26 Mar 1915
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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1915
Page
1
USDA guidance for southern cattle shows the value of roughage and green feeds to maximize milk yield. Emphasizes pasture, forage crops, legume hays, and careful grain mixes with cottonseed meal to balance nutrition and economic cost. Highlights the need for ample, clean bedding, dry barns, and gentle handling to sustain milk production.
In a village once ruled by gossip, Walter Mainwaring announces he will enlist in England's army after a secret dream to match his late VC father. His mother explains their modest finances and his father’s plan to fund college if he stays, forcing Walter to choose duty over ambition. The scene ends with Walter preparing to help at the bank after supper.
Pecans are grown in large volumes with good profit in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana while Alabama sees increasing cultivation. Some orchards are small, others extensive, with older trees yielding solid returns. Even at low prices, pecans offer better profitability than cotton at 12 cents per pound in recent years.
A directive to ship hogs to the central market so they arrive in the morning. The notice emphasizes timely delivery and market readiness.
The article explains tides arising from the moon's differential gravity acting on Earth's oceans. It notes two daily tides: one where water is drawn toward the moon and another on the opposite side where Earth is drawn away, creating a second bulge.
D C O Wells of Fayette County Illinois shares profitable duck farming tips from Orange Judd Farmer. He suggests keeping ducks separate from chickens to protect water, uses a two foot fence, and notes ducks mature to four pounds in eight weeks with revenue of twenty to twenty five cents per pound in Chicago. He emphasizes quick brooding, a feed mix of bran beef meal and corn meal with grit, ample shade and bedding, and dry nesting with ten boards for duck eggs. He recommends mating in January and keeping large flocks in stable groups to avoid disruption, plus ready access to pond water and plentiful feed.
Mrs Emma Stacey outlines turkey fattening methods focusing on weight gain and breeding stock, with careful flock selection and separate breeding birds. She warns against green corn, details October feeding starting, and describes daily rations of boiled corn, ground oats, vegetables, and liquid feeds, plus grit and charcoal.
Pullets must be well matured before they will lay many eggs. Early hatched pullets produce eggs in fall and early winter when prices are high. February to April are best for hatching to secure early hatched pullets. Yearling and two year old hens molt in fall and divert feed from egg production. Properly matured pullets divert surplus energy to egg laying.
A Missouri writer in Farm Progress argues caponizing turkeys, not just chickens, could yield larger, more profitable birds. He notes simple castration similar to chickens and urges early practice this summer with marketable capons by fall.
The article notes rapid returns in poultry farming: hens begin laying quickly after hatching, with chicks appearing three weeks after setting, and pullets laying within five to six months, vs cows and fruit trees that take years to mature. It highlights the swift production cycle in poultry.
A note from Belgium discusses the significance of a rooster's crowing as an indicator of its lineage. Crowing contests are held to compare birds over a set period, emphasizing hereditary traits and breeding value.
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