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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
7
Readers learn a soil moisture test using five long neck bottles with bottoms removed, cheesecloth covers, and a rack to compare water retention across soil types. Each bottle is jarred to compact the soil, with a glass under each to measure retained rainfall. The method includes in situ cracking of bottle bottoms by heating a poker and guiding cracks along a groove.
Procedure describes testing multiple soil bottles to compare water absorption rates and moisture storage. Weigh dry soil, fill with water, record time until dripping, weigh wet soil after drainage, cover to prevent evaporation, and determine which soil absorbs water fastest and stores most moisture.
Bonemeal from glue factories processed with acid is unsuitable for swine feed while finely ground or steamed bone meal proves good. Missouri tests fed about one ounce per hog daily with positive results and Nebraska trials show bone meal strengthens bone when added to corn with tankage or shorts, though mixed feeds and pasture lessen value.
Nebraska farmers report higher profits from silage in fattening cattle. One farmer fed 150 tons from 24 acres, marketing stock in prime condition and cutting feed costs. Rising silage use inspires neighbors to grow their own feeders, likely raising the beef crop toward normal standards.
Salt is added to curd mainly to flavor the cheese. It also aids in whey removal, hardens and contracts the curd, slows lactic acid formation, and suppresses undesirable ferments. Unsalted cheese cures faster but risks a bitter flavor.
A historic note suggests mixing a teaspoonful of Venetian red in a gallon of drinking water to prevent bowel trouble. This remedy reflects period health beliefs rather than modern medical guidance.
Chicks suffer bowel trouble due to chills wet conditions poor feeding and lack of sunshine. Address by improving warmth dry bedding balanced ration and access to light while monitoring for signs of illness.
Poultry judge I. K. Felch claims Brahmas can lay 150 eggs per year and raise a brood. He cites flocks averaging 88 eggs in early months and notes some hens reach 200 annually, with 150 eggs plus brooding regarded as highly profitable, earning about $2.44 net per hen at Natick 1910 prices.
An old farmer explains bolting panels to the Elm quist gate frame with a single bolt per hinge, using a wagon tire brace and top bolt. Blocks nail to the bottom board, the hook secures leveling, and the gate can be raised or lowered while uprights stay perpendicular. G F Sandritter reports in the Farmers Mail and Breeze.
Farmers are urged to regulate feeding to match animal needs, rotate pastures, and avoid crowding sheep. Young stock gain most from proper food, with emphasis on growth from birth. Consider fattening cattle before sale and include lambs and manure value in flock profits.
The Winnipeg influx continues with about 1000 settlers daily from Britain and Europe. Germans, Scandinavians and others join Britons in the rapid Canada West population surge, driven by free homesteads and rising farm values. Americans also pour in, taking up 160 acre plots with six months yearly occupancy, then gaining deeds for farms valued at 15 to 20 dollars per acre.
John E. Kunkle, famed as the boy’s friend known as Gunk, receives hundreds of letters monthly. A reader from his league asks for a badge promising to abandon bad habits like swearing chewing tobacco smoking while vowing to be good if granted a badge.
Gray County Probate Judge Philip Miller of Cimarron Kansas reports relief from heart trouble and dizziness after using Dodds Kidney Pills for about a year. He weighs 200 pounds at age 63 and plans to publish the letter. Dodds Kidney Pills cost 50 cents per box.
Daily Thought quotes James Lane Allen on courage as the supreme mental quality second only to honor. The message urges steadfast bravery for all people in every deed.
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