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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
8
A surgeon professor describes the venomous bites and stings of cowkillers centipedes tarantulas scorpions and related spiders. The text details their bites their effects on humans and cattle and notes remedies such as ammonia tobacco ashes and pecacuanha. It also mentions immunity with repeated stings.
A farmer criticizes city visitors who shoot quail on his land and warns of worm breeding and trouble from lazy work. A Wisconsin reader contemplates joining the farm, while Dakotas and Minnesota seek harvest hands and rail fare relief. John Greenough comments warn against misdirected job searches and prefer insects to birds.
A Holstein cow named Bessie Hamilton 2d owned by A A Hartshorn of New York state produced 24 pounds of butter in seven days and 100 pounds in thirty days at age four. The cow held the largest thirty day butter record for under 40 years old two years ago. Her hide and hair are fine though she is not pretty in shape.
A farmer column argues that growers should plan market methods, not merely plant. It warns against chasing market shifts while neglecting family and community values, suggesting that rigid self interest leads to losses and urging steadier, value driven farming.
The report notes Clemson college plans an experiment station focusing on drainage of timber lands in South Carolina. Starkville builds a $100,000 chapel and $50,000 lab for Mississippi agricultural college. Wisconsin farmer mass meeting during state fair week will back a road aid amendment. Japanese workers in California face job loss amid native laborer attacks.
The article advises two goals for dairy profit: grow and select the best feeding on the farm, prioritizing home grown seeds balanced with mill feeds and by products, and use ensilage when feasible. It emphasizes corn silage rotations, proper manure management, and regular testing of cows with scales and Babcock tests to ensure only profitable cows are kept.
Idaho Experiment Station wraps fruit as an object lesson for fruit growers. Wrapping costs are small, yet the added price obtained justifies the practice, illustrating a practical post harvest method for value addition.
The Wisconsin station reports alfalfa thrives on rich clay loam over a gravelly subsoil and on well cultivated soils. Inoculate soil where nitrogen bacteria are absent and use a nurse crop like barley at three pecks per acre if soils are needy. Apply twenty pounds of seed per acre and expect three hay crops the next year.
A Texas station study finds Kaffir corn and milo maize undervalued in the feed trade. Kaffir corn has less fat and digestible protein than Indian corn, though it yielded greater gains than milo maize with Indian corn in third place.
A scientist claim suggests abundant sugar may curb liquor craving, arguing sugar is cheaper and healthier than meat and could prevent taste depravity from alcohol, with farm life benefiting from sugar use and the idea worth trial.
A New York state dairy farm of Albert H Ball near Eas Aurora Erie county is used as an example of well managed operations. The 120 acre property emphasizes city milk trade, practical buildings, and a four year crop rotation with direct manure spreading on clover sod for soil improvement.
C T Miller recalls fencing in a cherry orchard to free range sixty white Plymouth Rock hens. The birds climbed to the trees and ate cherries, forcing him to lock the flock away to save the crop as they grew fat on bugs earlier.
Seed from Iowa grown in Nebraska for two years shows climate driven changes. In a three year test Snowflake White and Iowa Gold Mine varieties were planted on adjacent plats with seed from Iowa and Nebraska original sources. Marked differences appeared between plots throughout the experiment.
The article outlines a dairy operation in New York using crop rotation to support a two-crop system with ensilage corn and clover, producing 120 gallons of milk daily sold at 12 cents a gallon. It highlights meal and forage economics, manure saving, and the use of Grade Holsteins, Ayrshires, and Jersey cows, with a single manager and two helpers ensuring year‑round milking and care.
Using a King drag in our road district this year, with three horses and a driver, shows it can do more work in a day than several teams with scrapers. It is easy to manage, reduces the need for extra horses and labor, and gets the job done efficiently.
The report shows Kely stalks from central Nebraska seed fall short in height and leaf area but heavier grain. Iowa sourced seed yields higher ear to stalk ratio and similar grain, with home grown Nebraska varieties outperforming others in state tests. Seed origin and acclimation drive results for local corn cultivation.
A reader asks about lumpy milk in a fresh six year old Jersey cow. The author identifies the condition as gorget and suggests mild treatment with Epsom salts and nitrate of potash, udder care, camphor and belladonna ointment, and copper sulfate dressing. If abscesses form, drain, flush with peroxide and re dress.
The article notes a Lincoln breed sheep, highlighting a first prize Herdwick ram pictured as winner at the Royal Show in London in 1907.
A Virginia reader asks why butter fails from stored cream. The expert cites possible cream handling and storage issues, advising cleaner processes, shorter rest of milk or cream, and separation of storage. suggests trying more frequent churning and reporting results for further guidance.
Poultry men favor dry feeding over mash and report healthier hens and lower disease. Professor Gowell tested 1 400 chickens offered cracked corn wheat and beef scrap at will, noting easy self service, less labor, and no crowding. Pullets first lay at four months ten days.
Advice on raising chicks from vigorous stock. Each brood needs its own feed coop and brooder. Incubator hatched chicks are more self reliant by six weeks. If neglected, dust, coughs, and worms can follow. Check for insects and lice as a remedy.
The article describes a method to bleach celery by placing it on the floor of the vegetable house with six inches of dry sand first. Celery is set upright, roots down, tightly packed and covered with earth, while the floor is enclosed with 12 inch boards and well ventilated. Bins for other vegetables may be placed above the celery plats.
John T. Miller of Iowa recalls his own frugal schooling and farm life. He plans for two of his three boys to become farmers while the third pursues mechanical engineering in the city. He emphasizes education health and freedom as key lessons for his sons.
The article argues cows can be milked from either side if trained properly. Begin milking from one side and then the other to condition the heifer. Training from an early stage makes milking easier and more profitable, especially if the cow is treated kindly rather than as a stranger.
A poultry keeper reports alfalfa surpasses clover as green feed for growing chicks and as winter litter. Ten acres near colony coops fed birds. winter egg production rose with alfalfa chaff bedding and feeding. Six hundred chicks now forage alfalfa litter. rivals fail with heated houses and standard feeds.
The article highlights bulb varieties for colorful borders including Em press Emperor large trumpet narcissi Van Lion chalice cup star narcissi and poet's narcissi. It praises the large trumpet narcissi as hardy rich and very satisfactory with a vivid display.
A call to readers to observe and catalog local trees by name description bark fruit and wood. Send a postal to the Department of Forestry Washington DC for free literature and guidance on caring for lumber to maximize returns.
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