Fall Advises Delousing Farm Animals Before Winter
United States Department of Agriculture experts urge fall delousing of cattle horses hogs and other livestock to avoid lice problems in winter. Dipping and spraying are most effective in mild weather. dusting powders offer limited help. Full herd treatment prevents reinfestation. see Farmers' Bulletins 909-F 1085-F and 1493-F for detailed directions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Pasturing Qualities of Blue Grass and Other Crops
Blue grass offers early spring and late fall pasture but is limited for hogs compared with alfalfa clover or rape. Winter rye provides fall and early spring grazing, with hogs kept off when rape matures. Sweet clover gains popularity for late fall and early spring pasture but requires sweet soil and may resist hogs at first. Soybeans do not serve well as pasture due to post maturity decline.
Blisters Harmless to Hogs Says Specialist
A veterinary note describes intestinal emphysema in swine, where gas bubbles form on the small intestine near the mesentery. Blisters range from pea to hazelnut size, caused by gas forming bacteria, but the condition is harmless to hogs and does not make meat unsafe.
Daily Ration of Corn and Skim Milk for Hogs
The daily hog ration varies by age and weight. After weaning pigs should receive four to six pounds of skim milk per pound of corn. Pigs 0–100 pounds: two and a half to three pounds milk per corn. 100–150 pounds: two to two and a half pounds milk per corn. Over 200 pounds: one to one and a half pounds milk per corn. Older sows need even less skim milk to corn.
Rape as Pasture for Pigs and Mixed Crops
The article explains rape as pig forage, noting an acre yields 15 to 20 shotes. It advises light pasturing, rest periods for regrowth, and rotating patches sowed ten days apart. It also mentions rape mixed with oats and peas and its compatibility with corn as a cropping option.
Timothy Acreage Much Too Large
Edward C. G. Parker of the USDA told the Farm Seed Association of North America in Chicago that timothy and timothy mixed hay acreage is likely to fall over the next decade. Old timothy meadows in the East North Central and North Atlantic states may be abandoned or turned to pasture as demand declines. substitution by alfalfa, clover and soybeans is expected where suitable. Timothy will persist where soils or climates are unfavorable to legumes, and new uses as soil binder or green manure could boost demand in the South.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Edward CG. Parker
Farm Seed Association of North America
Chicago
Timothy
East North Central
North Atlantic States
North Central
South Central States
Parker
Atlantic Seaboard
Missouri River
Control Bean Beetle by Calcium Arsenate Dusts
The Mexican beetle that attacks beans can be controlled with calcium arsenate dusts. Apply the first dusting when eggs appear on leaves, then several follow up dustings as needed. Use 15 to 20 pounds per acre and dust evenly including the undersides of leaves with a dust gun and L-nozzle.
Water and Land Value in Irrigated United States
Specialists say water has greater value than land in most irrigated regions as land relies on scarce water. Improved land with valuable crops is high in value, yet without water the land may become valueless.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Simple Farm Method for Cooling Milk and Cream
A basic method cools milk or cream by placing the strained can in a tank of cold water and stirring contents until 50 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. It avoids buying a cooler, reduces washing labor, and lowers recontamination risk compared with surface cooling.
Be U S Beef Sires Aim for Tender Steaks
E W Sheets from the USDA argues that wise selection feeding and management can yield uniformly tender steaks from beef cattle. He cites superior chuck cuts from certain cattle and stresses pure bred bulls and accurate appraisal of beef sires for high quality offspring. A film titled The Beefsteak Bequest accompanied his Grain Valley MO talk to livestock specialists.
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United States Department of Agriculture
E. W. Sheets
Sun-a-Bar Farms
Roster of Grape Lists Hundreds of Varieties
The article surveys grape diversity noting hundreds of named varieties. It highlights red white and blue groups and mentions new blue Sheridan from Geneva New York as a potential Concord rival. It traces origins to wild grapes with Concord born 78 years ago when Ephraim Bull crossed wild fox-grape with Catawba.
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Worden
Concord
Hicks
Herbert
Isabella
Ontario
Ripley
Braeton
Caco
Dunkirk
Martha
Sheridan
Geneva
N. Y
Farm Journal
Ephraim Bull
Seeds of Common Weeds Germinate After Years
Seed data shows that plants in the pea family germinate after 43 years of dry storage. Wild morning glory relatives lived 15 years, burdock eight years, broad leaved plantain wild carrot and common vetch eight years, water hemlock five years. Most common weed seeds die within three years when exposed to air in a dry place. Soil seed longevity for common farm weeds ranges from 10 to 50 years in grassland.
Agricultural Notes on Crops and Livestock Management
The article discusses using alfalfa hay for pigs, suggests feeding whole hay in racks, notes 81 million acres of idle land in the U S suitable for trees, compares frost tolerance of soybean plants to corn, stresses ample feed for dry cows, and explains how a cow's feed and condition during dryness affect milk production in the next lactation.
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United States
Summer egg production tips from Colorado expert
Charles N Keen of Colorado Agricultural College urges careful summer feeding for hens. Increase mash and reduce scratch feed, moisten mash at noon to boost protein intake, and avoid forcing early molt. Emphasizes sanitation culling and managing hot weather to control costs and maintain production.
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Charles N. Keen
Colorado Agricultural College
Keen
Clean Out Mites and Bedbugs in Henhouse
Era chicken mites and bedbugs in poultry houses can be cleaned out by carbolineum painted on roosts, dropping boards and nests. Gas drippings from city gas plants also help, per Iowa State College. Remove chickens for 24 hours to avoid eye injury and fumes tainting the birds.
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Iowa State College
Poultry Care Tips From Hatchery Notes and Farm Advice
The article offers practical poultry guidance including lice control after flock culling, development of pullets for winter production, saving late molting hens for breeders, using fresh ground bone as a stimulant, risks of sudden ration changes, and avoiding soft shelled eggs by providing shell-making minerals. It also suggests basement storage or root-cellar style egg storage, early roost training for chicks, and a mite control paint using old engine oil mixed with coal tar disinfectant applied to roosts.
Pexel Jelly Earnings Report Highlights Varied Inflows
The note outlines Pexel's jelly revenue patterns with several examples of earnings figures. It shows fluctuating income across months and hints at factors driving the differences.
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