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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1925
Page
9
An astronomical hall three stories high with a large sky dome is planned by the American Museum of Natural History. The design features constellations on the dome, suggesting an expansive public display space for celestial science.
A USDA prepared guide describes building a permanent outdoor vegetable cellar of concrete. It covers site, forms, wall and roof construction, ventilation, insulation with earth and straw, and earth floor with slat support for containers. A 10 by 12 by 8 foot model holds a crop from an acre garden.
The USDA urges wider barley cultivation in northern and western states to boost livestock feed. Barley yields more pounds per acre than oats or wheat and can be seeded later than spring wheat. Best varieties include Tennessee Winter, Manchurian, Oderbrucker, Coast Hannecen, and others. ideal soils are well drained and not sandy with early seeding and proper harvesting methods.
Soy beans can be threshed more efficiently with a pea and bean separator than by any other means. With this machine there will be a minimum of unthreshed and split seed. An ordinary grain separator, properly adjusted, will thresh the crop very well.
Rodents overrun the nog house feed room and hog yards, causing feed loss and nuisance. Owners treat rats as a persistent problem, noting return visits, though they underestimate the broader damage and mischief beyond simple feed waste.
The main challenge in ensiling shocked corn or corn stover is achieving proper moisture. Use equal weights of water and fodder for typical moisture, with more water in wet weather. Excess water can be drained from the bottom, and spraying from the top is preferred over a continuous water stream into the silage blower.
Pullets confined in the house should receive a well balanced ration of dry mash serated grain green feed oyster shell milk or water. A mash can be made by grinding equal parts corn and oats by weight with 80 pounds of this mixture to 20 pounds of tankage. Feed in a hopper at all times and give scratch grain twice daily at 12 pounds per 100 hens.
The text advises that grain feeding value stays intact in silos and urges fertility in soil to boost farm income. It cautions selecting seed corn for spring, disposing sick chickens at home, and selling only what you would eat. It notes barley as hog feed, best when mixed with corn and a 5 percent tankage ration.
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