Poultry Record Findings Highlight Illinois Farm Profits
Illinois farmers who cooperated with the university extension service reported total poultry profits of 43 778.01 from 234 farms. Egg receipts totaled 86 154.79 with 4 164 568 eggs laid, while total cash receipts reached 148 598.97. Best one third of farms showed higher egg production and profits per hen, lower mortality, and more efficient labor value than the poorest third, indicating strong returns when records are well managed.
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Illinois
College of Agriculture
University of Ilinois
John Vandervort
Vandervort
Kafir and Ground Corn Compare in Dairy Feed Tests
Kansas Agricultural College tests found ground corn slightly better than kafir for dairy cows. Milk and butterfat advantages were small, and body weights were similar. Cows fed alfalfa hay silage and a grain mix of four parts test grain, two parts wheat bran, and one part linseed oil meal.
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Kansas Agricultural College
Grease Cures Lice in Young Chickens
The article advises examination for head lice in chicks showing distress or poor condition. It recommends rubbing lard on the heads of affected birds after confirming lice, claiming near immediate relief and to repeat the treatment a week later.
Hog By-Products Boost Farm Profit and Efficiency
Hogs convert farm by products and waste into valuable meat. They consume dairy waste garden waste and non market grains. Hogs multiply quickly and reach market readiness sooner than other farm animals.
Salt Use on Western Range Described in New USDA Booklet
The United States Department of Agriculture released a new booklet titled To Use of Salt in Range Management by W R Chapline and M W Talbot of the forest service. It explains how proper salt quantity and distribution improve grazing, details salt allowances and containers, and notes cattle horses sheep and goats needs. The free circular 879-D is available from USDA Washington or forest service offices while supplies last, with copies later sold for 10 cents.
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United States Department of Agriculture
W. R. Chapline
M. W. Talbot
Forest Service
Washington, D. C
Superintendent of Public Documents
Notion seed runs out disproved on Wisconsin farms
The article describes how farmers now save their own seed, keeping it clean and pure bred, avoiding neighbor trades. It credits the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association with educating growers and making Wisconsin a leading seed grain supplier through on farm selection and grading.
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Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association
Feeding a Young Calf by Weeks and Quantities
The calf should be fed sparingly at about four to six pounds daily until one month old, with milk split between morning and evening. Some feed three or four times daily, though not required unless weak. By six weeks, milk intake can rise to ten to fifteen pounds per day.
Turkey Dainty Mater Turkeys Need Clean Living Conditions
The article argues turkeys are naturally dainty eaters and require clean food to avoid illness. It notes that free range conditions provide fresh air and cleanliness, though confinement can succeed if turkeys have adequate air and food.
Farm Advice From the Field What to Do This Season
Money spent in culling chickens is money saved. Advertisers should fund their own outreach. Promote every sale to the world. Project family vacations and thinning fruit to avoid overproduction. Lime acidic soils before alfalfa seeding and soil tests via farm bureaus or state colleges. Wash horse collars in warm water to prevent rough, sore breasts.
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Farm Bureau
State Agricultural College
Woman Reflects On Unhappy Marriage And Regret
A woman recalls a life of unhappy marriage and expresses a wish to revert past choices, noting regret and desire for change in her personal history.
Never Pet a Strange Black Cat on a Roadside Cat
Reported in the Indianapolis News a tale of two flapper girls and their boyfriend who chase a roadside black cat near Goshen. The girls believe catching the cat breaks a jinx, but the cat turns out to be a skunk after the boyfriend buries his clothes.
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Goshen
Indianapolis News
Horse Returns as Briton Streets Embrace Horse Power
A Manchester Guardian contributor says horses are returning in Great Britain as street traffic grows. More horses in service than three years ago and brisker harness shop business reflect the shift. The article notes cost efficiency for short hauls, congestion in streets, and outdated loading at warehouses as factors aiding the horse's comeback.
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Manchester Guardian
Great Britain
England
America
Boston
Prose in Short Jerky Lines Like Verse Libre
A terse note of experimental style. The piece aims for a rhythm of quick fragments. The voice breaks lines to mimic breath and tempo. It implies mood through gaps and abrupt shifts. The effect is a free verse mood in prose form.
The Inevitable Body on the Quality Cars
An advertising notice extols Fisher's bodies as the world standard of quality. It claims Fisher builds the fastest creations and places General Motors cars ahead in safety, comfort, beauty, and convenience due to mechanical improvements.
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Fisher
General Motors Corporation
Cadillac
Buick
Chevrolet
Oakland
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
General Motors
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Wrigleys
Wrigle
Handy Zion
Wrigley’s
Florida
Villanova
Jacksonville
Seaboard Railroad
Macclenny
Boulon Enterprises
34Th St
New York City
Des Moines
Canada
Finance Times
Monarch
Reid, Murdoch & CO
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
Lulu
Honah
St. Paul
Dispatch
Myself
Carlyle
Northwestern Yeast Co
North Ashland Ave
Chicago, Ill
Seneca
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