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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1907
Page
9
Professor W F Massey argues farms waste manure by piling and hauling it. He urges installing a manure spreader at the stable to quickly and evenly distribute manure onto grass and fields, boosting soil fertility and reducing labor. He cites trials across New Hampshire with fall and spring applications and notes labor shortages make spreaders cost effective.
An apple orchard in Columbia County New York on the Harlem road marks sixty years since it was planted by the father of George. The property reflects long running farming in the region with family heritage noted.
A detailed description of a large general purpose barn on a Michigan farm. It includes space for twelve nurses, thirty cows, two calf pens, four box stalls, grain and tool rooms, a granary, hay bays, and two 16x30 silos connected by a flume. Construction uses Shawver framing. erected in eight days.
The article stresses using a manure spreader over hand spreading to quickly distribute farmyard manure. It notes the method is economical and effective, urging prompt land application after manure is produced to maximize benefits.
A practical guide by F G Herman on wintering bees in a cellar. It advises partitioning space with ventilation, minimizing noise and light, and adjusting placement of strong and small colonies to maintain calm. Keep cellar open to vent moisture when empty, then close during bees intake if warm spells occur.
The article discusses choosing economical feeds like alfalfa meal for cattle hogs and notes increased lamb feeding from beet pulp in Colorado. It describes methods for wintering bee colonies indoors, including cellar setup, hives stacked on raised supports, temperature control around 40 to 50 degrees, and safe handling to avoid agitating bees.
An editorial on farm life praising state fairs as lessons, the spread of autos and machinery, and the role of pure food labeling. It discusses rural prosperity, runt pigs, farm wives urging purchases, and critiques city vices, ending with a Missouri mother’s warning that girls should not work in fields except in emergencies and that a man who drives his wife or daughters to the field has no place among decent farmers.
Practical guidance for pig farming covering feed, housing, breeding, and welfare. Emphasizes purebred males, steady feeding, waste-into-pork, and clean, warm housing with regular bedding changes. Advises marketing schedules by season to avoid low prices.
Alfalfa thrives with good drainage and adequate moisture, even under cloudy skies in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Prepare soil by deep disking, cross-disking, dragging, and harrowing, then plow deep and level, then rework with disk harrow and drag. Seed 25 pounds per acre with clean best seed, sow in fall or spring depending on drainage. Harvest after first blossoms. dry and store properly. Also includes tips on managing horse stalls and preventing cribbing with tin strips, cleats, and overhead chutes.
Reading tips on horse care from a vintage column. It suggests feeding horses potato peels and kitchen scraps as they may enjoy them and be beneficial. The piece notes placing small stones in the manger to curb fast eating and warns about careless behavior.
Farmers can build a wooden portable evaporator with five to ten bushels per day capacity. A $2 sheet iron stove from any hardware store provides heat. The device can be made during winter before spring work starts.
Weed out the flock yearly and keep only the best ewes under five years. Do not buy stock from yards. Avoid breeding older ewes. Lam bs require care and feeding. wool profits are unlikely. Salt Canada thistles to control them. Do not overstock with lambs on parasite-ridden pastures. Warm pens and scientific feeding support young lambs for a market.
Turnips are easy to grow and serve as a good winter fodder for cows hogs and sheep. They provide a digestible appetite with modest nutrition and can be planted after early potato harvests. A light covering and smooth mellow soil improve germination. overseeding late August can yield large roots. A. J. Legg Albion West Virginia. This picture shows a stump or post puller.
C C Pervier, Bureau County farmer, reports two pig feeding trials to Illinois farmers. Hogs weighed 77 head of Shoots in Oct with strong daily gains from May to Jan. Pumpkins fed at noon boosted digestion and intake while pastures and soy hay supported growth.
The government urges farmers to increase celery production using warm season in the north and winter months in the south. Ideal conditions include bright sunshine, pure air, cool nights, even rainfall, rich mellow soil, leaf mold in seed beds, and a sieve with six meshes per inch. Transplanting is crucial, and readers are advised to request Farmers' Bulletin No. 282 by Professor Beattie. The figures show the root effects of transplanting on large versus small roots.
An Iowa official notes trouble in the dairy business as dairymen quit as soon as they are comfortable. Governors compare feeding a poor cow to trying to produce quality milk on low margins. The piece links manure management and cow health to profits and ethics in dairy farming.
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