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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1907

Page

8

Feeding the Dairy Cow for Profit and Care Across Seasons

Dairy farming guidance discusses feeding to boost milk and butter yield, stressing palatable and nutritious rations, silage, and root feeds. It warns against late feeding of turnips, praises succulent feeds year round, and profiles a cow producing about 3,000 pounds of milk in ninety days with 185 pounds of butter. Also notes on Jersey cows, breeding for productive cows, and practical dairy advice from experts.

Seossesful Sign Hound Wisconsin Ot Phillipa Dr. Smead Thre ‘Tribune Siena Bever Kiar Denver Field Old Way Ponson

Dairy Briefs on Cow Care and Canned Cheese Techniques

Dairy guidance covers breeding, care, cleanliness, and feeding to improve milk flow. It warns against high nervousness, emphasizes good cow lineage, and notes canned cheese experiments at Oregon station producing shelf stable cheeses. Proper sanitation and steady temperatures are key to preserve quality.

Colantha Oregon Experiment Station Atlantic China

Profit From Feeding and Advertising Revealed

A brief caution on efficient feeding shows twenty pounds a day keeps a sheep alive while twenty-five pounds gains flesh, with the extra five pounds yielding profit. The same logic applies to advertising as a business must spend enough space and funding to stay relevant. too little space risks failure, a little extra can render advertising profitable.

Charles Austin Bates

Silage Silo Sizing and Construction Practices Vary Across Farms

A discussion outlines silo sizing for 200 days use, favoring multiunit storage over a single large silo. Experiences include a corner barn installation with cement walls and reinforced mesh, plus notes on wind damage prevention, pulp usage for stock feed, and cost comparisons to purchasing bulls for dairy herds.

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Commercial Apples and Dead Orchards Discussed

Philip Lux told the Kanes State Horticultural society that Wineaps and Missouri Pippins have become largely worthless for commercial use. He cited aging trees and small, poor quality fruit, noting Ben Davis and others show the same decline. The speaker urged immediate action, including disease control and better pruning, to preserve orchard productivity and prevent further decline.

Missouri Philip Lux Kanes State Horticultural Society Mr Luxentd Marke Ben Davis

New Raspberry Variety Promises Autumn Cropping

A seedling purple cane raspberry from Rural New Yorker shows strong second-year fruiting with larger berries than prior types. Plants divided into seven new colonies produce two Empire-like canes. foliage remains healthy despite harsh winters. The color is lighter purple red, and commercial propagation could prove desirable if results hold. Barreling apples method notes advise using multiple newspaper layers to cushion bottom and top, reducing bruising during packing.

New Yorker Teed TorewEriTuTek Larry Heer

An Arrangement For Economizing Farm Labor

An article discusses garden planning by T. Greiner with ideas to economize labor. It suggests a single block layout combining a grape yard, berry patch, and perennial beds next to vegetables, reducing spade and hoe work. It warns against overreliance on wheat, urging diversity in cropping for steadier yields. It reports on winter wheat and rye conditions, and notes nitrogen losses in grain farming from Minnesota experiments.

T. Greiner Mirm Jong Carl Otien Megumre Buch Ag Minnesota

Carson Apple Record Spurs Experimental Planting Push

The Curzon apple, sourced from a Chilean seedling grown by the Carkoo family, has a half century of productive quality in northern Ohio. Experts including Willem A. Taylor of the Bureau of Plant Industry advocate its experimental planting across the lake region and New England for home fruiting and commercial use. Description notes the fruit as oblate to moderate, with smooth surface and occasional russet patches.

Chile Carkoo Ohio Lake Region Kew England Willem A. Taylor Bureau of Plant Industry Perm

Treated Apple and Strawberry Fertilizer Notes and Crop Yields

The article discusses Cabron Atule Sl color and apple quality terms, then quotes Dr. Obie Sexson on strawberries fertilization from J. Wheeler of Rhode Island. It covers potash and phosphate recommendations, lime considerations, and the value of nitrogen, plus Indiana university farm rotations showing grain yields with and without clover.

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