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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
8
The French critic praises open air peaches and grapes grown in sunlight with wind exposure. They insist on careful training, trellising, and daily selection to meet market demand. Fine table peaches fetch high prices at Montreuil, while grapes require extended winter use and precise handling to preserve quality.
Mrs. Jane C. Barrow of Connecticut runs a seven year, debt funded four acre farm with bees, poultry, ducks, pigeons, and turkeys. She shifted focus to intensive one acre for income, raising 2,000 ducks yearly and selling four pound birds, with bees as a steady investment. She plans to trim pigeons and expand duck output, noting women should start small to avoid overreach.
An old note extols elderberries as a wholesome fruit, telling how pioneers gathered and preserved them in jars with oranges and sugar. It shares baking advice for an elderberry pie and jelly, plus ideas to make elderberry juice a flavoring and healthful addition.
The article explains how plunging pots into the ground to grow potted strawberry plants is popular with amateurs but not commercially viable. It notes a one year gain in production, yet this method is not used on a commercial scale and is mainly for hobby gardeners seeking pleasure over profit.
An article by P Welter from the American Agriculturist prize contest argues crossbreeding improves hog progeny and describes practical breeding and farrowing practices. It advises using Chester White, Duroc, or large Yorkshire sows with Poland China boars for superior litters, stresses gestation care, housing, feeding, and careful farrowing scheduling to maximize litter size and health. It also notes goats as resilient breeders and fence behavior for confinement.
Farmers are advised to increase cow comfort to boost milk output. Providing shade during heat and effective heat protection reduces stress and enhances productivity across the herd.
Practical notes on pig care emphasize profitable practices. It advises accessible water and salt, proper dairy products, and clean feeding, with emphasis on converting dairy products to pork. It stresses not stressing sows, sow diet, and worming lice via kerosene emulsion or dip methods.
A dairyman endorses covered milk pails as a practical improvement over open pails. Experiments show reduced impurity and easier cleaning when pails block dust and dirt, with designs featuring a cover and a screening or hoop for cheesecloth.
A humorous poultry column advocates guinea fowl as a marketable game alternative. It notes rising demand due to game shortages, outlines breeding, market timing in April and May, and educational tips on care and housing. It warns against careless shipping, feeding, and cohabitation with other fowl.
A farm note describes a moving front rack to reduce hay waste. Hogs will sample alfalfa in small portions, with a front opening large enough for a head but not the whole animal. The rack can be any length, about four feet high and three to three and a half feet wide, built sturdy to prevent damage.
The article advises keeping the boar separated from sows to control mating and improve litter size. It recommends a hog tight yard with grass, clean water and alfalfa, plus daily corn. Emphasizes long term boar keeping, limited fattening foods, and protein rich supplements like skim milk and alfalfa, plus constant ash salt and charcoal.
H M Daniel of Washington shares horse management tips including soft harnessing, cautious breeding intervals, foaling prep, and weanling timing. A cold remedy is proposed, plus notes on draft horse hind limb structure and a warning against false economy in feeding.
A famous English authority argues animals require a regular supply of common salt. Blood contains six or seven times more sodium than potassium and its constant composition means animals must assimilate salt. Excess potassium in foods triggers salt cravings and salty diets boost appetite and tissue repair with diffusion through tissue. experiments cited claim salt increases muscular vigor and overall vitality.
A quirky column mixing a verse about a guinea and a Kurios correspondent style with poultry husbandry Q&As. It covers raising Belgians squabs peacocks and ferrets for rat control, plus notes on eggs, nutrition, and show culture.
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