Roots fashion plant food through soil solution
The article explains that plants absorb nutrients mainly via root secretions that dissolve insoluble soil compounds. Water alone carries little soil matter, so roots chemically solubilize nutrients like phosphoric acid and potash, enabling uptake. This process shapes crop nutrition and soil mineral conservation, with artificial fertilizers often becoming incompletely soluble in soil water. F. W. Mosley, Clinton Iowa, notes dairies and market development.
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Si E Stockbridge
Farm News
CARE OF CALVING IN DAIRY COWS IN NORTHERN FARMS
A Wisconsin Farm Institute summary advises gentleness and close care for cows after calving. Ensure a clean box stall, draft-free during the first thirty days, provide cool water in small frequent amounts, monitor fever with temps around 103 to 104, and give nitrate of potash before birth and aconite after. If she is a heavy milker, withhold feed for a week during danger.
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Wisconsin Farm Institutes
Hordemon
Market-minded cow-keepers seek new dairy markets
CEH DAIRY advises farmers to continually pursue new markets for dairy products. Not all must expand, but nearby or created markets, old or new products, can open opportunities. Producers should explore varieties like limberger or brick cheese where demand exists, even locally.
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F. W. Mosley
Live Stock Notes From Western Plough Man
A Western Plough Man shares practical livestock guidance. One horse blanket equates to a small crib of corn and cob ground with corn adds bulk. Charcoal aids hogs occasionally. Avoid crowding hogs to prevent sickness. Smooth shoes injure horses on icy roads. Morgan horses show a bright future and strong record. Proper feed and clean stables prevent disease and improve pork yields.
Training the Colt Aims at Early Gentle Subjection
The article describes early horse training to form the colt s disposition before age one. It advocates gentle subjection, halter work, and calm handling, bans punishment in anger and the whip, and suggests light restraint to establish owner mastery before introducing the bit, saddle, and light work with a child.
Breeding and rearing horses for profit and markets
The article argues for gentle early training of foals at one year, avoiding cruel breaking. It notes using the mare lowers costs and aids foal growth, preventing loss of profits. It stresses meeting foreign market standards through better animals and timely development to avoid delusion and disaster.
Poultry Yard Money in Eggs Shows Big Profit
The Farm Poultry editor cites C H Wyckoff of Groton New York as proof there is money in eggs. Wyckoff wintered 600 White Leghorn hens and sold 1800 dollars worth of eggs in the past year. Feed cost 660 dollars and other charges 360 dollars, yielding a near one hundred percent profit not counting stock value. He calls his flock business White Leghorns and records 194 eggs per bird in a year.
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Farm Poultry
C. H. Wyckoff
Groton
N. Y
Green Food in Winter Helps Hens Produce More Eggs
Farmers waste bushels of potatoes cabbage and turnips in winter. Feeding these greens and cooked scraps to hens boosts nightly egg production. Raw cabbage is eaten gratefully while potatoes and turnips should be cooked and mashed with ground feed for breakfast. Extra care yields payoff in eggs.
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Taia
Winter eggs pay profits says practical poultryman
A poultryman told a farmers institute that eggs are a year round crop with a steady income. Winter laying is most profitable if pullets hatch early and reach laying maturity by October or November. Maintain good care and feed to keep hens laying through winter.
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Farmers’ Institute
Hen Manure Values Boost Demand for Better Coop Housing
An expert notes fresh hen manure is valued at 742 dollars per ton while horse manure sells for 198 dollars per ton. The finding supports investing in comfortable hen housing to ease collection and preservation of manure for farm use. The argument underlines manure as a valuable farm asset and promotes improved poultry confinement.
Rural Advice on Keeping Fowl Droppings Dry and Clean
The Western Ploughman urges farmers to keep poultry droppings dry to prevent rapid deterioration. A liberal weekly dusting with fine road dust under roosts protects manure and fowl health. Plaster or kaolin are optional but costly. road dust provides a cheap, readily available option. Cider consumption rises as farmers sell direct to families for better prices.
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Western Ploughman
Cee
Donits for Christmas What to Give and Not to Give
A playful moral guide on holiday giving advising caution against lavish or grudging presents. It warns against expensive mismatches and unreciprocated gifts while urging thoughtful, heartfelt exchanges, noting the social expectations around Christmas generosity. The author emphasizes sincerity over obligation and charity toward neighbors.
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