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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1907
Page
14
The article argues farming locals should prefer home grown feed to reduce costs, stressing albumenoids and legumes like clover alfalfa vetches for higher feeding value. It advises boosting grassland with mineral manures, expanding clover, and cultivating alfalfa and vetches for multiple harvests, plus practical pest controls and mushroom bed preparation.
A land company purchased 64 000 acres in Horse Creek Valley Wyoming and plans to split into 160 acre parcels. It aims to attract Eastern farmers to settle and practice dry farming. The note adds context on Iowa farms and Minnesota butter makers facing competition from urban dairies tied to railroads. It mentions a $1 000 000 capital firm forming to make paper pulp from agricultural straw in South Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin. It references Argentina rising as a wheat and cattle rival and compares land areas and railroad mileage.
The article advises a neighborly, low effort method to control blister beetles or striped potato bugs that resist Paris green. It recommends brushing infested bugs into a kerosene-coated water bath rather than relying on chemicals, as beetles drop to the ground and cannot escape. A few rounds may be needed in dry seasons to reduce the infestation.
The article outlines starting mushroom cultivation in dry, partitioned cellars or under greenhouse benches and highlights hardy bulbs for perennial borders. It lists Scilla Siberica, Scilla Campanulata, crocuses, Roman hyacinth, white tulips, Madonna and Canada lilies, Coral lily, Longiflorum Multiflorum, Speciosum lilies, and the Golden Banded Japanese lily as strong choices, with notes on planting depth and seasonal bloom. Julie Adams Powell.
The article notes worms focus on outer leaves once a solid head forms, causing little harm inside. Cocoons appear in late summer and autumn on unpainted building sides or fences and can be destroyed to protect crops.
The article discusses white clover as a biennial lawn plant that often dies after two years. It advises sowing seed each fall or spring or not mowing in fall to maintain a permanent stand, and stresses cultivating, weed suppression, soil preparation, and the use of plant food. It also covers farm buildings, agricultural publications, and a section on bed preparation and spawning temperatures for crops.
A historical note emphasizes starting green fodder feeding early to prevent milk yield decline. Once a cow begins to shrink in her milk, recovery is very difficult and rarely successful, making timely nutrition crucial.
A rough, incomplete snippet discusses a cow in good flesh doing its best and contrasts with when she is thin and hungry. It references Diggeat-part and a preparatory note, implying guidance on feeding or nourishment. The readable content is fragmentary and challenges full interpretation.
An optimistic poem narrates perseverance amid hard work. The speaker rejects complaint, praising farming life and resilience, contrasting others who whine about decline while the speaker keeps steady effort and hope. The playful dialect emphasizes grit and stubborn optimism.
The piece extols politeness bred in the bone as shaping character like a flower whose beauty and perfume pervades the home. It argues love kindness and consideration of others in the home are among the greatest good in the world.
A portrait extols a wholesome sweet tempered girl whose cleanliness tidiness and politeness define her. Her natural lovability draws many, she benefits ill and makes home bright while quietly caring for her parents and community.
A reflection on an unhappy home notes weeds of harsh words selfish thoughts and careless treatment of friends and family. It laments indifference to parents comfort and the habit of taking things for granted undermining common courtesies.
A motivational exhortation urges young people to quit stagnation and engage with the world. It champions hard work for a loved one and aims to inspire by opening hearts, planting flowers, and showing daily affection to parents. It promotes joy, loyalty, and the magnetism of a positive, industrious life.
The article argues inbreeding is misunderstood and prejudiced among dairy men. It cites that healthy vigorous stock shows no ill effects in offspring and that top herds in England and America result from such mating. It notes using a Holstein bull with daughters from quality cows and suggests selecting similar breeds to maintain fixed qualities, highlighting Texas bred Regina the Jeresey as an example of improved Southern dairy herds through such introductions.
The article argues for breeding and fixing desirable traits over time to achieve reliable dairy profits. It warns dairymen to focus on fancy strains or family lines only if better adapted than high grades, aiming to produce grades nearly as good as pure breeds through careful mating.
S B Hartman reports wood ashes surpass many fertilizers in value. Unleached hardwood ashes offer 5-10 percent potash and 2 percent phosphoric acid plus lime, aiding soil with humus decomposition, acidity correction, and improved porosity. Recommended rates: fifty bushels per acre unleached. leached ashes much weaker at about 1 percent potash. Coal ashes discouraged.
A hardwood log about three and a half feet long and six inches in diameter forms the wire stretcher. Two holes of one and a half inches are bored at right angles along the roller, spaced several inches apart, to insert hand spikes for winding the wire.
The article argues for continuous dairy work through winter, recommending sowing oats and peas after corn, using corn to sustain milk flow until frost, and silaging corn stalks. It cautions against cows going dry too long and notes variability in cows' rest needs and breed differences in beef and butter goals.
A farm proponent urges farmers to acquire an agricultural library as a practical and ornamental investment. He argues fifty dollars buys a good set and one hundred dollars a tolerably complete collection, noting a single volume can repay its cost by yielding useful facts.
Farmers are urged to grant hogs green pasture in summer to double the gains from corn fed hogs, noting that without a regular pasture the same returns are not guaranteed. Fences should enclose suitable pasture or corn plots to optimize grazing and weight gain.
Illinois passes a law paying farmers 75 cents to 1 dollar per mile to drag roads with noncompliance penalized via neighbors. Union Pacific unveils a weed burner covering 25 miles in 12 hours, fueling talk of farm use. Germany hosts 17 162 cooperative farming associations with over 1 million members and 70 million in annual credit loans. Northern Pennsylvania farmers form a union labeling dairy and other products. A Warrington, England plant breeder studies Iowa corn. Oriskany Falls, N Y man powers farm machinery with a home build electrical plant costing under 300 dollars. Pennsylvania farmers reject congressionally sent free seeds. Georgia Farmers Union opposes South emigrants. Wisconsin rented farms double in ten years. UW to study the trend.
The Agricultural Department outlines the brown rat as the worst mammal pest in the United States, detailing its destructive impact on stores, crops, and homes. It recommends barytes plus meal or oatmeal bait, strychnine with caution, and building defenses with cement to block rat access, plus traps and pest management practices for farms and urban areas.
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