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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1918
Page
3
Specialists urge steps to boost pork and beef output as U S meat exports rise 177 percent in three years. Livestock experts cite War demand, suggest improvements in calf management, range bull use, disease control, feed distribution, shelter, and better use of roughage to raise beef production nationwide.
The agricultural department outlines methods to raise pork output by 15 percent in 1918 through two litters per year breeding, better pig care, pasture and forage crops, using wastes like city garbage, proper rations of concentrated seeds, self feeders, alfalfa and legume forages, hogging down grain sorghums and corn, finishing hogs around 275 pounds, and disease prevention against cholera tuberculosis and parasites.
Figures show large increases in horse, cattle, sheep, and swine counts from 1917 to 1918. Total livestock value rose from 6.74 to 8.26 billion dollars, a gain of 22.7 percent, driven by higher head counts and price per head across horses mules milk cows and other cattle and swine.
The 1918 agricultural production plan from the U S Department of Agriculture calls for maintaining beef cattle numbers and expanding in prime range and farm practice areas. The report notes actions amid the ongoing European conflict impact.
The article outlines selecting calves for baby beef using early-maturing quality, finish, and uniformity. It advises finishing nonproductive calves on coarse feeds, emphasizing deep, wide-bodied, smooth, well-haired calves with refined heads as best for prime baby beef and rapid gains.
The total estimated value of all farm products including animal products for 1917 is 19 443 849 381 dollars, up from 1916 and well above the five year 1910 14 average. Valuations are based on producer prices and apply whether consumed on farms or sold.
Farmers increasingly feed barley to hogs to conserve wheat. The shift could elevate barley as a major hog feed, similar to how corn dominates in the Midwest.
The article notes higher care is needed in fattening calves than in feeding cattle. It recommends raising and finishing beef on the same farm when possible to ensure better outcomes.
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports prices for metals in New York and St. Louis Boulder and markets. Lead at 7.45 to 7.62 dollars per unit Spelter at 7.56 dollars Tungsten concentrates 60 percent 20.00 to 22.50 per unit crude ores 60 percent 22.00 to 25.00 25 percent 12.00 to 12.50 10 percent 9.40 to 12.20 per unit.
The Peck silver mines near Prescott are to be revived. The Ruby area near Montana camp yields tungsten and silver from the Idaho mine. Adams and Townsend ship tungsten concentrates from Williams mines in Aquarius mountains. Arizona's output rose from 1916 to 1917 with gold gains. Rio Vista Mines in Copper Creek starts work on Horace Porter claims. February and January metals production details are listed for Shattuck-Arizona.
Public land laws push rock oil ventures as Mount Logan mining district forms at Debeque by six shale oil firms. Prof Huston notes rising interest in potash production. By midsummer Colorado molybdenum output may reach 1 million dollars monthly as government contracts mine supply for war.
Anaconda Copper Company will begin building a ferro manganese plant at Great Falls near Boston and Montana works for electrolytic production. Butte Copper and Zinc reports February output the highest to date with nearly 300 tons daily manganese and zinc ores. Shipments include 2,600 tons manganese and 5,300 tons zinc. Anaconda produced 24,100,000 pounds of copper in February, slightly below January. Inspiration produced 6,200,000 pounds. Butte and Superior showed February zinc output of 12,500,000 pounds and silver 250,000 ounces.
The Lincoln Oil Company of Oscuro was incorporated with capitalization of 250 000 dollars. The Mogollon Mines Co shipments continue as usual. Changes in power distribution are made and forty stamps are now run continuously. Crushing machinery begins arriving at the Socorro plant. The Oaks Company contracts a connection drift between Central shaft and Maud mine. Two shifts are in operation. Mogollon shipments come from Maud S Eberle and Clifton mines. Toltec drilling north of Roswell reaches 2000 feet and passes 175 feet of oil sand with no oil quantity yet. projected production around 2400 to 2500 feet.
Wyoming reports new incorporations including Wyoming Chemical Products Company of Casper with $3,000,000 capital and Springer Oil and Gas Company of Torrington with $100,000. Fort Steele Petroleum Company to operate on 8000 acres in Shirley basin and Flat Top. Buckeye Oil Company authorized capital of $2,000,000 under Wyoming laws.
United States Department of Agriculture experts urge hog producers to exercise sows during winter and provide protein-rich feeds. Scattering corn in fields promotes natural activity, while shorts, tankage, oilmeal, or ground alfalfa hay balance rations. Ground alfalfa is cheaper on corn belt farms and helps produce strong litters at farrowing time.
Sheep, in proportion to the value of their products, are produced more economically on the farm than any other livestock. They require less feed and labor, fit with general farming, subsist on forage from grazing weeds and grass, and add materially to farm revenue with relatively low expense.
Farmers advised to feed straw fodder and stubble grasses in winter but give ewes with lamb best first crop clover hay and one feed per day. Bran and clover hay considered the best ration for pregnant sheep and newborn lambs.
Skim milk and middlings form the best feed for young pigs after weaning. Start by feeding four small meals daily. As pigs begin to thrive, reduce to three feeds per day.
Outdoor exercise is beneficial but pigs need protection from cold winds or hot sun. When turning out a sow with piglets, start with a small range to prevent overexertion and unnecessary travel.
A humor note contrasts a fireless cooker question with a coalless fire reply reflecting household practicality. The exchange echoes domestic innovation chatter without sensational details.
An old advertisement claims local applications cannot cure catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internaly to purify blood and affect mucous surfaces. It asserts the remedy’s ingredients form a powerful tonic blood purifier mix and offers testimonials, with J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio listed.
In a terse exchange, one character asks why a person left college and the reply notes the dean did not provide details while the other mentions Jack O'Lantern as a signifier.
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER has been a household remedy for constipation, indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, and liver trouble for decades. A few doses relieve symptoms and act as a gentle laxative, with medical approval and drugstore availability. Lots of women quarrel with their husbands because they deem it an important part of domestic duties.
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