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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
5
E J Sheldon notes from the Kansas Farmer on feeding regularity, pure bred value, and growth benefits. He argues regular meals and proper feeding build long lived horses, young animals gain more from favorable conditions, and crude feeding or unnecessary whipping hinders progress.
A. R. Hobbs has lived and farmed in Pelham, New Hampshire for fifty years. His old fashioned farm features 400 apple trees with prized varieties, a large dairy operation with 50 cows, and prominent hogs used to enrich fields. He emphasizes orchard care, hog pen soil stirring, bushel apple boxes over barrels, and modern manure spreaders as essential for top dressing and efficient work.
The article urges compact, clean poultry quarters with handy nests and easy egg collection. It praises poultry as economical, ecosystem friendly, and soil protective, notes better profits from young stock, and cites Utah station experiments showing higher fertility in eggs from younger hens and early hatched pullets.
December and January bring severe cold and poor housing for fowls and cows. Warm food once daily helps production, while dry feed and lack of grit hinder intake. Water placed near a sunny window aids warmth. clover and beets mixed with soft feed improve nutrition. Thorough washing of cloth strainers and proper ventilation are advised. A Nebraska man shares practical notes on keeping livestock healthy and productive through winter.
Farm notes discuss using pure unbleached wood ashes as a high potash lime rich fertilizer for various crops and clover, with up to 150 bushels per acre noted. Also details a plowing sequence to minimize furrow waste and field damage, plus guidance on mixing hen manure with sawdust, acid phosphate, and kainit to balance nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash.
Farmers learn cows calving in fall produce higher milk flow and profit due to winter price strength. Irregular fall farm work often prevents full milk yield. advise November freshening with careful feeding, shelter, and regular milking. Emphasizes gradual grain increase, proper feeds, and keeping calves off cows to protect milk flow.
Prof. Oscar Erf of the Kansas Experiment Station reports that exposure of dairy cows to temperatures from 18 to 50 degrees for extended periods reduces milk output and butterfat by about 12 and 11 percent respectively. Averages show a loss of 0.07 per cow per day, totaling 2.44 per cow for the year and 48.80 for a twenty cow herd, underscoring the need for shelter and proper care to protect milk yield and cow health.
The article extols clover as essential for farm health and productivity. It argues farmers relying on timothy miss soil fertility, recounting a neighbor who abandoned clover and suffered soil decline. Clover feeds well, enriches ground through green manure, and pays back soil nutrients with future harvests, according to B. L. Vincent.
In New England farmers turn to sheep as wool lamb and mutton prices rise. The author notes the shift back to sheep, warns against easy-profit ambitions, and urges high care, larger healthy stock, and disciplined farming for lasting growth amid a sheep fever.
A sale lists limited stock with prices cut to attract buyers. Items include nineteen pieces at various markdowns and bundles priced around 2.50 2.49 2.59 4.50 and 6.00 with totals noted and suggested as New Year or birthday gifts under the name Manket.
The tenth annual Boston Poultry Association exhibition will run January 16 to 20, 1906 at Mechanics' Building Boston. The event offers extensive cash prizes including at least twenty $100 silver cups for championships plus $5 and $2 regular prizes. Specialty clubs add numerous prizes while organizers aim for balance over sheer size, with projected costs around $3000 per day for the five days.
Agricultural Epitoimist argues for reliable scales to prevent weight cheating by grain agents and ensure accurate weighing of seed grain vegetables and feed. A 1000 pound scale can save time and money, and farmers could share a central platform scale for weighing stock hay and more.
Farmers prize New England pork as tastier and more wholesome than store bought. The article describes feeding, fattening, and dressing hogs on farm to yield quality meat, with seasonal timing for stuffing, killing, and cooling, plus the tram on lean streaks and the tools used by local butchers.
Fragmentary note discusses corn stalk values and fodder yields per acre. Mentions evaluating different parts and the cost, with a focus on improving feed value and efficiency. Details are garbled. core idea is assessing corn stalk value for fodder purposes.
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