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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1907
Page
7
New Jersey cultivators focus on green manures and cover crops to maintain soil fertility, reducing reliance on stable manure. Crimson clover, cowpeas, and rye are used after harvest, with wheat and rye substitution to control nitrogen. Freehold potato growers report steady yields using green crops and commercial fertilizers.
A late fruiting raspberry variety is demonstrated at the Rural New Yorker grounds as a promising seedling with purple canes growing in the autumn dropping season context. The report notes origin and potential for cultivation as an improved fruiting line.
The Fal raspberry yields a large October harvest with seven new plants and many strong canes producing heavy bloom and berries. Berries are firm juicy and richly subacid with excellent flavor. foliage remains healthy and canes survived the 1904 05 winter unprotected. Also guidance on barreling apples advises newspaper cushions to prevent bruising and proper press placement. The article contrasts New England fertility with western land use and optimistic views on native soils returning profits.
The Garden column cites T Greiner on garden planning and fruit patches to reduce reliance on scarce farm labor. It notes ways to arrange plots to minimize needed hand work and improve efficiency in the home garden.
The author discusses consolidating garden beds into one block and arranging fruit and berry rows in long, efficient lines. A 100-variety grape vineyard is placed near the center of cultivated land, with a redesigned arbor and expanded berry patch including currants gooseberries blackberries raspberries redcaps and blackecaps. The goal is to minimize labor by spade and hoe and optimize perennials before strawberries and vegetables.
A writer from Iowa Homestead urges feeding warm slop once daily in winter to boost hog gains. Cooking method should fit conditions. a good cooker is cheaper than improvised setups. For brood sows, use small grains like oats or barley, plus oilmeal or tankage when warm for health and thrift of sows and piglets.
A writer notes asparagus yields vary. an old, unfertilized bed produced large spears after new beds were fertilized elsewhere. After a ridge up, the old bed unexpectedly yielded many crowns with ten to fifteen spears per cut and two thirds prime, urging farmers not to abandon tired beds if properly tended.
Experiments at the Minnesota experiment station show nitrogen loss from four grain farms over ten years far exceeds crop removal by three to five times. Losses stem from rapid humus decay and nitrogen liberation, integral to humus. Small plots at the university farm match field test results across the region.
The Hateh experiment station compares milk from two cows to show how stable care affects bacteria levels. One cow kept clean yielded far fewer bacteria per cubic centimeter than the other, illustrating the impact of stable conditions on milk quality. An earlier March test showed 11,509,000 cfu per cc versus 4,050 cfu per cc for the clean cow. Another test occurred later in July and August to follow up the findings.
Cows on clean pasture for weeks show better milk cleanliness. A test dated August 15 shows 600 bacteria per cubic centimeter, while a July 29 sample from another cow reaches 1,000,000. Variation tied to stable conditions and milking surroundings. most bacteria enter milk after leaving the udder.
J H Grisdale cites experiments from Kimball's Dairy Farmer noting about 800 cubic feet of air per cow as ideal. He warns against crowding stalls and urges surrounding air flow with wide passages to keep cows healthy and milk quality high.
Mrs. M. B. Sherman argues for testing cows in breeding and selection rather than relying on herd size. She cites a high producing cow group and a weaker tail of 19 cows to show how better selection raises overall butter output, urging dairymen to identify desirable sires and avoid poor stock.
Professor W J Eliott extols a milk separator as a timely investment for dairies. It saves labor, recovers butter fat, and boosts butter income while feeding calves with skim milk from the separated milk. Recommends 450 to 650 pound per hour units for ten to twelve cows and stresses thorough cleaning and mounting for longevity.
V. T. Lundval of Aroostook County Me describes dairy routine including washing udders with clean water and drying, milking with dry hands, straining through cheesecloth and separator, feeding warm milk to calves, and ventilation via a two inch wall hole. He notes regular stable cleaning twice daily in winter and pasture exposure in summer, with free air in front of cows.
Dairy Talk of Today stresses the first hours after milking determine quality and value of dairy products. Testing of dairy cows grows as a breeding tool while milk and cream sales drive profits. focus on proper sanitation, machine selection, herd culling, and sun sterilization to prevent bacterial contamination.
A speaker argues pure bred draft mares offer equal work at similar feed costs to grade mares and that a single pure bred stallion can rival two high class grade geldings in value. Examples from Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas show stallions and foals selling well, with one Illinois farmer recouping costs from mare and colt sales. The piece notes a popular Percheron mare case and praises pure bred mares as superior property to pure bred sows.
Advice from American Cultivator on winter care for brood mares and young horses. Keep nonworking horses in a safe yard daily, avoid ice, stable at night, feed oats and clover hay with bran twice daily, and disinfect stalls. In spring start light work, ease them into routine, and manage foal nursing and feeding to build condition.
A Kimball's Dairy Farmer writer argues feed matters more than purebred blood. He warns well bred rams do not compensate starving sheep and urges farmers to stockpile hay, cut prairie hay green, grow alfalfa meadows, sow brome grass and rape to ensure winter feed before leveraging any good blood.
Professor Thomas Shaw explains that soaking is rarely used for horses and cattle but can aid digestion and intake when feed is limited. He notes grinding grain and mixing with moistened hay, bran mash for horses, and that corn soaking does not increase gains for swine.
Professor TD May of the Kentucky Experiment Station notes fattening cattle tax the labor cost against manure value. Clover hay at current prices yields over 7 in fertilizing worth per ton due to nitrogen and phosphates. grain fertilizing value varies but is highest with nitrogenous feeds. Over 90 percent of feed ingredients end up in the land via manure.
Horse welfare advice from John Gardhouse Ontario covers properly fitting collars to prevent cheek lacerations, water as a daily routine, early foal feeding with oats and milk, and letting the foal suck mid day. It stresses anti overfeeding, keeping straps tight, cold weather exercise, straw management, and a cautioned note on cooling after heating.
A Maine style insulated henhouse is advocated for all climates to control ventilation while saving money. The design features south facing windows, a roof ventilator, double-board waterproof flooring, and a first floor idle vent path. The elevated versions use tarred felt and concrete or board floors, offering versatile uses such as litter storage or a pigeon loft.
A quoted farmer advises selecting hens with bright combs as a sign of vigor and warns against crowding birds. He suggests varied diets, clean egg handling, and keeping doors shut at night to deter predators, noting daily room for improvement in chicken care.
The text suggests Pip as a symptom of a disease and notes a dry tongue as a sign. It dismisses removing the dry covering of tangos and urges addressing the underlying trouble. It questions whether boiled potato skins produce Pip and argues raw skins lack the drying effect.
Scurry in poultry is described as a blood related ailment like eczema or white comb. Remedies include epsora salts iron and quinine tonics for several months. If sores form they should be culled as food animals.
A described ration for birds includes twenty pounds wheat bran and ten pounds each corn meal midchings green men linseed meal and beef scrap mixed thoroughly. Feed two days per week with corn wheat and oats in equal parts and provide vegetable food and green matter freely.
Embden geese originate from Germany with Embden city as a historic marketing center for the breed. Standard weights list a gander at twenty pounds, young male at eighteen, adult goose at eighteen, young goose at sixteen, with pure white plumage.
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