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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1907
Page
3
Practical farmer guidance on kerosene for scaly poultry legs, barn hygiene, selective breeding, and feeding. Notes urge clean quarters, cautious seed selection, and careful manure handling. Emphasizes dairy, hogs, Angora goats, durum wheat, and economic farming via small- to mid-sized operations.
Ohio station notes distinct early and late blight forms in potatoes. Late blight spreads rapidly and decays tubers, while early blight is slower and often soil and variety dependent. Resistance varies by variety and planting, with seed selection reducing damage, and spraying more effective against late blight.
A farmer notes that sows dropping MUN from tents signals completion of nourishment and a shift to new order. Overfeeding or heating food risks trouble to sow and young. Feed lightly as sow’s milk is richer than cow’s milk.
A note warns that hog bites are dangerous even when no illness is visible. Saliva from pigs is considered poisonous, and handling or butchering pens with hand sores should be avoided to prevent infection.
A live question for the farm poultryman asks how to obtain effective poultry results using the least labor. The issue centers on labor efficiency and productivity on the average farm.
A note suggests alternatives to grow green grass without relying on characteristic grass weather. It proposes edible greens as a substitute for lawn coverage and color, urging consideration of nongrass options for landscape aesthetics. Local guidance hints at experiment with plant varieties suitable for sun and soil conditions.
A Farming article outlines methods to protect bees after moving from the cellar. It describes wrapping hives with tarred building paper, creating a protected hive body, and wrapping shelters to preserve heat. It also advises using an enamel sheet or quilt coverings during spring manipulations to control heat loss and deter robbers.
The article discusses breeding ratios: heavy fowls use up to eight hens per male, medium weights around ten to twelve, lighter varieties like Leghorn allow about 26. It notes one drake per four to five ducks, with ducks usually bred in dries, and for turkeys ten to fifteen females per tom.
In raising poultry for market the profit lies in hatching early and pushing chicks forward quickly to market. Spring chickens fetch higher prices than later fowls though heavier birds reduce price and require extra feed for one or two months.
A guide stresses that success with poultry hinges on enjoying feeding and care. When tending becomes drudgery, it should be stopped to avoid neglect and the resulting disease, urging steady, thoughtful husbandry for healthy birds.
The article advises on breeding yard management noting ideal female counts per cock by breed and yard size. It warns against cutting stock and urges selecting breeders now for spring, stressing separation from the flock to avoid poor improvements.
A Farm and Home correspondent notes preference for hatching 3 batches in March and April to maximize chick numbers. Pullets in colony houses receive wheat oats cracked corn gluten feed beet scrap and skim milk. smaller flocks get peavines and Canada peas with the same mix minus oats. Cockerels are kept in movable coops, fed cracked corn musk and corn meal.
A simple grit box with four boards and two belts forms a sanitary feeder for poultry. It mounts on two pegs or inside a poultry house and holds three types of grit separately for access without waste. Front board extends 1.5 inches below top to regulate grit flow.
Advice on poultry care urges constant grit for fowls and clean, un drained fields for delicated crops. It notes geese thriving on poor meadows, promotes buttermilk as feed, warns against underfeeding laying hens, and stresses fresh eggs for setting plus charcoal for digestion.
A universal poultry keepers experience notes that making big profits from a small flock is easy but maintaining three large hogs with corresponding returns is far more challenging. The passage contrasts simple gains from small flocks with the complexities of scaling up to larger hog operations.
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