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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1902
Page
3
A farm economy piece stresses proper milking practices. Teaching daintiness and cleanliness, brushing udders, and avoiding contamination boost milk yield. Efficient milking uses the whole hand technique and steady rhythm, with calm handling of nervous cows to maintain steady flow and reduce losses. Clean stables and consistent milking schedules support profitability.
A garbled section discusses a chemical company and market preferences. It mentions colored items, red products, and potential sales impact if certain colors or items are unavailable. The text is inconsistent and largely unreadable but hints at market sentiment and consumer choices.
A discussion compares clover hay and corn silage as dairy cow feed. It notes clover hay cannot replace corn silage and that corn silage substitutes reduce forage value, with tests suggesting alternatives like cowpeas or alfalfa for equivalent nutrition. It references milk records and varying yields across varieties and seasons.
More than 1,200 canines from across the country filled Madison Square Garden for the Ladies Kennel Association of America annual show. 266 classes featured numerous exhibitors including Mrs. Charles M. Warley of San Francisco with a bulldog winning three first prizes and a championship medal. Frank Gould’s collection of St. Bernards drew attention with reports of a $30,000 valuation and many prized challenge cups on offer.
An agricultural experiment on a McLean County farm compared silage feeding to shock corn feeding in calves. Results show silage yielded higher beef percentage but lower overall weight gain per acre than shock corn. Feeding costs, daily gains, and meat proportions were analyzed, with silage favoring beef proportion and corn favored pork production.
The article argues high profits depend on wool offsetting raising costs, with mutton demand favoring young lambs. It warns against keeping lambs too long, suggests selling at 60–70 pounds, and urges quick turnover through breeding and pasturing. English breeding and system notes stress maintaining flock purity and strategic inbreeding to sustain value.
The Department of Agriculture notes vast tracts burned in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota after timber removal. It estimates the lands, once deemed waste, as large as Illinois, now being settled by Scandinavians Finns and Slavs who show skill in turning them to farming. Aid will support experiments to identify suitable cereals and fruits, with expectation of a growing population in years ahead.
A garbled dispatch from Burlington Vermont to the New York World recounts President Roosevelt describing a wild boar hunt at Corbin Park. The tale includes mistaken identifications of wildlife, a chase through brush, and a gunshot that ends with a boar killed after a tense pursuit. The piece digresses into varied topics, including Nile dam news and agricultural prospects in Egypt.
The national convention of spiritualists opened in Whitewater Wisconsin with greeting exchanges. Harrison D Barrett presided and delivered a welcome. Moses Tull of the Mercis Pratt Institute outlined the college's history while W J Caldwell discussed spiritualism progress.
The text advises planting cowpeas in early June in far northern latitudes to yield greens by late August and support a spring crop. It discusses seeding rates of about fifteen pounds per acre in 30 to 36 inch rows, methods for green winter cover crops, and notes on cultivation and soil practices. It mentions spraying, drainage, pruning, and fruit tree care, with references to Bordeaux mixture and late potato care.
The article notes settlers increasingly moving into Manitoba and British Columbia, despite early doubts about northern climate. It reports Canadian officials seriously considering a Hudson Bay railroad as good farming and grazing land extend far north, indicating a push farther beyond traditional settlement regions.
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