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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
9
A farm lyric by Cc. M. Barnitz celebrates Our Mary's boys visiting the grandparents. The verse ribbing playful antics on the farm include circus comparisons, hens, a turkey, goats, and bees as the kids run about from morning till night. The narrator urges Fan to hurry as the noon train approaches.
A state lecturer notes farmers nationwide rapidly adopting modern poultry methods. He cites 12 000 attendees in Pennsylvania institutes and 100 written poultry questions in a day and a half. The article highlights rising egg and chicken production and the poultry sector’s growth relative to corn.
A fragmentary piece offers oracle style lines about restraint in talking of woes, avoiding overwork, and caution against pride. It mentions life insurance as a safety, warns against hoggish behavior, and hints at moral/relational guidance within a folksy cadence.
The Poultry Doctor warns corn is not chick builder and can overheat fowls in summer. Emphasizes high protein for chicks, clean water vessels, and regular watering to prevent mortality and indigestion. Recommends natural shade, greens in summer, and ample green food for eggs and chicks to thrive.
Silage has become a widespread, economical feed for cattle and sheep. It allows earlier and cheaper forage, increases milk yield per grain amount, reduces waste, and improves digestion. The Guernsey breed is highlighted for high butterfat and milk production, with several cows yielding over 11,000 pounds annually.
A collection of notes on chickens and poultry shows from Madison Square Garden to Boston. Reports cover oocyte counts in hens, incubator tips, and a Kentucky senate measure to curb roaming chickens with a back yard rule. The piece references editors, postmen, and an imagined turkey tied to a doorknob in a light editorial tone.
The article explains silage based on corn as the dominant feed crop in the United States. It states silage clears land faster, boosts milk production per cow, and raises profits per acre. Corn yields more food per acre, stores easily in silos, and makes high quality silage versus hay crops. It notes rot risk with legumes without proper packing.
A hog farmer should start early to study breeding records and select gifts from litters for future brood sows. Prolificacy is hereditary, so selecting from larger litters increases chances of inheriting prolific traits across generations.
The clipping of horses aids health by preventing skin gland blockage and disease. A heavy spring coat causes unhindered perspiration and matting that can lead to skin problems, so clipping helps maintain welfare and reduce disease risk.
Sheep prove invaluable in cleaning pastures and removing brush. Stomach worms cause heavy losses to flocks. scrub rams reduce profits. Neglect of castration and docking lowers lamb prices. wet marshy ground invites foot rot and worms.
A federal and state coordinated effort to control hog cholera is proposed following a recent meeting of officials. The plan urges strict sanitation, quarantines of new hogs for three weeks, thorough disinfection of stock cars, and prompt serum treatment, backed by a $500,000 congressional appropriation for field demonstrations and federal inspectors in interstate serum plants.
Hoards Dairyman urges breeders to keep proven sires longer to maximize herd progress. It argues many dairy bulls are slaughtered before proving breeding value due to prejudice against old bulls and multiple breeders in a region. It recommends retaining proven sires if they produce good stock and notes benefits of using tested bulls over untried ones.
A correspondent explains cribbing in horses as often disease caused. A German treatment of copperas and ground ginger in feed for two to three weeks with reduced feed stopped wind sucking and related colic after the irritability and discomfort were relieved.
The article discusses choosing feeder steers by balancing bone and body strength. It warns against excessive refinement leading to weak frame and poor finishing weight. Key criterion emphasized is a wide straight back with a well sprung rib indicating feeding ability.
A National Stockman correspondent urges strict calf rearing from birth, insisting the first milk, colostrum, is essential to remove meconium and kickstart digestion. Mentioned are Dutch Belted cattle, noted for hardness and striking black with a white belt, with an illustration of a pure Dutch Belted cow.
An old manual warns against delaying natural purging in newborn calves as retained meconium can cause severe illness. It favors letting the calf suckle or receive fresh mother’s milk to ensure the meconium is expelled and to prevent scours and stunted growth.
E Lee of the University of Wisconsin told Illinois dairymen that on farm cream separators reduce skimmish loss and disease risk, save time by avoiding haulage of whole milk, decrease on farm storage needs, and expand cream market reach compared with whole milk.
The text advises that sheep must be fenced in an inclosure with a roomy pasture to be profitable. When liberated, they can range the cornfield stubble and other farm areas to clean fence rows weed patches and feed lots. Sheep are a good autumn crop around waste places yielding volunteers.
