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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1905
Page
6
A. S. Alexander in Farmers' Review explains that sow milkiness is hereditary but can be enhanced by selecting deep milking sows and culling poor nurses. Proper prefarrowing care includes outdoor exercise, avoiding fattening feeds, and using laxative ingredients to keep bowels open.
A Farmers' Institute by the U S Department of Agriculture showcased practical dairy education in a Denmark New York barn owned by H E Cook. The frame barn uses the King ventilation system with 500 cubic feet per cow, a 9 foot ceiling, whitewashed walls, cement floors, and maintains about 58 degrees, proving clean milk production is possible without luxury facilities. Four hundred attendees were fed in the cow stable, illustrating how sanitary practices can be implemented in modest facilities.
An elderly farmer credits rich, deeply rooted soil for stable yields despite droughts. He notes manure leakage from a barnyard enhancing rhubarb and horseradish, while a tomato patch proved drought resilience where manure-fed soil roots delved deep. A.N. Knight Cherry Co Nebraska shares his view in Farmers' Review.
A Kansas Station report details a paralyzing condition in hogs from excess corn and water feed. It describes symptoms, treatment with bran, bone meal, milk slop, and a special tonic, plus careful drenching methods, prevention steps, and claims of recovery and appetite stimulation.
Advice from veterinary sources on preventing scrotal tumors after castration, rupture management, and canker of the mouth in pigs. Emphasizes clean technique, high scrotal openings, disinfectant use, fresh pen after surgery, and disinfected ointments. Recommends altering breeding stock to reduce ruptures and outlines the covered method for treating scrotal ruptures. Suggests hygiene, dental trimming, and antiseptic washes to curb recurring canker.
The author urges saving manure for potatoes, recommending placement in rows or hills per planting method. With barnyard manure scarce, spreading it by broadcasting requires much to enrich the soil.
Farmers should use weighing scales to verify weights from suppliers and sales, track feed and production, and maintain accurate business accounts. Wagon and platform scales are common on modern farms, with pitless designs offering level-ground use without pits, and manufacturers offering booklets to compare merits.
A long advice piece by A. S. Alexander in Farmers' Review emphasizes keeping foals with dams, avoiding heat stress, and gradual nursing. It cautions against separating mare and foal, suggests partial work for the mare, and recommends early crushed oats and bran for the foal, with attention to brood mare health and proper manure use.
The article notes rising post costs and scarce red cedar while urging post longevity through charring and soaking. It compares methods such as charred ground portions and soaking in pitch or crude creosote, arguing for longer lasting fences and urging builders to properly treat posts rather than rushing installation.
A cautionary note warns against using horses with vicious temperaments for breeding, stressing safer, more controllable bloodlines. It highlights welfare concerns and potential hereditary issues, urging breeders to prioritize temperament alongside conformation and performance.
Manuring the meadow increases both quantity and quality of hay. Use well rotted darzyard manure in spring. manure with long straw should wait until after harvest.
Drinking water for hogs must be clean and above suspicion to prevent disease. Inspect streams the herd accesses for potential contamination at source or along its course, especially if the stream passes near multiple hog farms, and fence it to keep hogs away when needed.
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