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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1911
Page
8
Practical advice for farmers raising hogs for market emphasizing division of labor by season and scale. Highlights include feeding costs, disease risk, and market price ranges. Recommends starting with 59 to 100 pigs, providing pasture, and using a bran and shorts mixture with skimmed milk or water as a daily feed in a grass lot. Clover is praised for forage.
A plan for hog farming emphasizes forage over corn, with field peas and soy, a water-rich lot, and twice yearly dipping. It advocates testing multiple forage crops, segregating ill animals, and finishing hogs at ten months to reach about 260–280 pounds for profitable marketing.
The alfalfa weevil, nonnative to America, likely from Europe or Asia, appears as a major pest. Adults cluster on alfalfa, winter in beetle form near ground, and emerge in spring to attack young growth. A single plant once held up to 1,300 eggs, potentially yielding over 156,000 beetles yearly if all hatch and survive. Frogs and toads are its only natural enemies, insufficient to curb damage.
Oregon fruit growers reportedly label selected apples with a New York hotel monogram by applying perforated paper labels to the fruit cheek while green. As sun colors the fruit, the red and green background leaves the monogram visible, giving a stamped look.
The article discusses millet as a feed crop noting its milk production value and its suitability as a catch crop on good land. It stresses soil preparation, moisture management, and sowing methods with drills, recommending 3 to 4 pecks per acre for various varieties and 12 to 20 tons of green millet per acre on well managed land.
A silvered contraption explains the construction of a handy bag holder. The weight hung as shown rests against the back of the upright post and keeps the bag at the desired height for easy access.
The article notes that dairying is hardest when pastures are short and flies are troublesome. It recommends using supplemental forage crops and darkening stables to keep cows indoors during peak heat. It contrasts summer hardship with milder winter conditions.
The text discusses advantages of low headed trees for apples pears peaches and plums including wind resistance sun shading ease of harvest pruning and spraying. It also advises budgeting $10 to $25 for new cockerels and warns that young ducks need shelter to avoid drowning in heavy showers.
Advice based on Geneva New York Station experiments shows keeping pullets separate from males lowers production costs and speeds early laying. Pen without cockerels produced about 30 percent more eggs in three months and broody behavior rose similarly with males. Recommends separating cockerels from pullets and caponizing nonbreeding birds.
A Breeders Gazette writer reports experiments on tick infested areas in the south. Ticks thrive in thickets undisturbed by livestock and infest pastures after cattle return. Findings include hatchling ticks from birds, survival sans water or frost, and limited effect of sulphur in controlling ticks. Laughter at table noted as aiding digestion.
Old geese lay larger, more fertile eggs and are easier to manage for a reliable flock. Buy geese from a reputable breeder in fall, prefer Toulouse or Black and White China for layers. Embden makes the best mother but lays fewer eggs. Provide green feed, shade, water, and avoid overfeeding grain or soft shells. Wait for warm weather to hatch goslings and ensure clean water access.
The orris plant yields durable perfume from its dried root, with Florence and Verona as the main centers of production. It thrives in hardy soils, tolerates drought, but hates waterlogged roots. production includes dried roots, flowers, and planting roots with potential yearly value over two thousand six hundred dollars.
The white hog breed is thinning as free range declines. Proper fencing makes small, divided hog pastures feasible, with two fields improving recovery and feed quality. Quick action against troublesome hogs helps neighbors. Provide summer shelter on a high windward spot for protection.
A description of an overhand galvanized iron water tank over the kitchen sink with feeds and drainage, plus a storage and organization plan for a busy farmhouse. It includes costs for the tank and fittings, a breakfast area, emergency closets, and a wall-mounted kitchen box for canned foods. Also notes on keeping rooms cheerful and discarding clutter. Then a brief note on packing apples in barreta and a stockman’s advice on fruit handling.
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