Fowls For Backyard Flock Not Necessarily High Quality
Poultry experts from the United States Department of Agriculture advise backyard flocks produced for eggs need not require hens of extra good standard quality. Choice utility hens in standard breeds can match egg production at modest cost, though they may be slightly under standard weight and show minor faults. Attention to vigor, comb appearance, and feet is urged to ensure healthy laying and early condition indicators.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Dust Bath Helps Hens Fight Lice and Mites
The article advises providing hens a dusting area in the yard or a 2 foot square box filled with dirt inside the house. Dust baths help keep lice and mites in check, improving hen comfort. without dusting, other problems may arise.
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Eother
United States Department of Agriculture
Waste at thrashing time saves millions in grain
United States Department of Agriculture specialists report large grain losses during thrashing across North Dakota South Dakota Montana and Minnesota. Adjusting machines and using tight bottom wagons cut losses, saving over 21.9 million bushels state wide. Training thrash crews to check cleanup and canvas ground under feeders reduces waste further.
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Dakotas
Minnesota
Montana
United States Department of Agriculture
North Dakota
Operaton
South Dakota
Bue
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Okdehoma
Kansas
Selecting Good Layers For Breeders Use In Egg Production
The guide explains how to choose hens for breeding by looking at past performance and physical traits. Key indicators include body condition, feathering, pelvic breadth, vent softness, and skin color. Favor hens with well spread pelvic bones and without signs of illness or stress.
Separate sexes in breeding and feeding practices
The text argues that sexes should be kept separate and young birds sorted to form groups. It suggests separating pairs, with males and females housed apart, and providing extra food to the mates. Cockerels may be mated to hens without negative inbreeding effects.
Furnish Shade in Summer for Young Poultry Safety
Summer care advice stresses providing ample shade for chicks poults ducklings and goslings roaming grassland. If ground is browned by sun and lacks tender green food offer daily shade and one good feed of fresh green food to keep youngsters healthy.
Cost of 1919 Wheat Shows Varied Farm Costs
United States Department of Agriculture reports 481 farms surveyed in 14 districts. Average cost per bushel across all farms was 2.15 with yields 14.9 bu/acre in winter wheat and 8.4 bu/acre in spring wheat. Costs ranged from 1.10 to 3.50 per bushel. price received would have left many growers unprofitable.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wheat Belt
Office of Farm Management
Nunsnas
Nebraska
Missouri
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
General Farm Notes on Crops Storage and Wheat Grading
General farm notes cover vegetable plantings for early fall, hay prices, tractor storage, insect spraying, and crop cutting judgments for peas oats clover and wheat. It explains dockage in wheat grading and defines foreign material removed before grade determination.
Dockage test in wheat quality assessment
The article explains dockage as the share of foreign material in a wheat lot. It describes testing by weighing about 1 000 grains to form a representative sample and using grams to express percentage for ease of calculation.
Dockage Plan of Federal Grades for Wheat
The dockage percentage affects the true value of a wheat lot and may include useful or harmful materials. Methods to handle dockage should fit local conditions, with possible removal at farm or shipment to avoid freight on dirt and weed seeds. The system can raise a farmer’s grade and protects against flat rate price manipulation.
Understanding Dockage and Foreign Material in Wheat Grading
The document explains how dockage and foreign material affect wheat grading. It defines dockage as material removed by sieves and foreign material other than dockage as what remains in the dockage free sample. Dockage does not change grade but may alter weight. foreign material influences grade within each numerical level.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Diamond Dyes Advertises Easy Fabric Dye Protection
Say Diamond Dyes. Don�t streak or ruin your material in or dye. Insist on Diamond Dyes. Follow directions in package.
Freezone corn remover promises painless relief
An advertisement touts Freezone for corns claiming instant numbing and easy lifting of hard and soft corns as well as between toe corn with no soreness. It notes a pharmacist sells a small bottle for a few cents. Also mentions motion pictures showing construction work of a large public building by government standards officials.
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Popular Mechanics
United States Bureau of Standards
A Good Thing Not a Bank Says Vice Presidents
A humorous exchange notes the United States is not a bank and adds a quip about how many vice presidents would be needed. The dialogue reflects a playful political joke about the presidency and financial analogy.
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United States
End of Eight Years Miser y in Newark
Theresa Coventry of Newark New Jersey credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving years of organic illness and back and limb pain after weeks of treatment and now resumes housework. She recommends the medicine and notes others are using it with success. Free advice is offered by the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Newark
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Theresa Coventry
Burnett St
Newark, N. J
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