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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1897
Page
6
The article urges ample water for cows on dry feed, notes water should be warmed as weather cools, and explains high water needs to replace moisture lost by breathing and skin. It warns that premature drying off often results from inadequate water.
The Farmer's Voice notes hens perform better with fresh meat in winter and that firms prepare dried and ground meat for poultry. Rabbits are common as feed for laying hens and three pounds per week for every sixteen hens is a fair ration, supplyable by a farmer's boy all winter.
Captain C. Adams of the Superior Nebraska Cattle Company reports tests comparing salted and unsalted groups. Cattle with no salt fattened faster and reached market readiness earlier, leading the firm to decide against lavish salt feeding in the future.
The article explains that silage adds digestibility but not extra nutrition. Corn fodder silage is often deficient in nitrogen, so it should be supplemented with dry foods. Recommend curing clover and feeding clover hay, or using wheat bran or oats, and adding meal or cottonseed meal with corn silage. Include straw or hay to increase bulk and aid digestion. A mix of corn and oats with cut hay or straw forms a good supplement.
A Pennsylvania correspondent explains how to prepare and use a skim milk starter for ripening cream. Avoid propagating bad flavors by using good starter milk, with notes on pasteurizing, daily skimmilk collection, and cleanliness to ensure fine flavored butter.
Professor I P Roberts advised agricultural students at Cornell University that breeding horses should avoid selecting for largest size as their limbs give out, warning against overemphasis on extreme build in horse breeding efforts.
The article offers guidance on horse breeding profits and stock levels, stressing business planning, suitable breeds for different farm roles, and care routines. It notes Lexington Kentucky’s horse market, soil influence on quality, and practical care like hoof cleaning, blanket use, and seasonal care to prevent rheumatism.
The writer advises breeders to spend time in poultry houses studying how to mate fowls for consistent progeny. He notes amateurs often fail when offspring differ in plumage and markings from sires and dams, and stresses judicious mating using matched sires and dams to achieve uniform lines.
The article argues against using stable manure on young orchards. It notes soil mineral fertility declines from cropping and that heavy nitrogen from manure delays fruiting by promoting excessive wood growth. It cautions against overdosing with stable manure and emphasizes balanced nutrition for early orchard establishment.
The text explains how nitrogenous manures and cultivation affect fruiting. It notes that delaying fruiting may occur due to excessive wood growth. California peach trees bear in year three with mineral fertilizers, while apple and standard pears bear in five to seven years. Dwarf trees bear earlier. bearing trees require stable manure with potash and phosphate. Bent branches promote blossom formation. lack of minerals can prevent set.
The article advises on milk flavor linked to cow diet, selecting best animals for profit, cleaning farm areas, wax land disk plows, and using swamp and prairie hay for strawberry mulch. It covers soil moisture, seed quality, storage and drying, storing mold for early vegetables, potato care, seed selection, and pest control for fruit trees including San Jose scale and cherry aphis.
The Sydney Sloper family story reports six daughters eloping in sequence. Annie 21, Milly 14, Carrie and Nellie 17, Adelina and Florence both at 18. Russell, husband of Florence, faced prosecution for marrying a minor. Two younger Slopers, Lucy and Patty, remain. The father, now unemployed, spends days on the back fence with a shotgun.
A wrung joke from General Sherman recounts his physician’s medicines not helping. The doctor quips that Sherman should “throw physic to the dogs” as Shakespeare advised. Sherman retorts he would, but many valuable dogs live nearby.
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