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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1911
Page
3
A farmer describes a four fastening door system to keep mischievous colts from opening barn doors. A sliding bolt operates with a notch and jam, using a 2x12 inch board piece and a nail to pull the bolt. The method reportedly prevents the horses from opening the latch, though a few clever ponies might still succeed.
In choosing steers for winter feeding, pick thrifty yearlings or two-year-olds weighing 650 to 800 pounds. Buy late summer. Turn cattle onto closely grazed pasture briefly to recover from shipment, then introduce clover only when dry. Provide shade and water. Durhams or short horns yield the best gains. Feed from homegrown roughage and limit purchases. A 160-acre grain farm can fatten 20 to 20 steers with some purchased wheat bran and linseed or cottonseed meal, keeping soil fertility by returning manure and liming clover sod.
A western experiment station fed six carloads of cattle split into good young stock and older inferior stock. The good cattle, eighteen months old at $44 per head, yielded 100 pounds of beef per 1000 pounds of dry matter while the inferior cattle, three to four years old at $32, produced 77 pounds. Overall profit averaged $18 per steer for the good cattle and $5.48 per head for the inferior stock.
The article stresses that teaching young harness horses to start or proceed smoothly is crucial. It warns that they often jerk forward into the collar, a habit easy to check but if left unchecked can lead to unsteady gaits and hard to eradicate in highly mettled animals.
A historic home remedy prescribes one ounce laudanum one ounce spirits of turpentine and one ounce tincture of rhubarb mixed. Dosing starts with one half teaspoonful every half hour until relief, diluted in nice water. For drenches, seize the tongue to encourage swallowing.
Rural Home argues many farms retain geldings while few brood mares are kept for breeding. A brood mare can work most of the year, except after foaling, producing stronger foals. Breeders rear stallions at 12 to 15 months, with young draft stallions selling for 200 to 500 dollars, making mare work pay for her keep year after year.
FOR USE IN RINGING HOGS by W. Billman explains crate dimensions and materials. It specifies 2x4 lumber for cross and upright, one inch lumber for a front pinning piece, and a one inch floor. The upright stanchion uses 2x6 stock with bottom bolts and top pins. Crate measures four feet by fourteen inches at the base and twenty four inches at the top. Hogs enter from the rear, exit from the front after rings are set.
A collection of farm proverbs on hogs pigs cattle and dairy care. Emphasizes profitable litter counts breeding timing and feeding practices. Notes prudent use of milk cream and grass forage and warns against neglecting halters stables and pig pasture. Mentions California field peas and hog fattening methods.
A sweeping historic survey traces Turkey’s rise and fall across Europe Africa and Asia from 1683 to late 19th century. It highlights battles with Austria Poland Russia and Britain, territorial losses including Moldavia Morea and Crimea, and treaties that reshaped its borders while outlining rising nationalism and the Tripoli dispute with Italy shaping Mediterranean power dynamics.
A brief dialog sketch shows a speaker asking if the other is impressed by discussion of whiskey effects. The reply is a casual affirmation with informal dialect. The fragment hints at social interaction and opinion during a drinking scene.
The article discusses crop failures on irrigated beet lands caused by uneven watering and poor leveling. It advises on using simple tools, setting borders every 45 to 60 feet, and maintaining borders 8 to 10 feet wide. It stresses testing with a level, tracking moisture, and considering capillarity and soil salinity in irrigation planning.
The piece argues that improper handling of eggs leads to huge waste. It cites lack of awareness of egg value and poor incentives for farmers, storekeepers, and others to take extra precautions, risking dishonesty and production losses.
A damaged excerpt discusses seed germination basics with references to heat and air needed for oxygen supply. It notes seeds fail to germinate in vacuum with correct heat and moisture conditions and mentions environmental factors affecting germination like overly wet soil.
Egg fertility issues cause a loss of infertile eggs during winter, reducing hatching viability. If the problem persists, it may lead to very few spring chickens for incubation.
A note on a duck's eating habits describes it consuming grit ground bone and oyster shells. The text suggests these feeds enhance its vigor and profit potential.
The text warns against feeding whole grains from a trough to chickens. It advises dispersing grain widely to prevent dominant birds from getting too much while weaker birds are underfed. In tight spaces, it suggests burying grain in straw or litter or sowing it inches deep to the ground.
A cabbage grower shares a simple remedy for cabbage worms. Dissolve a heaping teaspoonful of concentrated tree to warm water, mix with three or four gallons of water, and apply to cabbage plants with an ordinary sprinkler.
Advice on managing a poultry flock stresses culling undesirable birds and selling for roasters, separating breeders by role, avoiding overcrowding, keeping floors clean, and providing proper feed and space to maximize egg and meat production. Includes cautions about overfeeding and heat stress, with emphasis on turning care into a business mindset.
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