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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1911
Page
6
A miscellany of humorous and editorial curiosities from the Silver Messenger. The column quips about education, opera, crime, fashion, and social trends, lampooning topics from January misprints to a Missouri postmortem oddity, with names of cities and institutions sprinkled throughout.
A New Jersey borist converts a bannery into a summer garden full of flowers and delicate favors. Eggs of violet rose and carnation are produced, adding charm to a hens garden and offering a handsome addition to club events for members.
Colorado experiment station tests show self-feeder racks for roughage cut hay costs and labor. Lambs fed hay in self-feeders used 601 lb per ton gain, 20 percent hay advantage, saving about 42 cents per 100 lb of gain. Feeders cost $1 per running ft, with four lambs per ft. payoff estimated in two years.
A report notes 100 pounds of gain with 783 pounds of hay consumed per 100 pounds gained, suggesting that chopped ground hay reduces waste from wind and yields better results than previously possible.
An Imperial Agricultural museum in St Petersburg expands outreach with free evening lectures and Sunday sessions on plant science soil improvement and dairy farming. Attendance has risen yearly from 5093 to over 60 thousand, with practical demonstrations of machinery stockyards bee and poultry farming and field trips to exhibitions and farms nearby.
The Wyoming experiment station finds corn and barley perform similarly for mutton when fed with alfalfa. Barley reduces alfalfa use by 27 percent and grain by 28 percent, with barley-fed lambs reaching higher gains if mutton sires are used. No detailed feed consumption records were kept for each lamb class.
Draft horses thrive on Jewel land while lighter horses and mules suit hilly farms. Saddle and road horses gain activity and stamina on rough and hilly pasture as they mature.
The guide notes that each month in winter poultry houses should be stocked with clean straw leaves or litter into which morning feed is scattered to keep hens engaged and busy indoors.
Ear marks establish cattle, sheep and swine identification. A numbered key assigns values to ear notches and holes. top left ear, bottom right ear, and ear ends correspond to 1 3 10 80 100 200 400 14000 in a sequence for recording registered stock.
A Northwestern Agriculturist letter by O C Gregg explains dry farming in North Dakota and Montana. It advocates keeping top soil loose to form a mulch that seals in moisture, sowing in drills, shallow flooding, flat culture, deeper plowing for moisture storage, and selecting drought resistant crops like alfalfa to endure future dry periods.
A farmer with about 100 hens notes a range of roosting spots from a small house once used for a smpire house to wagons aloes sheds trees and the barn. Hens also perch on wheels dash boards and the backs of Sunday carriage seats, leading to the farmer feeling disaffected toward hens.
The guinea fowl flesh is dark yet fine-grained and tender with an exquisite gamey flavor. Eggs are small but relish due to rich taste. Demand for guineas rises, benefiting restaurant trade as epidemics (epicures) learn of the eggs' good qualities.
Poultry requires care to thrive. Geese may respond best with summer grain feeding and consistent feeding during months with low forage growth.
The article argues that success in dairying hinges on intelligent thinking and management rather than cow numbers or aggressive expansion. It stresses the character of the man as the deciding factor in the dairy business.
A discussion notes that sandy soils in Scotts Bluff County Nebraska loosen with unrotted manure. Thorough decomposition before application improves yields, with light evenly spread applications not exceeding 16 to 20 folds per acre. Prefer spreading on plowed ground to allow rainwash of soluble elements. The advice mirrors Iowa practices for humus-rich western soils.
The piece contrasts costs and reliability between horse stables and automobile service. A stable keeper costs about 20 dollars monthly with lodging, while a chauffeur demands around 100 dollars and superior quarters. Stable care stays steady, but a chauffeur inflates bills with tires repairs and extra charges.
Insights on feeding, health, and equipment for dairy herds. Emphasizes milk quality, butterfat from feed, stable construction, proper water, and custom rations. Highlights cream separator benefits, calf and pig feed, and individual cow behavior in eating and cud-chewing.
A concise quotation honoring any man who dares to stand alone in the conscious discharge of his duty, attributed to Charles Sumner.
An Iowa testimonial touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for inflammation pain and nervous troubles. Mrs Sears of Creston urges others to seek the remedy after other medicines failed and notes free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. Thousands of endorsements claim health restoration and urge women to write for guidance.
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