Prize Farm Tops California as Best Single Farm
Henry Struckman and family built a diverse California ranch of over 306 acres starting from woodland. They produce fruits vegetables and livestock including 100 goats and 495 chickens. The farm won California’s best single farm trophy for its integrated cooperative system and steady income.
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PHIP + SINNOTT
NEA
Rass Valley
Calif
Henry Struckman
Struckman
California
Struckmans
Bors
Rebor
Strickmans
Strudmaan
Cross Valley
Talis
Thoughts for Women on Farms These Days
A dated health advisory urges farm women to adopt good daily habits to prevent ailments. It links bad habits to illnesses beyond accidents and promotes comprehensive well being through proper living, meals, sleep, and work balance.
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Joe
Ren Dent
Neal
Red clover shows best for Ohio farms in tests
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station reports domestic red clover strains yield best in Ohio trials with Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota seeds close in performance. Foreign seed price and seed scarcity justify using top adapted foreign seed while Canada and Pacific coast strains vary in winter hardiness and disease resistance.
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Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
L. E. Thatcher
Michigan
Indiana
Minnesota
Europe
France
Russia
Poland
England
Mineral mix not needed for pregnant and nursing ewes
Ohio Experiment Station tests show mineral mix added to winter rations does not improve ewe or lamb health. Lambs from mineral-fed ewes were heavier at birth but faced more difficult lambings. some groups refused the supplement, and overall benefit was minimal per D S Bell's assessment.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Bell
Minister Manages Baby Chick Farm
The Rev. E. P. Conrad, pastor and gospel minister, runs a baby chick hatchery in town with 68 400 capacity. He also handles advertising for a second hatchery in another town. The facility operates under Ohio Poultry Improvement Association rules and Ohio accreditation. Conrad oversees cleaning and handling nearly 20 000 farm hens across the eighth hatchery.
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E. P. Conrad
Tie
Ohio
Ohio Poultry Improvement Association
Tev
Cansrad
Chicks Raised on Wire Floors Studied by Ohio Station
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station reports three years of trials brooding chicks on wire hardware cloth instead of floors. Results show healthy pullets and strong four-year hen performance, with production up to 160 percent at 14 months. Kennard urges small-scale testing before wide adoption.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Kennard
Ohio Hen Certificates Honor 189 Birds in Record of Performance
Ohio Poultry Improvement Association awarded certificates to 289 hens from multiple flocks for meeting egg production and trap nesting standards. Winners include Leghorns laying 200 eggs or more and other breeds achieving 189 eggs or more, with top producers earning honors at an Ohio State University banquet during Farmers Week.
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Ohio
Onion Poultry Improvement Association
K. J. Meister
Atwater
Vertige County
George Hobbs
Howard Farms, Inc
Bano
George Lang
Clermont Poultry
Ohio State University
Ohio Poultry Improvement Association
L. D. Wresbley
Gladys Dakan
Worthington
J. O. James
Mlairstown
Dayton Poultry Farms
Dayton
Fieargato Hobls
John F. Gasson
Darke County
Toledo and Bone
Lucas County
T. Humber
Chira
Ohio Poultry Troprovemierat Association
Ohio State Univ
Mylug
Farmer transforms role as tillers become business makers
R L Duffus in the New York Times argues the American farmer is shifting from pure farming to a business and manufacturing role. He notes adoption of reapers, combines, irrigation, fertilizers and cooperatives signals an industrial revolution in agriculture and a gradual city country integration.
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R. L. Duffus
New York Times
Adam
Ilan
Ohio Shows Eight Per Cent Decrease in Cattle on Feed
Ohio reports eight percent decrease in cattle on feed compared with last year, while Indiana and Missouri show ten percent drops. The Corn Belt states mostly rise, western markets see a decline in stocker and feeder cattle movement, and late 1929 saw weaker monthly totals though overall weight of cattle on feed remained near last year’s.
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Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Lancaster Tysylvania
Corn Belt
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