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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1910
Page
15
A local farmer describes unique methods used by a prosperous market gardener. He preserves seeds with pulp, coats cucumber seeds with paraffin, irrigates deeply to avoid sunburn, and transplants beets and lettuce for rapid, larger heads. He roots rose cuttings in late summer and plants grapevines similarly, showing expertise in transplanting and forcing growth.
Instructions from R. M. Bates on careful handling of apples for flat class fruit. Emphasizes delaying packaging to evaporate moisture, selecting smooth colored fruit, packing in barrels with one row facing, rejecting wormy or small specimens, shaking barrels, and marking variety. Advises against using overly colored fruit from certain trees and warns against short measures.
W J Spillman argues long leases and full domestic animal stock improve soil, crop rotation boosts profitability. Landowners should reform renting to reward renter intelligent management. If money scarce between tools, prioritize a riding plow over a washing machine this season.
Good butter is obtained through proper care of the cream it is made from and is an art not hard to learn. The best customers pay a high price for top quality, as markets show. Butter must be handled with circumspection because it is perishable. a maker of fine quality earns the title of artist.
A practical plan for a home made outside window box fitting a kitchen window. The design uses two deep shelves, a tight hinged lid, and lining with paper to balance temperature. It can be hung on nails or brackets and may double as insulation when the sash is raised. A shoe box was suggested as a ready form.
Certified milk keeps sweet for long periods with ocean and land journeys cited. Exhibits from U S dairies at Paris 1900 show milk remaining sweet two weeks, in some cases 15 days after bottling and long trips of 3,000 to 4,000 miles. Regular bottles with two paper caps parafin covered, ice packing used for shipment.
A historical note details wagon frame construction with side pieces of 128 inch elm or similar, 18 feet long. End pieces 2x6 feet long, front brace three feet hardwood. Main frame members include 2x6 pine 26 feet, rear bolster, crows-pieces with iron fastenings, a knee mortised into the frame, and a 6 foot boom ladder attached by a roller. Wesley Grif
A Farmer argues for constant learning in agriculture through colleges and agricultural journals, noting unseen conditions and practical knowledge. He laments farmers who neglect reading and thoughtful problem solving despite the clear benefits of staying up to date.
Instructions describe selecting early seed, harvesting kernels when hardening begins, tying husks back, threading a pole through loops, and hanging in a cool dry place. Do not crowd to ensure thorough drying and air circulation around the ears.
An early 20th century treatise urges strong public action against the brown rat, detailing its damage to crops, homes, stores, and health. It recommends cement construction for rat-proofing buildings, humane trapping methods like Quibotine and pit traps, and emphasizes predator protection to curb rodent populations.
Two market methods exist dry picking and scalding. Dry picking is simpler and can dress about 3 dozen ducks daily. After scalding, ducks are shaved and dried, then ice‑packed in barrels with backs down and breasts up, yielding firm, market‑ready birds for shipment.
The piece argues for tying ducks to deter mice and notes ducks resist certain pests due to oily skin. It says ducks, once weaned, are hardy and rarely sick. It emphasizes shelter, proper feeding for exercise, appetite, digestion and overall health, and briefly mentions education for youth and a San Bernardino County rose bush turning pink after years of white blooms.
A fragment warns that meat bits soaked in brine and left on the ground will give hens serious bowel trouble. It urges not to feed such scraps to poultry.
W M Kelley argues fattening hogs on forage crops before October, then finishing in pens with corn and water, yields better profits than delaying to market at a higher price. He cautions against overholding hogs, stresses uniform bunching for sale, and notes many feeders lose money without careful grain and labor cost accounting.
Farmers continue to raise cattle for market from non beef bloodlines, but beef type is essential for economic meat production. Beef breeds like Short horns Herefords Aberdeen Angus and Galloway gain flesh quickly with better quality. A beef animal is a compact blocky creature with a short head wide breast deep chest broad back full thighs and good rib spring aided by pliable mellow skin indicating good finishing tendency.
Agricultural note advises farmers to sow wheat at the normal date or slightly later in Hessian fly risk areas. Weather effects may reduce pupae. seed bed prep and proper fertilization improve outcomes. Stronger straw varieties resist both Hessian fly and jointworm. in severe worm areas substitute spring wheat with a different variety.
An older instructional note describes taking bees to a cellar in November. Hives are loosened from bottom boards to avoid jar, with covers sealed but care to avoid arousing bees. Honey may spill during cleansing flight and a six month cleansing period is anticipated. The diagram shows placing hives on cellar floor with supports for ventilation.
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