Skimmed Milk Value On Farm By-Products
Skimmed milk is the most valuable dairy by product worth 15 cents to $1 per hundred pounds based on quality and use. Hand separator skimmed milk is superior for uniform daily quality and higher value. It suits young animals and pigs best when fed properly. overfeeding is the main waste. Calves thrive on warm skimmed milk from band separators. chickens grow fast with skimmed milk and free range. For pigs, sour milk appeals more, but grain is needed for a balanced ration.
Proper Care of the Jersey Cow for Profit
A dairy farmer extols Jersey cows and consistent milking. He feeds bran and oats, selects top heifers, plans to double herd size, and emphasizes regular milking hours and calm handling. Milk output hinges on ample, good feed and proper care.
Poultry Advice on Growing Young Chicks on Range
A poultry column urges careful care for spring chicks kept on range. It covers feeding, housing, vermin control, and hygiene, noting weight targets and fattening methods to add about two pounds per bird at roughly five cents per pound.
Dairy Notes On Pasture, Feeding And Milking Profits
Practical guidance for dairy farming stresses comfortable milking stools, good pasture and feed, tuberculin testing for cows, quiet stables, and the value of green feed. Emphasizes grain at milking, daily green diet, proper salting for butter, and careful feeding for calf rearing and overall profitability.
Partition in a Chicken Coop for Easy Poultry Handling
A chicken coop with a sliding partition allows forcing fowls toward a single door so one bird can be removed at a time. The partition can split the pen into two sections when centered, and its center pole can serve as a roost for short fattening stays.
Banding a Pigeon Ring Procedure
Instructions describe placing a band on a pigeon by threading the ring through the claw and drawing it toward the knee joint, then guiding the hind claw through the ring so the ring sits at the proper position and does not fall off unless placed too early.
Grit Box for Chickens Described by Nobie Writer
A Farmers Mail and Breeze item by George W. Clark of Nobie Indiana details constructing a hanging grit box for chicken houses. It covers dimensions for sides front back cover and trough and explains a 1 inch feed gap below the front board.
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George W. Clark
Nobie
Inl
Farmers Mail
Breeze
How to Clean a Fountain Using Hot Water and Shot
To clean hard to reach drinking fountains pour hot water into the basin a quarter full add a large handful of shot and shake briskly. The shot scrapes the bottom and sides removing scum and leaving the fountain clean and sweet.
Feeding chicks a mixed grain ration and grit tips
The best feed for chicks is a variety of ground grains including corn, wheat, kaffir corn, millet and hulled oats. These feeds can be bought cheaper than self mixing and should be complemented with charcoal and fine grit. Avoid wet feeds.
Chickens Show Strong Appetite for Meat Scraps
An observing poultry raiser notes that young chicks eagerly grab any scrap of meat whether raw or cooked. They tug and tumble to obtain flesh, illustrating the natural urge to satisfy their dietary needs.
Poultry Notes on Breeding Care and Health Practices
Practical guidance for poultry keepers detailing lice and mite control, feeding, shade, and disinfectants. It advises kerosene emulsions, lime-sulphur pest boxes, permanganate in drinking water, and pasture care for ducks. Warns on limberneck from decaying matter and the need for water to sustain the legal poultry business.
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Limberneck
Practical Homestead Cottage Plan and Open Fire Advantage
William A Radford promotes a six room cottage 27 by 38 feet with open fireplaces for ventilation and economy. He discusses cost ranges 1400 to 1700, material choices, heating, dining room layout, porch screening, poultry care, and farm tips for maintaining air quality and efficiency.
4 EXCELLENT AS DAIRY COWS Dutch Belted Cattle
Dutch Belted cattle show Holstein like traits and large milk yield. The white belt marks the breed, with crossings yielding good dairy quality in grade offspring, long livability, and hardy traits. Pure belted herds are rare in America, attracting attention at shows.
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America
Jerseys
Record of a Holstein cow economic example
Prof A L Habcker compares a Holstein cow at the Nebraska station that yielded 18 540 pounds of milk in a year with 1814 percent solids, equating to 2503 pounds of total solids, and explains dairy cows convert feed far more efficiently into human food than a steer, arguing cows provide superior profitability when feed is scarce.
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A. L. Habcker
Nebraska Agricultural College
Nebraska Station
Babcock Test Praised In Wisconsin Circular
A Wisconsin experiment station circular lauds Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock and the milk tester named for him. The Coming of Age of the Babcock Test, by Dean Russell, celebrates its impact on dairying and notes its 21st birthday recognition by the station that fostered the invention.
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Stephen Moulton Babcock
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Dean Russell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jersey 9
Jersey
N. E. Chapman
Poultryman
Minnesota College of Agriculture
Plymouth
Chicken House
Meadowbrook Farm
WIA Radford
William A. Radford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Biddy
Mars
Hutcaen
Laago
Babcock
Wisconsion Station
Babcock Testing Outfit
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