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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1895
Page
8
Securine promises to aid arid regions with efficient manure handling. Modern farm carts and manure spreaders save labor, speed spreading, and reduce waste. Also contrasts thoroughbred versus grade cattle and extols sweet apples as stock feed improving pork, milk, and dairy health.
The piece explains that eggs kept near freezing can die the vital germ protecting the egg, causing decay if kept long. It warns damp cellars and foul odors speed decay and notes fertilized eggs cannot be kept indefinitely even with exclusion.
Household farming tips cover poultry care including rooster isolation to prevent bad eggs, air exclusion to hatch and rot eggs, and breeding practices. It discusses unprofitable vineyards, fruit market cycles, grain chaff nutrition, and feeding efficiency. Pigeon farming, prices, and a note on keeping pigeons for youth interest follow, plus a warning on leaky poultry house roofs and dampness harms.
Prof Henry of the Wisconsin Experiment Station reports experiments with four cows over four weeks comparing cut corn stalks to whole stalks. Four good cows fed two weeks on cut stalks then two weeks on whole stalks showed 721 pounds of cut stalks yielding the same milk and butter as 1,133 pounds of whole stalks, a 36 percent saving. Whole stalks were largely wasted as cattle preferred cut stalks, and remnants were better for feeding.
Reading notes a bleak agricultural scene in the Northwest where wheat values hover under 50 cents a bushel amid poor weather and an atypically quiet growing season. No specific dates, places, or organizations are identified in the fragment.
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