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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1910
Page
7
Practical guide on soil moisture conservation explaining deep furrows, firm bottom packing, soil mulch, and deep plowing to maximize rainfall uptake. Discusses harrowing timing, mulching methods, and humus and manure as moisture aids to improve yields.
In apple packing the barrel offers advantages for shipping and market quality. Ventilated barrels reduce dirt exposure and protect fruit from impurities while ease of handling lowers costs. Some shippers perforate barrels for airflow. others prefer solid barrels with ventilated slats to ensure marketable apples. Barrel packaging minimizes shortage claims and maximizes fruit per load, notes L. Hess.
A discussion of sanitary milk pails outlines several styles with side openings and built in strainers. It notes absorbent cotton between cheese cloth, practical for filtration, and praises strong soldered joints while highlighting difficulties in ensuring interior cleanliness and visibility. The text also stresses thorough washing, rinsing, and sterilization.
The article argues that home making has grown complex with global foods and fabrics. It urges trained homemakers to use nutrition, sanitation, and efficiency knowledge to prevent illness, reduce waste, and improve homes as the nation modernizes.
Farm poultry advice urges culling non producers and banding first laying pullets to build stronger breeding stock. Emphasizes selecting well bred hens, housing, feeding, and consistent culling to boost egg yields and flock vigor. Author W. E. Valpon underlines using banded hens to form next year’s breeding pen.
This article instructs on humane and sanitary poultry slaughter to preserve flavor and appearance. It covers starving birds before slaughter, thorough blood removal, proper neck handling, brain-stabbing methods, and precise knife specifications to avoid blue skin and spoilage. It emphasizes correct grip, mouth cuts, and brain destruction for effective bleeding.
The article discusses cow forage intake on sailing crops with 75 to 160 pounds daily. It notes dairy cows require about two pounds of digestible protein per day and lists protein contents for alfalfa, red clover, oats, sweet corn, millet, Flint corn, and sorghum. Clover and millet meet protein needs, others fall short.
Grow catalpa trees from seed gathered from mature specs plants. After leaf fall, collect long pods, dry seeds, and plant seeds in trenches with early spring peas. Plants reach a foot to eighteen inches in the first year and can be moved to permanent locations the next year. Catalpa bloom year round with large leaves and long seed pods. Some plant along fences and roadways for ornamental value, though mice can reduce seed success in woodland plantings. The speciosa variety is emphasized for easy self propagation and later grove planting for timber and durability.
The article notes cream pasteurization rising in creameries to control finish and quality. By heating from 170 to 180 degrees F and rapid cooling, most bacteria are destroyed and undesirable flavors reduced, yielding a more uniform product.
A Hereford steer weighed 1470 pounds at two years old and won third prize at the International Live Stock Show, noted for being slightly fat and lumpily presented. The article highlights the animal as a magnificent specimen of the Hereford breed and touches on barn doors and gates workability, suggesting occasional oiling and the need for oil.
Winter rye and winter wheat reduce weeds and provide fall pasturage for sheep or cattle. In spring they show heavy growth that smothers weeds, ripen earlier than wild oats and mustard, and yield well. Rye tolerates pasturing better than wheat, which should be avoided if a next year crop is planned.
A farm article stresses that horse shoulders must be cared for, focusing on proper collar fit, padding, and collar cleanliness to prevent soreness. It warns against dirty collars, heavy padding, and rough leather, recommending harness-makers attention, damp sponging, oiling, and cold water treatments. It also notes that improper driving and early overwork cause shoulder injuries and advises consulting a veterinarian early if injury occurs.
A well designed poultry house should be warm well lighted dry and ventilated with no draught. Ideal dimensions vary with flock size but a 40 hen house runs about 16 feet long with two roosts or 12 feet with three. roosts should be level two inches wide and flat on top with rounded edges. Ventilation should avoid drafts face south and seal north roof and ends. use muslin for windows to allow air flow while keeping drafts out.
A compact poultry house measures 14 feet by 16 feet with a rear height of 4 1/2 feet and a front height of 7 feet. It features front openings only, cloth covered hinged windows, a central low door for entry, roosts and droppings troughs with nests beneath, and a sloping hinged top over the nests to prevent roosting and enable easy egg access.
The article notes one third of world swine in the United States, with 47 782 000 hogs valued at 9.14 each, totaling 436 373.00. Hog numbers are down 6 365 090 since 1909, yet overall value rises by 81 809 000 due to higher per head prices.
The piece argues current annual road repairs are inadequate and calls for a continuous maintenance system. It questions farmer tended patchwork, citing division of labor and modernization as reasons for shifting responsibility to automatic road upkeep funded by public systems.
A flower loving inventor describes a moisture supplying box for window boxes and similar stands. Water is added to a bottom reservoir and drawn upward via sponges through a false bottom to keep soil evenly moist and nourish thrifty plant growth.
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