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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1907
Page
3
Agricultural tips cover feeding and breeding while urging clean barns and careful financial ethics. Advice ranges from dandelion use for hens to proper weaning of lambs, hog care, and the value of a well kept workshop. Emphasizes steady, careful husbandry and prudence in stock dealings.
A veteran describes rope and tether techniques to break a colt or horse that pulls back. Instructions cover tying methods to a post or manger, using a short rope and sliploop, and guiding the animal to pull until the habit is broken, with cautions about kicking and repeated attempts.
A veterinary note explains that patellar dislocation causes lameness in horses. It describes how displacement appears as a sudden backward jerk of the limb, may affect one or both legs, and how to reduce it using a rope, collar, and controlled pressure. After reduction the horse is secured, a blister applied, and a specially fitted shoe may be used. repetition may be needed while restrained.
A historical recipe claims an excellent whitewash will not rub off. It uses one peck lime with boiling water, strained and mixed with salt, rice meal paste, whiting, and glue. After two to three days of standing, heat before use.
Writing warns against overfeeding horses in hot weather noting many underfed animals suffer too. Overfeeding causes stomach souring and injures the horse, stressing balanced rations to avoid harm in high temperatures.
Water under macadam weakens the foundation and causes ruts and roughness. Methods to remove subsurface water include raising grade, side drains, and blind drains. A V shaped center trench filled with stones, with cut-off side trenches, diverts water to outlets and is usually cost effective.
A farmers’ guide notes feed influences pork quality. Mast yields soft oily bacon, light feeds like peanuts help. For fat pigs, finish on corn, then a skim milk and oats or barley mix before butchering to firm pork. Proper pasturage improves bacon. plan ahead for curing bacon by focusing on growing pigs.
The data shows 10,38,219 farmers in the United States with 117,718,657 bushels of wheat and 13,919,048 barrels of flour to foreigners. Farms total 739,657 worth 20,514,001,833 dollars, producing goods valued at 3,764,177,706 dollars and foreign payments of 62,061,856 for corn, 28,757,517 for wheat, and 59,108,809 for flour.
A farmer advises drying potatoes before storing. Keep them off the ground in a dry cellar to prevent spoilage. Store until selling or use, avoiding moisture and damp conditions that damage yield.
Replies from 129 correspondents show 182,191 acres in townships worthless for farming due to poor drainage. The report estimates 4.5 million acres needing under drainage could boost value by 100 million dollars. Drainage raises yields 15 to 50 percent and quick payback in 2 to 4 years through better cultivation, earlier spring work, warmer soils, and improved soil aeration.
A sketch from Prairie Farmer shows a box about 1.5 inches long eight inches wide and five or six inches deep. Loops on one side hold chins and other tools for everyday farm work.
The excerpt discusses corn for animals and pasture value of orchard grass, notes a 1906 Netherlands flower bulb export figure, and mentions practical farming tips. It also contains advice on fruit sacs, removing lids, clover nodules, and poultry lice and mites, plus the need for coal ashes to dust.
A Winchester Times note describes a town visitor invited to a country home with ham smoked over wood, friet eggs, fresh bread and churned dairy, a table of dairy and pastry, and fruit. The hosts apologize for not having more, prompting the guest to wonder what they reserve for guests.
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