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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1911
Page
9
A detailed guide for squab production covering stock quality, feeding, sanitation, nest handling, slaughter, bleed-out, plucking, cooling, cleaning, packaging, and shipping. It emphasizes starting with first‑class stock, proper guarantees, loft sanitation, precise killing and bleeding, careful dressing, refrigeration, and compliant packing in ice with paper lining for shipment via express services.
The Shire horse dominates in England while American buyers import more Shires than ever. Breeders emphasize strong feet, sound bone, and masculine stallions, with veterinary checks and fence-line shows as main advertising. Rich owners influence breeding, but tenant farmers profit from modest purchases and sale back offspring at high prices.
The article describes portable hog houses as a practical, sanitary option for small to medium herds. It explains advantages over permanent quarters, notes simple construction from salvaged lumber, and details a shad roof design with ventilation features. It emphasizes relocation to fresh ground and varied feeding to prevent filth and disease, plus notes optional sizes from four to twenty animals. It mentions soil drainage, site elevation, and the benefit of isolating diseased animals.
The Imperial Agricultural Museum in St Petersburg offers free lectures and demonstrations to popularize farming. Courses cover chemistry, anatomy, soil science, meteorology, crop science, plant culture, cattle raising, poultry farming, beekeeping, dairy production, and use of farm machinery. Sessions run evenings and Sundays with field trips to farms and facilities. attendance has grown yearly.
An account of domestic science teaching as part of girls education, promoting health and reducing drudgery. It cites benefits for farmer’s daughters and includes household tips such as stain removal with baking soda and varnish care with alcohol. A Kansas farmer profited about 7000 dollars from cucumbers using a both winter cold house and outdoor summer growing methods.
Instructional note on the clove hitch knot its use in building and rigging such as derricks guy lines and scaffolds. Emphasizes quick tying, secure grip under strain, and keeping a dry 50 foot rope ready near ladders for frequent unseen uses.
A poultry raiser reports white Plymouth Rock hens showing crooked backs after death this season. He notes cooping and low openings may contribute, but warns deformity is easily transmitted and advises breeding only from sound birds, adjusting coop openings and roosts to prevent injury during growth.
Two young city girls visiting a farm in Ohio last summer showed curiosity about dairy production. One asked which cow yields the buttermilk, prompting a cousin to answer by distinguishing goats from cows and noting her country experience.
A essay argues that rural social life binds young people to farms, reducing urban class stratification. It praises farmers clubs and community institutions, notes income parity with city workers, and urges government and education to foster richer countryside life. It stresses women's role in expanding social culture and preserving democratic ideals.
Early celery seed should be sown in February or March in hotbeds or kitchen windows with sand sprinkled over the surface. Germination takes 12 to 14 days and plants are set out in May in boxes or beds with rows four feet apart and six to eight inches in the row. Blanching by boards, rich soil, and ample water are advised. a Detroit pigeon's 600 mile flight is noted in a separate contest anecdote.
Johannesburg orders 200 American mules for Cape Town delivery with vet inspection. Mules must be 14 hands, deep girth, short legged, ages 4 to 7, priced just under 250 dollars each. Missouri or Kentucky stock cited as best for the climate. Local sales after nine to ten years reportedly fetch 90 to 140 dollars. Meanwhile Illinois farmers Brawing Gunsaulus Atwood Eldridge have sheared 3,850 sheep, breaking season records.
Practical laundry bench guidance describes a strongly built bench with a cross piece five to six inches wide for holding clothes between tubs. It recommends faucets on the tubs to ease water flow and reduce lifting strain, and suggests placing the wringer on the cross bar for efficiency.
Field mice plague Nevada led the State Experiment Station to begin mouse extermination. Hawks crows ravens skunks coyotes foxes and wheezels are active mouse enemies and protected. A Springdale Washington man says he bred poultry from wild Sandwish Islands birds whose roosters cannot crop.
The article outlines oat market grades by grain color and cleanliness, legal bushel weight of 82 pounds, typical straw-to-grain ratio, hull percentages, and comparative composition. It adds feeding guidance and a curious anecdote about a woman using a steel range as an incubator to hatch chickens.
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