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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1913
Page
10
An orchardist should select among four spray materials to target different pests and diseases. Proper mixing methods, dilution, and timing are essential, with Bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead forming core treatments.
An experiment at Iran River Wisconsin tested potato planting depths on candy soil. Plots with four six and eight inch depths yielded 140 124 and 102 bushels per acre respectively, indicating six inches as the practical maximum depth for near best yields.
A fragment describes savings as key to independence and competency, noting small economics, hayrack coverings with barn sheet, and cash value of grain and hay. It references Perley shells and efficiency in collecting shelled grain, suggesting prudent financial behavior aids farmers.
A detailed manual on hatching hens and rearing chicks, covering setting rooms, hen placement, incubation choices, brooders, feeding, and management. It explains group handling, lighting, and temperature, plus disease prevention, care during growth, and methods for preventing gapes and diarrhoea with disinfecting and proper nutrition. It notes incubator trials, coop design, and the importance of ventilation and fresh green feed.
An old note reflects on dairy work in earlier times when men carried heavy loads from dawn to dusk and cows required winter feed. It contrasts bygone labor with modern, powered farming, noting easier hay making and feeding, then ends with a humorous letter about a Warwick calf that hops like a rabbit, sent to New York City's park commissioner.
Practical calf feeding guidance covers weaning times, milk substitutes, and grain. It emphasizes gradual milk reduction, introducing oats, bran, corn, and skimmilk as calves age, with cautions on overfeeding and sunburned hay reducing value. It stresses growth, digestion development, and climate effects on feed quality.
A five year test in Missouri fattening 262 cattle across 36 experiments shows blue grass pasture boosts gains compared with feeding during later farm periods. The study claims large increases in weight, noting the extensive research as the country’s largest on the subject.
The text argues alfalfa adapts to many soils and yields large profits with proper care. It stresses soil preparation, drainage, organic matter, and mineral plant food, especially potash and phosphoric acid, plus inoculation and green manures. Begin on prime land, with careful liming and phased soil preparation before seeding. long-term soil nutrition is essential for high yields.
The text argues many farmers lack understanding of dairy nutrition terms and practical guidance. It outlines feed categories bulk forage and concentrates, and three nutrient groups protein carbohydrates and fat. Protein’s role in body and milk production is emphasized, noting nitrogen content and necessity for growth and milk output.
The article explains how to estimate the cost of producing a dozen eggs by tracking feed categories and labor. It notes carbohydrate and fat values, ether extracts, and the need to include labor and equipment costs from hatching to market. It warns published figures vary and should not be relied on.
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