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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1907
Page
9
The piece explains why red clover seed is scarce due to a lack of pollination. Honey bees cannot reach the necessary cells, and bumble bees are not active enough then. Italian bees are rare, and white clover blooms concurrently with red clover.
Texas note discusses how bees aid clover fertilization and seed yields, stressing strong eveners, honey sources, and timing of bloom. It cites Mammoth and red clover, weather effects, and the potential benefit of introducing bee hives in nearby areas to boost clover seed crops. It ends with praise for bean crops and minimal cultivation requirements.
Mrs. Mildred A. Holcomb of Indiana describes an orchard created on eighty acres of mostly timber land. After four years the trees show health without blight, producing apples including Early Harvest and Grimes Golden, plus plums pears and cherries. Mulching and manure boosted growth despite initial poor soil.
An agricultural note describes planting beans after corn, using a drill attachment and shallow plowing. Rows twenty inches apart, weekly cultivation, no pests, and steady growth led to surprising returns from common white beans, turning a once minor experiment into a paying crop.
A practical note explains how to attract wild bees with a small fire and bee wax, then relocate bees to a box to trace straight lines. It advises moving the hive to a new location and using a marked line to locate another. The item ends with a tip to hook up a freezer to aid harvesting ice cream season.
Uncle Henry urges owners to paint wagons regularly to protect wood from decay and improve appearance. He recommends a can of paint and two brushes, a large and a small one, for renewal as needed.
A concise proverb notes that listening yields greater understanding than constant talking, highlighting value in attentive listening for personal and professional growth.
A persuasive piece arguing that telephone service is affordable and transformative for rural households. It highlights saving time and money, enabling selling of farm produce, arranging repairs, sharing news, and easing loneliness. It reassures that installing and operating a telephone is simple and within reach for farmers and rural families.
The apple crop outlook is good this season with readiness for picking and marketing. The article details reusing cracker barrels and orange boxes, sorting into No. 1 and fancy grades, and using a home made lever-press for heading barrels.
A New York man sold a cow for 8000 dollars and has contracted a calf for 4000. The piece argues such prices reflect value based on productive ability, noting the cow can yield over 150 pounds of butter monthly and that cows today are valued higher than ever. It also describes improved packing methods for apples and fruit labeling practices by S. B. Hartman.
A call to readers to persuade friends and neighbors to subscribe to the American Farm World invites them to share names for sample copies. The appeal emphasizes word of mouth and direct mail outreach to grow circulation.
Farmers in the North and West consider moving to the South for stock raising. Advice highlights climate and opportunities for experienced men, but warns against risky large investments. For those with limited means, the South offers chances through corn, cowpeas, fodder, and blue grass grazing to grow calves and yearlings, with potential profits and salaried or share-based positions on large Southern cattle operations.
Field grafting guidance explains planting grafts near ground level when possible and details techniques for different stalk diameters. For vines up to two thirds inch, tongue and wire grafting is recommended. larger vines up to three quarters inch use a modified tongue graft to avoid oversized scions and single-sided bark union.
A thirteen year old boy named John A Taylor describes his daily farm work in Tennessee. He raises corn wheat cotton potatoes clover and keeps cattle horses hogs and poultry while training a colt and hunting with dogs. He notes prizes at fairs and dreams of becoming a famous stock raiser.
A brief note encourages farmers to feel pride in their work if they practice well. It ties pride to good farming standards and personal achievement within agricultural communities.
The article argues a $2500 cash cap limits a stockman but notes a small start can succeed by buying calves or yearlings and managing feed efficiently. It highlights cheap steel calves, four to five months of winter feeding in the South, and using rye, winter wheat or barley pastures to reduce costs. It cites blue grass lands near railroads and suggests farmers can profit by producing roughage and partial grain rather to avoid costly Timothy feeds.
Experiments show yarding improves egg production and tenderness in market chickens, while free range aids rapid growth in young stock. Yarded systems with two 50 foot runs per house and green crop rotation keep soil sanitary. Free range risks nest hiding and inconsistent records. corn-based diets harden yearling meat. Prize White Langshans owned by A. W. Porter & Company of Bridgeport, Ind.
The article notes a New England farm’s method of rotating high quality roasters raised in balanced feed, caged yet free range for growing stock, with an emphasis on clean yards, regular feeding, and exercise. It warns neglect leads to financial loss.
If milk drinkers could see the inside of some dairies they would swear off on the instant.
A brief note observes that some farmers ignore ventilation, letting winter winds drive rain and snow through cracks in barns, worsening conditions for stored hay and livestock.
A handwritten note describes a small farm with 120 rods of road space, two houses and barns on one acre, four acres of orchard, one and a half acres of small fruits, five acres sloping north, rest south and east. The owner, bedbound, explains plowing depth, furrow direction, grass for hay and feeding livestock, including horses, cows, pigs and hens, plus carrot feed.
Orchardists claim hexagonal tree spacing fits about 15 percent more trees per acre than square planting. In this system each row alternates with six neighbors forming a hexagon that encloses a central tree.
John Rooney reports a family of nine living on a farm with no pasture. The record details income from board and vegetables, expenses for taxes, work, wood, groceries, and meat totaling 574.84, leaving a balance of 364.03. He notes reserves of corn potatoes and hay and hopes for better help next season.
In January at Atkinson Indiana Peter Verkruyse sold sixty two hogs averaging 241 pounds on the Chicago market for about six dollars per hundred. He states the hogs were fed only corn with abundant pure water and were raised on pasture until weaning. He credits cleanliness bedding and warm comfortable quarters for fattening hogs.
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