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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1899
Page
7
The notes discuss oats feeding value and hull quality influenced by the bull and breed. It notes black bull breeds may have coarser hulls, while some white bull varieties also show rough hulls. Origins vary by climate with rough hulls linked to Norway Sweden and Russia.
German pig feeding tests found oats yielded the greatest gains. Meat meal gave the largest increase among other materials. Barley meal peanut cake and potatoes were nearly equal. Slaughtered flesh was good quality with no differences observed.
The article advises morning mash as a general practice but warns against feeding soft food more than two or three times weekly. It explains the gizzard’s role in grinding and recommends hard or coarse foods to keep the crop and liver healthy. Night feeding should favor whole or coarse cracked corn for warmth and digestion in cold weather.
The piece warns that mice invade winter hives unless entrances are blocked with fine mesh. It explains adjusting feed ratios for dairy cows, detailing protein and carbohydrate balance and how forage protein content affects required grain protein levels.
The grain food and corn meal may be fed with but 7.9 per cent. Combinations of different foods to form a ration can be varied according to availability, always aiming at economy while keeping the food palatable, healthy, and easily digested for cows as advised by the chemist.
The article describes reclaiming clayey, flat, wet soils on farms to improve long term fertility. It emphasizes a deep center ditch with graded side lands, yearly plowing to loosen soil, and progressive turning to avoid ridges. After two to three years, land can yield excellent corn and later host strawberries after corn.
George E. Newell advises home butter makers to keep milk at a stable warm temperature for ripening and timely churning. Set cream to mature at 65 degrees after skim milk within 24 to 36 hours, and store butter in a separate vessel. Avoid mixed kitchen odors and ensure a pure dairy environment.
Ants in South America are noted for building a tunnel three miles long. In Pennsylvania a sparrow hunt resulted in 6,000 birds killed. France published 14,781 books in 1898.
National Curator Leopoldo Batres presents Mitla tomb artifacts to Dr. Howe the dentist. A skull fragment a glass bead a copper bell and a tooth with iron pyrite inlay illustrate ancient Mexican adornment and possible social or religious meaning.
The piece describes the elephant as a formidable fighting animal with armor like hide, heavy tusks, and great size. It notes its powerful charge, ability to be guided by intelligence, and the risk of harming allies or the powder magazine if the elephant turns berserk.
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