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Newspaper
Hamilton Evening Journal
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1911
Page
34
A scattered selection of farm guidance covers hay and feed quality, dairy management, and grazing. Topics include the value of hay, calf and mare care, alfalfa feeding, pasture crops like rape, strawberry quality, and the need for careful stock handling. It notes dairy milk production, udder maintenance, eye health as an indicator of vitality, humane handling, manure care, and moist, clean water for animals.
A historical note by Walter B. Leutz details two forms of barley leaf diseases, the yellow leaf disease and fate blight, caused by imperfect fungi. It notes yellow leaf appears early, causes yellow longitudinal stripes and leaf damage, while late brown spots affect leaves, glumes, and seed. The transmission via seed is mentioned with possible injury to corn leaves from related fungi.
A practical movable corn crib is described using old barrel staves for walls and roof, with sliding rafters and two poles running through the middle for support. Size adjusts to the amount of corn. walls slant slightly at the top to shed grain, and a tight floor helps keep moisture out.
A movable corn crib is described as compact and efficient. It keeps corn in good condition by drying quickly and staying dry year round, unlike a tight granary where corn molder and spoils occur. The text highlights the crib’s practical advantage in moisture control.
Instructions to repair a dirt road emphasize filling holes with suitable dirt, not layering rocks and refuse in the surface. It warns against softening the bed by ditch debris and directs disposal on the ditch side, ensuring the road center is the highest and the surface slopes toward the side ditch with culverts underneath to move water.
Instructions for storing onions through winter advise a dry barn floor or shelves in layers with sheets of paper between. if frozen briefly they survive if untouched. Also described is a two row riding cultivator with pivot gangs, filled with many shallow teeth, claimed to be economical for teams versus women and two horses.
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