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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1985
Page
9
Winter weather raises challenges for supplying livestock with water though animal water needs drop with cold. Maintaining basic nutrition and water aids health and feed use. Beef 2 to 10 gal per head daily. swine 0.5 to 1.5 gal. horses up to 10 gal. sheep 1 gal per ewe and 1 to 2 qts per fattening lamb. dairy cows 12 to 15 gal with some high producers at about 25 gal per day. Polk livestock agent Jan Aug
The National Society to Prevent Blindness warns that dead batteries in cars trucks and tractors pose a serious eye injury risk in cold weather. In year emergency rooms treated about 17 796 battery injuries including 10 347 to the eyes. A bright yellow vinyl stocker lists jump-start steps and safety tips, available for 25 cents plus a SASE from Wisconsin office.
Jim Christianson of the Montana Wheat Research and Marketing Committee warns that a grain drain could occur as top researchers migrate to higher paying jobs elsewhere. He cites growing Southeast wheat output and potential U.S. shifts, noting Montana’s losses in durum and the risk of falling behind without stronger research funding. Montana State University researchers earn about 20 percent less than peers in other grain states.
A simple method helps dairy farmers compare protein supplements by unit cost. Divide the price per hundred pounds by the crude protein percentage to get cost per pound of protein. For 44 percent soybean meal at $8.25 per hundred, the unit cost is 18.75 cents. linseed meal at 35 percent for $7 per hundred costs 20 cents, making soybean meal the better buy.
In Le Havre on December 6 1945 a column of 1567 GIs begins the trip home aboard the Colby Victory The narrator serves as ship paper editor writing headlines from shipboard radio news and daily events He recalls separation centers Camp Kilmer and Camp Shanks and the Brooklyn welcome amid a misty harbor and Red Cross milk and doughnuts as the voyage ends at Pier 84 New York on December 15 1945
Forty years ago this week William A. Draves of Fond du Lac served as editor aboard a shipboard newsletter for troops returning home from World War II. He posed for a photo before departing the dock at Le Havre France on December 6 1945.
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