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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1911
Page
5
A practical early lesson shows how plants absorb moisture and how water moves through soil and stems. Experiments use tins or pots to compare moisture loss, weighings track soil moisture, and demonstrations with glass and colored water reveal how nutrients move within plants.
An old selection argues that a farmer’s class shows in his stable and outbuildings. A good stall with dry bedding, proper hay chute, feed boxes, and tidy surroundings signals prosperity, while painted dwellings and orderly farmyard details reflect earnings.
A fragment notes a remedy for fast hens and methods to handle meat and bone with lean meat. It mentions hens picking at feathers and touches on incubating experiments and lumber industry figures. It references Minnesota and Texas in relation to incubation and yellow pine production in the United States.
The article notes alfalfa requires high lime in the soil and that young plants are easily killed by weeds. It stresses well drained soil, with well rotted barnyard manure as the best fertilizer, and cautions about floods. Seeding time varies by region, with late summer best in the East and South, spring in irrigated West and North.
The text explains naming each cow and calling her by name to attract attention and direct actions. Rose is used as an example, showing how a quick call can prevent missteps, stop her from stealing feed, and guide the herd toward safe paths and the pasture. This method reduces effort and improves herd management.
The article urges forming contest associations to improve dairying and notes that cows with good breeding produce better calves. It warns against feeding hay dusty forage before milking as dust introduces bacteria that can contaminate milk and reduce quality.
Brown rot is a major peach disease, thriving in warm, showery weather and surviving in mummy fruit. Leaf curl, tied to cool, rainy springs, can be reduced by early Bordeaux mixture sprays and pre blossom lime sulfur, with earlier applications generally more effective.
Farmers can profit by breeding more animals and trading up to high grades. Use pure bred sires on native females to improve bloodlines across generations, ending in high grade stock. Sire should be sound and from meritorious ancestors, while size and market demand shape breed choice and farm facilities.
Agricultural notes describe the strawberry weevil as a growing problem across regions, detailing its life cycle from hibernation under leaves to early March and April activity. It harms buds on cultivated berries and related varieties, with larval feeding and bud drop reducing yield. Recommendations include planting heavily flowering staminate varieties as pollen sources, using selective covers, burning plant residues, and limited spraying strategies with arsenites or arsenate of lead to deter feeding.
Seasonal checks keep tile drains functioning on farms. Open ditches and creeks attract muskrats, crawfish, and debris that clog outlets. Freshers wash away banks, freezing thaws push water back, while careless neglect reduces efficiency. Regular inspection in spring and fall helps identify blockages and restore flow. Ge o. M. Brows
A guide on managing turkey hens to prevent early nest thefts. It advises locating nests early, removing eggs daily, using hard bred duck eggs as decoys, and not disturbing nests while hens are present. When broody, fake eyes may be removed and real eggs restored during feeding breaks.
A corner cleaner is made from a cut down whisk broom with trimmed points. It fits stairs and tight corners where a common broom fails. Keep lambs fed and ready for market by maintaining slippery clean crates and prompt dispatch.
Advice on selecting pure bred poultry for high egg yield and meat. Emphasizes buying from reputable breeders with guaranteed breeding stock, using eggs from mature hens, and culling weak or diseased birds to improve flock vigor and longevity.
A New Jersey farmer woman loses her hat on a sunny Sunday as a chicken hawk circles the lane to church. The hawk dives, snatches the hat from its fastenings, and tears it loose despite the girl’s screams and efforts to drive it away. The bird sails off across the river with the hat.
The article argues for better roads to cut hauling costs, noting typical grades of two percent and rarely three. It cites a per mile ton-haul cost of 9.35 and reflects on weeds as unintended teachers in soil cultivation, referencing a biblical proverb about neglectful farming.
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