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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1908
Page
2
On every farm waste can be turned into feed and income through well managed poultry. Proper shelter and confinement boost year round production, while manure enriches gardens and orchards. Fowl care, aided by modern machinery, increases returns and reduces summer heat stress. The writer urges selective land for seed crops that build frame and finish with corn and grasses.
The Northwestern Agriculturist notes 1908 droughts favor sorghum over fodder corn on light sandy soils. Early corn plantings root better before heat arrives, while sorghum needs warm soil to sprout. Sorghum yields abundant high quality forage and can outperform fodder corn or millets in many areas. Dairy stockmen are urged to consider sorghum as winter roughage.
From Northwestern Agricultural: the old view favored long summers and short winters for stock, but contemporary stock men recognize the need for adaptable seasonal strategies and better summer management to improve growth and resilience.
A Michigan farmer asks how many heifers from a good bull would earn more than keep costs and what success rate to expect. The note cites $40 annual feed per cow and potential returns, compares bull prices to horse costs, and urges tuberculin testing and pure bred sires. The piece stresses dairying profits from superior cows and careful calf rearing.
E W Sellers completed the silo on the farm and, unable to power the ensilage cutter, used his Rambler auto. He ran the car into the barn, jacked the rear wheels, removed a tire, and belted the cutter to it. The low speed run cut corn stalks as fast as three men could handle, with cooling water to prevent overheating.
Notices announce a general election question asking voters to authorize state funds to aid farmers in road construction. Local business leaders and railroad officials say improved roads will benefit farmers and others financially, and farmers may campaign for passage. Also included is a testimonial from Ada L. Croom promoting Dr. King's New Discovery for coughs and lung ailments.
Special low fares throughout September and October from Chicago to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Puget Sound. Daily tours in tourist sleeping cars via the Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line Douce berth $7.00 from Chicago. Write Hut chis on Manager Tourist Dept 212 Clark St Chicago or contact nearest ticket agent for full particulars. A plain prescription is printed on each 256 box of Dr Shoons Pink Pain Tablets. Head and menstrual pains instant relief from a Pink Pain Tablet Sexton Bros.
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