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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
5
Missouri grower B Gosnerr discusses sowing clover with orchard grass instead of timothy. He cites March sowing for best stand, notes yields of seed and hay quality, and warns early sowing risks and vitality loss in older seed. He stresses using fresh seed and shallow harrowing to cover seed.
An old guide on choosing a brood sow by ancestry and traits, focusing on motherly look, quiet disposition, and balanced conformation. Advises mating sows with older boars for larger litters, warns against extreme types, and stresses uniformity. Includes basic pig care like clean water and appropriate feed to promote steady growth.
A fragment describes feeding corn to pigs to restore flesh after a pig froze overnight in a damp wind swept corner of the feed lot. The text urges continued corn feeding as a remedy for winter care of pigs.
Notes advise checking feeding and care first if pigs look out of condition. Emphasizes kind handling to reduce stress, better feed efficiency, clean bedding, fresh air, and winter conditions to lower disease. Discusses two-litter-per-year timing and risks of prematurely weaned pigs. Spring pigs on red clover or alfalfa pasture yield pork at minimal cost.
C Larson of the Iowa College of Agriculture argues for selecting high yielding cows to boost butterfat production. With over a million cows in Iowa valued at millions, profits depend on breeding, weighing milk, and testing fat every thirteen weeks to weed out unprofitable cows and calves.
Some years of experience show that excessive feed costs can occur in cattle and hog feeding. The author advocates balanced rations for efficient growth, early maturity, and uses breeding plots with numbered ears to study plant variation for livestock feeding.
Practical tips from a Southern Indiana farmer on sheep and ram selection, pasture use, and feeding. Emphasizes forage stock, silage use in drought, and breeding up purebred flocks. Describes shelter design to protect from storms, dry floors, and consistent roughage to keep sheep content and productive.
Practical notes from a dairy manual emphasize proper rinse water temperature from 62 to 64 degrees, cement floors with bedding to keep udders dry, and not selecting the first cow. Focus on economical feeding, barn slope for moisture, gradual ration changes, and the advantage of silage. Regular milk records, disease checks, clean dairy rooms, sterilized utensils, and avoiding overfeeding to prevent low yields.
An old agricultural note discusses breeding rates and plowing methods. It mentions testing in the adme ages and selecting ten breeding plots. The text covers preparing beds, cultivating during the dry season, and timing work to late July or early August. It notes variations by state and describes furrow depth and soil preparation.
Mr. Charles Graves explained that regular milking hours, spaced every twenty four hours, maximize butter fat and milk quality. He argued three daily milkings are impractical, but twelve hour intervals produce better fat percentage. overtime milking wastes quality and cannot be recovered at next milking.
An aged warning notes kerosene harms seed germination and should not be used to treat crops. Experiments cited from Iowa and other places show seed soaked briefly may grow weakly, while longer soaking prevents germination. The piece cautions against improper kerosene use for protecting seeds from insects or disease.
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