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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1904
Page
7
Practical guide on building board drains using durable wood such as oak chestnut and cypress. Discusses board shapes, widths, and nail patterns, ditch depths from two to three feet, proper grading, venting, and vermin protection. Includes a homemade level instrument to ensure correct grade and alignment.
The Saratoga farm near Lebi Utah harvested an experimental patch of single germ sugar beets. Prof Townsend led pollen transfer and paper bags to produce seeds likely to yield single germ beets. Trials in Westington Washington and Utah target 30 percent single germ, with goal of over 50 percent and eventual four species, saving American farmers up to a million dollars yearly.
Farmers are warned against overfeeding corn as it fattens livestock but weakens vigor and breeding qualities. Ensure pastures have adequate shade for proper stock health and productivity.
A Prairie Farmer analysis notes cooperative grain elevating associations forming in the middle west. Farmers fund and run elevators at cost, with eight percent dividends, and require producers to sell through the association or pay a penny per bushel. Profitability and farmer return grow, while railroads grant equal privileges to expanded networks.
A simple device shown in the illustration offers a cheap method to cut large corn fields. Built from a sledge and a scythe blade, it can be made by a handy man on a farm. The body width must fit between rows, while the sledge portion measures about three and a half.
A detailed description from N E Homestead outlines a corn harvesting sledge built with chestnut runners two by three inches, one inch hardwood cross boards, and a scythe blade mounted at the right corner. The 45 degree brace connects six inches from the point to the sledge, with a large box for a receptacle and a trained horse guiding between rows. A wrought iron rod aids stalk collection as the driver keeps stalks aligned.
Instructions describe a rope and ring method to prop corn shocks for easy husking and stand. The moisture discussion notes hay moisture varies with curing, green cut hay may gain weight in winter, properly cured hay loses moisture and may drop about ten percent of bulk.
Henry Matthew of Epitomist advises a flat tar papered or plastered ceiling and walls to evenly distribute warmth. Roosts should be near the ceiling to save space, windows half height to ease heating, and ventilation kept minimal with two small ceiling holes for cold nights.
Poultry breeders debate hastening molt through starvation followed by nitrogen rich feeding. Rhode Island experimenters deprived laying hens for 13 days starting August 5, then reintroduced food. Within 30 days feathers formed and molting completed, though repeatability remains unproven.
The color of honey varies from water white to dark brown. Fifty pounds of surplus honey per hive in a season is a fair average in most localities. Light honey may not always be best in flavor but often commands higher prices. Bees do not need daily attention. one feeding can last all winter. Bottled honey should be light in color with fine flavor. dark honey looks bad in glass and reduces market appeal. Bleaching harms flavor. Dark good honey is preferred to light poor honey. Light honey comes from clover basswood and mountain sage. dark from buckwheat autumn flowers and whitewood.
In feeding aquatic fowls the food should be moist rather than dry and ground corn mixed with wheat bran in a soft mash is preferable. Ducks and geese prefer shallows where they forage by up-ending to reach tender growth, water bugs, and other prey in marshy reedy areas.
In November the season to cull out non paying fowls begins. Old hens and undersized birds are sent to fattening quarters for market sale while prime birds win winter breeding and laying value. Cull aggressively to keep only the best for future chicks and avoid crowding disease in winter.
A white leghorn hen shelters four abandoned kittens, treating them as her own. The kittens follow her all day and nestle under her wings at night, while the mothering hen guards them fiercely. Owner Joseph Hockberger of York, Pennsylvania, reports the unusual brood.
A Farm and Home note by B M Briggs explains chick protection at feeding time. Use a raised frame with slats or wire to prevent crowding and trampling by older birds, allowing chicks to feed freely as they grow.
Eight thousand six hundred seventy seven eyes from various sources were placed in incubators. Of these seven thousand two hundred five were fertile and three thousand three hundred forty eight hatched, 38.6 percent of the total. Hatch efficiency varied from 0 to 84 percent across conditions, aiming to test machine efficiency and the influence of moisture and room temperature.
The article argues that industry alone does not ensure farm success and that intelligent management, supported by information across multiple directions, is essential. It cautions against overreliance on sheer effort and highlights the need for broad knowledge in farming operations.
Italian novelist Salvatore Farina recalls six years with no language memory. Col Prentiss Ingraham, linked to Mrs Maybrick, had managed her Virginia and West Virginia estates. Cheng Yew Tong, ex secretary to the St Louis fair Chinese commission, issues a poetry volume. Richard Sattler publishes works on German posts. Chicago girl Julia Cooley gains literary notice for poems. LaGallenne funds her verses. Mollie Seawell must pay duties on European pictures. board rejects free-entry claim. Sousa receives French academy honor. he is the sole American to do so and is a Royal Victorian Order member. London possesses four state swords, black used on fast days and royal mourning.
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