Big Cow Testing Records Reveal Milk and Fat Links
Cow testing records from 38 332 dairy cows across 110 associations analyzed by the U S Department of Agriculture dairy division show relations between milk yield fat content and cost of feed. Larger cows produced more milk and butterfat on average, with overall annual production averaging 3936 pounds per cow and 246 pounds butterfat, suggesting dairymen with cow testing groups either cull poor cows or improve them through better feeding and management.
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Derry
Dairy Division
United States Department of Gericuttre
United States
Feeding compounds boost milk output in dairy cows
Experiments by the U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry show a link between milk secretion and minerals. Phosphorus and calcium additives increase milk quantity and fat content. phosphorus deficiency harms milk and calf growth. Sodium phosphate remedies deficient rations. Research continues.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Record Keeping Pays Well In Dairy Herds
Before herd records, cattle were bought and sold mainly by appearance. No standard linked form to production, so value depended on opinion. Herd records standardized judgments via the Babcock test and production costs, changing how cows were assessed.
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Babcock
Ingredients Of Calf Meal From A Dairy Menu
A calf meal should consist of easily digested, affordable ingredients. Commonly used materials include fine cornmeal flour middlings wheat flour (poor grade) ground rice oats burney mult coconut meal linseed meal cottonseed meal blood flour blood meal and dried skim milk powder. Skim milk powder is not essential and costly, but many successful calf menus include it in substantial amounts.
Dairy tips on pasture and dairy cow feeding
The article advises using a small top pail for dairy work and stresses that pasture quality, especially alfalfa, reduces feed needs. It notes land unsuited for cultivation can be used for pasture and emphasizes weeded dairy boarders as a current necessity.
Blow gun used to hunt birds in Louisiana scene
A damaged OCR fragment describes a blow gun used to shoot small game in Louisiana. It mentions a cane tube, smooth inner surface, and darts about an inch long wrapped with thread or cotton. The hunter places a dart, raises the tube to the mouth, and uses a puff of breath to propel the dart at small birds and a squirrel.
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Louisiana
Stender
Care of Plants in the Home for Best Appearance
Householders can keep houseplants vibrant by careful watering and hygiene. Water when the top half inch dries, until it fills the saucer, then wait for drying before watering again. Soak ferns about twenty minutes every other day and spray with tepid water. nicotine extract mixed with water serves as a remedy for plant lice and red spider, while soap suds and fir tree oil combat scale on ivy and palms.
Piano Care Tips From a Historic Guide
A historical note outlines piano upkeep covering placement away from heat and drafts, avoiding sun exposure, and humidity control. It advises removing footboards, lightly rubbing friction points with lead pencil to quiet squeaks, careful key cleaning with a toothpick and soft cloth, and drying promptly. Tuning is best done in spring after heating season ends and autumn fires begin.
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Tony
Ancient method of sea salt production at Cadiz coast
The text describes an ancient sea salt harvesting process from coastal basins at Cadiz Spain. Sea water is collected in slate basins, evaporates to leave salts, edible salt crystallizes first and is harvested, while other salts remain for later washing drying and refining before shipment or local use.
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Bay
Cadiz
Spain
Herring Transforms In Salt Water Then Dies In Bowl
A naval officer recounts a curious experiment with a common herring. The fish was kept in a large salt water bowl with daily replacement of water by a small amount of fresh water until it thrived in pure water. Removing most water left the herring living out of water in a cage until a sudden stir caused it to fall into the trough and drown.
Be glad for life and its enduring happiness
A Chicago Daily News note from Orison Swett Marden urges readers to focus on joy beyond sorrow. It emphasizes spring beauty, blue skies, birdsong, sunsets, children's laughter, friendship, and loving homes, asserting a great Love makes all good things possible.
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Ufe
Wari
Orlson Swett Murden
Chicago Daily News
Crowded Car Scene Reveals Thrift and Tension
A rear platform fills with poor businessmen in starched collars and rich laborers in overalls as a coin flip decides a dime bet. The conductor confirms the stake, and the crowd awaits the outcome, mingling thrift with uneasy bravado.
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Agatha
Ong Trhammphantis
Pretty Hanging Ball Trick Leaves Carrot Covered in Feathers
A playful hanging carrot illusion described as a feathery ball trick. An old stunt uses a carrot cut and inverted to form a deep hollow, filled with water, and feather fringes rise, creating a green misty cover as feathers sprout from the top.
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