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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
6
An agricultural note by Zella Wigent from the International Harvester Agri Ext outlines protein sources for poultry. It emphasizes milk as the best animal protein, discusses vegetable proteins supplementing meat, and provides mixing ratios for beef scrap and mineral supplements to feed mash.
Farmers are urged to improve soils after peanut crops by planting field peas or velvet beans in peanut middles to create a nitrogen rich cover crop. Tests show cotton following peas or beans yields more lint. The article also discusses boll weevil control, silage needs, and combining corn and sorghum for fodder.
Agri Ext warns that emaciated birds and off condition stock taint market channels and depress prices. Producers should reject off condition poultry, inspect each bird for health and nutrition, and only market poultry fit for consumption to prevent disease spread and losses.
F R Edwards of the Georgia Experiment Station reports trench silos give excellent silage with no material costs beyond labor. Construction is feasible after lay by time when labor is available, ideal for cattle and livestock. Plant corn or sorghum before July 1 to fill the silo as cattle feed.
Georgia Experiment Station tests on 66 Hereford feeder steers over 112 days compare four roughage feeds alfalfa hay peavine hay peanut hay and cottonseed hulls with a basic ration of shelled corn cottonseed meal and minerals Peanut hay and peavine hay produced strong gains and profits while alfalfa yielded slightly better gains but lower net income due to cost Cottonseed hulls caused vitamin A deficiency and poorer gains unless green roughage was available Peavine hay gave the best overall returns followed by peanut hay and alfalfa in that order Cottonseed hulls proved least profitable under the conditions tested
Henry Ansley, Amarillo Globe-Times reporter, describes a shift during the Depression era. He notes longer leisure time, closer neighbor ties, home cooking, fewer purchases, and renewed church attendance, contrasting past busy routines with a calmer life.
Natural gas fields gradually wane as wells decline. The average productive life of a gas well is estimated at about five years.
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