Standards Help Farm Problems in Butter Grading
A USDA prepared piece argues Danish butter standards show value in recognized grading. It urges broader federal grading use to raise price real value, improve quality, and boost efficiency in butter and other perishable foods through standardized marks and inspections published by the Bureau of Markets.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Hamid
Denmark
United States
New York
Penmark
America
Minneapolis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Bureau of Markets
Europe
Federal Inspection Service
Zyger
Washington, D. C
Profit From Stock and Varied Crops Prospects
The piece discusses farm expansion driven by limited local demand for nontraditional products and the USDA guidance. It notes dairy surplus potential for dairy products, cattle raising, cattle feeding, and the role of unmarketable by products and cheap pasture. It also mentions pork production as another growth path for farms without brood sows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department
Better Sires for Rabbits in Better Stock Campaign
Hamilton Coleman of Bay County Florida becomes the first US resident to enroll in the Better Sires Better Stock movement with live stock consisting entirely of rabbits. Although rabbits are not officially listed among target animals, Coleman receives the official emblem as the breeds raised for meat include Flemish Giants Spot ted Giants New Zealands and Belgian hares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hamilton Coleman
Bay County
Florida
Coleman
Grain seed treatment and garden tool warning
The note advises treating small grain seed with formaldehyde to prevent smut and praises barley as an excellent stock grain. It adds that using a muddy or rusty garden tool is a misdemeanor punishable by failure.
Harvesting Soy Bean Crop by Machinery in Wide Use
The article explains how soy bean harvesting has grown in importance with available bean harvesters. It outlines two wheeled box machines, self binders, mowing machines, shelf rake reapers, and grain separators, detailing operation, drying, and storage practices for seed viability and yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Wash Keeps Rabbits Away From Young Fruit Trees
A United States biologist proposes a tree wash to deter rabbits. The mixture combines strychnine sulfate dissolved in boiling water with laundry starch glycerine and molasses. Applied to tree trunks the paste is said to kill rabbits that gnaw bark and protect the trees.
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D. A. Gilchrist
United States Biological Survey
Elevated Site For Orchard Planting Practices
Guidance on selecting a well elevated plot for orchard planting. If water tables are high, ridge beds for drainage are advised and ditches should run between rows. Plant depth varies by soil type and nurseried varieties should be disease-free and suited to the locality.
Right Stock For Breeding Chickens
The article outlines selecting vigorous breeding stock for successful poultry. It advises using healthy, undeformed birds, preferring yearling hens for breeders, and retaining vigorous hens two to four years old. Males should be young, active, with an early hatched cockerel often satisfactory or a vigorous yearling or two-year-old cock. Provide hens with large runs and avoid forcing heavy egg production in early winter.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Deadly foe of lazy fowls traps nests to test laying
The text argues that nest traps expose the true laying ability of each hen, revealing which birds produce eggs, aiding in taming flocks, increasing egg output, and providing a basis for pedigree breeding and selective breeding decisions.
Yield White-Shelled Eggs from Mediterranean Breeds
Poultry of the Mediterranean or egg breeds are best suited for white-shelled eggs. Leghorn Minorca Ancona and Andalusian are popular egg breeds noted for not sitting. They rarely brood and hatch their eggs, requiring artificial incubation and brooding.
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Minorca
Ancona
Poultry Tips For Spring Egg Production
Use small or dirty eggs at home. Early cockerels will fetch good prices this spring. Provide dry mash for growing chicks and allow self- feeding. Stand by the hen and tend her. she will lay eggs vigorously. Feed clover and sprouted oats to stimulate chicks. Ensure ample feed for steady growth. Avoid overfeeding with thick scratch feed and feed in small amounts. Preserve eggs in spring and summer for fall and winter scarcity and high prices.
Remarkable Recovery from Change of Life Aids Advent
Mrs. Margaret Danz of 743 North 25th Street Philadelphia testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her organic troubles and pain during the Change of Life after other medicines failed. She urges others to try the remedy and offers to publish her experience to reassure readers.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Margaret Danz
N. 25Th Street
Phila
Prayed for Cure Finds it After 10 Years
Herbert M. Gessner of Berlin New Hampshire writes of ten years of stomach trouble relief after using EATONIC He reports initial relief after one third of a tablet and full cure after completing two boxes. He credits the remedy for lasting improvement and renewed appetite.
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Herbert M. Gessner
Berlin
N. H
Eatonic
Teamster's Life Saved by Peterson Ointment
William Haase of West Park Ohio credits Petersons Ointment with curing a years long severe leg sore after doctors failed. The letter, collected by P G Reitz Box 199, accompanies a public endorse ment from Peterson himself who cites numerous cures of eczema piles and skin diseases. Packaged at 35 cents a box with mail orders from Peterson Ointment Co Buffalo.
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Peterson Ointment Co., Inc
Peterson
William Haase
West Park
Ohio
Care
P. G. Reitz
Peterson Ointment Co
Buffalo
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Norti Carolina
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ROK
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Hunt
A.B. Richards Co
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Owensburg
Ind
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