Egg factory plants underscore poultry competition and care gaps
In Wisconsin a large hen operation with sixty thousand birds aims to supply day old eggs to nearby cities. The writer urges farmers to market eggs twice a week and notes neglect of basic poultry care like shade and cool water. He wonders about farm knowledge and profitability in poultry. Prices, hog market forecast follows.
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Wisconsin
W. F. Priebe
Missouri Farmers Urged to Full Feed Early Spring Pigs
Missouri Extension officials advise farmers to feed early spring pigs heavily to gain weight and fetch higher August-September market prices. A typical regimen uses 6 bushels of corn and 20 pounds of tankage per hundredweight gain, with tankage costing about 27 cents per hundredweight.
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Missouri
J. W. Burch
Missouri College of Agriculture
Culling Of Fleck Emphasizes Feeding In Egg Production
H L Kempster of the Missouri College of Agriculture argues that high egg production depends on good feeding combined with careful culling. Health and laying habit determine value, with indicators including comb color, eye brightness, and abdominal width. Yellow pigment loss helps judge past production, and fading beak or shanks signal long laying periods.
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H. L. Kempster
Poultry Department
Missouri College of Agriculture
Garner Items Bright Shower Lifts Community Spirits
A recent rainfall brought cheer to Garner residents Friday and Saturday. The Burkholder family attended the Linneus Park reunion. Orville Mott visited his parents after a week with Linn Harper. Mrs. Orville Thudhum cared for her sister’s children while Mrs. Eitel tended a hospitalized boy injured by a horse. Prof. Threlkeld and family are mentioned.
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W. J. Burkholder
Burkholder
Linneus Park
Orville Mott
Linn Harper’s
T. J. Mott
Orville Thudhum
Sherman Eitel
Eitel
Kirksville
Threlkeld
Hatchery to bring jack salmon into Missouri streams
Sequiota State Fish Hatchery near Springfield will resume jack salmon hatching this December under a U S Fisheries agreement. More than two million eggs will be set, with plans to release pike into Lake of the Ozarks and its tributaries while continuing rainbow trout production.
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Sequiota State Fish Hatchery
Springfield
John H. Ross
Missouri Game and Fish Department
U.S. Department of Fisheries
Missouri Conservation Department
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