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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
16
A thorough, systematic horse examination distinguishes temporary from permanent unfitness. Note blemishes, vices, conformation faults, and unsoundness, weigh good qualities against defects, and seek history and reputable sellers. Avoid hurried checks and rely on ample time and experience.
Scours in calves arise from irregular feeding overfeeding sudden feed changes fermented feeds dirty sour milk or diseased cows dirty milk pails feed boxes and damp dirty stables. When scours are found separate the affected calf and disinfect the pen carefully.
Missouri College of Agriculture records on 2 122 acres show that plowing one acre required 3 4 hours of man labor and 9 3 hours of horse labor.
A simple tool rack keeps garden implements within easy reach and prevents misplacement. The rack, a modification of a carpenter’s saw horse, has holes drilled in the top to hold handles and a board across the bottom to secure them.
Weather favors late potato blight with high humidity and mild temperatures. Begin spraying when plants reach six inches and repeat every one to two weeks, ensuring thorough coverage to prevent spore germination. spraying is preventive, not curative, and sprayer wheels pose no major risk to vines late in the season.
Insects attack melon cucumber and squash vines when plants are small. The best preventive is to put a mosquito netting tent over each hill using small sticks as supports and soil to hold edges. Erect tents as soon as sprouts appear and leave until vines push for space, then store netting.
The article lists expected acres per day for different plows and team sizes. A four horse gang plow with two 12 inch bottoms averages 112 acres daily at six inch depth, and less at eight inches. A three horse sulky with 14 or 16 inch bottom averages 25 acres at six inches and about 0.2 acre less at eight inches. A two horse 14 inch walking plow covers about 1.75 acres daily at six inches and slightly less at eight inches.
Advice on caring for newborn chicks notes that they need no food for 24 to 86 hours after hatching. It recommends starting with bread crumbs moistened with milk and continuing this feeding pattern until the chicks are one week old.
A brief note argues for very small flocks with a strict one sheep per acre cap, claiming smaller flocks yield better sheep and that even this limit may be excessive in practice.
The fragmentary OCR text hints at a plan to relieve a food shortage by furnishing family soils and plants. It mentions growth food and spacer plants but lacks clear names, dates, places, or organizations to identify a specific event or actor.
The article outlines squash types including Sealoop Pattypan Yellow Summer Crookneck and Italian CocozeHe with bush and vining forms. It details spacing rules from six to twelve feet, thinning to one or two plants per hill, and harvest timing before frost. For winter varieties Hubbard Boston Marrow and Delicious require longer spacing and dry storage above 45 to 50 degrees.
Yew farmers debate land use as fence lines waste space. The department notes an ordinary fence occupies a strip over 12 feet, about 8,600 feet per acre, while hedges offer a denser boundary varying with hedge type and width.
An Ohio experiment reports thinning corn plants increases yields. Data show average yields around 9.28 bushels per acre with different kernel counts per hill and plantings, while untested seed yielded about 5.38 bushels per acre. Prices suggest profitability at 50 to 65 cents per bushel.
Two thirds of alfalfa’s feeding value is in the leaves and curing losses leave only one third if leaves are lost. Farmers advocate raking into windrows two hours after cutting to save leaves preserve green color and flavor.
If your house supports 50 hens, keep to that number to maximize profit. Crowding beyond capacity increases feed needs and lowers egg output. Nest boxes should be inconspicuous for shy hens and kept clean to maintain productivity.
The farm woodlot is praised as a valuable aid amid high coal prices. Farmers report gathering grasshoppers with hopperdozers, collecting around 800 bushels on 100 acres of alfalfa in May. The work is arduous but needed to protect quiet, productive herds.
War Secretary Baker confirms Des Moines as site for the thirteenth divisional army cantonment and work begins at Camp Dodge. Major General Barry reports ground inspected and approved, with construction led by Major M. A. Butler and 1,500 workers planned rising to about 5,000. Iowa weather notes crop prospects and registration shows high turnout as statewide mobilization support grows.
Governor Harding and Adjutant General Logan order Iowa recruits into home armories affecting about 4 000 men with a daily food allowance of 40 cents per man paid by the state. Estimated outlay may reach at least 100 000 dollars with uniforms and equipment for new units and possible federal reimbursement. An ammunition train for the Iowa National Guards will require 18 commissioned officers and 684 men split into two divisions with dozens of chauffeurs mechanics cooks and clerks. Credit for enlistments will be tracked by county and combined with regular army enlistments to determine state allocations.
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