USDA Live Stock Feeding Study Suggests Improvements
A USDA questionnaire on livestock feeding problems shares farmer experiences. A Kansas farmer notes abrupt changes, poor feed combinations, and little water as common mistakes, while open market sales and improved breeding yield higher gains. An eastern dairyman cites silage and dry cow feeding benefits, with line breeding producing better heifers. The department prepared a compilation for public access.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Two Farm Boys Build Up Prize Winning Pig Herd
Two Muscogee county Georgia farm boys Webster and Dana Cartledge built a prize hog herd with county agent guidance since 1919. They bought a car to attend high school, sold many young pigs, and earned over 250 dollars in 1922 plus more than 600 dollars worth of hogs. They funded purchases with personal notes and expanded their stock through a replacement boar and careful feeding and care.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Muscogee County
Webster
Dana Cartledge
State Agricultural College
Ear Corn Hog Fattening Device Proves Success
An experimental self feeder for hogs using a long triangular hopper suspended to rock as hogs root feeds ear corn. The device drops corn through a vertical aperture onto ground or a platform and can be laid out in multiple eight foot sections to feed about fourteen medium hogs, developed by F L Cooper of Colorado Agricultural College.
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F. L. Cooper
Colorado Agricultural College
Equipment on Beef Farms Need Not Be Expensive
The article argues beef farm equipment can be affordable. It stresses neat barns and sheds to impress buyers. It notes banks sheds and water supply should enable efficient feeding with minimal labor.
Self Feeders for Raising Fall Pigs
Fall pigs are best raised with self feeders providing shelled corn ground oats and optional tankage in separate compartments. Let pigs self feed and ensure tankage is available even if buttermilk or skim milk is provided, as they will eat less tankage if other liquids are present.
World Potato Crop Ranks High in Global Agriculture
A U S D report places potatoes as a major global crop with a 1923 world yield estimated above five billion bushels excluding Russia. Germany leads production at 1.2 billion bushels, Poland second with 896 million, while northern Europe drives regional output and trade. American exports surpass imports, with Cuba as a major destination and the Netherlands supplying at least a quarter of world exports.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Russia
Europe
Germany
Poland
United States
Department
Cuba
Netherlands
Italy
Canada
Denmark
Rattling in Breathing Not Uncommon in Fowls
The article explains that rattling in fowl breathing is common across ages and usually due to excess mucus from irritation or disease. Bronchitis canker and other acute ailments may show this sign, while dry dusty air can cause rattles without true disease. Prevention with pure air clean housing and good diet is emphasized as best treatment.
New Seed Treatment Is Time Saver for Farmer
J G Leach of the University of Minnesota endorses copper carbonate dust as a seed treatment for wheat and oats to control smut. Use two ounces per bushel, allow storage until spring, and plant with no further attention needed. The method matches formaldehyde results, causes no seed injury, and can be done in fall or winter.
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J. G. Leach
University of Minnesota
Leach
Straw House for Swine Is Easily Constructed
A simple hog house plan uses two feet of pressed straw on three sides and a roof of tin or roll roofing to prevent leaks. The south wall is boarded with a drop door for sunny weather. Ensure ample space for the herd and note ventilation as a key drawback.
Avoid Crowding Chicken House Beyond Capacity
Advice on poultry housing limits measures to prevent overcrowding. Each bird needs at least eight inches of roost space. Maintain one open nest per eight hens or, with trap nests, one nest for four hens if nests are checked every two hours.
Increasing Yield of Tubers by Spraying
United States Department of Agriculture reports Farmers' Bulletin 1349 shows spraying potatoes against pests and diseases increases yield. In New York and Vermont trials over 10 to 20 years yields rose 60 to 105 bushels per acre, with net profits cited.
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United States Department of Agriculture
New York
Vermont
New York State
New York State Experiment Station
Washington, D. C
Winter Egg Production Tactics From New Jersey Expert
Poultry husbandman Prof. Willard C. Thompson urges gradual movement through pens, gentle signals, and door knocks to reduce fright and protect egg output. He stresses consistent fresh air to remove moisture and poisons and recommends heavy dry mash to sustain winter laying.
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Willard C. Thompson
New Jersey Experiment Station
Thompson
Nicotine Treatment for Stomach Worms of Sheep
Forty per cent nicotine sulphate beats copper sulphate for worm cure in sheep tests. It is easier to obtain, more effective, and has shorter after effects. Use three teaspoonfuls to a quart of water. give four ounces per mature sheep over 100 pounds. Adjust for smaller animals and young lambs as described.
Good Winter Ration for Eggs Is Easily Mixed
A practical winter ration for laying hens is given. Use scratch feed with 200 pounds corn and 100 pounds daily, plus meat scraps or oats or wheat. Prepare a mash of 100 pounds cornmeal 100 pounds ground oats 100 pounds middlings 100 pounds bran and 100 pounds meat scraps or tankage. If 4 gallons milk per 100 hens is available tankage may be omitted.
Pork From Fall Pigs Produced Economically
A farmer with warm housing for fall pigs and proper feeding can raise pork nearly as cheaply as spring pigs. Selling fall pigs early in spring often yields higher profits, as spring hogs tend to bring better prices before the main spring market.
Silage Advisories Warn Against Poultry Feeding
The department advises eliminating silage from poultry rations and replacing it with sprouted oats. Silage can contain trace mold that is not eye visible, making it an unsafe feed for flocks.
Automatic shutters aid winter ventilation in poultry houses
A Wisconsin poultryman designed a side frame about six feet by four feet that mounts tar paper roofed shutters. Seven inch boards form vents that swing on pivot nails to stay open in fair weather and close automatically during wind rain or snow. Sparrow netting inside keeps litter from entering openings.
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Matic
Wisconsin
G. E. Hendrickson
Argyle
Wis
Popular Mechanics Monthly
Hens Should Be Well Fed During Molting Period
The article explains that hens molt as a natural rest in which they stop laying to rebuild feather and energy reserves. Feed mink, mash, oyster shell, and grain to maintain fat and egg production, as cutting feed can delay or reduce molt and harm future laying.
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Poultry Extension Service
Colorado Agricultural College
Oyster shell supply key to profitable egg production
A constant supply of oyster shells or limestone grit is essential for egg production. Ohio tests show hens denied shells lay fewer eggs and smaller eggs. Minerals in feed aid growing and mature birds, while laying hens need extra lime from shells or grit. In severe weather hens may drop production but recover with comfort.
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Ohio
Bulky Feed for Ducks Encourages Vegetables in Mash
Ducks require bulk in their diet and should receive boiled vegetables steamed greens and alfalfa in their mash rather than standard feeds. This guidance stresses using vegetable matter to increase bulk for duck health.
Carecarets for Liver and Bowels Ad Claims Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for biliousness constipation sick headache indigestion with a call to drug stores and grocers. The pulp fiction reads like a standard ad while a stray line notes more barbecue attendees than convention delegates.
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