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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
7
An agricultural bulletin by 8. F. Russell of Missouri College of Agriculture argues creep feeding boosts lamb readiness and weight, supporting Missouri’s lamb marketing plan. It details a starter grain mix, gradual bran reduction, and six reasons creep feeding pays plus six essential practices for young lambs.
Carl P. Thompson of Oklahoma A&M's animal husbandry department recommends four mineral mixtures for hogs to mix at home. Each uses combinations of lime or limestone, bone meal, bone black or bone flour, and common salt. Place the mix before hogs at all times and add one pound per 100 pounds of feed if mixing into their feed.
The market seems to discriminate against heifer calves and quotes higher prices for steer calves of equal finish and quality. Heifer calves are often full fed on grain longer, increasing surface and internal fat and making their carcasses less desirable. If they had been marketed 80 days sooner, profits would have been greater.
Farmers should assemble hogs well before shipment to allow rest. Do not crowd into small pens or feed heavy rations. Do not rush animals to the loading point. Loading chutes must be safe and not too steep with secure sides to prevent falls.
The article explains using crude or waste oil from car crankcases to kill hog lice. It advises sprinkling the hogs with a garden sprayer or sprinkling pot, placing them in a crowded pen, and leaving the oil on for two to three hours to spread over the animals.
Geese require grazing for feed and are usually kept in small flocks with free range. Pasture size, housing, and wet weather protection affect health and breeding. geese mature for mating after two years, with three to four geese per gander.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the piece extols egg salad as a versatile main dish for luncheons parties and Sunday suppers. It notes spring abundance easy preparation and quick assembly using hard cooked eggs mayo and lettuce with optional yolk deviling and accompanying crackers or simple sandwiches.
The guide notes quick cooking to preserve delicate flavor and vitamins. It describes trimming washing and cooking whole stalks, using cheesecloth or a basket, then serving with butter white or hollandaise sauces. Several recipes use small asparagus portions with milk eggs and cream sauces.
A recipe for everyday strawberry jam using 4 quarts of berries or 2 to 3 pounds with lemon juice and 3 pounds sugar. Wash and hull berries, crush part of the fruit, cook rapidly in an enameled pan, stir to avoid scorching, add lemon juice, and seal in sterilized jars.
A strawberry flavored hard sauce for puddings from the bureau of home economics. Cream butter with sugar and salt, fold in stiff white of egg, crush berries, and mix. Warm slightly to smooth. serve immediately or chill for a thicker sauce.
The Ohio agricultural experiment station at Wooster endorses an all mash ration for chicks, noting successful trials on their farm and by other poultrymen. The bulletin cautions against adding scratch grains and advises coarser grinding for better palatability.
The article discusses raising turkeys by artificial methods as more profitable than natural brooding. It notes rising difficulties in achieving 20 to 30 percent poult increases yearly and cites turkey chicken associations as a major cause of baby poult losses. It explains brooders and incubators as new developments in turkey farming.
If any bird shows roup symptoms, begin control immediately. Clean and spray all houses pens coops and runs with coal tar dip disinfectant. Remove burn droppings litter and trash. Remove unnecessary equipment from houses and yards and store elsewhere.
The 1920 anniversary of the accordion, born in 1820 in Vienna by an instrument maker named Damain, is noted as gaining prestige among the elite in France. Jazz popularity supplants the saxophone, elevating the instrument to urban street, cafe, and coastal harbor life where nostalgic tunes evoke faraway homelands.
Four foot or longer king crabs have been found in Alaskan waters and are being captured in large quantities. Caught in nets in Cook Inlet, they yield about six and a half pounds of meat per crab and are shipped to the United States where demand is high. The crustaceans are said to surpass the great crabs from Japanese waters.
A brief adv promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as a laundry additive to give shirts and garments a neat, well-groomed appearance favored by girls, suggesting it for mothers to use for their daughters.
A brief note observes that age is visible, yet minor alterations can enhance appearance. The remark suggests cosmetic tweaks can soften signs of aging, while acknowledging that age itself remains apparent.
A quip from Cervantes underscores how a chorus can magnify religious fervor while a boy’s escape from a circus ends with a return home. The observer uses a proverb-like image to critique rash action and reliance on communal religion.
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