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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
2
A detailed farm notes piece covers poultry health, dairy practices, and orchard management. It emphasizes clean udders, clean pens, proper pruning, forage crops, and forage quality. It notes the value of sunshine for poultry, stable ventilation for calves, and careful feeding to optimize meat and milk production. It advises budgeting, proper pasture, and disease prevention.
The side country of Holland ports an immense amount of butter and cheese. Markets held weekly in towns like Alkmaar attract government weighhouses. buyers from several firms arrive. At precise hour the market opens and within two hours about 60,000 cheeses are exchanged, then shipped by cart and canal to storage houses and cities.
A compact guide from Ohio Experiment Station Circular 123 outlining steps to perform the Babcock test. Sample securing, measuring with a 17.6 pipette, adding reagents for whole and skim milk, centrifuging times, dilution with hot water, final centrifugation, cooling, and recording results plus bottle cleansing.
The article argues dairy profits hinge on covering feed, labor, and interest from the cow's value and shelter costs. It estimates $60 yearly for food, labor, and interest per cow in the northern states and suggests annual product value should exceed this to break even. It warns profits must be higher to improve farms, buildings, and working conditions.
The article compares Wisconsin dairy product value to the United States yearly gold output, noting dairy gains exceed gold by 16 million dollars. It emphasizes dairy cows’ ability to repeatedly produce annually, unlike gold which is mined only once.
Guineas grow in demand as a superior substitute to duck and goose with delicious dark finely grained meat. Young birds broil well while older ones adapt to chicken recipes, offering rich flavor and poultry-yard watchdog benefits. Farmers should raise some guineas to deter hawks and prowlers, though they remain wild by nature and benefit from domestic brooding and mixed broods to settle them.
Mrs b Rysner states oats preserve eggs longer than other methods. She describes packing eggs in half barrels with layers of oats, avoiding contact with eggs and barrel sides, and storing in cool dry places. Eggs kept from October to Christmas and even into April with no complaints.
A note suggests purchasing a Goodl incubator may cost a few dollars more upfront but will save on eggs, reducing losses from a poor machine. The argument emphasizes quick payback in the first season and avoids waste of tine and labor.
Instructions caution against using old bone eggs for hatching and urge selection of eggs from young birds of good type, color, form, and breed character. Emphasizes special care in choosing eggs to improve the breed.
This excerpt warns buyers about issues in egg purchases and shipping practices for incubators. It stresses honesty, timely orders, duplicate hatches at fair prices, careful handling by express carriers, notifying customers before shipment, and proper egg temperature and resting steps to improve hatch viability.
A historical poultry note extols the Plymouth Rock as a top utility fowl. It praises meat yield, hardiness, and rapid growth, ranks it near turkey-like quality, and asserts its eggs rival Leghorn in production especially as winter layers. The piece argues its all-year market value remains unmatched.
The article recalls the early arrival of Black Leghorns about 30 years ago and notes their popularity among southern farmers. It explains shifts toward Buffs and Whites for size and productivity, mentions the Hum Leghorns from England 13 years ago, and credits Esra Cornell as an early American breeder introducing and developing the breed.
A fragmented report notes a caretaker using a trap to hold a hen until she lays, then releasing her. It suggests a method to identify hens that lay and select others for incubation, with the caretaker observing eyes to judge readiness.
Ducks do not lay in nests but place eggs in bedding at the corners of pens or along pen edges. They sometimes cover them, making eggs difficult to locate.
Corn fodder and corn grain provide valuable nutrition for livestock though dairy cows need limits. Ground corn with protein sources like bran or middlings balances the diet, while alfalfa or clover boosts protein. For horses, limit bulk with red clover or alfalfa and avoid soft corn. Stover often preferred for horses, shredding adds handling ease and feed value.
The text warns that feeding animals on the ground leads to about one third waste as animals tramp it. It suggests remedying with proper feed racks or mangers and mentions shredding fodder to reduce waste if it can be fed in shredded form.
A farmer notes that cattle waste more fodder when fed whole. They will nose around and trample grain, making feeding from the manger rack more efficient. Feeding a selected pile reduces waste and saves money, improving the farm’s bottom line.
A guidance note on lambing ewe in a secure pen with straw bedding and protection. It warns that unprotected ewes may be harassed by the flock and risk their lambs being lost. Precautions can save sheep and prevent trouble and worry during lambing.
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