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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
12
Mrs Anna Bryan Torrance describes her egg production methods with eighty hens, detailing winter yields and feeding routines. She notes 77 dozen eggs in three months, averaging under a day per hen, and suggests breeding hens for eggs versus meat to improve results.
Describes Berkshire hogs as the best general purpose breed, adaptable to dairy farms in the east, corn belt, and southern forage systems. Highlights plum colored skin, white markings, medium ears, broad forehead, and strong short legs. Credits English origin with current US breeding strength.
Damp conditions make rape dangerous for sheep to graze. Close gates each evening to prevent early morning access. If flock returns to the barn at night, use a small yard until dew dries before returning to pasture. Keep sheep near the p building to delay grazing after rain or dew.
A curio of maxims on self control farming virtue and clever cattle care. It blends sayings on soil feeding crops avoiding waste and practical farming advice like using a manure spreader to maximize yields. The tone mirrors old rural newspaper quotable wisdom from farm life.
A reader proposes starting a 200 acre flock and asks which breed suits sandy, bluegrass land. The writer outlines options from pure-bred to hothouse lambs, suggests Dorset Southdown or Hampshire for hothouse lambs, notes western ewes as good foundation stock, and advises using a pure-bred sire with retained ewe lambs.
A strong push to improve farm labor by education and modern methods. Reading books and farm papers, attending institutes, and staying informed produce a better grip on the job, helping workers remain valuable even against cheaper hires. The message urges farmers to cultivate a hunger for reading and continual learning.
A vintage note suggests encouraging sheep to graze in orchards and adding oats, as wheat bran serves as a valuable fertilizer. It highlights sheep as a fertilizing asset for orchards, with emphasis on grazing benefits and feed components.
The article notes that feeding sheep for high grade mutton near urban markets can be highly profitable. It argues mutton commands higher prices than beef or pork and that eastern farmers increasingly adopt sheep feeding as a labor-efficient path to profit, aided by home-grown feeds most suited to sheep.
A simple home made marker idea explains hinges that fold to store and pass through gates. Each side flips over the centers so runners can mark on uneven ground, promising advantages over old rutways for winter activity.
The article notes September as a favorable period for caponizing. It reports encouraging growth among the young stock and suggests timing aligns with improving development and outcomes.
L R Johnston extols turnips as a valuable adaptable farm feed suitable for all herbivores including horses after some training. He notes feeding a peck to half a bushel daily to a Jersey cow does not alter butter flavor and that uneaten turnips are quickly eaten by hens.
Farmers are urged to use diverse feeds such as corn, oats, bran, and silage to fatten sheep profitably. Emphasis is on hardy, healthy ewes and excellent rams from mutton breeds to maximize flesh, wool, and overall returns.
In a farmer’s note the case is made that draft horses yield better profits than cattle. Pasture hay and grain cost about 30 dollars a year, with foals reaching 8 years old at roughly 1550 pounds and total cost near 100 dollars. If cattle figures drop, draft horse profitability remains comparatively strong versus other livestock branches.
A fragmented OCR fragment discusses the gravity separator device and questions its application on all farm operations. It mentions potential fraud and requests advice on whether to use the separator broadly in agricultural settings.
The Standing Rock Sioux harvests thirty five bushels of grain plus corn and other crops as Indians adopt farming on reservations. Indians across western states become farmers, with Cheyenne Reservation seeing many engaged in coal mining and high quality potatoes from Indian fields.
Silage cost records from ten Illinois farms show 40 to 76 cents per ton, averaging 66 cents. Cut corn with a binder and use a silage cutter large enough to avoid bending bands. Kernels should be glazed before harvest to maximize dry matter and preservation.
The writer details feeding turnips to poultry, cows, horses, and hogs through winter. Turnips boosted poultry greens, milk, and appetite in cows, and horses eagerly ate them over six weeks. Turnips grown along a fence row provided a high-yield crop. tops fed to birds and animals while keeping a surplus feed, with market value noted as often considerable.
A reader cautions against tying threads to remove warts, noting that this common method often fails and warts recur. The message labels the approach as dangerous and potentially malignant, urging safer remedies instead.
A guidance piece by Bessie L. Putnam urges letting children run a small crop plot to earn profits and learn thrift. It suggests potatoes onions corn and strawberries as good options, with the ground selected to favor the preferred crop and profits saved for the junior partner.
Advice urges using strong draft mares and well fed horses for productivity. Avoid long fasting, feed three times daily, and back up hired help with a kicking mule. Emphasizes mule breeding, market rebound after the panic, and rising demand for draft animals as factories reopen.
The article explains distinct approaches for market fruit growing versus private trade. It notes that commercial growers must scale up to stay profitable, while private trade relies on supply and demand to shape markets. It warns against dwarf-tree commercial fruits competing with open market leaders and urges selecting varieties that sell best for the chosen growing line.
Farmers face heavy winter workload. horses lack winter exercise, becoming weak for spring work. Regular daily work in winter keeps muscles firm, even if only harness time. If work is unavailable, allow turnout for brief activity to preserve vitality.
Jonas Capwell asks if feeding cow meal or cottonseed meal before calving provides advantage. The advice: avoid stimulating foods before calving. removing such foods is best. A. D. Boyd seeks the best feeding reference. Professor Ben’s Feeding is cited as the top authority, available for $2 postpaid from the big Office. Horse price drafts have risen recently, with some impact on private sales.
Wisconsin Agricultural College notes overfeeding and lack of exercise lead to stocking of the legs and other troubles in horses. Keep stables clean ventilated with sun exposure. Groom daily, use limewash lightly tinted, and ensure fresh air to promote proper blood flow and kidney function.
This notice describes the Eureka Oil Cup, two oil cups on iron brackets beside the perch, supported by posts through the cups. The cups hold a mix of tard oil and coal oil to deter mites from reaching the perch and entering the poultry house.
The article argues humane hen care, urging variety and space to prevent stress. It suggests letting hens forage in grit free soil, providing oats or corn early, and dedicating ground for waste grain to keep hens busy and productive, noting confinement hampers egg yield.
A dairy note weighs wet feed as superior for milk production when cows have constant access to clean water, while dry feeds require care. Experiments suggest avoid malt sprouts and high water-absorption feeds. ensure silage stays well preserved with thorough distribution of wetter and heavier components.
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