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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1900
Page
6
The text cites C and Phelps on four nutrient groups in animal feed: starches sugars woody fiber and mineral ash. It explains these nutrients are used in varying amounts for growth fat production milk and work, noting each nutrient performs different roles in the body.
The article discusses how protein forms the body’s building material and how fats and carbohydrates supply energy. It argues feeding should base on milk flow, not live weight, with two rations a basal foundation and a protein-rich supplement. It also notes practical dairy labor impacts and creamery considerations.
The Farmers Advocate notes cream separators are rapidly supplanting gravity cream separation and ice cooling in dairy farms. Benefits include higher quality cream, immediate processing after milking, skimmilk reuse for animal feed, and large labor savings.
A National Stockman writer notes milk sold in Paris in batches with official certificates of purity. Milk and water are inspected and pure. Bottles are corked and sold by the pint in hotels and cafés. Street milk carts, goatherds, and delivery to homes show a vibrant scene as rural labor supports urban consumption.
Hoard’s Dairyman argues creamery profit depends on showcasing skimmilk value to farmers. Farmers lack awareness of skim milk as a feed, and creameries should hold meetings to teach feeding practices, age of animals, and feed blends to boost returns.
The Southern cowpea, a highly valued feeding crop for lambs and sheep, is a bean relative that twines and can be sown with corn to yield two crops. It improves soil like clover, benefits corn, and leaves soil in better condition for the next crop. It can be sown after corn is planted or pegs added when corn is hand-sown.
The Rural New Yorker reports milk in New York City sells at 15 cents or more per glass or bowl in restaurants and bulk sales at 333 to 15 cents. Bakers use skim milk and sell cream at roughly the price of whole milk. Farmers get only a little over 6 cents per quart on average for the milk they supply at the current low figure.
A detailed guide on preparing mares and foals for foaling, including stall setup, handling newborns, feeding regimens, and equipment like halters and straps. Advice covers when to breed, stall cleanliness, weather considerations, and a Michigan Farmer correspondent’s stall diagram for ten years of use.
A discussion on cattle management argues producers should sell cattle at full maturity or prime. Delayed sales waste feed, reduce meat quality, and lose profits as animals pass their peak. Better feeding boosts weight and tenderness, while late sales gain little. Farmers are urged to avoid keeping cattle beyond prime.
Farmers weigh whether to postpone sheep dipping for higher market prices or dip immediately after prime. The text warns delaying two weeks or more in cold, wet weather to avoid severe scab and illness. It advises housing affected sheep and washing hind parts for lamb safety and notes dipping timing should match weather and sheep condition.
Rural New Yorker outlines horse types suited to heavy driving and delivery roles. It notes big boned 1600 pound plus horses provide pull over speed, with 9 walk on pavements as a guideline, and describes cross breeds used by express firms and breweries. It laments underfed horses and praises stable veterinarians for welfare.
An Ohio Farmer writer explains a folding upper door for a barn end to ease hay handling with a bay fork. The lower door closes first, then the upper folds back to seal the opening, keeping out storms if a hood shelters the bay fork. hood not shown to preserve the door view.
Bird life in the United States has declined by 46 percent over 15 years per an authority. San Jose scale remains a major insect pest. Notable 1999 remedial work includes Professor Tobason of Marsland who exterminated scale with hydrocyanic gas and Professor Smith of New Jersey who used crude petroleum. Vetch cited as best adapted for general culture. rotation for T B Terry of Ohio favors potatoes and wheat. Clover rotation advised every third year. strawberry land noted. For blights, rot, and insects on potatoes Bordeaux mixture with Paris green or arsenites advised. Government report hints Bay area crops in principal bays states will be light. Overfeeding pigs causes death if heavy food not followed by rest.
Detailed instructions describe pole stackers and derricks used to raise hay onto stacks. It covers pole lengths, anchoring into ground, rope and pulley arrangements, and mechanisms to swing the load over the stack for deposition. Variants include a single-pole swing derrick and a two-pole derrick with pulleys and guy lines.
A Wisconsin correspondent shares labor saving practices for potatoes including deep planting, frequent harrowing, and use of a drag harrow and field cultivator. He notes one horse and man can cover 20 acres daily with a horse weeder, dung, and weeder every five days. Also describes making inexpensive potato boxes from lumber, staves, and nails, to ease digging and storage.
The passage discusses manure dressing in June or July, breaking up root mats, weed control, and fertilizer application. It recounts a Chicago packing-house visit noting 173 boozes an hour killed, with all parts used. mentions machinery, efficiency, and a farmer’s view on economical farming and modernization.
A Paris Bon Marche incident ends with a thief arrested for steady pilfering while a recently released lunatic imitator, posing as a shopper, caused chaos. A stout gentleman matching the thief’s acts was later found to be the real culprit, leaving the lunatic free of blame.
A fragment describing The English Coffee House as crowded with Parisian men and witty chatter. It notes Addison Steele Pope's famed circle at Button's and contrasts past celebrated writers with modern entertainers, scribblers and performers. The piece ends by hinting that the proper time to prepare an advertising campaign is now.
A partially readable vintage notice advertises a "fully reduced sale" at Gro. 8 Robos & Co with discounts on fabrics and dress goods. The teaser lists items like wool dress goods and mentions low prices, urging readers to visit and save money while supplies last. The prose also includes religious reflections and sermon-like references interwoven with the sale copy.
Thousands of dollars are lost yearly by woolgrowers due to slovenly clipping and poor presentation. A clean, well tied fleece earns attention from buyers, brokers, and mills, while poor preparation costs time and money. Sheen Breeder.
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