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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
2
Fragmentary notes from Meadowbrook Farm attributed to William Pitt. Text reads have a urrawbarry pateh and ve e with uncertain meaning. No clear event or person details available.
A long feed, crop, and farm management fragment covers cabbage needs for cool beds, dairy cow temperance, barn ventilation, and the value of a strong seedbed. It emphasizes meat scraps for hens, pest control, orchard care, and the role of clean milk, proper troughs, manure spreading, and regular feeding routines for cattle. It also advises water access for sheep, hog pasture layout, and avoiding overstocking on farms.
The article explains cream grading by butter fat content from 18 to 60 percent, detailing methods like the Babere tent, and listing cream types such as table cream, whipping cream, heavy cream, and double cream with their price ranges. It notes pasteurization extends shelf life and that cream must be kept cold to avoid flavor deterioration.
G H Clemmons of Storm Lake Iowa suggests a cheap milk bottle carrier. He describes using a smooth one inch thick board eight inches wide and two feet long and a common tin can to shape a protective tray for bottles to prevent clinking during transport.
The guide describes placing bottle holders two percent inches from the bottom and smoothing jagged edges with file. Nail cheese in two rows on the board starting one inch from each end. Attach a segment of turret hoop for a four handle carrier and paint the carrier as desired.
Nebraska station presents a brief dairy feeding guide. Feed all roughage the cow will eat, including corn silage and roots. About one pound of grain per three pounds of milk per day. provide forage to satisfy appetite without weight gain. include succulent feed like corn silage to improve intake.
The article discusses the difficulty of telling male ganders from female geese in Toulouse fats, noting size, neck build, and vocal differences. It describes age-related changes, with ganders typically larger and deeper-bodied, and outlines a controversial England test using a dog to provoke geese into showing neck positions to distinguish sexes.
Tips on hatchery setup clean sanitation and ventilation for incubators. Advice on sprouting Merit oats for green food and feeding practices for hens and chicks. Emphasizes natural hatching under hens, temperature control, and prudent use of hens to maximize fertility and chick quality.
The article argues confining fowls from maturity and feeding them dry rations yields higher egg output and lower bother than free range. It advises managing flocks of 25 to 60, spacing one quarter to six feet per bird, and notes dry feeding reduces work and increases profit while maintaining hen health.
An invention for safe egg transport via parcel post claims to really carry eggs without breakage. A pasteboard box folds into a truss to suspend each egg individually, preventing damage during transit. The illustration highlights the mechanism and its potential to improve mail service reliability.
Flexible egg carrier compartments fit various egg sizes and prevent rolling when tied. Description notes that brown egg layers typically have yellow skin and orange-yellow legs, while dark eggs are paired with white skin and light lemon legs. Breeding from dark egg hatchers with yellow-skinned birds could improve dressed fowl quality.
A poultry expert warns against mating longlegged cocks with shortlegged hens to improve offspring shape. The article notes that such mismating yields unclear outcomes and leaves readers to conclude the result may be flawed or undesirable.
Readers advised on chick feeding noting rations should include a small portion of meat but are costly. Commercial forms like beef scrap, blood meal, and milk substitutes have shown splendid results in poultry diet.
Instructions describe mixing damp marten with precise moisture so the mix is dry yet crumbly. It notes that grain and weather will influence the texture and stability of the feed.
W P MacPadden of the American Poland Cling Record association urged hog breeders to treat hog raising as a full time business, with year round focus, proper crates and stationery, and careful salesmanship. He warned against short lived enthusiasm, emphasized selecting hogs buyers want, and stressed good care, judgment in selection, and avoiding hog bubbles.
The Southdown is a popular mutton breed valued for early lambs and rapid growth. It has gray brown face and legs, a blocky body, and yields six to seven pounds of wool. Rams weigh 176 to 200 pounds, ewes often produce two or three lambs per birth. The English breed hails from Sussex and surrounding areas.
The department of agriculture notes hog operations profit from continuous pasture and crop grazing. Winter pasturage is costly and often unprofitable on many farms, so reliable, well drained lands with crops like rape rye wheat and barley are needed with liberal manure. Establishing winter grazing on selected fields requires suitable drainage and careful pasture preparation.
A historical note highlights sheep farming as highly profitable and stresses careful attention during sowing, baying, cultivating, and harvesting. The text notes farmers need to allocate time for sheep care when other farm tasks free up, emphasizing diligence during peak seasons.
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