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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1906
Page
12
Advice on apple quality, handling, and packaging from orchard to market. Emphasizes clean, attractive fruit, careful handling, proper sorting, and box dimensions adopted by the American Apple Growers' Congress in 1903. Notes seasonal profitability and storage for summer, fall, and winter varieties.
The Beau Jose scale pest thrives in winter and summer, with larvae hatching from September onward and spreading across trees, beetles, and birds. Control requires two campaigns: summer targeting larvae with diluted soap or whale oil emulsions and winter targeting hibernating forms, with repeated summer applications and petroleum-based aids to improve results in gardens under close supervision.
A glanders outbreak near Dayton Ohio in August caused farmer alarm. The state allotted 30000 to combat the disease, which is incurable. Dr Rutherford of Canada died from glanders while treating diseased animals.
A traditional Iowa approach stores potatoes by leaving them in the ground until just before frost, then burying in a dry, well drained mound with straw and dirt. For many pits add ventilators, cover with coarse manure in hard freezes, and harvest before spring rains or warm sprouts. A cold cellar is suggested if space allows.
Manure consists of materials digested inside an animal. raw bran and linseed meal are fertilizers but best fed to stock first. Manure forms quickly in animals, slower in soil, and what animals do not utilize returns to the farmer for land use.
The article notes that poultry dealers stock low grade feed called cheap feed to attract buyers. They price it lower than better food, yet secure higher profits overall, transferring the loss of value to consumers. This marketing practice yields near economy for dealers but costs buyers in the long run.
Experiments show cottonseed meal and hulls at 1 to 4 ratio yield 2.21 pounds per steer daily at 4.6 cents per pound with meal valued at 30 dollars a ton and hulls at 4 dollars. Adding molasses raises gains to 3.11 pounds per head daily. without molasses gains are 2.59. Russian brome grass offers superior pasture, one acre equal to two or three of native prairie. Millets and silage notes, cow pea alfalfa hay as substitutes, linseed and cottonseed meals for fattening lambs, and bran composition figures are given for feeding optimization.
Debate over shredding corn fodder centers on cost versus return. Some studies show savings around 24 percent for dairy cows, while others find shredded fodder unnecessary or too costly. Iowa Experiment Station favors open yard feeding with limited waste, Galloway cows fed in pasture with no shredding justified by waste.
Readable fragments describe coop hygiene and feeding issues. Mentions mites affecting chicks, cracked wheat and corn used, and ongoing care for poultry. Text is incomplete but indicates farming practices and attempts to improve results.
The text offers practical notes on horse care and breeding including work expectations, feeding, fattening, crossbreeding, ponies, silage, and mare management. It covers stallion exercise, foaling readiness, mare conditioning, and cautions against jerky handling, plus a digression on moderation in training and lactation.
A brief survey of how weeds travel with people shows several species hitchhiking global paths. Plantain follows European settlers, daisies and shepherds purse spread with cultivation, purslane becomes a pot herb in England, and goosefoot fennel and nettle track travelers worldwide. Mullein, nicknamed velvet plant in England, bears many seeds, potentially spreading rapidly unless checked.
Guidance on bee care stresses avoiding cheap molasses, feeding with warm syrup, and using wood forms or bags for feeding at dusk. It notes bees born Aug 15 to Oct 15 form the winter force, requires about 50 pounds of sugar, and warns that cold can prevent moving to new stores, causing spring deaths.
A fragment notes a method for storing potatoes to prevent sprouting and maintain quality. The text references keeping potatoes at a station and mentions no signs of sprouting or impairment, though details are incomplete.
Practical farm guidance on feeding and caring for hogs including charcoal in pens, hardwood on cob, salt after burning, cowpeas for pork, corn cautions, proper brood sow feed, and water hygiene. Advises against overfeeding piglets, about sow breeding age, thrifty litters, and avoiding the thumps in breeders.
Advice on preserving corn okra and tomatoes in Mason jars for winter soups. Brighten fabrics with vinegar. use alum for greens and wedges to reduce storm rattling. Bruises treated with camphor and vaseline. linoleum cleaned with soap and water. Oil and vinegar dressing removes surplus. willow furniture cleaned with salt water. Zinc polished with kerosene. rusted steel cleaned with kerosene and emery paste.
Opinion piece argues common schools fail farmers by neglecting practical agricultural value. It notes Rhode Island reforms through the College of Agriculture, publishing experiments and sending faculty to meet communities in schoolhouses, grange halls, and churches to promote educated farming.
The text argues for ample sunlight for pigs and recommends isolated or portable hog houses mounted on runners to move swine between fields. Portable farrowing pens are advised for farms with two or more sows, easily built and costing under three dollars, aiding warmth, dryness, and reduced crowding. It notes alfalfa can substitute for shorts in pig fattening when grain rations are limited.
In Nebraska last winter an experiment fed alfalfa as a corn substitute for pig fattening. The largest daily gains appeared on three-fourths corn and one-fourth shorts, yet similar gains occurred at lower cost when alfalfa replaced shorts. Cheapest gains came from corn and cut alfalfa, while bran underperformed. A ration of three-fourths corn and one-fourth alfalfa outperformed a one-half mix, and when alfalfa is farm-raised a 50 50 mix may yield cheaper gains than a heavier corn ration. Hogs raised on alfalfa pasture learn to eat
The text advises practical farming tips on protecting corn ears from bat board damage with sacking and straw, selling hogs for good prices, and not hoarding wool. It stresses keeping inventory via a personal want back and avoiding forgotten items through written records to reduce wasted trips and errors.
At this season night prowling enemies of poultry include mink weasels sharks opossums rats and other varmints likely to visit farms near woods ravines or small streams. Farmers are urged to protect coops and barns.
A Wisconsin trial shows 21 pigs fed on rape for eight weeks gained 57 pounds more than the same number fed on clover, though rape alone is not best. Pigs require grain and green food, movable fences to limit trampling, and separate pens for sows.
The document notes that weaning coops are securely closed and that all ventilation openings are covered with fine strong wire netting. This measure aims to save some of the fat hens by preventing losses.
Advice on breeding strong poultry stock and avoiding inbreeding. Guidance on nutrition, clean water, dry housing, and disposing of carcasses to prevent disease. Also notes on Oregon hop crop at 120000 bales, and Iowa oats yields showing less planted but higher output.
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