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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
8
The article argues that green vegetables like turnips cabbage beets sustain fowls in cold months. It notes cabbage as the preferred, affordable option, costing up to five cents per head and feeding six hens for a week. It describes hanging cabbage to limit intake and sprouting grain as a cheaper alternative, warning sprouting should occur in a warm cellar rather than a barn.
To renew strawberry beds, first mow to remove leaves and weeds then burn carefully avoiding crowns. Some gardeners tear up the bed with a cultivator and restore it. others plow between rows, thinning plants. Cultivator method favored for efficacy. If new plants are desired, remove old runners after setting and cultivate.
A Texas wool buyer says small flocks can support profitable farm livelihoods. Farmers with tiny sheep holdings cost little to maintain, feed on weeds, enrich soil, and often produce higher grade wool than large ranches. He urges every farmer to own a small flock to boost country wool supply.
Government guidance to curb entry of pests prompts quarantine room in the agriculture department. Specimens abroad are inspected, with a notable early shipment of Andes potatoes found infected by a tiny brown insect. The bug proof glass cage, eight by twelve feet, ensures microscopic germs cannot escape.
Jessie Mackey of Christchurch outlines laws passed since women gained the vote in New Zealand. The measures cover life protection, child adoption regulation, industrial and juvenile issues, servants and shopgirl protections, divorce and matrimonial reforms, criminal code amendments, slander damages, legal separations, factory and municipal reforms, old age pensions, female legal and professional access, technical and scientific education for girls, temperance instruction, and provisions for widows and families.
Suffragists in Oklahoma circulate petitions and expect to reach the required signatures by August. Under Oklahoma law the August primary is a regular election, so the state is likely to submit the question before neighboring Missouri if Missouri has already filed its petitions.
The guide advises pruning red raspberries before spring growth starts. Remove old dead canes and weak young canes. Prune from two and half to three and a half feet, then nip new growth at about 18 inches for Gehaffer and Columbia to promote bushiness.
The article stresses protecting breeding ewes from winter rain and sleet, noting open-wooled sheep suffer more than closed-wool breeds like mesinos. Provide simple shelter through lambing, allow liberty in bare ground, and ensure regular feeding, salt, and ample clean water separate from horses and cattle.
A simple barrel lifting device is described with a two foot handle, six inch hand grips, and a one inch wide metal hook that fits over the barrel rim. A hollowed wooden cross piece matches the barrel curvature, extending 6 to 12 inches for heavy loads to gain leverage.
Arizona inventor C1 Helm of Phoenix presents a tree protector that encircles the trunk from ground to crown and bore a cylindrical body of earth around the trunk on all sides. The device aims to thoroughly safeguard trees by shield and soil enclosure as shown in the accompanying illustration.
A humorous dream tale has a wife recounting a warehouse with a sign reading Husbands for sale. Beautiful husbands cost up to 1500 dollars while plain ones go for around 400. The tale climaxes with the wife describing bundles “done up in bunches like asparagus” sold for ten cents and a comic stage interruption by Cassius.
A Chicago article notes that thousands seek blue eyed curly haired baby girls for adoption while demand for boys or non blue eyed children lags. Foundlings homes and orphanages report hours of calls with scarce supply of the preferred child. Foster agencies describe the market as a craze driven by image, with boys and non blond children much less desired.
Silage boosts poultry egg production and bird appetite according to Hoards Dairyman. It also helps dairy cows produce milk and can improve beef on steers and mutton on sheep when combined with grain, shells, grit, and green food.
The article stresses dairy calf growth and the need for farmers to devote feed and care during the first six months of life, arguing this early development greatly influences future milk production and herd quality.
A new portable hog chute uses two cultivator wheels and an axle mounted mid floor to create an easily moved unit. Any strong timber serves as the axle, with discarded wagon or buggy axles lasting long. Tilt the rear to move the frame, avoiding dragging. greased wheels enable moving heavy loads with less effort.
Guidance on soft handling and nutrition for first litters sows. Emphasizes pasture access after a week, gentle handling, staged feeding before and after farrowing, and keeping a daily slop-based diet with milk or bran. Targets milk production and piglet survival through careful rationing.
Close quarters are not ideal for sheep in heat or cold. As work eases, reduce feed. Sheep need dry footing and should be kept off wet land. A long lean sow raises more pigs than a short chunky one. Cleanliness in hog houses protects profits. Clover, rape and oats yield high pork per acre. Some farmers lease for shares. Breeding stock value is vital. Never salt the horse’s feed in the box and provide access to salt separately.
A plan to revive neglected orchards by improving soil and drainage, spacing between rows, and grafting. It suggests cubsolling and pacing between rows if the ground is very hard, recording tree varieties to select good stock, then grafting in April.
Guidance on wintering bees in a cellar or outdoors with air, and preparing farm buildings and roads for winter. Advice covers hive placement, coop insulation, carbolic spray, road drainage, thinning poultry flocks, trimming turnips and beets, road dust for fowls, storm doors and windows for ventilation, and avoiding airtight rooms.
A writer explains a quick release knot: besides the bow knot the slip knot allows a halter end to be pulled free. The method relies on a simple adjustable loop that unties with a firm pull. Further details describe securing the rope loop around the horse.
The passage explains looping a knot through a hole or ring to untie or tie. A simple hitch uses double lines threaded through a ring on the stake with ends pulled through the created loop, then a final pull loosens the knot.
A Montana inventor introduces a basket shaped wire tool mounted on a long pole to reach fruit without a ladder. The open sided device guides apples pears into the frame and a quick pull detaches the fruit. It lets pickers target a single fruit and avoids bruising by shaking.
A farmer’s guide urges giving stock opportunities to thrive, arguing blame lies with keepers when pigs calves lambs or chicks fail to prosper. It also explains a grain feeding box design to curb horses from bolting feed by slowing access and regulating opening size.
James M. Kane of Doylestown Pa explains in Popular Mechanics how to add an overflow to a barrel setup without removing attached pipes. A rubber tube covers the end of a pipe inserted into the outlet and holes drilled at intervals are corked to control overflow height.
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