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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1913
Page
3
The article explains that storing 5 to 7 inches of water in soil equates to 500 to 700 tons per acre, stressing deep moisture for crops. It notes dry fallow and dust mulch reduce evaporation, while pasture and shallow moisture limit storage. Historical figures include wheat yields from 1906 to 1911 tied to rainfall and water retention.
Roup is an offensive nasal discharge with swelling under the eyes. Remove healthy birds, isolate affected fowl, wash nostrils, apply camphor steam, and add cod liver oil twice daily. If swelling blocks the eyes, syringe out matter and wash with carbolic acid solution. Kill and bury severely diseased owls, lime the coop, and feed bromide of potassium in drinking water.
Fresh air, sunshine and exercise are the best poultry tonics. Proper house design keeps air flowing to prevent drafts and odors, sunlight reaches all corners to kill germs, and scratching exercise promotes blood circulation. These three are the top medicines in the poultry doctor’s book.
The article emphasizes the benefits of cow testing associations under strong management and inspector quality. It notes farmers join to gain advantages, with testers guiding dairymen to improve rations, reduce costs, and raise profits. It also covers gluten feed color change and distinguishes cottonseed meal from cottonseed feed by hull content and protein levels.
Ducks grown for breeders require careful early growth. After eight weeks heavy rations hinder breeding value. Keep ducklings growing from the start. A dirty brood coop invites disease harming chick health and viability.
A historical survey by American consuls suggested windmills, once common in Europe, will gain importance in the United States for pumping water and powering farm machinery. Electricity generation remains experimental but likely, with wind data from M. P. C. Day highlighting wide regional wind variation and a hopeful outlook for wind as an agricultural asset.
C L Byee of Petaluma California unveils an electric incubator, the artificial hen, promising commercial success where power is cheap and available. The device uses a regulator for even heat and can be attached to existing incubators with a simple plug and switch.
Bears Horticultural Notes advise on grapes peach and other fruiting plants. It notes grape arbors beauty and year round joy and cites crop values for apricot quince pear and small fruit crops totaling millions annually. Cannas caladiums and dahlias can be started from the cellar.
The spring tooth harrow stirs the alfalfa field to kill small weeds and mellow the surface to conserve moisture. Though the field may look sick afterward, a stronger implement is needed to kill alfalfa roots 0.25 to 1.5 inches in diameter.
Advice on brooding chicks from hatching to three weeks old. Emphasizes a hen kept in a simple coop with sand bottom, quiet handling, no food for first day, then small frequent meals, water in a shallow vessel, and dry or wet feeding methods. Also notes warmth, cleanliness, exercise, and lice control for healthy growth.
The notes urge protein rich rations for sows and shelter from drafts to maximize feed efficiency. They warn against breeding sows in poor condition and stress rapid, careful fattening. The Tamsworth breed is praised for prolific meat while salt storage and cautious salting are advised. Lamb growth and meat quality are contrasted with faster but less tender gains.
Hungary adopts dry farming with a surface crust method to conserve moisture. Director Kerpely reports over 2,000 tests in three years show on average 50 percent higher yields. Landowner Fechtig notes wheat and barley gains in poor regions, suggesting North Africa trials may follow.
Practical guidance for poultry keepers. Recommend millet for eggs, avoid crowding, use incubators, feed oats and wheat, boil grains for variety, clean housing to prevent vermin, don’t feed wet slop, maintain regular feeding, and cull poor layers while following incubator directions.
A proverb describes a mother hen raising up to thirteen eggs. If a hen must cover more than thirteen, two hens are set to hatch the brood. One hen then covers thirteen eggs while the other rears its own brood, ensuring all chicks are cared for.
Advice urges spraying apple and plum trees before bud expansion to boost yields and promotes feeding poultry on clean grass to accelerate growth of chickens ducklings goslings and other poultry.
Notice to E. J. Rule and heirs that $400 due from co owners is required within ninety days of service or publication for labor expended in 1910 to 1912 on Little St Francis Blessed Wack Bird and Cotton Tail mining claims in Mason mining district Lyon County Nevada. If unpaid, property may vest in RR Spiva, the subscriber, after publication dates 28 1913 through 20 1913.
Timetable No 10 lists daily northbound trains to Wabuska at 12 20 am and 2 45 pm and mixed service at 12 30 pm while southbound services to Ludwig run at 2 15 am and 2 05 pm with No 8 at 4 33 pm.
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