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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1910
Page
16
Farmers face a winter of scarce feed with horses undernourished and weak. Recommendations focus on gradual grain feeding, light work to rebuild flesh, and avoiding abrupt shifts to heavy rations. The piece argues for reducing overall feed use and leveraging hogs to convert inedible farm outputs into value.
Article notes the attractiveness of swine farming despite high feed costs and hints at practical ration ideas to cope with present price levels. It emphasizes economic incentives and the need to optimize feed use for profitable production.
Under average conditions feeding grain to roaming cows is doubtful. If concentrates are fed, seeds high in carbohydrates better supplement pasture than protein rich feeds. Grass provides protein, so carbohydrate rich feeds complement it best.
The text advises sorting sheep by size with prime animals grouped for separate feeding and better care, while indicating poorer sheep should be kept apart or sold if possible. It emphasizes improving the flock by selling or rehoming the weaker stock and concentrating resources on the best specimens.
A. J. Freed of Mercer County stands as a leading cherry grower cultivating seven to eight acres mainly Early Richmond with some Morello and May Duke. He sells at about $2 per bushel, grossing $500 to $600 per acre, and owns about twenty five apple acres mainly Baldwin with Spy Roman Beauty Northwestern Greening and Fallwater also grown. Last year apples sold at $3 to $3.25 per barrel. Spraying controls insects and diseases and the orchard uses the sod mulch method.
The article notes Holland's dairying drives its economy with land valued at 500 to 1000 per acre while rents are paid via butter and cheese sales to European markets. It credits efficient cows, cooperative practices, and superior dairy products as keys, comparing Dutch cowstables favorably to American ones for cleanliness and care.
The Department of Agriculture highlights a British practice washing butter with separator skim milk twice pasteurized. This method reportedly reduces bacteria to one fifth of the original amount and helps avoid using impure water when supply is limited.
Jersey cows drink the most water, 5.25 pounds for each pound of milk produced, at the Geneva experiment station. Guernseys, Shorthorns, Devons, Holsteins, and Ayrshires follow in diminishing order. Milking cows consume about fifty percent more water than dry cows.
Heidelberg Castle dominates the Neckar valley as Germanys largest fortress. Since 1294 it was a noble residence and an immense 49000 gallon tun sits in a cellar, storing wine for the castle’s elite.
A mother testified at a recent English coroner's inquest that she broke a cup on her dying child’s head to drive away evil spirits. The remark was offered as part of the exorcism explanation examined by the coroner.
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