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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1912
Page
10
The article outlines best practices for profitable strawberry cultivation from climate and soil needs to planting timing and bed maintenance. It covers soil preparation, drainage, slope choices, seasonal cropping plans, redesigning beds after fruiting, and careful picking and packing to ensure quality and marketability.
The article discusses intelligent stock selection. for laying hens it favors a V shaped body, broad abdomen, and strong legs. It notes a rangy hen for eggs, a compact hen for meat, and uses comb color and pelvic bones to assess laying readiness.
A farmer advises early gentle training of young colts. Start with small colts to halter them, ease into leading, and avoid force. Use small rewards like sugar and oats to train, avoiding harsh methods and long forcing sessions.
Dr Wheeler from New York Experiment Station explains nutritive ratios for poultry diet. He notes corn has high fat relative to protein, giving a ratio near 1:9:6, and outlines required dry matter, ash, protein, carbohydrates, and fat for 500 laying hens with a 1:4.6 overall ratio.
Agriculture officials press strenuous measures to locate and exterminate the fig moth across the United States. A recent bulletin outlines prevention and destruction methods including fruit disposal, night covering of figs, insect proofing, rapid fig delivery, worm destruction in facilities by sterilization and heat, fumigation with carbon disulfide or hydrogen cyanide, gas tight khans, and enacted regulations. A Kendallville Indiana farmer dies from a bumble bee attack after his plowing uncovers a nest.
The term loco weeds describes a chronic disease affecting horses, cattle, and sheep in the West. Purple loco, white loco, and related perennials grow in adobe soil depressions, causing significant losses. purple loco is a likely toxic culprit though growth is uneven across regions.
A four year old, 1100 pound Jersey bull in Pennsylvania is billed as a pace racer attached to a sulky and is reportedly rideable in a saddle. The owner says the docile animal can cover several acres and is famed for its speed. The article notes similar plants and colorful blossoms across several states and the western US.
A preservation guide notes that spraying calendars help eliminate purple loco weed from fenced pastures. It warns that crown buds must be removed to prevent regrowth from roots and that infested areas should be avoided during shortages. Recovery in stock is possible with careful feeding and antidotes like Fowler’s soludon for horses and strychnine for cattle.
The piece surveys farm practices from egg handling and nest cleanliness to by products and spray mixtures for apples. It notes losses from dirty eggs, describes new baby beef trends, outlines spray formulas, and mentions farm economics and migration trends with figures on immigrants and orchard needs.
Article explains grafting and top-working fruit trees to improve yields. It covers cambium matching, successful bud insertions, cleft and kerf grafting methods, and cautions against over-grafting in a single year.
A Husum farmer with 600 acres fenced hog-tight fed 500 hogs last year on acrons with $300 in grain costs. State tests show tuberculosis in 10 percent of 2,500 cows, 60 percent at one institution, and 76 percent at a large private dairy. Farmers say fattening on mill and alfalfa yields similar profits to poor-fed porkers.
A brief note says that modest capital suffices to start hog raising for fair profits in the first year if careful management is practiced.
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