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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
6
An article by F. H. Chittenden details how catalpa sphinx caterpillars damage catalpa trees and reviews control options. Hand-picking is effective on small trees, while arsenical sprays or arsenic Bordeaux mixtures target larger infestations. Promote natural parasites, particularly a four-winged wasp, to reduce late-season caterpillar numbers.
The guide explains feeding young ducks four to six times daily based on variety. Pekin ducks are larger eaters and grow quickly, needing more feed than other ducks but not highly concentrated feed. The aim is nourishing but not fattening rations.
A writer advises using brood hens to hatch chicks for breeding. For 100 chicks, 12 hens are prepared to brood all eggs. infertile eggs are removed by day five. Each hen broods no more than 20 chicks, then the chicks are shifted to another calm hen after initial feeding.
Agricultural note advises July sowing of alfalfa without a nurse crop when moisture is favorable on summer-fallowed ground. Discusses soil prep, weed control, and alternatives like a modified summer fallow, with emphasis on timing after peas oats or early hay crops and precautions against volunteer grain crowding young plants.
A rapidly growing chick needs bone growth and ash from lime and phosphates. Sources include shell and grit as minerals and beef scrap and granulated bone as animal sources. Beef scrap should not be fed in excess, so bone provides the bulk of this requirement.
A Wisconsin Agriculturist note describes a drier installed in tobacco barns to reduce labor. Cured tobacco is moved rack by rack from top to bottom during loading and bottom to top during unloading, minimizing work.
President Wilson delivered a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery stressing America as a nation of diverse peoples, announcing readiness to join a peace alliance while warning against entangling ties. He urged universal voluntary training and emphasized the goal of peace based on common right and justice.
Spray at the right time and distribute spray evenly. Use correct materials in right proportions. Avoid bordeaux mixture in wet weather and lime sulfur in hot sunny weather. Improve tree condition by correct pruning to force new wood growth through the center of the tree.
W. H. Palmer of Ohio State University says intelligent care for spring litters boosts profits as hog prices rise. He describes a dry bedded, comfortable setting with milk or milk and shorts by week three, a clean feeding place, ample forage, and near sleeping quarters a creep for young pigs to prevent fat loss. Sustained forage crops through summer lowers grain needs and increases margins.
The piece argues teams are essential for productive farming, enabling better implements and higher profits. It cites estimates that one acre in five is devoted to feeding farming teams, implying many farms use inefficient teams and suggesting phasing out boarder labor to raise costs and improve efficiency.
Guidelines for chick care advise four to five feedings daily in week one, tapering to fewer feedings by week two. After the second week provide cracked grain three times daily and keep dry mash available. Avoid sloppy or wet foods at all times.
Minnesota College of Agriculture experts say clover pastures provide tender hog feed all season. Turn brood sows with litters into clover fields once strong, mow one third to half around June 10 for regrowth, and hay the rest. Proper facilities and distance from shelters ensure exercise and efficient feeding as pigs weight 50 to 80 pounds by fall. One acre can feed three brood sows with pigs in good seasons.
Ohio State University expert Joel Coffen outlines methods to raise young pigs for earlier market. He advises feeding sows plentiful milk, giving piglets skim milk first, then a milk shorts bran slop, and using a creep to separate piglets from sows. Regular exercise prevents thumps and aids growth.
The author notes great satisfaction in milking cows with well shaped udders and teats and discomfort with poorly built cows. Dairymen should have pursued better udders and milking efficiency earlier, and it is not too late to start now.
Iowa State College poultry department offers a feeding sequence for chicks starting with bread crumbs and a hard boiled egg, then equal parts oats dent corn and wheat for subsequent meals, cycling the bread mixture to use up a supply of 20 chicks.
Investigations by the Iowa Agricultural College show that common sweet clover rivals alfalfa and other clovers as a soil builder. It will produce a crop on land too poor for red clover or alfalfa and is among the rankest growers on poor land, though claims of growing on land entirely devoid of organic matter are doubtful.
The guidance urges farmers to rely on proven crops and varieties this season rather than trying many experiments. It emphasizes sticking to what is known to perform well and cautions against overextending resources on untested options.
Egypt joins United States in a quarantine to prevent pink boll worm from India. Egypt bans introduction of poorly ginned Indian cotton while the United States allows fumigated cotton entry.
Henderson Texas residents voted to ban pool halls Tuesday by a tally of 146 to 48. The municipal measure seeks to limit or prohibit pool hall operations in the city.
Mrs J C Tucker recalls near dropsey symptoms and stomach pain in Georgetown Florida before Cardus. After one bottle bloating and pains eased, she gained health and weight, calling Cardus a fine tonic for young girls. Drugstore sales pitch follows.
An advertisement touts Renovine a heart and nerve tonic priced at 50 cents and one dollar. A brief humorous dialogue about borrowing a lawn mower follows, illustrating a casual reader response in the Louisville Courier-Journal style.
An advertisement touts Bond's Liver Pills as gentle safe and effective made from top ingredients. A bedtime dose is recommended and dealers are listed. A separate comic exchange features a fiancé planning to economize due to a small salary and doing without many things Jack needs.
Advertisement notes a home remedy price of 25c and 50c for stomach complaints. A line mocks a girl's idea of a novel hero, joking he could not earn enough to feed a canary bird.
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