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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1907
Page
12
This article explains clover roots feed the next wheat crop by supplying soil nitrogen. It notes artificial phosphates and lime help clover grow, and that combining nitrate with phosphate boosts both meadow herbage and cereal yields. Field trials show nitrate alone or phosphate alone differ in effects, while joint application elevates grain and straw.
A fragment notes foliage breadth and clover rich herbage, predicting a thicker bottom and increased feeding properties, resulting in higher weight per acre. The passage implies improved forage density and nutritional value from the cognate grasses.
The guide advises shallow pits about ten inches deep for potato storage when cellar space is limited. Pits three feet wide and as long as needed are filled with potatoes, then heap into a cone and cover with straw or hay, soil, and more litter. Include a window-like opening, an inner shutter, and a trench drain for cold climates.
The article argues that successful cattle feeders must balance feed efficiency and cost. It stresses varying rations to match conditions, using heat producing feeds in cold weather and reducing carbonaceous foods in warmth, to control production costs even if market gains are uncertain.
Mr. James Kind of St. Francisville Kinois grows broom corn for green manuring. He lets the crop mature, plows under the heavy stalks in September, harrows, then sows winter wheat and English clover. The method yields good wheat, strong clover, and broom corn straw that more than pays for the crop.
A narrator warns against marrying an old bachelor and underscores self interest. He praises haymaking with a cultivator, notes weeds decline when crops thrive, and shares stories of careful milking, alfalfa yields under irrigation in Arizona, with hay prices signaling farm profit.
In the North a remark about mules surfaces amid debate over labor and racial tensions. The comment suggests white understanding of mule use reflects broader social attitudes and potential bias influencing policy discussions.
The essay contrasts two feeder types a profitable producer who tailors rations to conditions and a careless one yielding losses. It argues all regions can fall into this pattern, urging efficient, high-grade cattle feeding to cut costs and raise beef standards through skillful feeding and better gains.
Farmers are urged to prepare for cold weather by increasing grain, stocking wheat bran, and feeding sweet apples and pumpkins to cows. Improve milking utensils, remove unsuitable bulls, and cull calves not meeting profit goals to preserve milk quality and earnings. Prepare now to avoid higher costs later.
A Kansas farmer attached harrows to his automobile to harrow his wheat this fall, using the car to quickly complete the field work when lacking enough teams.
A farmer notes his 15 horsepower auto machine dragged two harrows and finished the job in one third the time compared with using horses, illustrating the efficiency of mechanized farming.
A historical list shows pounds per bushel for commodities such as apples dried 26 barley 48 beans white 60 bluegrass seed 44 bran 20 buckwheat 48 clover seed 60 coal 80 corn shelled 56 corn in ear 70 corn meal 48 flax seed 56 hempseed 44 Hungarian grass seed 50 lime 30 malt 38 millet seed 50 oats 82 onions 57 peaches dried 33 peas 60 Irish potatoes 60 potatoes sweet 65 rye 60 salt fine 167 salt coarse 161 timothy seed 46 turnips 55 wheat 60.
An agricultural note argues that sowing rye in fall and plowing it under in spring enriches soil. Farm plots with rye show about 50 percent higher corn yields than bare ground and retain moisture better. Benefits persist for three subsequent seasons, with soil becoming more friable and easier to cultivate.
A reader asks why a mother rabbit eats her young and explains that hunger drives the behavior. The sender notes increased food needs during nursing and suggests bread and milk plus clean water can prevent harm.
A gate set about three feet deep with tamped small stones around it will hold without sagging. Use old wagon tires as hinges with top hinges surrounding the post, lower hinge as shown. Iron pins in post below hinges allow raising or lowering the gate to clear obstructions or admit pigs.
James Abenathy of Berks County Pennsylvania reports hogs showing weakness and hind leg paralysis when down they cannot rise without help. The condition, likely kidney worm, is not fatal but troublesome. Prevention includes corn soaked in strong lye from wood ashes, used at first signs, and a daily dose of pulverized copperas and sulfur.
Michael Donovan of Ti near Camp Lincoln files in Sangamon circuit court to bar Adjutant General Scott and regiment colonels from using the rifle range on the butte ground claiming poor shooting endangers his cattle. He cites past losses and a related court suit against the state.
The article advises that Homers can be profitable pets with good breeding, noting they are pretty and productive. It recommends shallow lid covered feeding boxes, old cigar boxes as feeding trays, gravel for grinding grain, and a protected loft away from rats. One nesting box per pigeon pair allows keeping several varieties without mixing.
A four year old mare showed eye inflammation with watering and milky discharge. A grain of sand embedded in the lower eye was removed after careful examination. The mare recovered in two or three days. Do not rush for a veterinarian. check for foreign substances first.
Commentary argues many blacksmiths lack proper shoeing skills and urges readers to study each horse’s foot and oversee shoeing. It warns against selling a worthy horse for a quick profit and emphasizes individual care and vigilance.
A rural guide covers pigeon care with coop setup, nest types, and feeding for breeds like Pouters and Blue Owls. It notes box construction, ventilation, and cleanliness, plus brood timing and chick care. Also shared are horse and mule breeding cautions and general farm welfare tips.
Marion Indiana farmer James Morrison describes a method to treat a splint on a road mare. He recommends a blister made from two ounces of cantharides and three drams of biniodide of mercury, loosely covered with cloth and kept out of reach. Apply petrolatum every other day after blistering.
State Commissioner Brigham says Iowa can employ at least 2 000 unmarried men and offer 6 000 married men opportunities to settle and till the soil. A farmer near Macungia Pa fell from a barn loft killing himself when teeth lodged in his throat. H M Stonebreaker of Tulsa bought 5 106 cattle at 83 dollars each via telephone. German labor shortage mirrors American farm labor, prompting youth drafting into the army and reducing servant girl availability.
E C Pittman outlines three dairy-building plans in Arkansas: purchase only, breeding only, or a combo. He cautions pure buying risks disease and capital needs, and pure breeding is time consuming, favoring a balanced approach with careful selection, starting with good cows and a strong starter herd.
The article urges dairymen to improve practices using ventilated barns and tested cows for butter fat, stresses the cost of production, and cautions about pasteurization. It highlights Fred Butcher with 17,350 dozen frogs legs shipped by a farm boy near Lawton Michigan and notes US dressed beef exports to England rising slightly despite 50,000 fewer cattle exports in 1907.
George A. Long of Atlantic Iowa died by his own hand after the death of a favored horse. He left a 10 000 bequest to comfort the remaining horse and to erect a monument over the graves of the deceased animal.
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