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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
3
An article discusses phosphate use to boost yields on oats and corn. Wisconsin trials show 100 200 and 400 pounds per acre of acid phosphate improve stand and vigor, with 400 pounds giving best results, especially for corn. Similar tests in Illinois and Ohio corroborate gains.
Electricity on Farms reports Philadelphia and eastern states forming farmer light and power firms. One Philadelphia company is making contracts over six counties to supply electricity to farms.
The farmer learns that regulated stock provender rests on a practical principle derived from agricultural science. Despite unfamiliar jargon he can grasp the essential idea that rationing livestock supports efficient feeding and healthier livestock through measured supplies.
Practical guide explains five material classes in feeds: protein for tissue and blood, carbohydrates for heat and energy, fat for extra energy, minerals for teeth bones and muscles, and water. It notes corn lacks protein, so bran or cottonseed meal should be mixed with corn and hay to balance rations for cattle, pigs, or work horses. It also mentions a curious pumpkin market where large pumpkins are marketed via restaurant displays and labeled pies and meals.
A fragment discusses pumpkins revealing flaws through bruising, noting that scars persist as yellow warts in ripe fruit. The author mentions farmers adapting to modern advertising by leveraging natural weaknesses in produce.
The Department of Agriculture actively introduces foreign flora with over 2,000 serfs and plants brought in last fiscal year. Explorers search in Marchuria, Korea, and China for species with high yield potential, yielding wild apricot trees, wild grapes, persimmons, bush cherries, and other valuable specimens unseen by many.
A farm benefits from four small forges by saving time on repairs and reducing trips to town. The portable forge can be bought for a modest sum, making maintenance quicker and cheaper overall.
A naturalist reports toads help farmers by eating crop pests. They consume caterpillars cutworms beetles sowbugs snails grasshoppers moths wireworms and potato bugs. Individual stomachs show vast numbers of pests in short times. Over ninety days a siete toad may destroy thousands of pests including cutworms sowbugs and worms.
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