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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1907
Page
12
W. Milton Kelly argues that farm profits hinge on using by products such as skim milk buttermilk whey and manure. He urges farmers to maximize time crops feed dairy by products and salvaged by items while outlining future topics including handling manure feeding by products and utilizing damaged fruit and vegetables for profit.
A recently received letter suggests interest for any reader owning a good farm. It notes a man who apparently did not recognize his own property, inviting inquiries from interested parties about the potential land claim or investment opportunities. The communication emphasizes farms and local land ownership.
A reader's patchwork monologue blends warnings about profitable by products from fruit and timber with a tale about a man selling his home. The text shifts to a letter to John praising a paradise home and ends with a fable about a treasure near a described property, illustrating themes of value, choice, and longing.
A passage extols productive use of time as the most valuable by-product of our lives. It argues that successful men, from financiers to farmers, leveraged spare moments to improve methods, breed better livestock, and advance business. It condemns idleness and stresses disciplined labor as path to comfort and innovation.
John Upton of La Fargeville New York urges farmers to use post hole augers to dig deep holes for fences. He notes ground conditions matter and suggests depths of three and a half feet for frost resistance, with sharpened posts and alternatives for rocky soil and wire fences.
Practical guidance on hog husbandry urges keeping productive sows, preventing escapes and chicken predation, avoiding disease spread from streams, and ensuring hogs have shade and cool water. It cautions against improper feed and emphasizes feeding the right ration to reduce harm.
An article advises small flock farming as a profitable use of soil and climate, stressing breed adaptation, clean feed, proper lamb weaning, pasture management, green fodder, and careful feeding schedules. It highlights ewes' condition, breeding timing, and the value of sheep manure as fertilizer, urging farm youths to raise sheep for lesson and income.
The article explains tankage as the dry powder from rendering vats used as fertilizer. It discusses two types beef and pork tankage, noting beef contains little fat and is more valuable, while pork tankage has more fat and is less sought. It also mentions price variation and that tankage, when refined enough, acts like bone meal and provides phosphoric acid to crops.
Delay in fitting wheat ground leads to rushed work and fatigue. Early readiness helps farmers manage seeding ahead of schedule and avoid overburdened labor during busy farming periods.
The speaker advises pulling burdock and yellow dock before seeding, and to dig them out early. They mention cutting wild carrot once or twice after one cutting may kill the weeds, noting that good results come from these practices.
A rattled voice condemns the old method of treating hens and lice as a drain on grocery money. The speaker favors a change in management and mandates, lamenting past practices and economic waste.
Spinach greens sell well at city markets and the author notes an acre can yield handsome profits. Sowing in August with weed control, some growers mulch, while hot beds prove less profitable due to low prices for southern spinach. Rich soil helps yield. apply ten loads of manure per acre and 100 to 125 pounds of sulphate of ammonia after thinning. Six-inch row spacing increases yield. preferred variety is Round Seeded. About twelve pounds per bushel after cleaning.
In damp seasons clear the cellar, aiming for a uniform, well ventilated space. Avoid damp, mouldy bins and rancid butter by cleaning vegetable storage and ensuring tight windows. Open outer doors in mild weather to refresh air and prevent decay.
The excerpt estimates yields for cider from seven to twelve bushels of apples per barrel, and converts bushel weights for evaporated product, raspberries seed weight per bushel, fruit weights for black cherries and grapes, corn with husks, and a conversion note on honey bees per pound.
A well built by a Rhode Island sea captain near his home aided by a vow after surviving a wreck and thirst on a desert island. The enduring generosity of the captain has benefited hundreds of farmers who receive water through his charitable effort.
A veteran farmer argues that old fashioned diversified farming pays, while city folk chase western fantasies. He outlines common errors, urges modest, scalable farms, and highlights hay meadows as the most reliable, low risk profit with proper soil fertility and prudent manure use.
In a small peach orchard young trees were pruned by cutting back one-third to one-half of new growth to produce a stocky, easily managed tree. When limbs bore fruit, they were propped with stakes and wire. Excess branches were thinned or clipped, dead wood removed, and prunings burned.
