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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1909
Page
6
Advice for aspiring dairy breeders on setup and management. Emphasizes planning, proper buildings, experienced stockman, and strict selection of pedigree animals. Warns against buying show winners for herd improvement and outlines bull sire selection, milking practices, and phased diet for calves using oil cake turnips and branLinseed meals.
Bees require ample water and will travel far to reach it. Place a daily pail of fresh water near the apiary if no pure stream or lake is nearby. Water helps dilute thick winter honey for larvae and softens cell wax.
A specialized spike tooth disk called the alfalfa harrow is described as an improvement over the ordinary disk harrow for cultivating alfalfa. The device uses rows of digging teeth in place of continuous disk edges and is noted to work well when properly adjusted at a low cost varying by circumstances.
Agronomic notes describe how row splits and spreads alfalfa crowns to produce more tops while reducing insect larvae and weeds. The practice improves water and air penetration, loosens dense soils, and helps incorporate organic material into the soil.
Aunt Emily offers practical guidance on cellar hygiene, storage, and cleaning. Clean and ventilate under living rooms, inspect vegetables, keep lime handy, avoid ink on silver, and use safe methods to clean silver, carpets, and fabrics. Proper ironing and airing near bedroom windows reduce wrinkles and drafts.
A columnist urges readers to rethink animal husbandry choices and change stock to improve outcomes, arguing against blanket blame of hens and promoting practical husbandry decisions. The advice stresses evaluating breed quality and management rather than moral judgments.
A method to build a fresh air intake in an old barn using an old window or purpose built opening. Details include outside opening C with matched lumber tarred paper and studding shaping CD to supply air near the ceiling at D. Vent flues should rise to roof apex and be placed near center for foul air, ideally two flues near barn center.
Poultry raisers in the United States benefit from experimental station tests for improving egg production through systematic feeding and breeding. The article highlights successes in increasing egg numbers and quality and notes Maine’s notable role in these efforts.
The article stresses avoiding heat and cold drafts, daily grooming to open pores and keep a sleek coat, and starting a colt’s training soon after birth with a halter for daily handling. Regular work builds strong muscles. avoid idle spells by giving horses light work after breaks to prevent weakness and illness.
A discussion urging farmers to follow simple health rules. Proper cooking, pure air, sanitation, ventilation, and cleanliness improve mental clarity and vigor, while neglect leads to ill health and business failure. Emphasizes the farmer’s wife pride in a good table but warns of consequences of ignorance.
A detailed method for spraying ten acres of potatoes using Bordeaux mixture. Instructions cover materials five fifty gallon barrels two pails lime vitriol quantities mixing procedures and safety notes. Includes balancing lime and blue vitriol stock solutions and testing readiness before spraying for effective foliar protection.
Professor George Q. Gowell who died last summer influenced hen egg production with breeding methods. A study of about 2,000 hens shows twenty-plus laying over 200 eggs yearly, including two Plymouth Rock hens and a Barred Plymouth Rock hen that produced 251 eggs in one year.
Household slops free of grease or acids may be poured around plant roots for growth. Water the ground in the evening and replace mulch. Create a rubbish corner to dump kitchen scraps and compost all slops, forking and letting it decay. Include roadside organic scraps to enrich the heap.
Advice on brood mare exercise and avoiding heavy loads, controlling pests with whitewash and kerosene spray, preventing typhoid from dirty wells, jarring Curculio from fruit trees, burning infested fruit, timely bee hive moves, poultry water care, not overfeeding newly hatched chicks, and humane stall space for a nervous bull.
Directions for using sulpho tobacco soap against white fly. quassia tea from chips for rose bugs. warm soap suds to deter bugs. red spiders on indoor and outdoor plants. Recommend applying tea hot, covering all leaf surfaces, and burning heavily affected leaves.
The piece argues that poor cooking and unclean, crowded dining harm health. It contrasts French economical cooking with Americans wasting food and stresses the need for regular bathing, soap, and brushes, noting farmers often lack proper bath facilities despite good barn and dairy setups. It warns unclean skin leads to many disorders and serious diseases.
The melon measured four feet long and three feet in girth weighing 196 pounds. Grown on his irrigated farm near North Yakima by careful attention, he will not disclose his method until another season of testing.
The soil best for pears is a clayey loam that drains well and moderates climate. Plant standard trees 25 feet apart, dwarfs 12 feet apart, alternating rows optional. Prepare bed strips, dip roots in rich mud, plant deep, firm soil around roots, and settle thoroughly to ensure soil contact and growth.
J N Clover of Pennsylvania notes rye and Dwarf Essex rape as effective catch crops to prevent winter wash, enrich soil, and serve as pasture or green fertilizer. Rye suited for turning under for oats or potatoes. rape yields good growth late season and enriches soil when turned under. Rape seed cost seven cents per pound. fertilizer value about six dollars per acre. Crimson clover also mentioned as viable if stands persist.
The article discusses using low growing plants to hide foundation walls and soften houselines without darkening windows. It recommends Dicentra, dwarf phlox, spirines, nasturtium, nicotiana, aster, ten week stock, coreopsis, geraniums, and coleus along the base. Bulbs and edge plants like bellis perennis and low phlox varieties suit edging, with gladiolus and tube rose providing midsummer and late season color and fragrance.
The article describes a hog ringing device used at gate openings. Hogs are driven to the platform and restrained by lever rings and pins as they stand on the platform to be ringed. It emphasizes dry storage and organized space to avoid time lost in hunting for tools.
The article advises that sand cannot replace grit for fowls and that sharp materials are needed to pierce grain husks. It urges practical breeding over new breeds to boost egg yield and growth while reducing costs. It suggests exercise for soft-shelled eggs and replacing corn with abundant vegetables, plus an oil injection into the vent for local inflammation.
Practical dairy guidance from an older era covers wagon covers, cow salt, and cost awareness. It cites Oliver Gridley of Iowa using gas power in milking and barn lighting, plus a Wisconsin cow example showing costs of 71.50 and total income 114 from butter, manure, skim milk, and a calf.
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