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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
7
Farmers choosing varieties weigh fruit shape, color, and seed cavity. Early ripening types often uneven and green around the stem, while later sorts tend to firmer walls and fewer seeds. Experts urge selecting medium, smooth, evenly ripening fruits with small seed cavities for long distance shipments.
The article reviews cottonseed meal and linseed oil meal as cake fed to cattle in England, noting grinding practices, export handling, and the prevalence of undecorticated cake in British feed regimes. It contrasts American milling with hull removal and cites supply and price concerns for good feeders versus dairy-derived stock.
After drying, select the best ears by kernel depth and seed only the largest ears for next year’s corn to maximize shelled weight. In Ohio tobacco trials, fertilizer with nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potassium in barnyard-manure proportions yielded the highest total and profit, with nitrate of soda as a more effective nitrogen carrier than tankage despite higher cost.
Charleston W V January 19 An explosion of dust in the Kanawha Detroit Coal mines near Paint Creek twenty five miles from Charleston entombed about twenty five men eighteen are reported killed rescue parties have recovered six bodies and identified miners including Tease Pancake Benjamin Snyder Charlies Snyder Isaac Snyder A N Levine James McCardle Patrick McCardle Stephen McCardle C D Neal Peter Bridgeman Edward Bridgeman Philip Bridgeman Melvin Bridgeman John Mickel Edward Mickel Claude Saunders Patrick McLaughlin and John McLaughlin.
John W Redman, who was in Ford's Theatre the night Lincoln was shot and who earlier ate with John Wilkes Booth, died in Decatur last Tuesday. He served on guard duty in Washington and was wounded at the Wilderness. He faced desertion charges after Lincoln's assassination but attended Booth conspirators trials.
In Boonville Indiana on January 10 Charles A Fetter 16 son of farmer John Fetter was killed instantly by an accidental shotgun discharge while hunting with his brother. The blast struck him in the head near an abandoned log church where dogs pointed to a supposed rabbit that proved to be a cat.
The forecast predicts mostly cloudy skies across Illinois and Indiana with cooler temperatures and variable winds. Lower Michigan sees partly cloudy skies with brisk northwest winds turning variable. Wisconsin has a chance of rain or snow with variable winds. Iowa remains partly cloudy and warmer.
Chicago Board of Trade quotes cover futures in Wheat Corn and Oats with Jan May and July prices, plus Pork Lard and Short Ribs. Live stock figures list hogs cattle sheep with receipts and price ranges, and East Buffalo notes steady cattle and strong hogs with lambs and sheep prices.
The article surveys guinea fowl origins from Africa and Abyssinia, noting history in Europe and Jamaica. It highlights widespread domestication in England and Australia, with rising U S market demand. It advises beginners to hatch eggs rather than buy adults, and warns of strong homing instincts and confinement needs.
The article describes a nighttime feed system where grain is mixed and spread in straw and chaff so floors are six to eight inches deep. Hens receive warm water or milk in winter and about two quarts of grain per fifty hens, with a noon mash of wheat bran and grains. It also stresses constant water, clover hay, greens, raw meat, oyster shells, and road dust, noting eggs are 75 percent water.
The American Cultivator notes hens are hard to sit on in winter so farmers use incubators to raise broilers for better prices. Incubators increase output, cut costs, and let hens lay more eggs. Modern machines are reliable and widely available from top manufacturers.
Farmers are advised to watch for cold signs in flocks as winter approaches. Early symptoms such as sneezing swollen head scaly legs stiff joints dark or pale combs and loose stools signal illness. A rusted iron tonic in drinking water is suggested as a needed preventive measure.
The dust heap is necessary for fowls to cleanse feathers and skin from vermin and impurities. It promotes cuticular secretions and materially helps preserve their health.
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