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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
11
The author explains how she started with under $50 to raise chickens while working in the city. She invested in White Leghorn eggs, built a running pen, and relies on a garden for fresh vegetables. She notes feeding varies, and she employs a young helper and a part time gardener. She urges women to balance home life with poultry work and to be willing to sacrifice time.
Iowa College of Agriculture experiments by Kennedy and Robbins compare corn with meat meal tankage and with pasture feeds. Results show mixed rations boost gains and reduce feed per hundred pounds, with corn clover pasture delivering the cheapest gains but highest profits in mixed diets.
The text explains that dryer air speeds evaporation, early eggs emit little heat for two weeks, and high temperatures early in hatch can be fatal. A brief rise to 110 degrees on day eleven may not be fatal if not prolonged, and infertile eggs should be removed while fertile eggs are spread evenly within the incubator.
The letter urges boys to create chances through work at home rather than wait for luck. It warns against quitting the farm, chasing idle town life, and neglecting family duties. Samuel Franklin, an old boy, claims diligence on the homestead builds character and profitable leisure.
In this editor’s note the author argues that growing the same crops year after year exhausts soil fertility, especially on western prairies and abandoned New England farms. It explains different crops require different nutrients, root systems vary, and rotation plus intertilled practices disrupt pests and diseases to renew soil condition.
Poultry keepers report hens consistently select dark nests over exposed ones. Build nests in four-section units 12 inches high and 14 by 14 inches with clear entry space. Use a hinged or loose top for easy egg gathering and dump-out. Monthly fumigation with sulphur and kerosene, plus entire-house treatment, will prevent lice. Burn a quarter-pound sulphur to kill insects. close doors and keep hens out for three hours after fumigation.
D L Morris of Linsey Virginia describes a lighting board for beehives. The device uses two small cleats and a hooked nail to secure the board inside the hive and prevent movement on ground bench or hive. Wires are bent to stop bees from jumping between the board and hive.
A 1906 07 study at Pennsylvania Experiment Station fed twelve high grade Hereford and Shorthorn steers in two groups to compare shredded corn stover and corn silage for fattening. Both groups received broken ear corn and cottonseed meal, with twice daily feeding and constant water. weather limited outdoor work.
A stenographer recounts starting with incubator hatching, delivering eggs year round for 60 cents a dozen, and selling surplus roosters. She emphasizes untainted eggs, proper hen care, and building a warm, draft-free henhouse with perches and straw floors for healthy production.
A vigorous woman supports higher wages at three hundred dollars a year for labor, whether by extra typewriter work or by raising eggs, signaling adaptability and work ethic in a domestic economy.
A watering trough made of cement or wood placed at a field intersection waters stock in four fields at once. A ten foot square trough at the intersection serves two fields at the same time.
A Wisconsin farm themed column notes cow handling etiquette and livestock wealth, citing $57,000,000 produced in the state last year. It argues breed quality over scrubs, praises Angus breeder C. E. Bradfute of Ohio, and asserts livestock work builds lasting reputation better than politics.
It is now common to see har rows and other light machinery such as mowers and hay rakes attached to autos in regular farm work. They save an immense amount of time and horse flesh.
In a feeding trial two lots of steers received the same hay and different grain aids. Lot 1 got corn stover, Lot 2 corn silage containing ears. Silage steers ended lighter at start but heavier at end, with higher individual gains and similar costs, suggesting better overall condition and potential higher market value.
A farmer recalls hiring practices and year-round labor. He notes the shift from six-month deals to yearly contracts, explains how steady work follows, warns against overreliance on patent medicine, and stresses readiness and hard work as keys to earning wages, sharing personal experience of earning a month's wages through repairs.
The article urges winter green food for hens kept indoors and free range. It recommends cabbage raw potatoes beets turnips and roots chopped small as morning fare and notes clover hay or alfalfa mixed with ground grain as a substitute. Laying hens benefit from hay for bulky nutrition and calcium while care is advised to avoid overfeeding boiled vegetables which can cause bowel issues. Green feeding supports healthier bowels better health and larger eggs.
The American Farm World argues country needs practical rural training to elevate farming. Schools should connect lessons to farm work and daily life to foster interest, reduce stigma of farming, and encourage youths to stay in agriculture and develop the land.
The notes advise using cheap farm foods to fatten pigs with pasture rape and forage crops for moderate gains. Light grain rations paired with succulent foods yield high quality pork at low cost. Recommend bran for cows, middlings for pigs, and wheat rye oats for nitrogen-rich pork. Fattening pigs need confinement only in the last two weeks, then cornmeal plus other grains. Clover completes a ration with milk and meat benefits and fits rational crop rotations on well managed dairy farms, second only to alfalfa.
A farmer advises pruning tomato plants as branches appear to confinement to the main stock. Trained on posts, plants reach two feet before moving to the field and can yield a six foot vine bearing ample fruit.
The article outlines profitable methods for raising and fattening lambs on mainly home-grown feed. It notes early buying, pasture and fodder use, and small flocks to avoid crowding. Water access, ventilation, and ample but controlled feeding are emphasized for health and profit. It stresses sheep cleanliness and freedom of movement for best results.
The article advises sowing rye for hog fodder this fall and rye or rape in spring, using portable fencing to rotate hogs. It warns against sour or decomposed food and emphasizes clean cold water and ample succulent feeds with light grain rations. It notes bran is too coarse for pig digestion.
The White Holland turkeys are among the heaviest layers. Inbreeding and poor care cause high mortality. Do not breed a gobbler with the same breeding hens longer than a year. Maryland and Philadelphia dry picked turkeys fetch high market prices due to fat, fine grade and bleached white skin from careful killing.
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