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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1948
Page
3
DDT controls bollworm and a famished plant bug but is ineffective against boll weevil, leaf worm and cotton aphid. It provides good bollworm control at 10 percent strength with 10 to 18 pounds per acre.
The report notes dairy cows have 98 percent single births and beef cattle 90.5 percent. Most remaining births are twins. Triplet births occur at about 1 in 90 for dairy cows, roughly 0.3 percent.
The piece warns rats cause about one percent of the U S grain loss annually and carry bubonic plague typhus and other diseases. It emphasizes a year round rat control program with ongoing poisoning only as a temporary measure and calls for continuous efforts.
A single package of lespedeza seed sent from Korea to the United States by medical missionary Dr Ralph Mills spurred a crop now valued at over 200 million dollars annually. The plant's spread across eastern states and low fertility lands has created a major hay and pasture industry, with seed and hay crops contributing billions in value.
Witnesses describe a confrontation at a counter where a suspect produced a large butcher knife and fled after a loud yell, prompting a quick retreat by bystanders and the would-be thief.
A historical note highlights dairy facility design improving efficiency with attached milk houses to milking rooms or barns. Sanitary walking routes are saved annually when the milk house is adjacent to the milking area, based on Cornell research.
To offset high meat prices, home production of rabbits and chickens can be carried on economically, helping the family become partially independent of commercial sources. Rabbits and poultry mature quickly and use feeds efficiently, lowering cost per pound of gain.
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