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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
5
Hog raisers should treat hog feeding as a science, using concentrated rations while respecting the animal’s limited digestion. Rape or clover alone won’t suffice for growing pigs. they need grain twice daily. Overfeeding sows and harsh weather can slow growth, and even a week of cold rain may set pigs back a month.
An Ohio farmer explains keeping brood ewes healthy with constant salt access and turpentine to deter flies. Regular flock checks ensure ewes have milk and teats in good condition as lambs arrive, with twins common in Oxford ewes. The Oxford ram weighs 240 to 275 pounds when in good flesh, ewes about 200 pounds, and the fleece weighs ten to twelve pounds.
The guide notes early care after lambing with abundant milk risks and advises fresh pasture with bran and oats for weak lambs. It covers docking at two to three days, castration of ram lambs, and lower loss risk with proper handling. Eastern Ohio flocks wash wool before shearing with careful water cleansing, then shearing precedes hoof trimming marking and returning to pasture for winter quarters.
A Kansas station trial with thirteen calves found that calves two to three months old should drink about ten pounds of water daily. Many calves drink only what skimmilk provides, signaling inadequate care and the need for more fresh water access.
In a rural tale a boastful driver William Swift speeds his car and hits a hen placed on the road by a preacher. The impact shatters the vehicle and sends it into a pool, prompting townsfolk to send rubber roosters as gifts from grateful members.
The article explains vent gleet a contagious disease in fowl originating in the cloaca and spreading to the oviduct and vent. It details symptoms such as hot red swollen membranes and offensive discharge, plus a quarantine and treatment regimen including warm bicarbonate baths, carbolic acid injections, boracic acid dusting, and venetian red capsules, with dietary suggestions.
A Poultry column discusses light sources to avoid roosting at night, feeding tricks to prevent egg eating, and the impact of nest quality on egg production. It notes winter exercise, the rising egg demand, and cautions against practices such as grinding dead horses for hens. It also covers incubator shipments and a legal case over a hen dispute.
The article urges eliminating nonproducers to raise herd productivity. It warns newcomers must learn, suggests cornmeal as a substitute for oilmeal for calves, and recommends building a silo to double milk per acre. It notes early-bred heifers stay stunted and milk flow drops, and stresses lighting ventilation and cleanliness.
J M Peterson of Meeker County Minnesota won the state premium for his dairy farm essay arguing dry hand milking is superior to wet milking. He cites cleanliness, cow comfort, and faster milking with dry hands reducing dirt in milk and poring sweat and yielding time savings across a herd.
The Farm Journal advises a half ration with five parts oats to one part wheat bran dampened with water, water before feeding, daily exercise, hay mainly at night, and free rock salt. If symptoms persist after a couple of weeks, add a twice daily mix of charcoal, hyposulphite of soda, powdered nux vomica, and gentian root.
Dr A S Alexander of the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin warns that immediate isolation of a cow showing udder problems causes major worry and loss. He notes infections from germs cause most mastitis and can spread via milkers hands or contaminated floor and gutters. Milkers should milk diseased cows last and wash hands frequently with clean nails.
The New York Post notes that four to five months of heavy tropical monsoon rainfall create damp air and heat that foster mildew and decay in textiles leather books and metal goods. It warns that Europe packed items suffer moisture before reaching markets and that even tin lined cases are not failsafe in wet conditions.
A theatre anecdote describes Kitty Stephens later Countess of Essex’s father trapped by his coat tails as the curtain rose. He dangled upside down until stage hands freed him, eliciting roaring laughter from the audience in London.
Lucy A Richardson administratrix petitions the Benton County court to authorize mortgaging the west half of tract E Mein Huck s Addition Kennewick for 1000 to Pacific Building and Loan Assn Tacoma eight year mortgage 16 14 monthly to pay off existing mortgage taxes and assessments hearing set July 26 1913 before Court Commissioner Andrew Brown in Prosser Washington.
In the Superior Court of Washington Benton County the estate of Charlotte M Hudnall deceased is named. The administrator N Hudnall requests creditors and others with claims against the estate to present vouchers within one year from the first publication date. The attorney is C L Holcoms and the office is Crab Creek Lumber Co Kennewick.
Department of the Interior notice states Carl J. Sickels of Kennewick Washington filed a three year proof to establish a land claim for SElz Section 6 Township 6 N Range 29 E Willamette Meridian. Hearing before U S Commissioner E W Trenbath at Kennewick July 12 1913 with witnesses John M Wroe Louis Tremble Elgie Moore all of Kennewick. Not coal land.
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