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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1912
Page
5
Instructions describe removing brush piles near orchards to cut rabbit habitats and two traps. A ground barrel trap uses a swinging lid and baited rim to drop the rabbit inside. a Wellhouse box trap uses a weighted door, wire trigger, and no bait, designed to close when the rabbit touches the trigger.
Rye sown in fall for beef feed can serve three spring and early summer uses. It can be pasture, a summer silage crop for milk cows, or a cut for two days feeding repeated until the field is harvested in stages. Continuous mowing allows multiple feedings from limited pasture to support many cows.
The article urges picking up and burning or burying all decaying fruit to reduce pests. It notes rotten fruit serves as winter refuges for orchard pests and egg deposition, and removing remaining fruit minimizes next year’s pest problems.
Argentine lands stretch across over 2,000 miles of frontiers and cover about a third of the nation of the size of the United States, marking it as a major present and prospective agricultural region globally.
The article discusses dairy heredity and selection, noting pedigree bulls can harm dairy quality and that Jersey Ayrshire and Shorthorn breeds excel. It highlights Jersey as ideal for butter, Ayrshire for high yield and butterfat, and Shorthorn especially Lincoln Red as top dairy cows with high milk output and usable beef after dairy life.
The International Harvester company hires Prof Perry G Holden to head a service bureau to educate corn belt farmers, with a planned spend of 1,000,000. Historical notes mention the 1840 thrashing machine, McCormick's 1834 horse reaper, and trends in cotton seed crushing from 1881 to 1911.
The article explains two sugar sources for fermentation and highlights potato starch as a viable raw material for producing alcohol. It details experimental methods, government guidance for farmers, and practical yields showing 17 percent starch potatoes yielding about 1.3 gallons of denatured alcohol per 100 pounds.
A column on how talents or circumstances alone do not guarantee success and that energy and conscience matter. It also notes a peculiar illness starting with a cat bite and tongue sores, recommending rest and self-discipline as the cure.
Professor Hendricks of the Geneva station cites a Hutchings fruit grower with three acres bearing Northern Spy Snes Wealthy apples yielding 3814 barrels per thiled land and 27 barrels on mulched land. He does not fully endorse the mulch tillage but notes occasional benefits. Politics without education is a dangerous thing.
The passage urges continued use of Partners' Institutes to improve farming one farmer claims even foolish talk can teach. It notes the Institute advances sound thinking and warns benefit depends on effort. It mentions a shift with benna commanding higher seed prices than cowpeas.
A Wisconsin law protects farmers from nursery stock fraud by requiring state inspection and certified shipments. It bans concealment of plant disease, empowers inspectors to remove unfit stock, and mandates duplicate licenses for agents to curb dishonest dealers. Continuous cropping depletes humus but field peas boost it while reputations define farm value. High ideals give our lives meaning.
A farmer describes building and managing scratching sheds, roosting and laying compartments, and gravel runs to improve egg production. Details include 9x10 foot covered sections with three rooms, trap doors for laying, air access via wire fronts, and seasonal weather coverings.
The article advises comfortable hog housing to allow March farrowings, estimating costs per pen and noting that well built sheds prevent losses. It describes a famous 22 by 39 feet, ten-pen Duroc breeder house with lift gates and interchangeable panels, and stresses sun exposure, ventilation, and avoiding excessive expense. It also covers weed control, soil preservation, and prudent farming for cattle and dairy.
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