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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
8
Tips on protecting transplanted lettuce with improvised covers like baskets and screens to ensure air flow, shade, and oxygen. Guidance on choosing baskets by plant size, spacing seedlings, and rotating crops. Advice on sowing times, sun exposure, and avoiding overripe, bitter lettuce. emphasizes early-pest prevention and staggered plantings.
The United States forest service plans a study on windbreak effects on yields. Farmers report both gains and land-use tradeoffs from belts of trees. Observations from Kansas and Illinois note increased corn and winter wheat production under protection, while some claim belts waste space.
The article highlights labor-saving farm devices boosting productivity, noting sulky and gang plows, rotary harrows, and bottom-watered boxes for early tomatoes. It cites a farmer who built a bay loader and a cable hay carrier to cut labor, and describes Savoy cabbage as Europe’s favored, tender variety with crisper leaves and better storage traits.
The article advocates affordable milk testing devices like a Babcook tester under $30 and sample boxes from New Hampshire Agricultural College to improve dairy herd records. It argues keep accurate milk records by daily weighing, discusses the burden of recording, and notes better profits when testing eliminates unprofitable cows. It also covers pig weaning practices, recommending timely, nutritionally sound weaning with skim milk and dam-fed nourishment for growth.
The Creamery Journal of London predicts a bright future for milk powder, noting practical conversion methods and the challenge of utilizing by products. It argues that milk powder can be shipped in ordinary packaging, has wide wholesale potential, and could find demand among biscuit makers bakers and confectioners for bread cakes and pastry with good shelf life and on ships.
Wisconsin state veterinarian Dr. David Rebel warns drenching cattle can be fatal. He describes techniques and risks, noting head position, potential misrouting of medicine into the lungs, and dangers of improper administration. He favors careful restraint and using a spoon to place medicine on the tongue.
A New York dairyman describes a hay and grain rack for cows that allows hay and grain to be fed together. The hay section is placed first, followed by grain, letting cows eat in sequence. The hay holder can be glass for easy cleaning, and racks are secured by wide 2 by 8 strips running lengthwise along the frame.
The article argues for halter training young colts and fillies, teaching light loads to develop habits early. It recommends using an old horse as lead to front a light bobsled, daily spring sessions, then a long rein on a three horse evener. The aim is education over profit, stressing careful, kind handling for lasting behavior.
The guide notes boars need ample exercise during breeding season to avoid wasted energy on unnecessary services. Fully mature boars should serve two sows daily, preferably one in the morning and one in the afternoon, to manage strain and maintain soundness.
The Shawnee Alfalfa club is described as unique in the Kansas Farmer article. It holds meetings on Saturday afternoons to discuss alfalfa topics such as peat, with debates on appropriate topics and practices.
Advice on colt care warns against overlong toes and ringbones from lone toes. Emphasizes keeping hooves trimmed, staying alert for slips and wet ground to protect valuable foals.
The article stresses buying line bred rams with proven traits to avoid transmitting undesirable characteristics. It notes that progeny from inferior sires often lack uniformity, and suggests keeping stock rams separate or rotated grazing to improve health. It discusses managing feeding to keep rams through summer without grain and reintroducing grain as breeding season approaches.
Pekin ducks command high prices and wide demand, with breeders prioritizing fattened white Pekins over natural swimming. The article notes top duck ranches, cost and yield figures, and strong emphasis on profit, plus practical tips and cautionary notes in DUCK DONTS about breeding, hatching, and incubation practices.
A seasoned shepherd advises meticulous care before lambing, steady hay and grain with salt available, and pasture weed management. He promotes dog avoidance, warns against sheep dogs, and suggests using sheep to suppress weeds with flexible fencing, plus consideration of shearing machines and targeted feeding for thin ewes.
In rustic verse a playful reminiscence of springtime rituals and hillside songs. The speaker pictures trees in bloom, robins returning, bees buzzing, and the roosters crowing as sunshine returns. A folksy longing for summer and warmer days pervades the cadence of this rural reminiscence.
A historic feed chart outlines duck care with strict rationing. It prescribes water use, grain types, and specific meal times for ducklings and breeders, including corn meal, bran, beef scrap, sand, and greens. It notes ducks lack a crop and emphasizes clean feeding and avoidance of leftovers.
Quirky late 19th century ad item describing poultry culture and duck raising tips. Mentions London Feathered World ads, Broody Orpingtons, Aylesbury ducks, egg production figures, and colonial cockers. Notes on care, housing, feeding, and warnings about doomed ducklings. Contains sensational anecdotes and playful British tone.
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