The article urges farms with hogs to install a dipping tank and use a reliable disinfectant dip. Hogs should be passed through the tank at regular intervals per dip directions. It claims the process keeps skin in good condition and helps ward off various diseases.
An attache of the Canadian agricultural department proposes sterilizing all threshing machines moved between farms to prevent the spread of smut. The plan mirrors customs in other nations.
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A horse at work appreciates a drink of cold water in warm weather just as much as his owner, highlighting the horse’s relief and well being during heat.
The text extols the farmer's wife as the hardest worker and argues she deserves all possible conveniences to lighten and simplify her labors, emphasizing the value of practical aid in farm life.
Chicks should be allowed to scratch for feed as exercise benefits health and supports rapid growth.
Miss Mary Montgomery of Stillwater Oklahoma broke the world record by gathering 700 pounds of cotton in a single day. She weighs 121 pounds and is described as a mighty active proposition.
At a London flower show an exhibitor displayed a nearly black tulip. Florists have long pursued a truly dark bloom, and this specimen appeared almost black from several feet away.
The article advises freeing a hen kept with a brood for frequent dust baths and applying further pest control if she or the chicks show lice to prevent a full infestation.
The writer recalls old fashioned bluish pink lilac, noting its humble fragrance and color. The scent and shade trigger nostalgia for happy childhood moments when lilac bushes bloomed.
A Chicago resident paid 250 dollars in cash for a device he believed could print $2 bills. The buyer, mistaken about the device, learns the risks of counterfeit operations and the likely illegality of his purchase.
If geraniums become root bound take slips and plant in rich garden soil. Under favorable fall conditions they form thrifty plants that bloom abundantly after being potted and brought indoors.
A writer notes an extreme method of deterring crows by killing two or three tribe members and hanging them by the legs from a high pole. He claims the sight sends a strong warning to the birds to stay away.
It is questionable if one half of the eggs laid by mourning doves hatch. The birds are peaceful and endure attacks from other birds and small animals, building flimsy nests that are often wrecked by the wind.
California's grape industry is valued at about 30 million dollars each year. About 333 thousand acres are used for grape production with 50 thousand acres of table grapes, 130 thousand acres for raisin grapes, and 170 thousand acres for wine grapes. Total annual production reaches roughly 900 thousand tons.
Jarkspur loco weed causes the largest losses to stock men with cattle as the chief sufferers. Sheep are not harmed, horses seldom touch it. The department of agriculture is making efforts to eliminate the danger from this and other poisonous weeds.
A hired man dropped the lines behind a four horse disk ing outfit to chase a gopher. The horses bolted and one was fatally injured by the disks, illustrating the old law favoring doing one thing well.
The article urges beekeeping as a way to improve garden and orchard yields. A $5 start buys a swarm and essential equipment to house them. Beyond pollination, honey profits can offset maintenance costs.
A dispute over Tom Barron of England and his White Wyandottes entered in the Storrs Connecticut egg laying contest questions whether they are true Wyandottes or hybrids with a light bodied Mediterranean breed. Barron denies cross breeding and argues the fowls excel in production rather than appearance.
A Scott Blush county resident kept a two and a half acre ledger showing that intensive agriculture near a town yielded $430.70. Half acre in small fruits produced $135, with $19 used at home. half acre sweet corn earned $43.85. tomatoes on one fifth acre brought $104.55. a quarter acre popcorn added $48. remaining garden crops filled the total.
The Department of Agriculture distributed about 20 000 seed packages of new forage plants and grains, chiefly feterita and Sudan grass, to suit semiarid western and southwestern regions. Despite last year’s drought these crops matured and provided forage where others failed, with Amraoti and Bangalia feld peas and drought resistant Tepary beans among the additions.
The state pure food department appoints Saturday June 6 as a day to kill roosters not needed for breeding and convert them into potpie for Sunday dinner. Officials claim removing roosters prevents fertile eggs that spoil faster in warm weather. Hens lay eggs well and eggs stay fresher without roosters nearby.
The piece notes that no ten year period saw average U S corn yield exceed 28 bushels per acre and no state average more than 54 bushels. it highlights that some regions report over 100 bushels per acre while national averages remain low, urging reflection on overall production.
The agrico and horticultural advocates urge dedicating the next $20 million for building two new battleships to a pest eradication campaign. Starting in New England against gypsy moths and extending to chinch bugs in Kansas and Nebraska, the plan argues this expenditure is as patriotic as naval arms.
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