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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1903
Page
3
A Rural New Yorker writer notes gardeners seek extra early tomato crops to sell for higher prices. An observant farmer boy near towns earns money for himself. a class of desirous buyers consistently pays premium for early produce.
Instructions detail growing early tomato plants from seed, transplanting into hot beds, using glass covers, and canvas in heat. It covers sizing plants, watering, rooting, and staging for sale. Three plant sizes are priced 25–30 cents, 15 cents, and 1–3 cents per dozen, with a system to maximize sales and display.
Instructions on selecting suitable dressed lambs with weight and age cues, plus a diagrammed stretcher method to ship them. Also notes on the dual purpose cow concept, breeding extremes, and stock-raising advice. Includes bee reports and sweet potatoes as stock feed guidance.
The U S department prepares a tent for a new milking machine claimed to milk six cows in twelve minutes. Inventor says it can be operated by one man with half horsepower. Major Alverd of the dairy division estimates about 35,000 men would be needed. Working ten hours daily year round, cows in the United States would be affected.
Danish experiment at Copenhagen fed 2,500 pigs with available local feeds to compare winter and summer gains. Results indicate 400 pounds of feed yielded 100 pounds of gain in summer versus 444 pounds in winter, an 11 percent higher feed need in winter. Authors note Danish winters milder than northern US, so true difference may exceed 11 percent.
Kansas board of agriculture secretary F D Coburn is appointed chief of livestock for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis. He will take leave from the Kansas board to oversee the vast exhibit, praised as a capable organizer with deep knowledge of breeds and agricultural progress in the western United States.
Summary of varied feeding guidance including salt usage rules, beet pulp as sugar beet byproducts, silage for lambs and sheep, soaking grains for horses, and a note on tobacco wrapper production outside Sumatra, reflecting old agricultural discussions and tips from multiple sources.
Professor Weill reports four months of study showing that thorough udder stripping and manipulation boost daily milk output by about 4.5 percent and fat by 2 percent in a Wisconsin herd. Similar gains observed across twelve dairy herds suggest full lactation benefits, with potential annual butter fat gains worth millions for the dairy industry.
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