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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
7
Agricultural snippets warn against sawdust in fruit soil for acidity, stress cleanliness in dairy work to prevent souring, and safe horse care. Horse disease Glanders is incurable and reportable. Calf sales reach $3,000 for a Holstein. breed values high. Also tips on alfalfa cutting timing, cedar rust control, and wine from plants.
The Nebraska Experiment Station reports on alfalfa trials in 1909 and 1910 11 with twelve farmers using three treatments nitrogen cultures soil from established alfalfa fields and farm manure. Results show farm manure used properly greatly aids stands and inoculation from established fields improves growth over pure cultures despite droughts and grasshoppers.
A reader shares a strawberry canning method that preserves fruit appearance. Sterilize cans, preheat syrup, pack uncooked berries, pour hot syrup, seal while hot, and process to keep berries bright and juicy.
High school agricultural students tested saved seed corn from September and after a heavy frost. Ear samples picked before frost germinated near perfectly, while post frost ears had more dead kernels and weaker germinating power. If farmers act on this, by selecting corn before frost and drying later, the seed corn problem could drop to negligible levels.
Important to dairymen notes the likelihood that dairies supplying large elites will be required to test cows yearly for tuberculosis. The U S supreme court affirmed a lower court ruling enabling municipalities to insist on the test and to set foundations. It urges advertising milk from tuberculin-tested cows and improving cow housing to reduce disease risk.
The Nebraska College of Agriculture found that about 2,000 wheat farmers largely burn straw, a practice linking to arson and soil degradation across Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. Officials urge using straw for winter feed roughage fertilizer soil drainage and bedding to prevent soil blowing and improve soil quality.
The passage urges a practical alfalfa growing test tailored to local climate and soils. If properly run, it would yield data valuable to many farmers in the school’s tributary territory, offering practical and interesting results.
Good authority states cooling moth causes over 12000000 dollars yearly loss to the apple industry with insect pests reducing crops by about 20 percent. Judicious control could cut losses to six percent, underscoring need for up to date methods to lower the cost of living noted by EB Hitchings at the Experiment Station Orono Me.
South Carolina experiment station bulletin by Archibald Smith reports that corn silage with cottonseed meal yields the best beef production. Silage fed steers gain cheaper and ship better, with benefits valued at about six dollars per ton, suggesting strong profitability even on poor markets.
Guidance on hay timing and handling from dew off to windrow timing. Timothy should be cut in dry conditions and shocked or stored promptly to preserve color aroma and palatability. Clover is best cut in full bloom but earlier than peak. delaying can cause heat and foliage loss. A be an economical approach advises mow or stack when large quantities are involved. A bean harvester method uses a sharpened hoe for fast cutting and loading. Cow testing programs prompt farmers to change management. Lambs need shearing to remove wool around teats for easier feeding and fewer wool ball deaths.
Market listings show prices for hogs beef cattle sheep and veal calves with ranges per ewt and per pound. The document lists hogs at $8.00 per ewt and dressed hogs at $10.00 per owt, veal calves at $7.00 per unit, with beef cattle between $4.00 and $6.00 per ewt and lambs or other meats referenced but incomplete.
Howard Winger in Alma reports county Y M C A secretary Baylis will run the camp at Crystal from June 10 to July 6. Applications from the first 50 received earn admission, with one dollar with the application and four dollars on arrival. The note mentions a merry Gratiot representation and references a number of local people and events, including school activities and baseball championships.
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