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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1901
Page
3
Experimental crops show Improved Prussian Blue and Black Marrowfat peas yielding 42 and 34 bushels per acre respectively. Both avoided insect damage and stayed robust despite wet weather, with rape emerging as a promising forage for pigs and livestock. A Dwarf Essex rape plot grew 36 inches tall, surviving frosts and snow while providing leafy forage.
Regularity in stable work is desirable and a necessity for milking. An hour's variation can noticeably affect milk quantity and sometimes quality. Once established, stable routine benefits will extend to other farm operations.
G B Morgan argues at the Kansas annual meeting that the farm separator has moved beyond experiments, favoring private dairymen over creameries by reducing labor and cutting costs. He notes many skimming stations lose money, suggests centralized handling, and claims 10 to 15 cow patrons can recoup a $100 separator yearly through savings and improved calf feeding.
Iowa dairy report by Commissioner Norton details 1,295,900 cows valued at $38.36 million, averaging 23 per square mile in sparse areas and 53 per square mile in dense regions. Butter averaged 27c in 1893, 24c in 1894, 21c in 1895, 20c in 1896, and 22c in 1900.
Hoard's Dairyman notes a silo roof is mainly for convenience not necessity. Silage stores without a roof, but a roof aids feeding and handling. If no roof exists, it can wait until the next filling. use silage to maintain milk when pasture is weak and provide dry feed. Remove spoiled ensilage before refilling with fresh corn.
A Colorado station finds well made alfalfa silage should not lose more than about 10 percent of feeding value. Green, tight, deep silos with small forkfuls packed and weighted by four to six feet of material yield best results. If cut in midsummer, load quickly after cutting. An example showed silage too dry after two hours. Strawberry growers report strawberry root aphid is most serious on land previously planted to corn.
A 1890s warning and plan shows a farmer turning three brood mares into a doubled herd in four years. It details costs, foals, and rising values, arguing improved blood stock beats cheap, inferior mares. The piece also stresses lasting fences and stock care to build a productive farm and vibrant home.
Says I G Herman in Farm Journal to capture a swarm. Use a peach basket on a long pole or brush to coax bees into the basket when they cluster on a limb or tree trunk. Place the hive beneath, raise it slightly for air, and move the swarm into the new hive once the queen cages herself.
A simple hay drawing device uses a 10 to 12 foot straight pole with a sharpened end and an inch hole near the large end. A trace chain and a single tree enable a horse to pull shocks without dismantling them, saving time and effort when stacking hay in the field.
John Spel of the HAMMEE A RACe department outlines cow management for milk efficiency. He stresses selecting top milking cows and raising heifer calves from the best cows, notes Danish practices, and details breeding, feeding, calving care, and winter exercise to maximize butterfat and milk yield.
A Pennsylvania correspondent reports in Rural New Yorker the cost to spray an orchard of 440 25 year old trees. Two days for three men and two horses with barrels used, material costs and per tree costs detailed. Also covers cows and butter production from various state experiment stations, noting that selection and feeding affect butter yield and costs. Practical tips on poisoned bran bait and sorghum fodder for livestock follow.
Describes ram selection focusing on bone size strong joints flat pipestem neck and straight belly and back lines. Emphasizes a broad back bright red skin and vigorous animals with variation toward darker lighter skins in some cases.
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