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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1912
Page
10
This article outlines balanced feeding for eight laying hens and growing chickens, emphasizing time for shell formation, green foods, and variety. It stresses crushed oyster shells, vegetables, and mangels, along with grains like corn, wheat, barley, oats, and buckwheat. It notes buttermilk as profitable feed, the value of wet mash, and the need for exercise and comfortable housing to optimize egg yield.
Rural tips describe curing hog meat with early morning slaughter and thorough cooling. Procedures cover salting with saltpeter, six to eight week curing, washing, borax for slipperiness, pepper coverage, dripping, and smoking with oak wood to avoid overheating. Also includes farming advise on plow depth to improve crop vigor and soil turnover.
Dairy notes emphasize choosing cows with strong dairy form and temperament, and recommend early cut clover or alfalfa grown thick on the ground. Breeding bulls should trace to cows with large milk records. The farmers institute and educational rally drew over a thousand attendees from varied professions.
A rope halter is inexpensive and practical for handling cattle. The one-snap, nonadjustable design is common and safer than two-loop styles. Construct by measuring around the nose, making a loop, splicing, and attaching a cheek piece as shown.
Foul brood is a contagious fatal disease of bees killing larvae five to nine days after the queen lays. Do not reuse old combs or equipment, replace with foundation, and cull weak queens. Keep colonies strong with vigorous new queens and introduce bloodlines. Remove diseased combs, shake bees onto clean frames, and feed sugar syrup. Remove all honey from diseased colonies and thoroughly cleanse bees before restocking. Watch for signs such as sunken caps, concave cappings, irregular perforations, and foul odors.
Dry climates boost mite multiplication and the brown mite is the most common orchard pest. Eggs appear on trunks and branches in late summer and are numerous on pear, cherry, plum, prune and almond. Remedies include sulfur sprays, tobacco preparations, and lime and sulfur dormant spray to kill eggs and young mites.
The text describes threading rope through a loop and making an end splice to finish halter 3. It references figure 2 for the completed setup, indicating a step in a knot tying or ropecraft instruction. No broader context is provided.
The article argues unsanitary hog pens cause infant losses, noting pig crop size hinges on sow care and feed more than sow numbers. It cautions against overfeeding and under exercising, urges outdoor sun and varied seeds, and recommends wind pumps and water heaters to prevent losses from water handling and tattle drinking ice water.
The piece argues balkiness stems from how a horse is trained or treated and not from innate meanness. It states that, aside from patience, no cure exists for balky animals, and warns that talking horses in harness should only be used under the saddle, as a ruse.
It explains how an orchard with grass or weeds risks damage from pests unless tree trunks are protected. Emphasizes soil quality, thorough cultivation, and sandy loam as ideal for strong fruit production with proper treatment turning barren land into profitable crops.
The snowy tree cricket causes severe damage to raspberry canes and grape vines by cutting the buds where eyes form. Nymphs feed on sap, stunting growth, rendering branches useless and leading to plant death if unchecked.
A fragment describes snow laden pests affecting sheep and lambs, causing appetite loss then overeating once hungry, leading to stomach and intestinal upset. It notes lambs relish oats well and stresses keeping lambs at home or selling locally. Healthy, well conditioned lambs fetch higher market value.
Meadow mice inhabit grassy fields and orchards, gnawing bark and girdling trees. Poisoned bait using chopped alfalfa or clover with strychnine is effective when applied early in spring, with careful preparation and precautions to avoid harming birds.
A Massachusetts farmer bought 40 cents worth of steak in town and received 10 cents change. At home the meat vanished until he found it in his cast pocket, then recalled placing it there and opened his purse to recover the steak.
A flock may develop feather eating and pulling, damaging flesh and leaving birds nearly naked. To curb it, avoid idle confinement and keep birds active. Provide range access or busywork feeding, such as hanging seeds or offering turnips, cabbage, and green foods. Use green supplements and carbonated vaseline on scraped birds.
Agricultural bulletin advises breeders and growers to use careful production methods to curb asparagus rust. It highlights removing wild infection centers, planting beds sparsely away from cutting beds, and pruning to reduce rust spread. Bulletin 343 from the U S Bureau of Plant Industry offers detailed guidance.
A reader notes honey at 70 cents per pound and asks farmers to consider bees that can yield about 106 pounds of honey per season. The piece gently mocks apiarists who talk about themselves and urges attention to neighbors and practical farming prospects.
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