Screwworm Treatment For Livestock Revealed In Farm Bulletin
A U S Department of Agriculture survey highlights screw worm infestations and urges farmers to monitor livestock through Summer and Fall. It details Formula No 62 a smear with diphenylamine benzol Turkey red oil lamp black applied with a brush to wounds and castrations. Repeat applications every 4 to 48 hours then twice weekly until healed, with hospital pastures advised for infested animals. Keep the smear tightly covered when not in use.
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U. S
Bat of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomalcay
Turkey
Boll Weevils and Lice Ravage Alabama Cotton
Alabama extension entomologist W. A. Ruffin reports heavy boll weevil and cotton lice damage across Limestone, Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Wilcox, Chambers, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa, Clarke, Crenshaw, Monroe, and Bullock counties with 30 percent infestation in several areas. Rainy conditions boost pests. farmers advised to sample 100 squares per ten acres weekly, apply calcium arsenate dusts at 10 to 25 percent punctured squares, and use calcium arsenate with nicotine for alternating applications to suppress aphids and lice.
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L. C
Beacbeen
Auburn
Als
Alabama
North Alabama
W. A Ruffin
Alabama Polyrethnic Institute
Limestone
Eibb
Chiton
Hale
Wilcaxr
Chambera
Coosa
Randolph
Tallapoosa
Clarke
Crenshaw
Monroe
Bullock
Ruffin
Mc Ruffin
Bureau of Entormology and
Tallulah
Louisiana
Screwworm Infestations Rise in Southern States
Reports from the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine and Extension Service warn that screwworm outbreaks are spreading across several Southern states including Alabama. Annual livestock losses reach up to ten million dollars with a major 1935 outbreak noted. Experts urge treatment with Smear to prevent losses and discourage livestock wounds during peak danger, advising careful inspection of livestock shipments from infested areas.
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Auburn
Bureau of Entomology
The
Extension Service
Alabama
United States
Sotckmen
Department of Agriculture
Alabama Farmers Respond To Call For More Timber
Alabama farmers answer the call for more forest products for war needs turning to timber for sawlogs and pulp wood. A survey by P O Davis of Auburn reveals many farmers in every county increase cash income by helping cut timber and operate saws. Special arrangements for this work have been made by Selective Service and by the Extension Service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
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Auburn
Alabama
P O Davis
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
War Manpower Commission
Alabama Perytechnic Institute
Navie
Hog Production Far Below National Goal
Auburn area reports hog production well under national goal with 191 percent shortfalls in pork output and weaker spring figures. Farmers struggle amid unfavorable weather though planted near normal acreage and improved May to June prospects, while lumber and pulpwood goals also lag behind targets.
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Auburn
Ain
Eravions
Fragmented Note on livestock and food preservation terms
The text mentions expected head counts for cattle and pigs and references terms like canning and preservation. It notes quantities of beets and yields, suggesting a household guide to preparing food and storing it, with mentions of dyes and shellac in unclear contexts.
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Slocomb
Dethan
J. E. Justice
Headland
Dothan
J H Peterson
Als
Iran
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