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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
14
Instructions describe trapping rabbits near orchards using a ground level barrel trap baited with apple or corn, with the barrel tilting to trap the rabbit. A novel trap by Walter Wellhouse is outlined, alongside construction details, trigger placement, and maintenance tips to ensure the device operates without jamming or alerting rabbits.
The article describes sowing a green feed crop in fall for cold weather and notes three main uses. It can be cut in spring for early green fodder, fed during summer as a grazing supplement, or cut repeatedly as pasture regrows. Proper timing and storage in the barn support extended feeding, enabling maintenance of cattle with limited pasture and small herds.
The text urges picking up and burning rotten fruit in orchards to destroy hot beds for pests that winter in the debris. It recommends removing fruit from under trees and shaking branches to reduce infestations and prepare for the next season.
The text describes Argentina as a vast agricultural region extending roughly 2,000 miles north to south and nearly as large as the United States. It highlights its potential as a major producer, noting its extraordinary extent and agricultural promise.
The article discusses hereditary dairy traits across breeds, noting selection shapes dairy quality. It highlights Jersey as ideal for butter production, Ayrshire for moderate yield, and Shorthorn as excellent for high milky output with solid carcass after dairy use, contrasting pedigree and dairy-focused breeding trends.
The Tateraniowail Harvester firm hires Peat Perry and Bolden to run a major service drive aimed at educating corn belt farmers. The piece notes shifts in cotton seed crushing, with 7 percent of production needing crushing in 1909, and 25 percent in 1892, alongside other varied agricultural facts and an aside on foal feeding and poultry profits.
Agricultural Department distillery tests show potatoes with high starch content can yield alcohol cheaply. Experiments indicate 100 pounds of potatoes with 17 percent starch can produce about 1.3 gallons of denatured alcohol, suggesting cooperative farming could profitably convert waste or inferior crops into revenue.
Wisconsin advocates a strong state inspection law to protect farmers from fraudulent nursery stock sales. The plan requires valid disease-free certificates on shipments and duplicates of licenses for agents. It stresses enforcement, seller penalties, and broader adoption by other states to combat planting stock fraud.
The passage urges buyers to avoid plecons lacking guaranteed mating. It cautions buying only from reputable dealers since even guaranteed birds may prove unmated and waste recovery time. It also notes meat yield aims and criticizes a certain remedy as improper.
Professor Hendricks of Geneva reports Hutchings cultivates three acres of Northern Spy, Snow, and Wealthy apples with mulching. The trial shows 38% more barrels per tilled acre versus unmulched land, but endorsement remains cautious and contingent on further testing.
The article urges continued use of Farmers Institutes as essential for sound farming thought. It argues institutes promote practical education and that even foolish remarks can reveal truths, highlighting the value of public meetings for rural progress and personal growth.
The article details a design for scratching sheds matching 9x10 foot roosting and laying sections with a 90 foot gravel run. It covers construction, manure management, laying-house efficiency, flock health, and a system tracking egg production by individually numbered hens. It also notes a 128 by 10 foot building with eight rooms and a feed store, plus gravel grounds and fences to protect the birds.
Farmers debate cost effective hog housing outlining price ranges for single and double walled pens, sheds, and a famed 22 by 46 foot two row housing with ten pens. The design emphasizes east west orientation for sun, quick reconfiguration, ventilation, and practical durability for year round farrowing.
A verbose excerpt argues that success comes from energy and a clear conscience, criticizing fashion over practicality. It warns against quack cures, urges honest work, and stresses filling gullies and maintaining fences to prevent washouts. It also extols scientific education and balanced feeding in dairying.
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