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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1907
Page
3
Broad agricultural tips cover feed for man and beast, crop rotations with corn and oats, dairy sanitation, proper milking, and tool choice. Notes on vegetable crops profitability, beekeeping, spraying schedules, and clover rotations. Also discusses cattle for Indian reservations, silos, horn prevention, sanitation, and rural libraries as farm knowledge hubs.
Ohio station animal husbandry tests 1905 06 in Wayne county used 160 lambs in four lots to compare corn based rations with cottonseed meal linseed oil meal and stock feed. Lot 4 produced best dressed weight while Lot 1 showed lower gains but cost per pound favorable. nitrogenous supplements reduced roughage intake and feeding regimens improved consistency.
Hon W S Hansen lists ten commandments for apple growing. Emphasizes deliberate planting decisions, suitable well drained soil and favorable climate, disease recognition, limited varieties, marketable choices, avoiding flashy nurseryman deception, buying from reliable home nurserymen, proper land preparation with prior crops, maintaining soil fertility, and thorough cultivation to keep trees disease free for a successful orchard.
A call to plant a tree this spring to create a permanent, living classroom for children. Emphasizes learning to care for trees and understanding their value beyond commerce for beauty, health, and comfort.
Rats cause heavy losses on farmers' pens and coops across the region. Farmers say the vermin menaces disrupt poultry, feed stores, and crop yards, urging coordinated control efforts to prevent widespread damage.
A Bee Culture correspondent extols a eight inch pruning knife with retains sharp edge and strong steel. It serves as a versatile hive tool fitting hip pocket, prying hives and frames, cutting weeds, scraping propolis, and even nailing. Other correspondents compare tools and note practical hive use.
The article asserts geese improve with age, laying as many eggs at twenty as at two or three, with better fertility given proper care. It notes fat geese are unproductive, a solid grain diet hurts results, and recommends grass runs, liberty, and oats at night in winter.
Advice stresses thoroughness in all poultry operations to ensure quality over quantity. Emphasizes small, well cared for flocks, dedicated oversight, clean housing and feeding, regular changes in diet, use of lime and disinfectants, and persistent effort for profitable results.
Instructions describe building a small two foot square chicken coop with cost limits under 26 tuts. It outlines cutting a corner to notch a box, placing end pieces with wooden supports, adding top boards and roofing, securing with laths, sliding the middle lath, and using old trunk handles to aid carrying.
Poultry guidance covers feeding unsual foods to boost egg laying and hen health, selecting productive layers, geese hatching, charcoal use in mash, kitchen scraps value, careful egg ordering, cost estimates, typical yields, feather quality impact, and duck dressing tips including grease rubbing to improve appearance.
The text notes the need for a variety of foods to supply lime and egg shells. It states that common foods may furnish the necessary lime if fed in various forms while fowls have free range.
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