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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
8
Eucalyptus Planting Profits for Lumber and Fuel
A historical note discusses judicious eucalyptus cultivation for large scale profits. It argues the main gains lie in hardwood lumber for wagon and farm implements, railroad and house construction, and poles. Fuel wood demand rises with oil and electricity replacing wood, but profits hinge on long term growth and irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eucalystus
Seed quality and honey wine vinegars featured in farm notes
Agricultural notes discuss general seed wheat quality including purity, weight per bushel, and vigor in California trials. It warns against overreliance on fan milling for seed selection and stresses selecting by plant performance. Also covered are honey wine vinegar production methods and a method to fumigate wheat bins to control weevils with bisulfide or carbon, detailing safety and steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. Shaw
California
Sacramento
San Joaquin
E. G. Montgomery
Ne Obrasks
Sid Gerd Outa
A. Gossard
Ohio Experiment Station
Handling Hogs Beginner Guide to Profitable Baling
Berne Potts outlines a beginner course by WM. Cottrell of Colorado Agricultural College on choosing hog breeds Poland China Berkshire Duroc Jersey or Tamworth. Pick a good judge from Iowa and select prolific sows. With careful management, twelve to twenty pigs can be marketed yearly from a mature prolific sow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne Potts
WM. Cottrell
Colorado Agricultural College
Poland
China
Berkshire
Duroc-Jersey
Tamworth
Iowa
How to Breed and Raise Pigs Efficiently in a Small Farm
Practical guidance for starting with one sow, selecting a productive sow, and gradually expanding a pig herd. Emphasizes cheap shelter, careful care, and learning from early losses to grow a strong, mature breeding stock before enlarging the operation.
Why We Like a Mule From Farm World
A humorous portrait extols mules as tireless workers and reliable animals. The piece praises stamina, hardiness, intelligence, steadiness, and utility while noting age matters little and market value ranges from 130 to 250 dollars for a strong, mature mule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nefy Atwaya
Tie Ts
Horne
Kicking Prevention Apparatus Described for Stable
An Ohlo breder notes a wooden bar hung behind a habitual kicker in a stable. Wires from the waist above support the bar, with two end hooks holding the joint and bar. When taken out the bar falls aside. hooks yield if the horse's leg catches it. A sash weight may be added on the opposite side if kicks are directed to one side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Tobacco For Live Stock Improves Health Says Writer
A writer on stock health advocates feeding tobacco to sheep once or twice weekly. He claims tobacco cures nodular disease and suggests sourcing cheap damaged leaves to feed with salt on troughs. Do not note exact figures. source emphasizes potential benefits and method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Wing
Building the Dairy Barn
A dairyman outlines a barn design separating cow areas from horses and calves with tight partitions. The plan features a central feeding alley, a 18 by 86 foot layout, and storage for corn silage and concentrates to feed about 28 cows for 321 days, aiming for sanitary, efficient cow housing.
Ventilation and barn layout for efficient dairy operations
The author critiques mixed cattle handling and gutter placement, arguing against farm layouts that hinder cleaning and manure spreading. He details a ventilation system dubbed the King eye tent, with air drawn low and redistributed near the ceiling, plus balloon-style framing, cement lower floors, matched upper flooring, and a milk room with a cement tank and mobile equipment. Objections to oat straw bedding for swine are noted for souring and frequent changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Eye
Hay Tea For Calves And Other Farming Notes
Calves thrive on hay tea poured over hot water then cooled, served with meal and used when milk is scarce. Dipping sheep after shearing should be done soon after with proper dip at 103 to 105 degrees, then re-dip ten days later and exclude flock for weeks. Health of the horse emphasizes avoiding routine medicines and ensuring exercise and good feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ki
Gilbert
South Dakota
The Horseman On Driving and Breeding Horses
A veterinary primer discusses avoiding cold after exercise, proper blanketing, and warm stables to prevent colic. It covers a simple at hand colic remedy, feeding for efficiency, and warns against inexperienced handlers training young colts. It highlights the value of a skilled breaker and thoroughbred stock for working horses.
Poultry Diphtheria and Treatments Warned in 1906
In a 1906 article, remedies for cold and roup in turkeys and fowl are listed, including kerosene in nostrils, quinine at night, arsenite antimony, and hydrogen peroxide for diphtheritic patches. It contrasts roup with diphtheria, notes symptoms, and warns about booms and lice removal by a machine akin to churns.
Feathers and EggshelIss A Miscellany On Turkeys And Farm Life
A rambling feature blends notes on turkey breeding wild and domestic, pest control on crops, and quirky farm lore. It mentions a Mammoth Bronze breed from crossbreeding northern and Mexican turkeys, English search for origins, and American birds thriving. It includes recipes, feeding mash, and duck behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Tumbledown
State Fish and Game Commission
San Bernardino County
Mexico
Santa Claus
England
Iaw
London
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