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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
3
Simple guidelines describe classifying roughage by protein content and selecting grains to balance protein. For low protein roughage a grain mix of 18 to 22 percent protein is suggested, while high protein roughage calls for 13 to 16 percent. Emphasizes using home grown grains, keeping mix light and bulky, palatable, and physiologically suitable for cows.
An agricultural brief from Ohio State University outlines garget or infection in ewes. Heavy milking ewes are prone to udder inflammation and milk fever due to overfeeding grain, cold, or wet bedding. Treatment includes hot water baths, drying, turpentine with lard or lead acetate solution, keeping udder moist with acetate, and milking after each application, plus a strong epsom salts dose.
A Farm and Home note explains ear marks can identify purebred hogs by ear incision. Numbers are registered by ear cuts, with the right ear for small figures and the left for larger ones. The illustration shows incision position guides.
Ohio College of Agriculture offers guidance on protecting horses shoulders and fitting collars. Advice includes sponge cooling after work, avoiding sweat pads, keeping collars clean, and tailoring fit for withers. Also includes notes on hog growth and a wartime marriage anecdote with light humor.
Fungous brown rot endangers peach, plum, and cherry crops across Europe and America. It starts as a small spot that decays the entire fruit, with spores spreading by wind, birds, and insects. Outbreaks thrive after wet seasons, and mummies on trees seed next season’s infections. Control requires autumn removal of mummified fruit, thinning peaches, and targeted lime-sulfur sprays timed after petal fall and before ripening, with variations for prune, plain, and cherry trees.
A Botany style note discusses identifying young grasses by vegetative traits rather than flowering parts. It details meadow fescue and quack grass, noting leaf texture, blade nerves, and collar features, with differences from Italian and perennial rye grasses, and cautions about variability in seedling identification.
A fragmented note discusses why many beginners fail in sheep farming. It argues that common beliefs of easy upkeep and guaranteed profits mislead new growers, urging caution and practical management. The text implies underlying challenges and the need for real-world experience.
The fragment warns against planting red Cedar as a windbreak near orchards to avoid harboring the apple mist, noting harm to apples especially the Wealthy. It then shifts to a humorous dialogue about calories in food and a store with covered items, followed by a joke about trousers and a “pab” request.
A farm note discusses valuing flocks by grading sheep. It warns that a handful of poor specimens among a hundred can depress the price of the entire lot. The piece reflects practical concerns in livestock sales and market pricing.
A fragment discusses a farmer and his worker debating utility and value, mentioning eggs or meat as the goal. The dialogue includes a character named John and an agent who persuaded him to take a cottage with minimal ground, revealing a tension between practicality and territorial aims.
A fragment hints at intrigue around a musician nicknamed The musician who supposedly profits from hush money. A blackmailer is suspected yet dismissed, with a quip that he only composes lullabies. The terse exchange frames a literary, cryptic gossip tone.
A highway expert Professor Gearhart states oiled roads perform best on sandy soils, shedding water and reducing dust while not lasting as well as gravel. For best results apply oil on dry, smooth roads after the first year, with one quarter to one third gallon per square yard in spring and again in fall.
Proper road making hinges on moisture control. Too much water makes mud, while excessive dryness causes dust. A soil holds a specific moisture content when it becomes hard, which is maintained best with good drainage and a well crowned surface. Grass and weeds must be kept in check to prevent moisture loss.
A federal public roads office survey shows the share of convicts used on public works rising since 1845 from 33 percent to 86 percent, with road work increasing from 1.3 to about 11 percent. The report urges state rather than county supervision of convict labor on roads.
A brief remark notes that converting an owner of automents to the good roads theory is easy if caught during a fresh sod improvement two and a half miles long spanning from fence to fence, suggesting a moment of realization amid road work.
Major General Goethals has accepted the newly created post of state engineer of New Jersey. The state is about to expend $1,500,000 on a new highway system.
Question raised on why screens should be installed on all doors and windows of cow stables, with emphasis on the calf pens where young calves are kept. Arguments consider ventilation, fly control, cleanliness, and animal health.
A fragment discusses filling granaries by emptying seed bags and urges finding trouble with pullers. It includes a cryptic exchange about personal history of new neighbors and a remark on how women gossip about relatives. The text ends amid dialogue about acquaintances and gossip.
Flatbush and Bensonhurst reports note a couple wed atop a 200 foot smokestack in Florence Colorado before guests. The wedding ends with a down to earth reception following the ceremony.
Prepared by the States Department of Agriculture outlines a broad base level ridge terrace design to counter erosion. It details terrace height, base width, spacing, and drainage, recommending terraces about 1 1/2 feet high with closed ends and safety factors for rainfall up to eight inches in 48 hours.
War guidance urges all citizens to boost food supply by farm labor and home gardens. Emphasizes shifting labor to agriculture, releasing workers from nonfarm jobs, and keeping tractors running continuously. Calls for higher farm prices, freed children for farm work and schooling, and rebalancing crop acreage toward corn and away from wheat to support wartime needs.
A sturdy emery stone keeps tools sharp saving horse feed and strength. Quick work with sharper implements boosts daily output and increases profits within a single season.
The article argues sheep can be raised profitably only if given the best and most expensive foods, yielding higher returns than normal farm feeding. It stresses proper care and feeding as key to profitability.
At a city club last night ten couples played chess while a loud blast occurred just outside. No players moved in response, and the event remained calm as investigators began noting details. No injuries reported.
A reader notes health dangers from chewing phosphorus and satirically blames extreme dieting. The remark highlights perceived link between digestion habits and illness, reflecting concerns about dietary excess and toxic exposure in the period.
A fragmented note on cow mineral balance suggests leguminous roughage like clover and alfalfa supports mineral intake. It emphasizes the need to maintain mineral equilibrium in feed to properly sustain cattle health, though details are unclear.
The article advises quick calf weaning before new pasture is ready to prevent pasture damage and ensure calves adapt to feeding changes. It emphasizes proper management timing and disciplined handling to reduce stress and improve growth as pastures come in.
A garbled historical clipping mentions sheep feed profitability and a baffling exchange about love and silence. References to a Miss Kutting-Mise Keone as a capable businesswoman and odd phrases suggest a diary-like or sensational fragment with unclear events and names.
A whimsical tale follows children on a sunny beach as they build sand castles while fairy figures like the Sand Fairies and Mr Moon observe from the shore. The fairies reveal that happiness among children keeps the shore magic alive, and that sadness can dissolve the castles when children are selfish. Boys are urged to help with chores too.
A fragmented column appears to discuss family links and a confusing statement about a great grandfather. The text references a reporter and a desperate district shoot in Ingens 2 with mentions of a revolver.
A regional essay notes how wild birds adapt to human activity. Robins and thrushes retreat as clearings expand, while sparrows thrive by following human settlements, becoming partly domesticated as forests give way to agriculture. The piece laments ecological disruption and notes species behavior shifts.
An old advertisement touts athine double strength freckle remover claiming rapid fading of freckles with nightly application. The fragment shifts to a dialogue where Charles Henry Hawkins returns home freckled and bruised, blamed by his father for mischief and warned about reform school after claiming he was shopping with his mother.
An old style ad promotes a skin cream claiming rapid relief for itching and irritation in all ages. It stresses daily use to prevent worsening conditions and offers free samples by mail via a Boston department. The piece also includes stray anecdotes and unrelated lines about a dog story and U.S. federal banks.
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