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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1899
Page
3
The article advises on dairy and poultry care, stressing clean salt sources, avoiding odors, and protecting salt before use. It discusses the Illinois pure food law, debates on preservatives, renovation versus adulteration, and the need to label renovated butter. Poultry tips include duck and turkey breeding, nesting, feeding, dust baths, and chick rearing with clean water and lice prevention.
Poultry advice stresses grit and green foods to keep stock healthy and hatch results strong. Exercise breeding stock daily, gather eggs daily, keep them warm for incubation after three weeks, and provide ample nests. Use clean nesting material to prevent dirty eggs. one good cock for 12 to 15 hens and other ratio guidance.
The percentage of butter fat in milk is mainly inherent to the cow, not the feed, and is heritable. Jerseys are linked to rich milk, Holsteins to high volume but not high fat. Extreme temperatures and stress can reduce butter fat, while feeding cannot significantly raise it.
Hambletonian 10 earned 267200 in total over 20 years of service from 1852 to 1872 with foals numbering 1285. His peak yearly earnings reached 57900 in 1865 while the owner, once poor, stayed steadfast as the Abdallah colt paid debts and saved the home.
The yolk central in the egg is valuable, mainly albuminous matter, fat, and minerals. The rotten egg aroma stems from yolk decay releasing sulphuretted hydrogen due to sulfur content. Albuminoids approx 134 percent, fats about 11 percent, mineral salts present.
Practical notes on corn cultivation methods and their outcomes including pruning and root trimming experiments. Also guidance on orchard pests such as slate beetles canker worms leaf rollers currants and gooseberries with spray recommendations using Bordeaux Mixture Paris green and pyrethrum.
The article argues that plant quality varies by locality. Seeds from England grown in the United States can yield different hay after years, with European hay having less nitrogen and more sugars, and American hay containing more cellulose. Climate differences between Central and Northern Europe and the United States influence plant habits and composition.
Early cultivation should stir ground deeply with a long hooked tooth cultivator resembling a cross between a harrow and cultivator. As beets grow larger a wider shovel cultivator may cut weeds more effectively. Avoid deep working once feeding roots fill the soil. after cultivation focus on weed control and keeping the surface loose to preserve soil moisture.
A Farmers' Review note reports many young apple trees harboring leaf eating insects after a hard winter. It recommends Bordeaux Mixture with Paris green, plus hand inspection and removal, and suggests jarring trees to dislodge pests. A large green leafworm is among the common spring feeders.
An essay argues dogs raise costs of mutton by lowering sheep herds. It notes Western states abandoned sheep farming due to many large dogs and claims removing dogs would increase sheep supply and lower mutton prices. It suggests a dog tax to curb kept dogs and reduce yearly mutton expenses.
Farm guidance discusses building small ice ponds along streams to cool milk and stock, with emphasis on thick bank construction and overflows. It also covers top grafting of isolated fruit trees for bearing, timing in March, and waxed grafting techniques. Additional notes advise sowing birch pine larch spruce seeds in April with shade for seedlings and cautions on locust seeds and soil drainage.
Phosphoric acid comes from phosphates and does not exist alone. It is used in fertilizers mainly as phosphate of lime in bones, rock phosphate, and phosphatic slag. It occurs in soluble, reverted, and insoluble forms.
A directive orders all cows to have their milk removed at once and stored in a dry room described as clean and with pure sweet air. The text implies an agricultural or veterinary management measure without detailing risks or procedures.
A Melbourne letter to Bradstreet outlines severe drought across central and western South Wales reducing sheep numbers from about 62 million to 46 million in seven years. The report notes desertified districts, eroded dams, and grazing decline, predicting continued outlay risks for squatters and possible abandonment of large areas. Despite losses, Australasian flocks show a long term rise, with total sheep stock near 100 million and production of wool, while drought shortfalls reduce wood and meat exports.
Potash occurs mainly as chlorides, muriate, and sulphate in fertilizers. All forms dissolve in water and are similarly available, though chlorides may harm tobacco, potatoes, and some crops. Major sources include Stassfurt salts Kainit sylvite muriate and sulphate products and ash-derived potash.
An Agriculture Department experiment finds thinning fruit trees increases total yield and reduces rot. Apples peaches and plums benefited, with early thinning most practical. Begin thinning soon after fruit set for best results.
Newly elected officers of the American Tamworth Swine Record Association include President Edwin O Wood of Flint Michigan and Secretary E N Ball of Hamburg Michigan. Directors join from Charleston Illinois Brownsville Ontario and Flint Michigan. The association reports a prosperous condition and growing Tamworth interest across the corn belt United States and Canada.
Nitrates provide the most readily available nitrogen forms. The common nitrates are nitrate of soda and nitrate of potash. Bacillus is a genus of bacteria. Bacilli denotes multiple species within that group.
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