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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1871
Page
4
The Valley Benister prints a farmer's column listing 25 practical reasons to fence in stock at home. Benefits include protection from theft, accidents, and pests, better milking, and improved stock quality while reducing fence costs and land waste. The piece cites that U.S. fence costs total about $1.2 billion, outweighing the value of the stock.
Linseed tea serves as a restorative for ill horses and helps inflammation in digestive and urinary organs. It calms irritable parts, supports nourishment when swallowing is difficult, and can aid coughing with honey. Preparation involves steeping seed in hot water then cooling before use.
A farmer laments selling premium calves for small gains. He notes those calves would fetch far more at milking age, suggesting preserving top stock yields higher long term profits than immediate small gains.
Rural World urges timely sowing of timothy seed and clover to build lush pastures. It warns against neglecting hay and pasture, stresses shelter and regular feeding, and notes the profitability of hay farming with labor-saving methods. Emphasizes preparation of land, use of 1–2 pecks timothy per acre, and 1/2 gallon clover per acre for heavy yields.
English pig breeder Mr 8% Stearn details his winter and summer feeding methods for Chentaw pigs. He favors fresh mixed meals of meat like wheat maize barley with water boiled and salted to ferment slightly, plus occasional coal soil and swedes. For fattening, he uses barley and maize slops with water and mangold. Regular washing brusher care and feeding two to three times daily improve gains and reduce refusals from poorly bred stock.
The article gives practical advice for wintering young horses or colts. It recommends halter breaking before winter, a diet of coarse foods plus some grain, daily turnout when possible, and foraging on waste litter from cattle dunes. It notes a dry snowy pasture as good for winter, explains fur protects them, and warns against turning them out with cattle to prevent nicks and food disruption.
A Kansas editorial warns fall tree planting buyers to avoid eastern nurseries and carpetbaggers. It urges patronizing state growers, arguing Kansas trees are better adapted to local soil and soil conditions, highlighting local integrity and value.
The article explains rust forms when carbonic acid in air contacts moisture. To keep tools bright, store them dry or coat surfaces with carbon, oil, or lampblack to exclude moisture and air, then remove the coating when needed.
A Hearth and Home report notes farmers duped by pretend agents for a bogus seeding machine. The contract left a signed promissory note when torn, sold to third parties, and now suits in New York Supreme Court seek recovery. The piece warns farmers to avoid traveling hucksters and patent-right men who prey on the uninformed.
A reader advocates feeding cows cooked corn meal, proposing three quarts per day, to produce better butter. He suggests seasonally restricting milking to September and drying cows in July August, to secure skim milk for pigs and pasture grazing. The note cites American Agriculturist and mentions peach and farm outputs along with a distant railway observation.
Notice is hereby given that I will offer for sale at public auction at the door of the Court House in Tola Allen Bounty State of Kansas on the 25th day of October AD 1571 commencing at one o clock p.m. The property includes Lots 1 and 2 in block 89 in the City of Tola and additional land in the southwest quarter of section 17 township 24 south range 18 east containing about 15 acres all in Allen County Kansas. Property seized as the property of D K R Hovey on an execution in favor of Sarah A Terrill issued by the Clerk of the Tech Judicial District Court for Sant County and to me as Sheriff of Allen County. Given under my hand this 2th day of September AD 1571. JOAN HARRIS Sheriff Ly J Al Waerres Deputy. 595¢
Trim left over roasted mutton into cutlets not overdone. Dip in egg and seasoned crumbs, broil or fry quickly. Brush with melted butter to finish, ensuring they heat through without drying out. Also notes Western corn husk disease in hogs called mad itch.
An old economic aside explains that ten pounds of milk yield one pound of cheese and twenty-one pounds yield one pound of butter. With milk at five cents per quart, predicted prices are fifty-one and two half cents per pound for butter and twenty-five cents per pound for chocas, illustrating cost chain logic.
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