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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1902
Page
6
In reply to the inquiry on summer feeding, B J Sadter advocates wheat and oats as best hot weather feed. He stresses feeding dry grain, ample litter for scratching, and keeping fowls yarded or penned with adequate greens, grit, bone meal, and occasional beef scraps. The method reduces sparrow nuisances and yields good health and mulch for gardens.
The article discusses cleaning droppings from poultry dropping boards and keeping boards clean. It compares absorbents such as sand plaster and ashes, noting wood ashes harm feet while coal ashes reduce ammonia. It suggests daily to biweekly removal and mentions monthly cleaning as an option with a suitable absorbent.
Poultry manure is highly valuable but requires special handling. Do not expose it to the air or dry conditions as ammonia will escape and fertility can be lost. Mix with absorbent, store in barrels, and use promptly rather than letting it dry into dust.
A lurid fraud warning critiques get rich schemes offering fake egg preserving formulas. It notes genuine methods are freely published by Farmers' Review and backed by U S experiment stations. The piece also mentions Pekin Bantam origins and a theft during the Summer Palace incident in China.
Prof W Curtis at a Kansas convention argues hand separated milk discourages hauling to the creamery and yields skim milk suited for calf feed. He notes cream from hand separators is less cool, creamery milk fetches less with acid cream, and predicts future village pasteurization. A farmer notes higher summer returns and better sweet milk by using a creamery.
The article argues uniform butter is essential for consumer confidence and market access. It contrasts British and American demands for consistent quality and explains that uniformity must be achieved through scientific methods, precise weighing, proper ripening and churning temperatures, and careful acid testing, with no room for guesswork.
An English creamery agent buys cows in Europe and now the United States to ship home. He notes Europeans, especially Holland, pay high prices, but warns American dairymen may rush to sell prized cows abroad. The development could raise domestic dairy costs and threaten the American dairy industry.
Some Prince Edward Island cheese factories pay patrons for both milk fat and casein rather than fat alone, reflecting a shift toward recognizing casein content. The industry notes the fat to casein ratio is fairly constant in normal milk, though skimming milk before sale can alter the settled fat content.
The piece recalls strawberry farming before and after the Civil War when cultivated berries were scarce and wild berries sold cheap. Profit surged early with high prices, drawing many into the trade, then collapsed as prices fell, leaving a steady commercial enterprise with solid but not sensational profits and large supply.
The article describes two insect classes, biting and sucking, with sucking types like scale insects and red spiders injuring plants by drawing sap. It recommends contact killers such as kerosene, kerosene emulsion, and soap mixtures, while direct poisons work best on portions of plants eaten. It also notes catalpa trees as fast growing fence-post wood, urging hardy varieties though planting is slow for quick returns.
The article notes that sweet corn should be planted at intervals to provide continuous harvests for family use and market sales. It highlights lower harvesting costs since ears are snapped from fields, the option to feed green stalks to dairy cows for added revenue, and easier crop handling due to staggered maturity plus protection from frost. It also claims sweet corn matures faster, enabling cultivation further north than field corn.
The article explains starting cantaloupes in hot houses then transplanting to fields. In some vineyards a cigar box sized seedling box is used, with sides removed after placing on ground, roots protected by remaining bottom. This method shields young plants from insects and speeds ripening by weeks.
In May Farmers' Review letters discuss orchard advice opposing southeast rooting of trees and advocate leaning toward the sun between 12:30 and 1:00. Edson Gaylord of Town replies with practical sun alignment for tree setting and notes that potato ridge cultivation depends on soil and season conditions.
At a Banquet honoring General Horace Porter, Senator Manderson shared a humorous story about a Connecticut farmer who traps a Maine bull moose and charges admission. A lanky farmer arrives with twelve children claiming them as his wife and offspring, but the showman lets him in, noting it is more important for Porter to entertain the club than the reverse.
A congressman helps a drunken youth home only to be confronted by a hulking woman who ejects the visitor with a shake of the collar. The man soon discovers they have moved last week, as the tale ends in comic misdirection.
A columnist notes a woman’s appointment as a mounted police officer in Honolulu. The piece argues women’s progress into male dominated roles interests other women, citing the officer’s love of children and animals and her father’s wealth as background while stressing the novelty and protection aspect of her duties.
A Century writer argues the arid desert is never dreary or cheerless despite thirst and dust. It stands calm, clean, and hopeful until human activity brings dirty mining towns and destruction, contrasting with Mulberry Street and Smoky Hollow in urban squalor.
A fashion article notes men once wore watches in the upper outside coat pocket with the chain in the lapel buttonhole. The trend faded, then revived as warm weather began. An authority cites New York origin during negligee wear as a novelty among men, with similar pocket changes described.
A vintage advertisement touts Peruna as the cure for female catarrh and related ailments. It features testimonials from women including Lizzie Sneathing and Mrs. A Johnson, urging readers to write Dr. Hartman for free treatment guidance. The copy emphasizes secrecy and confidence in recovery through Peruna.
Read about using Alabastine to tint interior walls in schools to reduce glare and improve pupil health. The piece mentions sturdy caplinry and mock basement coatings, urging officials to adopt safer materials for crowded classrooms. Also notes on Mother Gray’s remedies and Red Cross Ball Blue ads as period comforts.
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