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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1923
Page
8
An illustrated design replaces unsanitary wooden troughs with a concrete trough using one part cement to one and a half parts sand and three parts pebbles. The interior is smooth for easy cleaning, set low and deep to prevent freezing and suit sheep.
The U S Department of Agriculture presents a calf milk substitute recipe using corn linseed meal oats dried blood flour skim milk powder and salt. It describes mixing ratios feeding schedules from weeks two to seven and cautions on scours and price considerations.
In harvest heat horses need limited morning and noon hay with liberal grain such as oats plus 10 to 20 percent bran. Water before feeding and after, with midday cooling water if hot, then feeding, and nightly watering after the evening feed. Include mid shift watering, frequent breathing breaks, and wash shoulders with coal salt water to prevent galls. clean the collar after use. Authority: J. S. Montgomery, University Farm, St. Paul.
An estimated damage of over 60 million dollars annually results from the ox warble, a cattle pest widespread in the United States. The grub or larval form creates lumps in cows’ backs in spring, while the adult resembles bat flies or a honey bee.
A United States Department of Agriculture bulletin explains how early potato crops are marketed in key districts, with guidance on location shipping points and market factors. It emphasizes study over guesswork, tracking crop news and prices, and timing stock to maximize profits for both small growers and large planters.
New York state college of agriculture warns against marketing young bulls before assessing their daughters. A study of 876 purebred bulls shows most are sold too early, with only 13 of them old enough for a reliable value estimate. The report notes farmers often discard promising bulls before their progeny demonstrate potential.
A Iowa State trial by Professor Evvard shows pigs with free salt access gain more than pigs given none or restricted amounts 1 64 1 32 or 1 16 ounce per head daily. Salt can be provided in a trough or small self feeder. Brood sows should also have salt fed in a suitable box or self feeder.
Japanese millet can be used as green feed, cured as hay, or grown for seed. It has the advantage of not causing kidney trouble in livestock, making it a foolproof feed similar to timothy. Many dairy farmers have used it as a softing crop.
Sunstroke injures the nervous system from sun exposure and can be fatal. Move the horse to shade, protect from injury, apply cold to the head with ice or a hose, and avoid body drenches. Rest the animal for several days and return to work gradually.
The article notes sheep need shade from the sun from June onward. It suggests using sheep sheds with reduced windows, muslin lids, and ventilated interiors, or constructing artificial shade with post frames and a roof of old lumber to keep flocks cool and sanitary.
Draft foals fed 11.4 pounds concentrates and 6.4 pounds alfalfa daily for 182 days gained 1.9 pounds per day and averaged 1141.4 pounds at 377 days. Professor Fuller at the Wisconsin experiment station reports that careful feeding can produce draft foals near 1000 pounds by one year.
Arizona farmers saved by prairie dog eradication reported a $15 return for each $1 spent in 1922. A state and federal appropriation of $30,000 funded the effort, while the value of crops, fruit trees, range grasses and other products saved was estimated at $475,000, over fifteen times the investment.
Cucumber beetles are running wild in truck patches and gardens where crops lack protection. Dust or spray with arsenate of lead to control them. Apply when dew is on. Mix a quarter pound of arsenate of lead with two and a half to three pounds of powdered lime to prepare the dust.
Dealers are sometimes at fault for poor egg quality. They hold quality eggs in a warm place after receiving them and keep them there too long, causing the eggs to spoil.
Ducks are valuable for market purposes with Peking Aylesbury Rouen as top breeds. They adapt to varied locales, need shelter, and require soil floors, dry litter, and good ventilation. A 12 by 16 foot duck house with a 50 foot yard can house about 65 ducks with adequate water, nests, and feeding hoppers.
The culling season is at hand with high death rates in farm poultry. Demonstrations run from June to January. last season 986 demos in 75 Minnesota counties culled 318,557 birds from 3,838 flocks, with about one third discarded as unprofitable. Early malters with small combs should go, their meat usable now or canned. The rest gain room and better prospects. selling non-layers funds feed for the growing stock.
An Illinois farm demonstration reports 47 Rhode Island Red cockerels weighing 69 pounds gained 28 pounds in 11 days, about a half pound daily. Birds fed a mix of wheat shorts and corn meal with milk, no drinking water, one square foot floor space, and 20 minute feeding twice daily. Feed cost at current market prices runs under five cents per pound.
A duck is distinguished from a drake by its quacking and by appearance. The drake shows two curled feathers on top when four months old, but these can be lost. A duck quacks whereas a drake does not.
Thinning fruit to about one third size improves size firmness and flavor while reducing pests and rot. Overloading trees reduces vitality and can kill trees or cause barren years. Remove small ill formed fruit and leave only large healthy fruit with spacing roughly three times the fruit’s size.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes many growers perform two or more pickings per season. The first picks remove outer, large, well colored fruit to expose uncolored fruit, with thinning often increasing the size of remaining apples. A second picking follows a week or ten days later, and sometimes more than two pickings occur for early varieties.
Red raspberry spur blight appears mid July with irregular brown splotches on new canes. The fungus invades tissue around buds and hampers fruit spur growth. Control by spraying six to eight inch high canes with hor deaux mixture every two weeks until harvest, remove old canes after picking, and apply a final spray. Recommend adhesive Bordeaux mixture 32-50 with 2 pounds resin fish oil soap per 50 gallons.
The article explains using white hellebore powder to kill currant and gooseberry worms. Mix one ounce of powder with about three gallons of water and spray the bushes thoroughly. Best applied in the evening per C P Gillette of Colorado Agricultural College, though daytime use is acceptable. The poison does not render the fruit unsafe to eat.
Proper care improves currants and gooseberries with strong yields. Individual bushes differ in output and the number of berry boxes depends on variety and attention given to each plant.
Farmers report cherries as the most welcomed fruit and in strong demand when surplus exists, highlighting their appeal and market readiness.
A barque crew near the Brazilian coast captured an Ileous marine creature with a humanlike head and a single horned spike on the forehead. The head features a nose ears and a gaping mouth, resembling an old man as early mariners described sea demons and mer beings.
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