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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
6
Article advises selecting seed from soil and climate similar to where corn will be grown, stressing proper harvesting, curing, and storage. It covers ear and stalk quality, height, and kernel uniformity, plus best storage practices and locations like attics or dry barns to protect vitality and yield.
Readers are urged by the United States Department of Agriculture and local advocates to protect native song birds by winter feeding and spring nesting boxes. Build simple houses from small wooden boxes or hollowed limbs, using thin roofs and a protecting board to deter cats. Blue birds prefer quarter sized entrance holes, wrens smaller, and avoid sparrows by sizing.
An expert in the Farm and Home outlines a method to prepare soil for alfalfa by first growing corn or another cultivated crop to judge soil needs. Proper drainage tillage lime inoculation and spring nurse barley seed aid alfalfa growth, with careful cutting to avoid waste and bloat.
Partial soiling can benefit dairy farms where silos are unused. Planting an acre of corn near yards or pasture provides valuable feed late in summer or fall. Feeding a little green corn reduces milk shrinkage in dairy cows and weight loss in beef stock, saving feed later.
A writer reports using six pounds of rape seed and 260 pounds of fertilizer per acre to grow hog feed last year. The tested plot produced very fine hog pasture and, after grazing, claimed to make their hogs the best in the neighborhood.
Guidance on using a feed roller after drying soil not after heavy rain. Rollers should follow harrow work in dry seasons to conserve moisture and aid seed bed prep. Do not overuse after plants emerge. repeat harrow and roll as needed to pulverize rough ground and break clods.
Staking is a relatively new but effective practice adopted by market gardeners and village growers. It allows more plants per area, enables earlier starts with frost protection, and yields more and better tomatoes on the protected plants.
The piece suggests cement filled posts and woven wire can create a durable fence as permanent as the farm itself, especially for sites near a gravel pit. It presents concrete posts as a solution to long lasting boundary fencing.
Directions for asparagus care advise stopping cutting when peas are ready to harvest, keeping tops to fall, and mulching with coarse manure or leaves. Rid weeds with lime dust for fly and slug control, using Paris green if needed, and burn rust tops with lime for healthy stand. Thin seedlings to four inches apart for stout growth.
An article on weed control urges stricter measures to combat French weed and other troublesome species. It notes rotation limits, the drawbacks of summer fallowing, and the need for thorough, preventive work to halt seed production and spread. Farmers without French weed should stay vigilant.
Practical farming tips. Cut rye heads from wheat and keep cucumbers picked daily. Clover soil favors beans. manage onion tops. assess kerosene emulsion for squash bugs. Support tomato vines. weed control starts early. durable concrete equipment praised. Beans yield higher on old land. hay value returning. screen rain barrels to block mosquitoes. Dust cabbage worms with insect powder mix.
Kansas farmers benefited from a season of spraying by the Kansas College of Agriculture. Seven orchards showed an average 4 bushels more merchantable fruit per tree, a 37 percent yield gain, with higher grades and profit near $1.62 per tree. Insects and diseases reduced. lime sulfur and arsenate guided Bordeaux injury control.
An English gentleman on a neighbor’s farm used novel methods to grow crops. He drilled potatoes, covered shoots to deter Colorado potato bugs, and applied successive cultivations with shovels to keep rows clean. He also pressed melon juice into syrup, thickened with apples to make high quality apple butter sold locally at good prices.
Article by A J Legg argues farmers can profit by feeding pigs adequately in summer. Pasture plus modest grain supports steady growth, eight to ten month olds can gain about a pound daily if started strong. Overly free range risks cholera. businesslike hog raising with cost discipline is essential.
A Missouri Valley Farmer report describes dynamite subsoiling claiming it changes topsoil into a deep productive layer. The threefold soil effect includes pulverizing, irrigation, and drainage with an estimated $15 per acre cost. Caution notes compare dynamite risk to everyday items.
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