Sleeping sickness in horses and livestock care urged
County Agent Hall shares guidance with Dr. F A Wolfe on preventing sleeping sickness in Linn horses. Wolfe cites 20 cases treated with few farm deaths and outlines symptoms and urgent veterinary treatment. Hall warns of sheep stomach worms and urges oats, salts, and drenched milk to save sick sheep while noting poultry market shifts toward the Middle West with higher prices for small chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Wolfe
Linneus
Hall
Wolfe
Linn
4 H Clubs Fall Livestock Shows in Linn County
Linn County 4 H boys and girls in sheep and pig clubs will exhibit at upcoming shows and likely sell beef calves at strong prices. Due to spring feed and money shortages they received help from County Agent Hall and Farmers Production Credit Association to finance calves and feed. Calves are high, feed is cheap, and past calf feeds have yielded profits. shows include St Joseph Baby Beef Pig Club September 28-30, American Royal October 16-23, St Louis Producers Livestock Show November 18-19.
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Linn County
Hall
Farmers Production Credit Association
St. Joseph
Letter to Poultry Raisers on Shifting Markets
A historical note explains how premium prices for small spring chickens collapsed as widespread commercial poultry farming spread from coast to coast. With feed costs and production rising, producers bulked up birds, reducing cockerel availability and shifting premiums to capons and roasting chickens, while the Midwest emerged as the source for large birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Coast
Middle West
Ens
Browning School Band Opens 1937 38 Season
The Browning School Band begins its 1937 38 season with photographs on Tuesday at 12 45 pm. They will present their capes to the high school at 2 40 pm and perform for the town at the Tuesday night game. New pupils Eugene and LaVon Neely join. Mildred and Bonnie Thurlo leave. The two ill pupils return to school.
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Haley
Imogene Hanman
Marceline
Purdin
Dent
Browning
Eugene
LaVon Neely
Mildred
Bonnie Thurlo
Thrifty Farmers Save Feed For Tough Year Ahead
A Linn County rural notice warns farmers to store feed and protect stocks as droughts grasshoppers and wet weather threaten crops. It cites corn storage in silos and trenches cattle hay stacks and oats as prudent measures while noting local shortages and variable regional conditions.
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East
Futhermore
Frank Priebe
Mr. Dutton
Ruth Bennett
Nona Clair Neet
Kirksville
Missouri
Paul Smith
Paul
James Bundridge
North Salem
H. V. Cambpell
J. H. Dunlap
Christian Church
Hugh Campbell
L. C. Carpenter
Atlas Sorge
Clay County
Browning Produce
ATLAS
Kansas City
St. Louis
Merrell’s
Brook’s
Sacrisco
EL Vampiro
Camay
the Farmers Store
CORA
Humphreys
Harris
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