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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1908
Page
8
A Virginia chicken ranch kept about 2 500 White Leghorns and 2 000 broilers. The owner sold at 35 cents a pound at 9 weeks, with careful feeding and housing methods described from incubation to eight weeks, emphasizing thrift and exercise. The operation is described as one of the largest and best arranged in the south.
A Texas farmer reports a cabbage head weighing forty one pounds grown on Corpus Christi bottom land. The same grower says five acres yielded about $125 net profit per acre, with less work than a typical corn crop.
Pasture and pure water are the perfection of pig feed for summer. Mud holes and wallows have no place in a hog pasture. Every pig that goes to pasture should have a ring in his nose. For summer bedding a few loads of clear white sand is excellent. Eliminate cabbage, turnips and so forth a few weeks before butchering time. Do not let the yards become foul and insanitary. Plow them often. Cast iron troughs are the most sanitary, although plank will do if kept clean.
The column notes two thirds of Russian winter wheat ruined and a famine risk ahead with 2.5 million acres unsown. It advises selecting popular pig breeds, proper farrowing pen setup, early growth profitability, and heat treating swill to avoid disease. It cites wheat exports from Puget Sound and ports, then quips about Dwight Wheeler's tri bred potato variety and a botanist's view on crops versus weeds. It mentions Roosevelt's hat and a North Dakota dairy note about land use and Holland prices.
A Brixton Hill house is torn down to build a modern flat, with garden potatoes claimed as England’s first grown there under Sir Walter Raleigh. Vienna spends 200000 on more slaughterhouses to meet horse flesh demand as 20000 horses are killed yearly for sausages. The Swiss adopt city unemployed farming coops under a director to raise moral standards. Brownwood Texas wells show revived interest after a gold discovery rumor. James T. McCleary seeks a Washington Gettysburg highway as a national memorial. Wheat millers form seed clubs urging hard wheats over soft varieties.
James Durkin of Tennessee praises an Italian farm hand who arrived from Italy unable to speak English yet learned quickly. The worker shows diligence, understands soils and animals, and follows directions after initial instruction. He lives with his wife, helping in dairy and house work, bringing happiness to life in America.
The author urges couples to discard feather beds and heavy covers as unsanitary and linked to illness. Recommend placing the bed away from walls to allow air circulation and using light covers for comfort and warmth. The piece warns that tuberculosis may be traced to feather beds and heavy coverings.
The author argues farmers rarely test milk for butter fat and rely on factory reports for selling prices. He claims short weights and low tests cut profits and cites cases of systematic overcharges by creamery managers, including a neighbor who faced substantial theft of product.
Barnum introduced Dutch Belted cattle from Holland, sparking wide interest. Now found in most states and Canada, they are docile with strong constitutions. Cows weigh 1000 to 1250 pounds. some bulls exceed a ton. They are better dairy cattle than beef.
Dr L Louis offers guidance on avoiding disease causes and managing inflammation in animals. He prescribes cooling laxatives and mild diuretics when inflammation is high, iron tonics for weak patients, and cooling foods. Bandaging, wet cloths with mild astringents, and winter dry coverings are advised.
A farmer began with four cows and expanded to eight while testing cream at a shop that let customers weigh and test. Over months his cream output and test results declined, leading to selling his herd. After quitting the creamery he saved two days of cream earnings, selling butter at 18 cents a pound for 1.98 dollars, near one dollar per cow per day previously, illustrating substantial thefts in similar cases.
The article argues eastern farmers can profit from growing and marketing high quality mutton, noting English mutton demand among wealthy eaters. It advises feeding diverse rations including clover alfalfa oilmeal oats and roots, prioritizes mutton over wool, emphasizes sheep exercise, and warns against overfeeding.
The article describes potato blight as a fungal disease from infected seed that travels to the stalk, with visible dark spots and root loss. It offers treatment guidance including clean seed, crop rotation, and surface antiseptics, plus options for damaged plants and internal remedies for persistent cases.
Egg dealers report rising prices with June costs above April in many cities. The April price was seen as a peak month, yet large cold storage shortages nationwide suggest prices will stay firm or rise through the year.
Farmers should use stack covers to protect grain and hay from weather. Heavy canvas 12 by 24 feet or 16 feet square lasts five to six years if stored, and saves losses in the first season. Covers are common in eastern states and available from farm implement houses.
Joseph E. Wing argues that recent agricultural college graduates need hands on farm experience before seeking foreman or superintendent roles. He urges them to perform farm tasks from plowing to feeding and haymaking to gain practical credibility.
The article urges farmers in Yakima region to spray with Bordeaux mixture, prune grape vines for better yields, and save apple trees by filling rot-prone cavities. It notes peach and orange varieties, mulberries as windbreaks, and marketing advice for attractive fruit packaging to fetch better prices. It also highlights Florida pineapple profits, Oregon apple quality, and colder hardy citrus hybrids.
An Ohio expert notes lightning mortally affects more in the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic region by unit area and population density. The piece cites 1900 U S deaths by lightning, protection tips, hazards of wire fences, and survivor first aid practices. It highlights tree types, grounding methods, and cautions about standing near metal and water spouts.
Farmers' wives should attend district institutes or state courses on buttermaking. Creameries demand sweet cream and quick cooling after milking. Milk kept cool with cold water or ice preserves quality. A dairy with fourteen Shorthorn cows faced low milk richness due to feed issues. Sudden diet changes harm cows. wrap milk cans in newspaper only for cooling during transport.
An Indiana State investigation surveyed beef production practices. Of 929 replies from 2,500 top feeders, 58 percent use wells for cattle water, 21 percent rely on springs, the rest on ditches creeks or natural ponds, and most respondents provide no water warming.
Wisconsin has 1,974 stallions named grades in public service while only 1,236 are pure bred in service. Dr A S Alexander of the Wisconsin station says this imbalance should not continue and urges farmers to replace scrub and grade stallions with registered pure bred sires.
A kitchen used for shoe storage is shown with a device that holds five pairs of shoes. It can be scaled by adding top boxes, and any bright boy can build it in a rainy day. If under two feet high the top doubles as a shoe rest.
A Rock Island Illinois grower advocates love culture for potatoes. He plants in a furrow about six inches deep, covers with soil, and as plants grow draws soil around them to keep moisture and weeds down. He notes moisture retention and weed control improve with this method.
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