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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1908
Page
8
A Massachusetts man buys a fifty acre farm and plans to profit by milking Shorthorns, growing corn, and using silage. He suggests improving feed on site, using manure spreader, rock phosphate and potash, and relying on blue sky nitrogen to boost milk and growth while expanding pasture and crop area.
A door hangs on a perfectly horizontal bar with a cord attached near the top. The cord passes over a pulley at the track end and is tied to a bucket or a paint key, providing a simple raising and lowering action.
Instructions from American Farm World describe a door system where weight on the catch pulls the door open. A cord runs the full length of the barn so the door can be opened from any point on the driveway or extended to a post in the barnyard for access when in a wagon or on horseback.
Col Bradley of Marysville Kentucky rode his mule Colley to safety as floodwaters trapped his horses. Colley swam more than a mile helping the colonel reach higher ground after the bell mare was secured. The owner values the water mule highly and refused to sell.
Excerpts discuss pasteurization limits, feeding economics, and the impact of feed on dairy profitability. Key voices include J B Lathimer from Pennsylvania and J M Kelly, stressing practical feeding knowledge, cow health, milk composition, cleanliness, flavor, color, and avoiding odor absorption after milking.
A gardener shares methods used to control a gopher plague in a yard. After initial success with traps and poison, including baiting holes with hemlock and lobelia, the writer chronicles repeated invasions and finally a poisoned honey lobelia mix that deterred the pests.
A. J. Legg from Albion West Virginia argues straw from wheat, oats, and rye holds fertilizer value per ton higher than many realize. He estimates nitrogen, potash, and phosphorus content and notes humus benefits, asserting straw can supply steady plant food as it decomposes.
A Michigan farmer from Lenawee County recounts a record corn year on fourteen acres. He reports three silos totaling 140 tons and about 600 bushels of ear corn with twenty tons of shredded fodder.
This article describes constructing a gate with a 4x6 inch timber and a 2 foot latch, detailing notch placement and post height for smooth operation. It also notes heavier latch ends to secure the gate and advises choosing seed carefully to prevent disease transmission in plants.
A critique of dairy farming practices argues that removing fertility through milk sales exhausts soil nutrients. It urges returning manure with proper quality to sustain land productivity, noting that even large manure heaps cannot compensate for continuous export. The essay warns against long-term declines in soil health.
A farmer describes field preparation from plowing to seed bed, planting in drills, and successive cultivations for Cuban Giant corn. He notes yields from six acres, with 578 bushels and 20 tons of fodder, and outlines seed selection, crop rotation, and feeding profits from cows hogs and hens.
Agosta residents report a hen that shifted from coal black to white after its owner died suddenly a mourning transformation. The bird had been a favorite, trained to come when whistled, and waited for its master’s return as grief appeared in its plumage. A closing note remarks a good brooder can surpass an incubator in importance.
West Virginia grower A G Finn outlines mulching advantages for small fruit vines including weed prevention soil moisture retention humus addition and cleaner fruit plus labor savings and better shipping. He notes drawbacks such as mice surface roots and possible soil baking but finds damage minimal. He emphasizes pruning and burning infested canes.
A copper flexible wire grips the lamp chimney to prevent displacement during movement. The wire can be sprung open to release the chimney when needed and does not interfere with use. It adapts to any lamp and enhances safety in the home.
In a northwestern Missouri town a feud over a dozen eggs has escalated into threats of killing. Twelve past fights marked the dispute, tied to price changes from 24 to 12 cents a dozen. A borrower refused to repay an extra dozen, fanning the feud as local hardware stores report rising gun sales.
The article argues dairying can be more profitable than many pursuits but stresses soil fertility must be maintained. It explains four acres per cow with rent charged against milk, manure value offsetting rent, and the need for complete manure with nitrogen, potash, and phosphates. It notes grain feeding boosts manure value and emphasizes buying nutrients or returning nutrients via fertilizers to sustain milk production.
A farmer comments that misfortune often stems from poor planning and management while a prokinol board proves a worthwhile investment for family use. He notes the value of good neighbors and the dangers of bad associations on youths.
Farmers should raise and feed their own high quality feeders rather than buy from distant districts. Acclimation and proper care are key to starting cattle well. Sell cattle when just off grass if prices and grain markets favor the feeder's profit. Use alfalfa, clover, corn stover and liberal grain rations.
A collection of aphorisms on farming, family life, and simple living. It encourages fair dealing, kindness, and prudent purchases while warning against waste, middlemen, and harsh behavior. The tone mirrors a rural tip sheet urging thoughtful conduct and community welfare.
A farm life opinion piece extols rural virtue and practical labor. It praises farm autos, careful animal breeding, and efficient chores, while urging readers to join reading clubs and maintain tools to ease spring work.
R B Rushing explains a method to grow peas and celery together on one bed. Prepare winter manure, sow two foot apart pea drills, harvest in two pickings, then turn under manure and prepare beds for celery. Use Winter Queen and Golden Self Blanching among others, with careful furrowing and soil hilling for market-ready stalks.
A description of a storehouse within an icehouse, sized four to six feet square, or adaptable to milk and butter storage. It should have a ventilator at the top and sash topped doors. The space is filled with sawdust. when piled around it, it becomes a fine place to store vegetables or fruits.
The article stresses brooder heating importance for chick growth and advises using pure-bred hens for higher returns. It warns against keeping old roosters with hens, promotes selling them, and outlines progressive brooder temperatures from 99 degrees up to 190 then lowering to 75 by four weeks.
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