Instructions describe saving bones and processing them in a trough with two carboys of sixty degree sulfuric acid per ton of bones. Mix with warm water, cover with earth, and in a day or two the bones crumble upon unveiling, breaking apart at the slightest touch.
Farmers are urged to plow deeper for wheat than corn to reach moisture and loosen soil. Although the ground may be drier now, a stronger team on the beam is needed, the longer depth promises a better crop return that offsets extra labor.
A discussion on sowing the same seed year after year notes degeneracy in wheat and other crops. It advises changing seed periodically to improve yield and quality. The passage emphasizes diversification in planting practices and seasonal patience.
A collage of agricultural notes including William Mitchell of Frankfort Illinois arrested over thistle trouble, Swedish tourists visiting England for dairy farming, Washington farmers forming a marketing co op with Spokane HQ, and government plans to distribute dairy cows to Cheyenne River Indians. Kansas alfalfa acres rose from 84884 in 1891 to 615000 in 1906 with an estimated crop value of 10600000 dollars. Rabbit behavior in Australia and popcorn production in Bac County Iowa are noted, plus Wyoming dry farm land sales, Canada wheat surpassing 5 million acres, Brennan sisters running a large Lowell Indiana farm, and a Mexico Missouri hog weighing 467 pounds with neighbors paying to view and one man paying no admission.
The article outlines that home grown feeds should largely replace purchased foods where possible. Corn, oats, and flour by products remain the main grains for dairying, with meal and cottonseed meal as useful but rarely economical in large quantities. Clover or alfalfa offer value, especially for rotation and dry weather, with alfalfa praised as the top permanent meadow forage. Indian corn stalks remain a key feed, and silos are strongly endorsed as essential on larger dairy farms.,Oat straw is also valued as a profitable feed option when properly utilized.
An agriculture note outlines ideal hog traits for future markets. It stresses a wide short head, deep body, broad back, soft coat, minimal bone, and a calm, easy feeding disposition. Hogs should be practically ready for market by six months and reach about 300 pounds by nine months with proper rations and care. Professor Henry and Feeds and Feeding are cited on early rapid growth.
A New York dairyman argues that dairy cows need a balanced diet with nitrogenous foods and warns against overfeeding. He notes that straw and cornstalks cannot replace clover and alfalfa in rations and emphasizes liberal feeding without pushing cows to max capacity, as excessive feeding is not usually profitable.
Guidance on dairy cow development stresses early calving at 24 to 30 months, long first milking season, and careful culling toward milker types. It warns against keeping dry cows, notes feed and care for heifers, and discusses milking cleanliness, bull influence, and breed attitudes, urging practical, informed management.
Fragmented OCR text argues poultry losses to crows and hawks. It suggests POPs near the house to deter birds and notes fluttering red cloth on a pole as a visual deterrent.
The article argues for careful selection of hog stock to maximize prolificacy and reliability. It favors large otters, moderate flesh, smooth compact sows, and similar breeding lines. It warns against excessive diversity and the use of immature stock, endorsing aged sires and dams for quicker maturity and safer outcomes.
The gate style common in the South uses an eighteen foot pole on top weighted by a stone or similar counterweight. Proper balancing keeps the gate from sagging and allows easy opening and closing.
A cord of green wood weighs about 50 percent more than air dried wood. A cord of well dried wood still contains 600 pounds of water. In burning green wood nearly half the heat is lost to evaporating its water. One half the weight of fresh sap pine is water. Kiln drying lumber saves 1,000 to 1,500 pounds of freight per 1,000 feet. Pine is stronger and stiffer by weight than solid iron or steel of the same length and shape.
A carload of steers with uniform style size and markings will outsell a mixed lot. The same applies to hogs. A carload of even well formed compact deep bodied hogs will outsell any mixed mess of cross bred scrubs.
The article warns that soft coal can replace charcoal for old hogs but tends to clog the intestines of small pigs and cause sores. It notes hogs not used to soft coal should not be fed large amounts at once, and that soft coal does not fully replace wood or cob charcoal in hog yards.
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