Move to Improve Industry Farmers Organize for Disease Eradication
Nearly 100 farmers around Grove City Pennsylvania organize into an association to promote healthy herds with tuberculosis eradication as a priority. Members must have herds supervised by state livestock sanitary officials and the bureau of animal industry. The group requires full herd data, pedigrees, and dairy worth, with 50 cent registration fees, plus a secretary treasurer maintaining records and monthly sale lists.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Grove City
Pennsylvania State Livestock Sanitary Board
Bureau of Animal Industry
Sires to Herd Dairy Herds
The USDA states every dairy herd should have a purebred dairy bull at its head, even scrub and grade herds. Daughters of scrub cows and purebred sires are grades but can outproduce dams, and breeding to first-class purebreds can raise granddaughters to high production grades. Descendants of grades and bulls may equal purebreds in milk and butterfat, with breeding offering limitless improvement beyond feeding.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Treatment of Little Calf
An uneasy weary calf will seldom thrive. Bodily ease and comfort are essential in stock care. Consider how care would suit us if we were in the calf’s place. All animals share common needs, guiding humane feeding and handling of livestock.
Green Feed For Hen Flock
United States Department of Agriculture specialists say any affordable green feed can suit poultry flocks. Cabbages turnips beets and potatoes are fed with cooking and preparation tips. Mangel and sprouted grains offer good green feed though labor varies. Feeders should provide about all the green feed the flock will eat once daily.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Range for Growing Chicks and Feeding Tips
Growing chicks thrive on sour milk available freely, with beef scrap reduction in dry mash when fed. Provide ample fresh water, especially in heat, cooled in fountains or shaded dishes, and clean water daily. Free range with shade yields greens, bugs, worms, and less grain, reducing sickness and boosting vigor.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Vermin on Mature Poultry Addressed by Louse Study
The article explains that mature fowls harbor lice or eggs between feathers and along the fluff, thighs, wing bases, and head. It notes the importance for poultrymen to continuously check for lice and maintain vigilance in detection and control.
Enemies of Little Chicks Hawks and Pests Warn Farmers
Hawks crows rats foxes and other predators are the chief threats to growing chicks and thousands are killed each spring. Poultrymen who study the issue say the best method to reduce losses is prevention through vigilance and protective measures.
Purebred cows rise in bull association herds 1918 to 1919
Dairy Facts reports a 249 percent rise in purebred cows within bull association herds from 1918 to 1919. Total cows owned by members grew from 10 248 to 18 244, with purebreds increasing from 597 to 2 086. The number of associations also climbed from 44 to 78, signaling growing support for small breeders.
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Bull Association
United States Department of Agriculture
June pasture ideals for profitable dairy feeding
The article stresses that thriving dairy feeding hinges on abundant, balanced palatable feed and comfortable surroundings. It notes June as a model for ideal conditions, guiding dairymen to extend these favorable factors year round to maximize milk and butterfat quality and quantity.
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Nature
Turn Over a New Leaf in Dairy Costs
The article urges farmers to keep precise cost accounting and improve marketing to avoid hidden losses. It argues that better record keeping and attention to dairy production will lead to healthier cows and higher profits.
Dairy Notes Teach Calves Early And Select Best Cows
Advice urges early calf grain feeding and calf housing to stabilize temperatures. Emphasizes identifying top cows and breeding to top sires, avoid underfeeding, and use insect powder against pests approaching calves for better dairying outcomes.
Truth about a bull’s breeding value and pedigree
The article argues that being purebred, pedigreed, and registered does not guarantee breeding merit. Pedigree records ancestry, but its value is only proven by the merit of the offspring. It emphasizes that actual breeding value rests with the performance of progeny.
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