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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1909
Page
6
The article stresses total attention to soil fertility and farm practices to reach yields around 100 bushels per acre. It covers soil health, manure, crop rotation, seed selection from short stalks, seed drying, grading kernels, and shallow planting for quick germination. It emphasizes farmer effort as a key factor.
The article explains pruning raspberries and blackberries after leaves fall, with winter end favored by nurserymen. It notes large plantations may prune in winter when time allows, and in severe winters plants are bent to the ground for protection. Do not prune while buds are starting after winter.
Guidance on protecting peach trees from winter injury and managing orchards. Topics include using windbreaks with Norway spruce Scotch and Austrian pines to shield high ground plantings, selecting healthy two-year-old trees, avoiding crude petroleum insecticides, keeping roots aired and moist, removing dead or diseased wood, and preventing brown rot by clearing rotten fruit from the ground.
Describes a method to make a wire fence gate without braces. Notes the top wire of the posts is twisted tight and secured to the posts with stanies. The description emphasizes a brace-free technique and uses simple terminology for practical guidance.
An analysis of Ayrshire cows notes the udder glands are flattened and fixed to the belly by fibrous tissue. Teats are small and inclined, positioned at udder corners, forming outlets for secretion. Flattened glands influence teat shape, and breeding to change teats may harm usefulness.
Harley Sutton of Morristown builds a compact sharpening rig using 2x3 inch timbers. The device features a four foot tall frame, a one foot wide board water render, an old bicycle seat, and a sprocket with pedals on a three and a half foot timber. A tin with a bottom hole hangs over the stone to drip water.
A reader asks which poultry venture yields profit and whether to focus on eggs or both eggs and meat. They seek breed comparisons among White Wyandottes Rhode Island Reds Buff Orpingtons Plymouth Rocks and other high grade fowls and wonder if starting with $100 is feasible.
The excerpt lists popular fowl and duck breeds noting Plymouth fowls as a comparison, Pekin ducks excel in eggs and meat, feather-legged chickens, Light Brahma as a durable utility breed, White Wyandotte for size, and March-hatched young stock. It discusses growth rates, egg and flesh potential, and advises on raising young stock for best results.
The article explains how teats and udders vary by breed among Jerseys Ayrshires and Holsteins. It notes Jersey glands are pointed with cone teats, Ayrshire udders are less pendant with closely set teats, and Holsteins show elongated udders and teats. It argues for maintaining breed-typical forms to preserve milk quality and yield.
A cautious advocate urges women to spend time on 100 pure bred hens rather than 25 pupils. Improve henhouses with light and cleanliness. Keep records, prevent rats, and ensure hens exercise. Growers should seek profit, not loafing hens and waste.
A Colorado farmer shares alfalfa seeding rates using a small feeder, compares methods with Professor Voorhees, notes on storing apples, and presents a DIY milk fever cure using a bicycle pump and tubing. He urges greater use of silos and protein crops, lower reliance on nitrogenous by products, and expanding home grown feed to cut dairy costs. He emphasizes open air rearing of heifers, exercise, and developing digestive capacity to better utilize roughage over generations.
A western Nebraska farmer unearthed large bones while digging a well. A county college professor examined the find and, on the way home, met Hank Weatherspoon at his gate where news of the discovery was shared and Ollie Johnston tied to the tale.
A Tennessee reader asks about starting in poultry. An expert outlines two poultry paths, argues for pure bred stock, and recommends timing egg and chick sales with market cycles. It covers four key breeds, cost of production, capital needs, and a gradual growth plan. An Ohio farmer converts a worn-out farm by planting 35,000 Norway spruce and assorted trees for future timber.
State experiment stations offer free bulletins upon request to the director. Government bulletins should be directed to the Scene of Agriculture in Washington. Topics include Macadam Roads, movable school organization, native horse types, nuts as food, dairy cropping systems, grape culture, potato improvement, oats deterioration, corn feeds, tree growth, and dairy herd management.
Professor J. H. Skinner of the Indiana Experiment Station urges careful study of breeding questions. He argues that crossing harms type while in-line mating improves it, and stresses sticking to a chosen breed. Selection influenced by location and markets, and favoring prolific, vigorous stock boosts profit.
A Springfield lawyer spots a horse in a pasture and aims to buy it. The farmer, reputed as a shrewd trader, says the horse is five years old. The next day the horse stands by the gate and a friend notes he is nine. The farmer, surprised at the flip, mutters how time does fly.
A practical guide shows how to tighten a wire gate using common wrapping wire number 3. Wrap the wire around post A and run it to post B. Thread a stout rod through the wire and pull toward post A to tighten the gate.
The Illinois tuberculosis conference at the College of Agriculture Urbana chaired by Dean Davenport outlines the Danish Wisconsin method for eradicating bovine TB. Key figures include Dr Bernard Bang Dean H L Russell and Dr Leonard Pearson. The plan centers on tuberculin testing strict isolation and separating healthy from infected cattle with calved calves raised on healthy or boiled milk. The conference created a permanent Illinois committee to push TB control.
The article notes that poultry raising pairs well with dairying by using skim milk or buttermilk for feed and reusing other farm surplus. It also highlights fruit growing as advantageous as chickens forage insects around trees and scratch soil in orchards, aiding tree protection and hen health.
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