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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1927
Page
3
Dr. B F Kaupp of North Carolina A and M warns egg production drops in June and outlines steps to protect the flock. Separate housing for males, frequent egg gathering, cooling methods, caponizing for holiday market, proper dipping with coal tar solution, ventilation, mite control, shade and clean water are advised.
Purdue university veterinary department studied March and April losses from 1000 flocks. Ninety percent of sick or dead chicks had bacillary white diarrhea though intestinal disease is not the primary issue. Surviving birds show liver lung heart and intestinal lesions with frequent misdiagnosed pneumonia.
The article explains that early roosting causes crooked breast bones in chicks. It recommends a 2 by 2 inch, rounded scantling placed about a foot from the floor to train chicks to roost and prevent corner huddling. Once roost-trained, chicks face less danger on cold nights.
The optimal caponizing window is when the cockerel weighs 1 to 2 percent of a pound or is two to four months old. Slips occur if part of a testicle remains. Beginners may have up to fifty percent slips. Next year should bring better success. Capons failing to develop are usually due to worms or unseen defects, not young age.
The text advises using tobacco dust with at least 1 percent nicotine content to treat intestinal worm infestation in young chicks after six to eight weeks, following the same method for older birds. It warns against assuming worm burdens without examining the intestines of one or more dead birds.
United States Department of Agriculture notes American co operative associations marketing poultry or eggs exceed 50 000 members with over 40 million dollars in annual business. More than 70 associations exist in 21 states led by California Missouri and Washington while New York Detroit and St Paul act as city market sales agencies. In 1925 live poultry totaled over 12.8 million pounds across 81 associations with most activity in the middle western states.
An animal disease called bullnose or snuffles affects pigs in dirty, damp pens. Budding infections spread via wounds from fighting or dirty mouths, causing ulcers and swelling that foul the air passages and force euthanasia to prevent herd infection.
The article notes farm relief is shaped more by inspiration than legislation and reports a decline in interest in horse breeding. It advises daily grooming for working horses, a light morning brushing, and a 20 to 24 pound grain plus equal hay split into two feeds for a 1600 pound horse. It warns botulism risk from moldy corn and mentions horses and cattle as most affected with hogs less prone to ill effects.
United States Department of Agriculture reports that resistant strains of wheat have been found in varieties such as Blackhull Daw son Fulcaster Fultz Hussar Leap Penquite Preston Purplestraw Richt Shepherd Silversheaf and Trumpbull. Trials since 1922 at Rosslyn Virginia and Ithaca New York indicate pure line selections in Fultz and Fulcaster regain resistance, offering hope to cut the annual loss from loose smut in the United States.
A Michigan Farmer writer warns livestock farmers to fence young orchards from cattle. Cows browse and tear tender wood, rub and break limbs, loosen roots, and kill trees. Neighbors with free ranging livestock worsen the risk. cheap fences prevent costly disputes and protect nursery stocks.
Alabama experiment station fed pigs on rape pasture with Dwarf Essex rape plus corn and wheat shorts. Six hundred pound pigs per acre grazed 147 days gained 0.7 pounds daily and required 14 acres of rape and 273 pounds of grain per 100 pounds gain. One acre of rape replaced 58 bushels of corn in this test. Leaves of rape provide succulence bulk and nutrients for pigs like for people.
U.S. experiment stations in Ohio Kansas Nebraska and Missouri report hogging down corn yields gains but only with added protein. Introducing alfalfa or clover pasture soybeans rape or tankage boosts daily gains. In South Dakota rape in corn raised pigs’ daily gain over 20 percent from 1.06 to 1.28 pounds. If tankage costs are high longer feeding may be needed.
A packing guide explains a tight pack in apple barrels comes from thorough racking without overfilling. Overfilling is common but harms fruit, while proper racking allows little pressing and fruit staying slightly below the top before pressing. The guide notes adding half bushels after racking.
Robert T. Hart of New York University reports red squirrels in the woods eat two poisonous fungi, Amanita muscaria and Russula emetica, and even store them for winter. In lab tests, caged squirrels chose these toxic species again, despite their deadly human reputation. The immunity mechanism remains a riddle.
A motorist crashes into a rickety wagon near Auxvasse. After the explosion and fire, the injured driver crawls out and the old man offers help. The motorist, feeling remorseful, pays the man after acknowledging the trouble caused.
The poet Robert Frost sent a poem about apples to a nearby agricultural college for factual revision. They replied that his pomology was accurate but the poetry was awful.
The obituary notes Viscount Cowdray, a British oil magnate who helped build the Pennsylvania Railroad Hudson River tunnels, and recalls a New York oilman’s remark about his witty response to critics. The anecdote compares Cowdray’s stance to the fictional Jones who would defend a friend.
A playful exchange describes a plain as a place where all the hills are flat with Johnnie answering in simple terms about the landscape. The dialogue centers on geography and the idea of a plain as flat terrain.
Mrs. Paul Weiden bohm of Terrebonne parish Louisiana spent the night in a tree to escape flood and hurricane danger. Her hair tangled in the limbs required her husband to cut and free her lapsed tresses forcing a hair cut to bob her hair.
The article notes that annually the United States consumes about 70 million pounds of artificial silk produced from wood pulp. It highlights the scale of synthetic textile production and its reliance on wood-derived materials for fabric manufacturing.
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