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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1907
Page
6
L C Corbett describes the Joby bean harvester a two blade shear device on wheels that cuts roots beneath ground level and brings two rows into one windrow to reduce labor. It allows one team to pass through and enables field curing before threshing with pitchforks or horse rake for larger operations.
Practical guidance on soil health, livestock feeding, fencing, and crop choices from Kansas Farmer. Emphasizes balanced plowing to avoid soil impoverishment, feeding animals only what they can consume, maintaining straight fences, and preferring high quality inputs when costs are comparable. Highlights clover as a nitrogen-rich cover crop.
Several New England dairymen enjoy advantages and strong margins as demand pushes an advance above rising prices for a premium dairy product. The note highlights favorable locations and ample stock contributing to favorable economic conditions for producers.
Agricultural notes discuss proper corn silage timing to avoid overly green, watery, and acidic feed. Advice covers planting spacing, harvesting stages, moisture management, silo packing, and labor efficiency plus equipment setup. Additional brief sections cover preserving cantaloupes and using skim milk to feed poultry, highlighting practical farm practices.
At two trials in 1965 and 1906 the Hed Texas produced 57 bushels, Silverine 32.18, White Tartar 5197, Pantish 4903, Kherson 4727, Sixty day 4575, Minnesota No 2 4657, Swedish Relect 415 bushels per acre. The 1905 season was especially favorable for oats.
The article argues dairy farming expands nationwide as a profitable, soil friendly practice. It notes the need for clean milk handling and market awareness, and promotes raising high quality draft horses to meet labor needs. It stresses selecting well bred, sound, strong horses and marketing them through the Wisconsin station for best results.
A farmer reflects on politics and land wealth, noting dairy life shapes business sense. A Jefferson County reader quotes WW toard praising farming as the best real schooling. Also: refrigerator boxes for butter keep butter firm in heat, aiding delivery to customers.
Sen Uisunomiya a Wisconsin graduate now owning a dairy farm in Japan has returned to America to buy a carload of pure bred dairy cattle. He argues U S dairies need more sunshine clean stables better milking cleanliness more stamping out tuberculosis and larger numbers of pure bred stock in herds.
A farm guide explains that cows thrive on a fixed routine for feeding and milking. Regular timing reduces surprises. feeding after milking keeps cows calm during milking, while the herd settles into quiet, then alert, behavior as the feed arrives and the day begins.
Mrs Marshall a dairy farmer cautions against reform zeal in dairying. She warns that new so called experts spread dire warnings and declare the dairy all dirty. She notes reform efforts led to endless scrutiny and fear that milk and butter will be unwanted.
A Michigan dairy operation led by Charles J Angevine relies on corn silage year round, praising silage as a superior feed to green crops. The farm uses large ensilage corn in well manured land with double manure applications and experiments with rye cover crops. Mixing corn with peas or soybeans improves silage storage and stock acceptance, with Maine station data noting fourteen parts corn to nine parts soybeans.
The Morgan horse lineage traces to Vermont with descendants still present. The breed is praised for beauty intelligence good temper and endurance making them popular as general purpose horses. Notable horses like Blue Mountain Prince and Phebe are cited with lineage from Justin Morgan and related sires from New England, reflecting the classic Morgan stock.
The Southern Cultivator recommends landowning farmers with basic tools build troughs and stanchions to feed and limit calves. The method saves time and feed, keeps calves cleaner, and reduces fighting while supporting better cattle farming and overall farm progress.
Careful treatment of boars affects behavior and productivity. Provide a yard or acre with a sturdy fence, separate from the herd, a warm sleeping area, and regular kindness. Adequate exercise, nourishment, and humane handling prevent injuries and ensure a more cooperative, healthier boar.
The article discusses how a balance of flesh improves a cow's look and market value, but top breeders avoid excess fat. It notes a cow with several calves risks becoming fat and labeled a poor breeder if kept fat too long.
A fragment notes that preclarification for an event will be distributed soon, with references to the Laterr tion et dat and timing in November. The text is garbled but points to forthcoming show preparations and distribution of materials.
The article describes Woodland Farm breeding and feeding practices to produce plump market lambs. Ewes are selected for milking, bred early, kept on alfalfa and grain, and carefully nursed to avoid engorgement. Lambs grow in special pens then communal apartments before turning to grass. Lambs are sold in three lots in April, May, and June, each averaging about eighty pounds and fetching high prices.
In western Oregon sheep husbandry emphasizes controlled feeding to prevent overcrowding and waste. Typical silage and hay rations are outlined for various weights, with grain sparingly added. Pasture is cultivated and rotated, while hoof trimming and wool protection are advised. Hog cholera remains incurable. use disinfectants, separate hogs into small lots, and feed a thin, sloppy ration avoiding heavy corn.
Cavanaugh of Chicago argues in Reliable Poultry Journal that white diarrhea in newly hatched chicks results from chilling after hatching. He urges keeping chicks under heat, with nursery hover temperatures near 100 degrees and brooders warm, to prevent illness and stunting.
D Holterman of Fort Wayne Indiana describes a practically round twelve cornered henhouse with a central feed room, a 45 foot diameter, six window dome for light and ventilation, twelve pens each 120 square feet, and a four light window per pen. The design aims to reduce labor and enable centralized supervision to prevent frost damage and improve appearance.
Uncle Michel K Boyer outlines practical poultry wisdom from Farm Journal covering feed quality, profitable layers, and timely remedy for yard losses. He warns beginners to expect growth in knowledge, urges prompt trouble investigation, and cautions against fatalism or idle resignation.
Rhode Island Reds breed standards list weights for cock and hen plus color requirements. Mating and feather details specify black markings on tails and primaries, red surface color for females, and black tips on lower back feathers.
A paragraph warns that fledgling chicks without a mother panic during sudden rain storms and cluster in grass, some seeming dead. The warmth of a kitchen stove revives them, and they recover quickly afterward.
The discussion argues that no breed or variety should be labeled as an egg machine. A strain bred from any stock for strength vigor and laying quality yields better layers than stock bred only for show traits, applying to all stock rather than a single breed.
Farm Journal cautions that young turkeys eating too much green oats or wheat can droop and die with cholera like symptoms. Ripened grain poses no danger from overeating.
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