Feeding poultry: best mixes depend on feeder and price
The article outlines five feed classes for poultry and argues home-mixed feeds offer control over ingredients and cost. It explains ground grains plus meat feeds raise protein and balance rations, details common components like corn, oats, bran, beef scrap, bone meal, and scraps, and gives a practical ration of equal grain parts with a mash to support winter egg production.
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Grape Vines Pruning and Training for Home and Farm
The article outlines timing for fall and winter pruning of grape vines in mild weather, with best results from November to March. It discusses protecting vines in cold areas, laying down canes, covering with litter or earth, and choosing pruning methods based on growth, variety, and trellis type to ensure steady fruiting and stronger plants.
Grape Propagation Pruning and Training Bulletin
Bulletin No. 471 announces a free publication on grape propagation pruning and training, available by application to the department.
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Fresh Air for Poultry Houses Drives Down Drafts and Costs
Article urges open fronts and muslin curtains to maximize ventilation in poultry houses. It argues southern open fronts work well and northern shelters need controllable fronts, with minimal glass to avoid rapid heat loss. It covers feeding, culling, disease prevention, lice control, and winter roost maintenance for healthy flocks.
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Wintering Poultry: Keep Houses Tight and Fowls Healthy
Ensure a healthy winter flock by readying houses and coops. Thoroughly clean and disinfect horses, remove dirt floors, add gravel or sand, or fresh straw on cement or wood floors. Seal three sides to block drafts while allowing some sun on the south face.
Making a Home Smokehouse From a Barrel and Trench
A simple home smokehouse can be built without a real structure. Dig a hillside trench to create a fire box, cover with sheet iron with a smoke hole, place a bottomless barrel over it to hang meat, add a rainproof lid, and install a tin door to the furnace.
Don’t Neglect Barn Care Says Kimball Bros Co
Practical barn management notes advise keeping cattle warm water, proper lighting, clean feed boxes, and regular disinfection. Tips include safe lantern placement, avoiding litter in hay, spraying stables and hen houses, stocking dry kindling, saving liquid manure, dust bedding, nightly checks, cleaning nests, and feeding hens efficiently.
The Right Ration For Dairy Cows
The article urges tailoring cow rations to individual animals rather than feeding all milk cows the same. It notes one cow may thrive on a diet that fails another, suggesting testing different feeds and consulting a grain dealer to optimize profits by keeping the best cows and adjusting rations as needed.
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