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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1923
Page
6
The United States Department of Agriculture details poultry mites as bloodsucking pests that live on fowl blood. They hide in cracks by day and attack at roost time, causing pale combs, poor flesh, egg loss, and possible death. control requires thorough cleaning and spraying with kerosene, crude oil, or coal tar preparations, repeated especially in warm weather.
The Toulouse and Embden geese are the most popular breeds. The Toulouse is largest with a 25 pound ganders, 20 pound geese. They can be raised on rough pasture, need shelter in bad weather, and have detailed feeding and incubation notes for goslings and gosling fattening.
Culling flocks lowers costs for eggs and meat while well fed, healthy chicks stay profitable. Capons remain in demand. ducks and geese fetch good prices. With good pasture, minimal grain is needed. avoid bare floors for chicks. Geese may lay three clutches then hatch the last. Chicks grow fast on a mash of two parts cornmeal, one part middlings, one part bran with skim milk or water.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges producers distributors and consumers to safeguard milk quality in hot weather. Remove manure heaps fill low places repair screens sterilize equipment and ensure rapid cooling. Consumers should bring bottles indoors promptly keep milk cold avoid cross contamination and use clean refrigerators.
Tests by the Bureau of Public Roads and the State University of Iowa show rounding the inlet end of culvert pipes increases water capacity. A bell end with mortar or an elliptical rounded entrance reduces eddies and cross currents, boosting flow by about 10 to 12 percent and offering a low cost improvement for submerged entrances.
Ohio farmers spraying their potatoes increased yields by about 31 bushels per acre on 62 tests with an average net cash gain of 30.28 dollars per acre. Results from 106 tests show most gains above 50 bushels, with higher yields tied to thorough spraying and leaf underside wetting to prevent hopper burn.
Farmers nationwide view the scrub bull as a key barrier to progress alongside bovine tuberculosis. West Virginia launched a purebred drive on January 1 1923 affecting 3 000 herds and 35 000 cattle, with enrollments in the Better Sires Better Stock campaign signaling broad support. Officials note federal funds for tuberculin-tested cattle no longer reimburse scrub bulls, while Dr J A Kiernan endorses purebreds and urges improved livestock feeding guidance from the department.
Pasadena forms a women swimming club. Joie Ray’s father boxed 20 rounds with Jake Kilratn 80 years ago. Estimates say 30 000 bowling alleys exist. Harvard rowing cost $55000 in 1922. Penn aims to form 1924 intercollegiate baseball league. Toronto club sold infielder Harry Stupp to Beaumont Texas league. Nap Rucker may coach at Princeton. Yale rifle team scored 500 in telegraphic match. Yankees contemplate Frank Shirt and Ward in lineup. Yale hockey captain Charlie O’Hearn named 1923 captain. Bristol club sold pitchers Farley to Rochester and McCabe to Mobile. Tom Davies headed to Mud Pens outfield via Toledo. Ralph de Palma pursues baseball ability. Brooklyn planning 18 hole golf at Dyker Beach. Ohio State adds polo to athletics. 800000 fans watched English cup first round. Eddie Bruer added to Yankee catching roster. Georgetown loses stars to professional leagues. 2000 playground tennis players expected in San Francisco. 25 courts used. McGill Montreal to hold Canada schoolboys championships May 26. Harold Bubser released to Kalamazoo Mint league. John McGraw praising Travis Jackson’s form for shortstop. Maurice Shannon acquired by Louisville faces competition from Pel Ballenger.
The county agent leader of Kansas reports that 396 purebred sires and 275 purebred females were secured by farmers in 1921. Scrubs replaced by purebreds numbered 275, 152 purebred herds started, and 1,117 animals sold at 23 association sales. Twenty one livestock improvement associations supported the better size campaign, with 250 meetings in 18 active counties drawing 4,995 farmer attendees.
Bureau of Entomology of the US Department of Agriculture sends assistants to Europe to import breed and colonize beneficial European parasites against gipsy and browntail moths. Parasites from Japan are shipped to propagate and combat pests including the Japanese beetle. Last shipment arrived in December 1922.
The article argues for high seed potato rates per acre. It notes 7 to 10 bushels as good in many cases, but 12 to 15 bushels per acre often yields multiple times the extra seed. When seed is cheap, as much as 18 bushels per acre may be profitable.
The article stresses strict attention to seed potato selection and treatment to combat diseases like black leg, common scab, dry rot, and black scurf. It advises using disease-free seed from clean sources since a bushel from clean land holds higher value than uncertain origin seed.
Young lambs should have a dry clean yard and plenty of exercise to prevent constipation. If constipation occurs and lambs become listless and hump backed, give 1 or 2 teaspoonfuls of castor oil and if needed use a rectal injection of warm soapy water or glycerine and water for relief.
Clean farrowing pens and sows save pigs and exercise benefits ewes. More farmers should raise sheep. Weak pigs come from corn only feed. sun exposure reduces illness. Exercise prevents problems. nesting pigs grow fat but risk thumps. Do not chase pregnant ewes or push through tight gates to avoid lamb and ewe loss.
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