Ames Farmer and Breeder notes dairy trends and horse demand
The Ames Times editor discusses wet spring effects on crops and milk, dairy experiments at Ithaca and Ames, feeding practices for hogs and calves, and calls for stronger pasture management. He urges better horse and cattle breeding, notes crossbreeding limits, and stresses dairy manure use and proper seedbed preparation.
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L. G. Hardin
The
Ames Times
Cedar Rapids
Kansas
Better Breeding and Feeding for Profitable Live Stock
An Iowa station report analyzes three nine month periods of eighteen steers. Gains total 4 116 pounds first period 53 6033 second period 5 032 third period 3 26 pounds daily gains 2 52 to 3 26 vary with feed. Breeding and feeding together boost returns. corn meal on grass outperforms oil meal on pasture. Breeding horses and other stock requires careful selection and conditioning for markets.
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Norway
Germany
France
Brazil
Great Britain
New York
Ithica
Ames
Chicago
Iowa
Bennett
Ithieca
Mississippi
100Th Meridian
Canada Thistles Remedy Discussed for One-Year Eradication
A reader from Clarksville Iowa writes about a Butter County News reference to a discussion between a Canada professor and others on eradicating Canada thistles. The suggested method is continual cutting of every shoot, repeated frequently throughout the year.
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Clarksville
Iowa
Butter County
Canada
James Vanslyke
Story County
Times
Des Moines Weekly Leader
Leader
American Farmer and Farm News
United States
Springfield Ohio
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Arllen
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Womankind
H. Kelso, D. D.S
G. A. Underwood
Ttorney and
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U.S
Lowa Ofice
Union National Bank
Ames Lowa
Thurston, Swan & Co
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