nest abandonment with little impact on hatch.
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