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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
10
The piece urges farmers to prepare now for winter by listing needed overhauls and supplies. It advises noting machinery condition, stocking parts and materials, procuring lumber, nails, paints and brushes, and completing house and outbuilding improvements so work can proceed when roads are bad and time is scarce.
The bulletin notes bur clover is a valuable winter cover crop in mild winters across the cotton belt and Pacific coast. It adds humus and nitrogen, prevents soil washing, provides some pasture, and can reseed itself, reducing seeding needs in subsequent years.
A Washington D C flooring failure due to a large termite colony caused extensive damage to oak and pine flooring and subfloor. Work included removing concrete and stringers, treating with kerosene and coal tar creosote, installing air gaps, and replacing with treated stringers at a cost around 1000 dollars.
A Wisconsin experiment tilled a six acre field and used a nearby untiled field as a check to measure drainage impact. In 1911 tilled land yielded 25 to 100 percent gains, with best gains in cultivated crops averaging 14.07 dollars and grain crops 32.84 dollars per acre over four year rotation. Potatoes near cities recoup more than half tiling costs in a single season.
Article cites Wisconsin experiment station finding two pounds of grain equal one pound of butterfat for growing calves and notes skim milk can replace whole milk. Emphasizes colostrum for digestion, early separation from dam, and gradual shift to skim milk with feeding plan totaling up to twenty pounds daily.
Local gardeners are advised that rhubarb and asparagus should not receive excessive manure. Experts warn high manure applications can harm soil balance and crop quality, recommending measured additions based on soil tests and crop needs.
Horse radish is usually grown from sets rather than seed. After a fall harvest, small roots are cut into four to six inch sets with a square top and slanted bottom. Bundled and stored in sand over winter, they are planted in spring between cabbage rows with holes made by a crowbar and covered two to three inches deep so they emerge by July first.
The combined rice acreage in Louisiana and Arkansas rose by about 706000 acres over the last two years. The United States now grows roughly the amount it consumes.
Farmers and stock raisers in the South interested in clover should write to the Editor in Chief at the Division of Publications Washington D C for Farmers' Bulletin 693 seeking guidance and information on clover cultivation practices and benefits.
A historical guide lists two butcher knives two candlestick scrapers a meat saw and a sharpening steel for hog killing. It covers scalding with a barrel hot water temperatures 145 to 150 degrees care to avoid cooking skin and steps from hair removal to final cleaning and hanging of the carcass.
The article notes ashes from wood heating contain potash, phosphoric acid, magnesia and lime and can boost soil nitrogen when applied. It cites about 8 9 percent potash and 2 percent phosphoric acid in ordinary ashes and estimates a bushel’s value at 25 29 cents plus 10 15 cents for alkali power. It warns potash is lost if ashes reach the soil and advises storing ashes dry.
A brief note describes a colt enjoying a feed of roots especially carrots and the benefit it provides. It adds that additional good comes when the roots are cut and a little oil meal is scattered over them.
The article compares forest culture to corn culture, stressing intelligent methods to yield a valuable timber crop. It distinguishes farm woodland from a woodlot and explains how cutting timing and methods affect long term woodlot condition and farm management.
A light humorous note states a pig refuses to squat due to constant fullness from abundant eating. It highlights a playful image of a well fed animal and a joke about laziness and appetite.
The article recalls ancient beekeeping from Virgil and Pliny, noting beehives traveling the Nile, bees in Babylon gardens, and Grecian honey from Hymettus. It connects historical admiration for the apiculture craft to today’s hollyhocks.
The article argues for selecting a renowned milk yielding breed to obtain rich milk rather than relying on a high production breed. It emphasizes breed quality over quantity.
A guide from M. K. K. stresses comfortable cows and well managed housing as key to winter profits. It urges sun lit clean ventilated stables with concrete, iron fixtures, smooth mangers, and clean milking routines to prevent odors and dust entering milk.
The article notes no new quail protection laws passed this year with 39 states allowing quail shooting. Oklahoma shortened seasons by six weeks and Nevada by two. daily limits changed in several states from 26 to 15 in Iowa, 25 to 10 in Oklahoma, 15 to 10 in Minnesota, and 15 to 20 in Nevada.
Autumn strawberries suit market gardeners as they fruit in quieter months. A 50 by 300 foot field yielded about 400 dollars in fruit this year and had 500 to 1000 dollars worth of plants for sale.
On the average farm a flock of 100 to 150 hens is more easily made profitable than one of a thousand. The article notes scale advantages and management simplicity favor small to mid sized flocks for steady returns.
In the continental United States the 12,567,925 people aged 10 and over in gainful employment are in agriculture. The breakdown includes agricultural laborers 6,088,414. farmers 5,981,522. dairymen 35,014. gardeners 143,468. lumbermen 127,154. stock raisers 122,189. woodchoppers 527,567. turpentine workers 28,967. and minors 2,145.
The article explains pruning grape vines in winter when they are bare, as it reveals necessary work and offers more time before sap rises in spring. It warns against pruning after sap flow begins in spring.
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