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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
10
An instructional piece on starting poultry ventures with steady effort. It warns against early over-enthusiasm and highlights capital, experience, discipline, and consistent daily work as keys to success. The author stresses planning, cleanliness, proper feed, and patient persistence to overcome early losses.
A discussion on sow behavior and nutrition argues sows eat their piglets only when stressed or malnourished. It recommends warm basement pens, a 16 by 16 ft space before farrowing, then 10 ft pens with light bedding, and feeding broods wheat middlings or bran with milk, clover hay, sugar beets, charcoal, ashes, and salt. Water access and gentle handling are advised, focusing on thrifty health over fattening.
A Virginia man claims a novel lever device makes uprooting small trees easier. The instrument uses a long lever and paired jaws to grip near the roots and pull the plant out sideways, mimicking a dentist’s forceps action but with a side pull for greater leverage.
Illustration shows Japanese udo a salad plant praised for intense flavor and white sprouts akin to chicory. Easy to grow and suited for women gardeners, it tolerates some bitterness and offers tender stalks similar to young asparagus. Near Sioux Falls a threshing machine unearthed a hen guarding eggs, remaining calm amid dust and noise. One of thirteen eggs injured.
A guide on building a feed box and hay shoot to fit a horse stall. The trough should be two by two feet by one foot deep, with a four by two foot platform beneath the hay shoot to catch dropped feed. Hay shoot about 16 by 20 inches allows the horse to eat without spillage. The setup keeps the head in a natural position and avoids horn waste, with an opening above the manger for the feeder and room to feed corn or chopped feeds without entering the stall.
Detailed instructions on building concrete walks including drainage, base, grouting, top coat, and curing. Emphasizes proper materials, proportions, and workmanship to avoid cracking and ensure even strength and appearance.
Raisin exports from the United States topped 31 million dollars in value for the last fiscal year with 18.5 million pounds shipped abroad. Imports were 2.5 million pounds, and Canada remained the main customer with 11 million pounds.
A gray mother cat in Lawrenceburg Tennessee adopted three gray squirrels after losing her own kittens. The brood played beside her and each other, cared for as tenderly as a kitten. The display lasted long enough to show they no longer needed maternal care.
Guidelines for clean barnyards, ventilation, manure disposal, stable cleanliness, parasite control, and cow grooming. It covers tuberculin testing, veterinary inspection, noise-free milking, udder washing, cold storage, sterilization, and strict exclusion of diseased animals and pets during milking. Discipline in hygiene and equipment sanitation is emphasized.
Louisiana and Arkansas rice acreage rose by about 700000 acres over two years. Farmers new to rice cultivation learn irrigation land prep and water application, yet adapt quickly. The U S grows nearly all its rice and imports specialty varieties for Orientals. Islands of the Caribbean and the Philippines receive U S rice. An Oregon farmer reported 18 eggs so small they fit a four inch phonograph record box.
Nature offers practical lessons for farmers, urging top dressing and soil enrichment from near and far. The piece argues that underlying rock should not limit crops and cites European land reuse, noting soil quality surpasses original rock and that persistence can transform barren land into productive fields.
A reflective piece argues that steady work and just dealing secure a passport to opportunity, while idle farmers risk stagnation. It contrasts farm life with village life and notes poultry and milk quality as cultural touchstones, ending with a fragmented reflection on work and value.
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