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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1907
Page
3
An extended agricultural column covers breeding sows, dairy cows, and sheep care, with guidance on feeding, milking, water, and barn management. It promotes cattle types, pasture to stable transitions, manure handling, and the value of Apple Day, sheep farming, and agricultural courses for practical farmers.
A long survey discusses meadow mice as major pests in meadows, pastures, gardens, and nurseries. It notes Microtus pennsylvanicus and M. austurus damage crops, burrow under snow, girdle young trees, and devastate strawberries and roots. Predators including wolves, owls, hawks, and snakes mitigate losses. human actions reducing predators worsen outbreaks.
The latch swings on two wires and slips into a notch in the post. A brace wire runs from the gate top to a building or tall post, reducing strain the higher it is mounted.
Advice on maintaining leather items stresses avoiding excessive oiling and frequent cleaning. Emphasizes using sparing saddle dressings, washing with warm water and soap, then applying black fat. warns against oiling unbuckled parts and beeswax residue on stitches. Recommends keeping leather pliable to prevent brittleness and breakage.
A correspondent from Orange Judd Farmer extols a low wheel farm wagon with steel wheel, wood axle, and 4 inch tires. The wagon is suited for farm chores, turning, and loading cattle feed, but not for heavy hunting on roads. The writer notes durability for 16 to 30 years and recommends 84 inch skein, while warning a 3/4 inch skein is too heavy and that standard wagon weight increases with draw weight.
In confinement hogs crave charcoal ashes and rotten wood, foods with little nutrition yet serving as useful corrections to the hogs’ system when corn is fed heavily. The piece contrasts practical farmer insight with the science of agricultural chemistry in evaluating land value.
The article discusses preserving manure to minimize nutrient loss. It cites Cornell New Jersey Coryell and Pennsylvania stations showing significant nitrogen, phosphorus and potash losses from piled poorly sheltered manure and rain exposure. It recommends keeping manure solid damp, using a manure spreader, and storing in cement or clay pits to reduce fermentation and maximize field application benefits. It notes daily hauling is ideal but not always feasible and urges timely spreading and bedding to save liquids.
A reader describes a simple corn shelling method using a fence plank studded with nails. By driving the edge of the plank into corn kernels and letting nail heads protrude about half to three quarters of an inch, kernels are knocked loose for collection.
Prairie Farmer explores practical shelling devices noting the Way Sheller and its potential to rub and seal corn in a tub, while observers express jealousy at efficiency. The feature outlines how shelling aids preservation and storage, advising on handling and usage.
A farmer notes rising nitrogen prices prompt more clover seed planting and warns of crooked dealings. He mentions hay cutting on an eight hour system and laments the season’s lack of vegetables besides potatoes. The writer asks what people live in the country for and ponders garden choices.
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