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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1895
Page
8
E. E. Rockwoop of Genesee County Michigan outlines practical feeding strategies to maximize butter output per cost. He promotes using corn fodder with a simple home ensilage substitute, and favors a grain mix of wheat bran with Buffalo gluten, plus roots when needed, noting it outperforms corn and oats for milch cows and reduces costs.
A pragmatic guide discussing livestock production, feeding, breeding, and dairy practices. It covers horse supply trends, milking melodies, beef quality, manure management, dry cow techniques, forage quality, and the impact of pre slaughter feeding on meat flavor. Emphasizes scientific methods, choice of breeds, stallion selection, and careful feeding for better dairy and meat outcomes.
The article advises wool growers to clean fleeces of dung, locks, and debris and to use American hemp twine instead of sisal, avoid tar or paint on sheep, and minimize sulfur dips to improve wool quality for market. It then shifts to Russia, noting modernization of wheat machinery, rail and transport upgrades, and growing foreign and native plow and threshing equipment trade, with US leadership in horse rakes and a favorable credit-based market outlook.
Correspondence from St. Petersburg notes Russia's efforts to develop agriculture amid low prices and Turkish competition. The piece highlights the growing link between Russian farming and implement makers, with a trend of improving market connections for machinery suppliers.
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