Old Kish pen unlocks Mesopotamian life and writing
Archeologists unearthed the oldest known pen at Kish near Babylon. The bone stylus reveals a highly organized Babylonian society with contracts, taxes, hostages for debt, and 20 percent interest, showing parallels to modern life and the long lineage toward modern pens.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Kish
Babylon
Mesopotamia
Babylonia
Assyrian
Europe
Israel
Abraham
Dairy Exhibits in West States Highlight High Producing Cows
Prepared by the U S Department of Agriculture the dairy exhibits in the western states stress profitability from high producing cows and proper feeding. Shows contrast between a poor cow at 150 pounds and a good cow at 300 pounds butterfat yearly with income over feed cost per cow of 26 vs 74 dollars. Also urges use of high quality bulls records culling and calves from best cows plus liberal feeding good pastures silage and mineral rich hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Frequent Cultivations Essential for Potatoes
Potatoes grow quickly and benefit from very frequent cultivation to control weeds and conserve moisture. Three to four cultivations keep weeds down, but six to eight cultivations yield a better crop. Frequent cultivation frees plant food, and a brief daily pass with a cultivator outperforms hoe use.
Green Feed Essentials for Growing Pullets
The article advises providing real grass or green feed for pullets during late summer as range depletes. It emphasizes shade and cool water, warns against over ten percent meat in growing mash, and gives a suggested mix of thirty five pounds cornmeal, twenty five pounds bran, twenty five pounds middlings, ten pounds meat scrap, and five pounds bone meal. Milk can replace meat but bone meal should not be omitted.
Goslings Health Advice and Feeding Tips
Goslings sometimes suffer diarrhea from heavy feeding on sloppy mashes or stagnant water. Use a mash of corn meal bran middlings and rolled oats with skim milk. Perform postmortems on any that die to note internal organs and crop contents. Ensure plenty of fresh green grass and shade for easy rearing.
Kill Striped Beetle Disease Control Directions
Instructions for controlling the striped potato beetle using Jead arsenate. Spray at 8 pounds powder per 100 gallons of water or 9% level teaspoonfuls per gallon. As a dust, mix with gypsum or sulphur or dilute one pound with 10 pounds hydrated lime. Apply as needed, covering all plant parts.
Anthrax Breaks Out Across Several States
The U S Department of Agriculture reports anthrax outbreaks in Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Texas and South Dakota. Cattle and sheep are highly susceptible with death possible within hours to days. Prevention focuses on vaccination and proper disposal of carcasses to avoid ground contamination.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
South Dakota
Ruling On Grapes Sold In Boxes Must Show Net Contents
Federal ruling declares grapes in log boxes are food in package form under the federal food and drug act. Boxes shipped interstate or abroad must bear a plain conspicuous statement of net contents in the largest unit of weight or dry measure.
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C. A. Browne
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Cottonseed Meal Not Favored as Poultry Protein
Poultry keepers avoid cottonseed meal as a protein source because of its poor palatability. Adding bone ash or bone meal can improve acceptance, and a supplement of chalk, bone meal, and salt per 100 pounds of mash is recommended.
Population drops in US horses and scarce antelopes
Figures from the National Horseshoers Protective association show US horse numbers down 58 to 75 percent in ten years with 200000 head off in 1923. Chicago and Baltimore declines 55 and 53 percent. Saskatchewan chief game guardian Fred Bradshaw warns Saskatoon antelope herds near extinction with only about 25 left. A stray sentence notes a cook leaving a place over packing her trunk.
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United States
National Horseshoers’ Protective Association
Chicago
Baltimore
Prairies
Saskatoon
Sask
Fred Bradshaw
Saskatchewan
Weather wisdom for farming and livestock care in Jersey
A farmer’s guide emphasizes weather’s impact on tractors and fall plowing, with notes on new tools, farm naming, consumer habits, and sheep care. It cites eight foot ground connections, Dawson’s golden chaff yielding 51 bushels per acre in 1923 trials, and rape succeeding with late hog feed in corn fields.
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Dawson
Jersey
New Jersey
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Badmons
Krcchwts
China
Egypt
Greece
Italy
West States
Goslings
Myself
Aan
Northwestern Yeast Co
North Ashland Ave
Chicago, Ill
E. I. DU Pont DE Nemours & CO
Loa
Sporting Powder Division
Wilmington
Del
DU Pont
Sportsmans Service
Frank Winch
Iowa
Hawkeye
Waters
Missouri
Minnesota
Doan
R.L. Clapton
W. Clark St. Clarion
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chem
Buffelo
N. Y
California
Blue Line Storage Co
3Rd & Eim
Des Moines
Lowe
F. Young
Lyman St
Springfield
Mase
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