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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1910
Page
7
A well planned barn has been built for a Michigan farmer. It measures 40 by 72 feet with an excellent arrangement. The main floor suits threshing and hay storage, while the basement holds 14 cows with feeding alleys and stalls for five horses. A large sheep barn on one side features five windows for ventilation.
Mrs. B. R. Buffhan describes five years of trial and practical results in New Mexico. She details soil improvement with sweet clover and alfalfa, stable manure use, and crop diversification from Kaffir corn to poultry. She notes high profits from Flemish rabbit breeds and a compact 12-bird pen system.
The article explains ruminant digestion with four stomachs and cud chewing in cows sheep and deer. It notes the paunch first stomach rechewing and the manryiles third stomach and describes water storage in the second honeycomb stomach. It advises mixing roughage with grain and protecting trees from mice to prevent girdling and suggests grafting if girdling occurs.
Advice on gradual feed change from pasture to grain and hay to reduce shrinkage and stress. Emphasizes ten to fourteen day transition, use of roots or turnips, high quality forage, and ample outdoor time with ventilation, plus staged barn access during changing conditions.
Instructions describe two self filling drinking fountains made from cans and pans with water fed from a reservoir. Also notes on preventing lameness in sheep by inspecting feet and advice on preparing soil for orchards with fall plowing subsoiling discing and spring harrowing.
The article notes warmth and exercise are essential for winter pig growth and survival. It cites experiments showing higher grain costs without warm shelter, details six key conditions: warmth exercise good feed ventilated quarters sunshine and good blood. It describes suitable housing and the need for outdoor activity in warm weather to prevent thumps and scours.
United States sued the Missouri River and Northwestern Railroad for fire trespass in Rinck EU National Forest. A jury awarded $3,728.85 in total damages, including $2,634.45 for merchantable timber and $12 per acre for burned unmerchantable young growth, a pioneering precedent recognizing the value of young growth as a damages basis.
T R Douglass of Missouri achieved the highest score in judging classes at the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City competing with Iowa Nebraska and Kansas. Missouri students also took top cattle and hog scores and tied for horses. Douglass earned a perfect score in cattle judging the best ever by a U S student and also a perfect hog judging score the top hog contest mark in the nation.
A Sensille kitchen table designed to be placed on wood casters for easy rolling to any part of the kitchen. It can be wheeled to the dining room door loaded with dishes and moved to the sink, reducing steps. The top may be zinc or heavy white caramel cloth, cloth preferred for easier cleaning. A vessel hangs from a hook at one end.
The text describes a method to collect vegetable and fruit parings as a valuable addition. It suggests a stationary table with a small zing tank at one end, connected by a pipe to drain water outdoors. A perforated zinc cover over the sink prevents coarse pieces from clogging the drain.
Advice for farmers on growing and storing root crops such as mangels turnips and carrots for winter feed. Emphasizes soil quality, rotation, planting density, thinning and storage, with yields up to twenty tons per acre and potential production costs under two dollars per ton for roots and about 35 dollars per acre overall.
The note suggests breeding the mare now so colts drop next fall and expects many eggs daily if hens are kept in a warm, ice-free house and fed liberally.
The notes warn that hens fed on concentrated food without enough grit become bound and may stop laying if roosting on the lee side of a hickory limb. The guidance emphasizes placing pullets under Leover.
Advice lists practical tasks for farm seasonality including clearing drains, preparing beds, and securing hay. Emphasizes mulch after ground freezes in colder states and covering hay tops for protection during winter. Encourages staying busy with maintenance chores.
Authorities urge farmers to save corn stalks as winter roughage to accompany straw. With hay crop short of the ten year average, next winter may drive hay prices higher, so farmers should ensure sufficient fodder. Using corn binders aids fodder savings and trading surplus fodder among farmers is advised.
The article explains the favored share system where landlords supply land sheds fertilizer and equipment while tenants provide all labor. Expenses for twine and paper are shared. Many tenants lack means and often incur debt while awaiting market results. In Wisconsin a form called An Agreement to Work Land keeps land with the landlord until labor and marketing are completed, after which half the proceeds go to the tenant. Landlords may advance living expenses under this arrangement.
A simple chicken driver notes that moving chickens is difficult when they refuse to cooperate. He says using the apron to “shoe in” or tossing items only frightens them and rarely achieves the desired result.
A simple palm-leaf fen on a long stick guides chickens and ducks gently. When used softly it directs birds without startling them, making it effective for moving nervous ducks without fear.
Garden note warns that forcing bulbs too hard causes weak growth and early festivity. Suggests selecting large forward hyacinths and Paper White narcissi to achieve Christmas bloom.
A dairy care piece emphasizes absolute cleanliness from barnyard to bottling. It describes metal sanitary milking stools, highlighting No 1 as the easiest to keep clean, with smooth pipes and no dirt-trapping corners, and notes variations Nos 2 4 with caps on legs for pail and stool use.
The passage describes No 5 being revived to serve B85 and hold a pail while the milker sits on the other end. It notes this style is harder to keep sanitary than simpler forms. No 6 is iron galvanized after assembly with a single leg and a larger base for easier cleaning.
A call for prompt farmer action against Quack grass and Canada Thistle warns of real danger to crops. It stresses soil root elimination, legal measures, and cooperation among farmers, Experiment Station, and legislature to prevent widespread weed infestation and farm abandonment.
A diagram shows a glass pane box with hinged top and a draining bottom intended to keep items sunlit and free from dust or floating matter. The text notes nine panes make a good size and warns not to feed oats to pigeons, young or old.
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