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Newspaper
Hamilton Democrat Sun
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
12
R A Pearson argues successful dairy operators in New York Wisconsin and Vermont focus on herd health liberal feeding and minimizing milk contamination. They study milk handling for top quality and prices and share strong business traits including detail management and planning.
Penthesilia, a Guernsey cow from Helen Dale farms, set a world record for two-year-olds under the advanced register. In twelve months she produced 9,022.4 pounds of milk at 5.43% butterfat, exceeding class requirements by 3,612.15 pounds of milk and 280.07 pounds of fat, with supervision by the Wisconsin Experiment Station.
Potatoes stored properly in cool dry rooms should not shrink more than 10 to 12 percent with 32 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit ideal. Frozen potatoes develop a sweet taste due to sugar formation and may revert partially to starch when warmed. Also describes easily constructed open topped ice houses in Union County Pennsylvania with coal ash floors and sawdust packing.
Short crops and cautious outlook define the turkey season as blackhead disease depresses Rhode Island growers. Growers shift to chickens ducks and geese while Texas supplies northern markets. Warm winters ease droughts but cold damp weather hurts young turkeys. White Plymouth Rocks praised for breast meat and market dress. Roast pig prospect noted as cattle feeding declines. A poultry house layout is shown as a model for better results.
Strong point for breeders is brood sow management and exercise to counterbalance corn in rations. Winter care needs more bulk and roots to offset green feed lack. Guinea fowls wings in brown and petunia shades popular for hats. green tones favored. farm journal notes on trap nests, incubators, and breeding order. Florida cattle gain interest with Bermuda grass pastures and velvet bean forage.
The article urges lambs to lead in markets, protect milk cows with winter care, and improve stables with sunshine. It warns against drafts, high lumber, and losses from ailing horses and cows, advises fixing damp areas to prevent injuries, and cites feeding and breeding as keys to pig success.
Guidelines on pruning raspberry and blackberry bushes describe proper timing, cutback methods, and tools. Tips emphasize removing old canes, shaping canes, and maintaining plant health for better yields.
Vermont experiment station tests show alfalfa meal ration reduces milk by one seventh and butter by one sixth and provides less plant food value than a wheat bran ration. At higher cost, alfalfa fails to outperform distillers' grains and still outclassed at equal prices.
Description explains a farming method to control dodder by applying dry straw over affected clover or alfalfa patches and burning the top to kill the weed.
A detective narrator on a train connects with Almo Osgood hidden as a captive, decoding coded signals via a toy telegraph to expose Jerémy Saunders as a kidnapper and would be suitor. They alert Rochester authorities, thwart the abduction, and rescue Miss Osgood amid pursuit, earning praise and a future invitation.
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