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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1903
Page
6
Farmers' Review notes varied pig cough cures from gentle nervous coughs in young pigs to mechanical bronchitis from dust and damp beds. It recommends fluid extract of anx yomica, ammonia chloride, blistering for throat irritation, belladonna, quinine with iron, and worm remedies. Also extols osage orange shade hedges as summer shelter for hogs, praising hardy growth and visual appeal.
Farmers' Review urges swine shading and sanitary pens in heat. Hogs deserve woodland retreats and cool earth rather than wallows in creeks or under hot sheds. Cleanliness and timely shade reduce disease risk and improve growth.
M A Carlton of the U S Department of Agriculture describes macaroni wheats as hard or durum wheats with flat bearded heads and large yellowish grains. They resist drought and leaf diseases, yield high gluten for macaroni, but suit semiarid regions best, needing dry soils and adequate timing of rain.
Avoid sour silage by using corn at the proper maturity. Early harvest leaves sugar that turns to starch and acid during heating, reducing energy value. Allow corn to mature fully with ears develop and kernels glazed for superior, digestible silage compared to green corn.
In Lincoln era canvassing a field handily spoke with workers during rye cutting. Lincoln walked the uneven ground, guiding a sickle to leave a neat path while candidates talked as reapers listened. Burnett valued the tool Lincoln used for years.
At the Wisconsin Horticulturists convention P. Landsten discusses cover crops in orchards as green manuring. Legumes add nitrogen while non-legumes improve soil structure and winter protection. rye oats buckwheat rape offer options. Early-sown crops better protect soil. plow under in spring. avoid mature seed.
The Polish fowl is a median sized bird larger than Hamburgs with a full round breast and a beautifully arched neck. It has a straight back broad shoulders a large upright tail and closely folded wings. The cock shows abundant tail coverts and sickle feathers bluish shanks except in Whitecrested Black where they are slate. Crests should rise in front without obstructing sight and fall back in a flowing mass. Hen crest should be large globular compact and well formed. The comb forms a clasp like rasem and the crest shape matters more than size.
A fragment describes leaf combs in a potter’s craft, noting two fleshy horns diverging like a V with upper extremities retreating into the piece. It mentions smaller combs being preferable and that removal by design or accident does not count as a disqualification.
Prof. W. A. Henry urges adoption of silos to cut root crop costs and match British beef production. He notes American reliance on corn and forage challenges in the Mississippi Valley, arguing that silage offers succulent feed to improve economical beef output and reduce yearlong housing periods.
Review summarizes multiple experiments on feeding cotton seed meal to pigs. Reports conflict on safety with death reported in some trials when high levels used, while small amounts or mixed rations showed tolerable results. Calls for further study to define safe levels and impacts on growth and post feeding health.
The secretary of agriculture creates a farmers institute specialist post in the office of experiment stations to coordinate with state institutes and agricultural colleges. Prof. John Hamilton, Pennsylvania secretary of agriculture, wins the civil service exam but declines and will assume new duties soon in Washington.
The New Mexico Experiment Station reports on a Kentucky pig feeding trial with twenty Berkshire pigs in five groups. Pigs were wintered on corn and fed a mix including corn, soybeans, and distillery grains, with finishing aided by cottonseed meal. Results indicate corn should be combined with other feeds for best gains, soybeans add protein, dried distillery grains are only partially profitable, and cottonseed meal can profitably finish pigs for market.
A Wisconsin dairy meeting featured a speaker endorsing a septic tank style sewage system. Used in 500 European cities and in several large U S cities, it treats waste by aerobic bacteria in a sealed large box with a surface exposed to air. Liquid drains as clean water, sediment remains ash like, and a filter bed aids drainage. The plan suits cheese and butter factories, with tile drains under sandy soil to improve water removal.
The so called new method of onion culture uses plants started in a seed bed and transplanted to fields. Transplanting is slow and costly, deterring new growers. A tenth of an acre transplanted 9000 onions cost 2.95 dollars, suggesting 24.60 dollars for a full plot at this rate.
The eighth annual Michigan farmers institutes gathering ran February 24 to 26 in Owasso. Speakers included F B Hathaway on beet sugar profitability, H S Earle on highway systems, Dr F Rogers on gravel and stone road construction, Prof J A Jeffery on puddling of the gall, Prof John Craig on apple orchard care, Prof Chas W Garfield on reforestation, A E Palmer on road drainage, and Prof C S Plumb on the dairy cow with R S Shaw on beef cattle feeding.
The piece cites O Marden on Success urging youths to seek growth over salary. It argues that daily work forms character and that a man or boy should expand skill, experience, and intellect to earn a future worth more than money. It notes a girl may learn retouching negs as a skill.
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