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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
8
Alfred Vanderbilt's son Little Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. will share in a fortune between 50 million and 70 million dollars left by his father. The lad's mother is Margaret Emerson of Baltimore and he is not yet three years old.
Dr G H Fraps state chemist urges using cottonseed meal as a human food and substitute for meat. He notes cottonseed meat flour is already used in Texas, appealing due to meat prices and financial strain. The flour is palatable and, in proper ration, can support human nutrition.
From John Smith's diary a judge notes that ships brought only men to the shores. To avoid a stag nation the plan was to bring wives from England. The husband would provide according to his means, making it a donation.
James Philan argues that sharing bulls among dairymen boosts efficiency and improvements. He notes cost savings, better sires through joint ownership, and stronger advertising when results are compared. He cites personal co operation across three bulls and predicts rivalries will drive growth and cooperative selling.
A hand separator saves all waste of butterfat and reduces handling. It lowers labor by simplifying milk processing, lets skim milk be fed to livestock at value, and pays for itself within a year. A 150 pound capacity unit suits ten or more cows, with a small gasoline engine optional for speed and cost efficiency.
A sanitary milk bottle cap has been introduced to keep bottles clean and free from dirt and flies while in use. By moving the stop, milk may be poured easily, and when closed, the milk remains nearly airtight.
A dairyman seeks to keep each cow operating at peak efficiency to maximize profit. The plan targets individual animal performance, optimizing daily output and overall herd productivity.
United States Department of Agriculture explains interplanting annual crops between peach trees to help cover maintenance costs in early orchard years. Crops like muskmelons beans peas cabbages tomatoes are discussed with emphasis on choosing crops that do not hinder tree operations and sunlight exposure.
A guide on choosing a breeding sow from early spring litters. Pick a pig with strong breeding, full teat allotment, a kind disposition, and moderate growth. Emphasizes pasture eating, green alfalfa over dry hay, and breeding around five months. when pasture is scarce, legume hay aids broods.
The calf shows two pairs of incisors at birth with two more emerging in the first month. At eighteen months the middle milk incisors fall and permanent ones appear. Successive pairs replace at twenty seven, thirty six, and forty five months. Temporary molars exist but are not used to age.
The piece notes variances in farm equipment use with some farms lacking enough machinery and horsepower to cultivate efficiently, while others have an excess. It emphasizes labor savings and productivity concerns amid uneven adoption of farm tech.
High priced feeds turn scrub stock into an unpardonable luxury on farms. Farmers confront rising costs as feed prices surge, impacting profitability and livestock management decisions.
The cause is indigestion from ingesting feed from the mother or external sources. Undigested food ferments, producing foul gases and stomach irritation. Give each pig a dessert spoonful of castor oil to clean the stomach and bowels, then five drops tincture of opium, spirits of camphor, and ten drops tincture of catechu in water every three hours until the scours stop.
Article notes the milking machine will remain, signaling increased specialization in the dairy industry. It also mentions soil for onions, stating that a good onion crop needs rich weed-free soil and thorough cultivation.
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