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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1917
Page
3
Planning guidance by William A. Radford on designing a horse barn with proper ventilation, sizing, and features. It covers stable height, double flooring, carriage room separation, a lighted tool room, granary placement, hay storage, and a dust-free wash area to keep horses healthy and barns tidy. Includes advice on targeting number of horses and layout for year round needs.
A feature discusses famed inventor fortunes from roller skates to safety pins, then presents Ray P. Speer’s outline of Hubbard of Rice County Minnesota who builds a successful cattle feeding scheme. It details stockers and feeders, wintering, feedlot layout, feeding times, and the science of bundle corn to maximize gains.
Advice from an old agricultural piece emphasizes proper horse care including ventilation and dedicated carriages spaces. It warns against mixing horse and cow stables, urges clean, dry floors, and highlights health risks from ammonia fumes in poorly ventilated buildings. It also notes historical figures in invention and describes Gay Head cliffs and a furniture care tip.
A period quip on human thrift and tipping. Uncle Eben notes a man can earn money yet money cannot make him complete. The piece contrasts insisting on small change from a newsboy with willingly tipping a barber for ordinary service.
Geese on the farm pay well when heavy breeds are chosen and fenced in. Send old ewes to the butcher before you lose them.
The article explains silage as a feed value measure comparing corn grain stover and silage output. It notes silage can be worth five to six dollars per ton when priced against hay and other feeds. It argues market value often exceeds production cost and depends on the stock fed and market prices.
CAPT W B Smith argues cattle feeding can be safe when done intelligently and conservatively. He urges farmers to raise and feed on their own land, manage manure to boost fertility, and avoid selling all produce to elevators, noting those who farm well will keep their neighbors' land valuable.
The article argues there is no economy in feeding fowls a single grain. Birds eat more of one grain to try to obtain all nutrients, overtaxing their digestive systems and failing to produce results.
Cracked corn should be sifted before feeding to poultry as labor saved offsets the effort. Leghorn pullets can consume about 0 pounds of skim milk in a year. Cattle are finicky and will not eat sheep leavings.
Massachusetts Experiment Station endorses a calf milk substitute costing about three cents per pound. The mix uses ground oats, linseed meal, middlings, corn meal, blood meal, salt, fed warm with two quarts of boiling water per half pound of meal. Begin with milk, then gradually switch over, and provide hay, water, and dry meal as the calf grows.
The New Jersey agricultural experiment station advises dairymen to rest cows six weeks or more before freshening. Even if milk flow remains strong before calving, dry them off and feed well to ensure good flesh. A rest period aids recovery after prolonged milking and boosts future lactation yield. lean cows need longer rest and more liberal feeding.
Record of leading dairy cattle breeds for the previous year lists Jersey with 6146 cows, 7816 pounds yield, 418 pounds butterfat, 5.35 percent. Guernsey with 5081 cows, 8840 pounds yield, 441 pounds butterfat, 4.07 percent. Ayrshire with 2186 cows, 9447 pounds yield, 3729 pounds butterfat, 3.04 percent. Holstein-Friesian with 2742 cows, 14019 pounds yield, 84 pounds butterfat, 84 percent.
The article argues every bite cows eat should contribute to milk and butterfat, notes teeth and stomach wear from hard dry grain, and warns a worn organ ruins the herd. A well cared for dairy cow can last about fifteen years, with some producing milk into twenty.
Proper regulation of feeding and watering can prevent undesirable odors in milk, making good flavored butter more attainable. The idea, termed feeding quality into butter, emphasizes controlling conditions to boost butter flavor.
A progressive dairyman is defined as one who makes a cow pay for herself in milk and butter and then sells her for roughly the cost she represented. The piece highlights practical ферmentation of herd value and economic management in dairy farming.
The Society of Automobile Engineers pursues a standard concise language for motor vehicle parts and body types. It aims to replace varied terminology with uniform names, noting engine rather than motor and detailing definitions for bodies such as roadster, touring car, sedan, limousine, coupe, landaulet, and related configurations.
An article lists eight practical maintenance rules for farmers and city motorists. It covers fueling, oil, radiator, tire inflation, wiring, springs, gearing, brakes, lubrication, body care and periodic inspection. It warns to identify unfamiliar noises to avoid serious trouble.
A polishing compound can be made by mixing soap and em ery powder into a paste to polish unpainted metal surfaces, remove rust, and leave a smooth finish without scratching. One of the first ten cars remains active, reportedly with its original power and about 130,000 miles driven.
Fritz M. suggests repurposing an exhaust pipe or tubing to create a comfortable front mounted coll for a motorcycle sidecar. Bend a pipe to fit the exhaust opening and secure it with matching inside diameter to the exhaust outside. Run the pipe to the front so it enters inside as a coll and exits through the bottom to the outside.
A vintage guide describes thinning linseed oil with turpentine for furniture or auto use and applying with a cloth. It warns against polishing a car until glass dulls, then cites a recipe using turpentine and other oils and a cedar oil substitute for restoring dull finishes.
The notice urges careful inspection of rim bolts under heavy strain and keeping them tight. If threads are worn, replace with pen bolts to prevent accidents from neglect.
A guide advises that any single cell of a storage battery showing sulphation or much lower gravity than the others should be removed and given a slow charge separately until it matches the performance of the remaining cells.
A wearing sound in the differential case indicates the master bevel gear is out of true. A slight catch at each revolution of the drive wheels suggests a chipped tooth in the drive shaft pinion.
A fitter pump has been made for automobile tours enabling travelers to obtain cleaner water from lakes and streams than many wells. The invention promises easier access to better drinking water on long trips.
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