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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
6
The 1915 farm harvests set records in many crops with a total value around five and a half billion dollars, led by corn and wheat. Corn reached over 8.0 billion bushels valued at about 1.91 billion, while wheat topped 1.0 billion bushels worth 932 million. Potatoes declined slightly, influencing higher farm prices.
W. W. Thompson of Macon County discusses tentatively planting 3000 acres of okra in 1916 to supply 50 000 tons of okra fibre for a southern paper mill. He cites boll weevil risk and the growing cost and scarcity of traditional pulp fibres as motivation.
A Farm and Residence contributor in the Springfield Ohio paper describes three hatched chicks from unlaid eggs displayed in a poultry remedy window. Three laying hens were killed for eggs. one White Orpington, a Rhode Island Red, and a Black Minorca. An incubator hatched three chicks, a white, a black, and a red rooster, now crowing.
The fiscal year ending June 30 1915 saw about 100 million meat animals slaughtered countrywide with 58 to 60 percent under Federal inspection. Of these, 299 958 were condemned as unfit and 644 688 were condemned in part due to tuberculosis being the main cause. The Bureau of Animal Industry also reports a new pork trichina destruction method. refrigeration at 5 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 days kills the parasites.
A guide on transplanting trees noting mound of earth around large trees, trenching to preserve roots, and methods to move with a drag or wagon. It covers fall planting, pruning differences for fruit trees, windbreak use, and pine transplant challenges.
Crop correspondents report extensive losses from blight with Western New York fields barely worth digging. Spraying with Bordeaux is advised as a remedy when applied during the growing season, but late or few applications often fail. Wet ground in the Cohocton valley hindered cultivation, Rural Life notes.
A country farmer tells a guest he will imitate the church by keeping a cow and hens at home after selling the vicar dairy goods to the previous incumbent and noting the new vicar keeps his own animals. The farmer jokes about patronizing the church in response.
W S Geremeyer of Carlisle says his pet Black Minorca hen Queen Elizabeth laid 343 eggs in 348 consecutive days from November 4, 1914 to October 18, 1915. He and his wife certify the count, noting two other Minorcas in the same brood laid 328 eggs in the same period. The bird weighs about four pounds and shows Rhode Island Red traits.
The Department of Agriculture estimates it costs 1.82 per rat yearly. removing the dollar still makes the rat a costly luxury. The Stockman notes 82 cents could fund rat proof cribs and bins. With corn moisture high this year, drying or cribs prevent big discounts at the elevator. Rat proof cribs are especially valuable now.
The piece cites Josh Billings on robins, noting their mating songs and feeding behavior. It contrasts gentle farming ideals with practical fruit growing, accusing the bird of seducing mates and consuming cherries strawberries currants and raspberries while harming orchard yields. The text frames a wary, humorous farmer perspective.
A Belleville Ontario company has purchased upward of 50 million pounds of vegetables in northern New York to feed soldiers in France. Five hundred carloads of carrots 600 carloads of cabbages and other produce are being concentrated in kilns near Rochester for shipment to the front lines.
Practical guidance for beginners on dairy farming includes gentle cow handling, regular milking times, clean ventilated stables, and regular milk testing with a Babcock tester. It advises discarding unprofitable cows, breeding to proven pure bred bulls, raising profitable heifer calves, and joining dairy breeders associations for modern management insights.
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