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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1912
Page
5
The piece outlines the need to recognize commercial oak woods amid substitutes driven by demand. It explains the difficulty of distinguishing white black and red oaks by eye, notes variability by growth, soil, and cutting, and stresses anatomical study and magnification for accurate identification. It cites about 53 US oak species with 35 commercially useful, and 15 of minor importance.
Disease cripples turkey flocks from New England to New Jersey and New Hampshire, driving many raisers from the trade while Western and Southern farms pursue breeding amid high prices. Blackhead, a liver and intestinal ailment, decimates chicks, with experts predicting progress in control yet urging breeders to quit affected stock. Texas leads in production as eastern losses spur shift to Western and Southern states.
A historical discussion outlines hive design for brood chambers and comb honey production. It compares plain sections to beeway sections, noting costs, cleaning ease, space efficiency, and handling. The piece also mentions market preferences and labor costs in the Middle West, with wage figures for farm hands and log cutting work.
The United States Reclamation record shows fifty eight percent of crop value realized from cucumber farming on the Huntly Irrigation Project in Montana. Seventeen new filings were recorded on the Huntly project in September, signaling ongoing activity and potential expansion.
Four years of Iowa tests show drilling wheat yields 4.2 bushels per acre more than broadcasting at 70 cents per bushel, yielding about £2.95 per acre. Farmers nationwide broadly favor drilling for efficiency, seed savings, and uniform distribution, though experts note distribution challenges.
The text explains draft horse hoof care for efficient work at four miles per hour. It stresses proper hoof shape, symmetry, and texture, with emphasis on unblemished horn, open coronets, cupped sole, and a large elastic frog. It notes that deformed or unhealthy feet hinder performance and highlights common faults.
Gardening guidance advises pruning all small fruit bushes except raspberries in late fall and preparing vines with trellis care. Use old stalks and ashes for fertilizer, protect after frost with bark-protectors, and mulch tender plants with straw and soil to endure winter.
The Farmers Educational and Co operative Union of America urges use of cotton for bagging to keep dollars in the U S. Jute, mainly from India, costs Americans and has offshore impacts. Cotton could replace jute in bagging, rope, and twine for grains sugar salt coffers and more. Also notes PHIP Crusan of West Alexander lost sight in one eye after an owl attack that scratched his face and hands.
To curb egg eating as hens begin laying, provide many nests to avoid quarrels. Soft shelled eggs and feeding errors teach hens to eat eggs, so guard against this by offering clover, oyster shell, and green cut bone. Catching a hen in the act should lead to market sendoff or drastic action.
The pocket gopher Ike stays active through winter, building shallow runways across the soil, repairing tunnels and pushing up surfaces when the ground is soft. It eats worms and grubs, weakens turf, and is best controlled by traps and lawn care rather than cruel expedients. A railway commission aided Idaho wheat by enabling twine shipments, and gardeners are advised to grow parsley indoors for winter use.
Practical guidance for sheep care and breeding. Advice covers feeding, barn acclimation, blood changes, castration of problem lambs, avoiding leggy stock, clean straw bedding, sun exposure for growth, pen disinfection, and a note on trapping English mnarrows harming fruit trees.
A collection of maxims about farming thrift and aging. Dr. Young of Texas owns the United States only Karakule sheep herd, aiming to cross breed for heat and vigor. French experiments on antinary sod suggest new uses in sewage.
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