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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1910
Page
6
The article argues shelter, feeding, and prenatal care for sows drive healthy litters. It advocates portable hog houses, scaming to protect piglets, ample straw bedding, and year round or seasonal pasture reliance to reduce grain needs. It warns against sow neglect before farrowing and emphasizes balanced rations with corn and legumes.
The article advises pairing half the feed with leguminous pastures to supply ash and protein. Leguminous pasture plus corn maintains sow flesh. 200 pound sows need 2 pounds of corn daily if corn equals 1 percent of live weight. Without pasture, 6 to 11 pounds of grain are required for the same maintenance.
The article explains starting with February hatch, pullets laying from late June or July, avoiding heavy first-year molts, and maintaining year round supply by splitting winter and summer laying. It cites a case in Illinois with white Plymouth Rock hens hatch Feb 10, laying from June 25, continuing through summer and returning to fall/winter laying.
A simple greenhouse built from hinged window sashes provides winter growing space. It should face south or southeast with adequate ventilation and drainage. Use leaf mold rich soil, shallow shelves, and heat from the living area. water thoroughly when topsoil is dry. maintain moderate temperatures and moisture through winter.
The article explains how to protect and operate a gasoline engine on a farm. Key tips include weather protection, tarpaulin covers, battery upkeep, clean spark plugs, proper fuel air mix, regular strain of gasoline, and careful lubrication. It notes simple adjustments and warns against neglectful servicing. It ends with a brief anecdote about two Canadian geese on a New Orleans game farm trapping a fox squirrel.
Rural health hinges on individual action to protect well water from contamination. Cross proximity to barns and surface drainage threaten typhoid and other diseases, especially in dairies. Measures include water-tight well walls of brick and cement, clay packing, or tile rings, and using properly driven wells for small water needs.
The article explains several methods to fasten wire fencing to concrete posts and endorses encircling the post with a smaller wire and twisting to the fence wire. It warns against embedding wooden strips due to moisture swelling and advises keeping the fastening wire taut to prevent stock damage.
Wisconsin and other states see market days where farmers bring surplus produce, cattle, and dairy to town markets. Merchants offer pens and sheds, prizes for dairy, and talks by experts to boost business and learning.
A Southern farmer extolls guinea fowl keepers for weed and insect control, noting three hens and a cock roam the fields, lay daily eggs for months, and produce vigorous crossbreeds of pearl and white guineas. The birds are valued for eggs and pest control, with nests often near the house and occasional nesting in hen nests. A J Lees.
Instructions for choosing breeding roosters from a brood. Select one cockerel per dozen pullets, focusing on the most masculine, strong and vigorous bird. Keep breeders separate until three weeks before hatching, then rotate breeding males weekly.
Eva Ryman explains mulching aims to prevent thawing rather than freezing. Use light loose coverings like leaves straw or evergreen boughs to shade soil, protect roots and buds, and bind materials in place with cloth or straw. ensure air circulation and deter pests.
The article explains a simple table matching service dates to expected birth dates for farm animals. It notes approximate accuracy since individual animals vary, and provides examples such as a mare bred August 1 foaling about July 4 next year and a sow bred January 1 farrowing around April 24 the same year.
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