Flag Day Remembrance Highlights West Point Flag Collection
An article recounts Washington era and Civil War flags in national memory. It highlights West Point as housing a rich display of battle colors from Yorktown to Shiloh and notes storied flags tied to Betsy Ross, Fort McHenry, and Generals like Longstreet and Pickett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Iiag
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
United States
Arch ‘Street
Iiza‘beth Griscom Ross
Betsy Ross
Fort McHenry
Maryland
Francis Scott Key
New England
United States ‘Military Academy
West Point
Washington
George Washington
Yorktown
Lord Corn- Wallis
George Washingt Parke
Custis
Aetna
United States Military Academy
Trenton
Ansbach-Bayreuth
Cornwallis
Seventh Royal Fusiliers
Seventh
Royal Fusiliers
Fort Chambly
Anthony" Wayne
Stony Point
New York
Butler
Rangers
Susquehanna
Wyoming
Fort George
Upper Canada
St. George’s Cross
Sir John Johnson
Willett
Fort Stanwix
Longstreet
Pickett
Gettysburg
Legion
Sheridan
Cavalry
First Division
Cavalry Corps
Army of the Potomac
Fifth Cavalry
New York Zouaves
Ephriam Elmer Elsworth
Marshall House
Alexandria
Isworth
Ellsworth
United States Missouri Volunteer Infantry
Shiloh
Beem
Church
Military Academy
Change in fertilizer labeling to nitrogen basis moved up
The USDA announces new rules for labeling fertilizers in twelve northeastern states. Labels will show nitrogen as the basis, with whole number guarantees for nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, plus net weight, brand, analysis, and manufacturer details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
WNU
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Oswald Schreiner
Division of
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
United State Department of Agriculture
Schreiner
Doctor Schreiner
Measures for Valuing Corn Silage Price
A reader asks fair ton price for corn silage when timothy sells 10 to 15 and alfalfa 22 per ton. Silage is valued at six bushels of corn plus 300 pounds of hay, or about one third the price of good legume hay per ton. High or low yield affects charge. stalks have higher value when ears are underdeveloped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Wallace
Oats and Peas Seed Mix Varieties and Rates
Canadian field peas good with oats include Chang Cloverland Golden Vine and Alberta White. Typical seeding is two bushels oats to one bushel peas per acre. On poor or sandy soil peas may be reduced to half a bushel with vetch substituted, and inoculation advised if peas or vetch have not grown successfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Alberta
Salt on asparagus weed control debated in Rural New-Yorker
The Rural New-Yorker reports mixed views on using salt to control weeds in asparagus. It notes that heavy salt could harm plants and that spacing and hoeing to remove weeds is effective. Once common, salting has declined in favor of careful cultivation and fertilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-Yorker
Soybean and alfalfa hay trials on ewe feeding
Trials on breeding ewes test soybeans and alfalfa hay as a feed mix. Researchers demonstrate feeding combinations and quantities on a farm hay crop to evaluate impact on sheep nutrition and production outcomes.
Testing cows by fat yield pays for the herd
In Monroe county Wisconsin Mr Kerrigan advocates milk fat tests to measure profitability. He recalls a 14 quart cow yielding 2 percent fat and notes cows must produce about 800 pounds of fat annually to clear $100 after feed costs. He cites a tested cow returning $286 above costs with strong fat records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Kerrigan
Monroe County
Wisconsin
Mr. Kerrigan
Glaés
Capper
Reasons Why Milk Test Varies Across Milkings
A Michigan agriculture expert explains daily and seasonal variations in milk test results. Factors include unequal milking intervals, cold weather, incomplete milk extraction, exposure, irregular feeding milking or handling, and exercise. Monthly testing averages likely balance daily fluctuations for annual estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amertein Agriculturist
Ploppy the Red Cow Shows Mixed Test Results
The owner joined the cow testing association in April 1929 and considered selling Floppy before the test. First year fat production reached 398 pounds with an income above cost of 99.28 dollars. Second year 351 pounds fat and 65.30 dollars above feed cost. Last year average fat per month reached 35 pounds for seven months, with a likely 375 pounds in the lactation. The association notes good cows and hoarders in Jens Wirkevaard Jester Greene Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ploppy
Cow Testing Association
Jens Wirkevaard
Jester, Greene
Iowa
Ieard
Dairyman
Dairy Hints Highlight Feeding and Breeding for Profit
The article urges careful dairy management with strong emphasis on nutrition for dry cows, pasture mixtures of grasses and alfalfa, and sturdy fencing. It promotes purebred sires, bull associations, and joint ownership to raise production quality, warns against skimmed milk, and notes six weeks dry periods before freshening.
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