Growing Turkeys Made Profitable in Eastern States
Eastern states gain advantage in turkey production due to new methods and market proximity. Pennsylvania shows 25 percent rise in 1929 and 8 percent in 1930, with confinement proving profitable. New York’s Jeffers method of partial confinement also yields strong results. Readers can request New York state turkey topics from Ithaca College of Agriculture.
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Ira J. [Lollar
New York State College of Agriculture
Middle West
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College
New York State
Jeffers
College of Agriculture
Ithaca
New York
Housing Early Pullets For Winter Egg Production
Prof Willard C Thompson of the New Jersey station offers practical guidance on housing early hatched pullets. He notes prompt move to laying quarters, space adjustment by removing older hens, and maintaining clean pens with litter and mite control. Regular laying rations should accompany pullets entering winter quarters.
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Willard C. ‘Thompson
New Jersey
The Art of Caponizing Is Profitable
Poultry raisers should study caponizing as a profitable craft. Capons fetch good market prices and remain in demand. The process is teachable with proper tools from poultry supply stores.
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Fda
Fiat
Poultry Hints for Better Egg Production and Feeding
Practical notes on improving laying stock and housing. Separate cockerels from pullets at eight to ten weeks, ensure good ventilation, and balance brine and heat in summer. Use potatoes sparingly in hot weather, and whey as a palatable additive in wet mash.
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Fuet Ft
Pocket Gopher Bulletin Details Habits and Control
The United States Department of Agriculture released Technical Bulletin 224-T by Theo H Scheffer on pocket gopher life and habits. It covers distribution, burrowing, feeding on alfalfa and clover, breeding, enemies, and crop damage with methods like burrow fumigation trapping shooting and poisoning. Copies cost ten cents from the Government Printing Office.
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United States Prnartment Sa 3 Ragriculture
WNT Service
Nablis
United States Department of Agriculture
Theo. H. Scheffer
Bureau of Biological Survey
Puyallup
Wash
New Bulletin
United States
Bulletin
Superintendent of
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Soil Treatments Improve Crops on Worn Out Land
Sweet clover fails on medium to low fertility land without soil treatments. Red clover struggles on poor sour soils, often requiring costly measures. Korean lespedeza offers a practical substitute and can be sown with small grains, in grass clover mixes, or on idle land to restore value.
Family Berry Patches Re Established By Research
Research on diseases of small fruits and new varieties enables re establishment of family berry patches. A S Colby of University of Illinois notes growing raspberries strawberries and other small fruits on small ground with poultry a garden and a cow can boost self sufficiency and health. Tunels circular No. 805 will help you.
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A. S. Colby
University of Iliinois
Manure Still Best for Soil Improvement in Trials
Six year trial by Dr. J. W. Lloyd of the University of Minnesota shows green crops cannot replace manure for soil improvement in garden vegetables. The bulletin Fertilizing Tomatoes Sweet Corn and Muskmelons in a Three Year Rotation outlines the rotation: manure and limestone first year, bone meal or dried blood second year, and a third year with no fertilizer for best results.
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J. W. Lloyd
University of Minorgs
White Accessories Rule This Summer Fashion Shift
Crere Nichlas notes white accents dominate ensembles this season with chalk white fabrics across jackets hats and handbags. Velvet returns in summer sports coats and accessories. white scarfs, beads, belts, gloves, and footwear emphasize a chic, all white look across fabrics from straw to velvet.
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Milan
Crerie Nicholas
Western Newspaper Union
Kitchen Cabinet Tips From The 1931 Household Column
A compilation of home remedies and cleaning tricks from The Kitchen Cabinet column. Tips cover removing heat marks from furniture, polishing with oil and vinegar, using nut meat to fill scratches, starch and lard for stickiness, washing with vinegar, and simple wall paper cleaning formulas. It also includes methods for preserving cheese, keeping food from burning on cookware, and making wall paper erasers from dough.
Evolution of the American steel plow pioneers
The text traces early cast iron plows from John Newbold in 1797 and English precedents, noting soil damage fears and a broken moldboard. It credits John Deere in 1837 William Partin in 1842 as steel plow pioneers, and James Oliver for advancing chilled iron plow points starting in 1953.
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America
John Newbold
England
Mississippi Valley
John Deere
William Partin
Middle West
James Oliver
Ecclesiasticus and Ecclesiastes in the Catholic and Protestant Canons
A brief note on how Ecclesiasticus and Ecclesiastes are treated in different Christian traditions. Ecclesiasticus, or Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach, is included in the Catholic canon fixed by the Council of Trent and deemed deuterocanonical. Protestants label it apocryphal and nonauthoritative for doctrine, though read for edification.
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Jesus
Onder Magazine
Theory of Evolution by Herbert Spencer Summary
Herbert Spencer argues that universal processes drive continual redistribution of matter and motion. Evolution arises from dominant integration of matter and dissipation of motion, while dissolution occurs with predominant absorption of motion and disintegration of matter.
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Herbert Spencer
Salt Production Methods Compared in Commerce
The article states that the highest grade salt is obtained by evaporation after initial brine purification, reaching 99.80 percent purity. It notes mined salt has 1 to 13 percent less sodium chloride content than evaporated salt, and adds that the purest rock salt comes from Louisiana.
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Louisiana
Patent Medicines and Patent Claims
A historic note explains patent medicines as medicinal formulas for which a patent is secured. It discusses the difficulty of obtaining a patent, stressing that invention must be shown and that the medicine must be more than a simple doctor's prescription.
Daily Thought for Motorists
The fact is that the motor car is a better machine than most of us are fit to handle.
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Coller'g Weekly
Managing Dairy Cows In Hot Weather Says Extension Expert
Extension agent J. A. Arey warns hot weather lowers milk yield and outlines feeding and housing strategies. Increase grain with high protein and silage, provide ample shade and fresh water, and keep milking herds in barns during peak heat. Clean stalls, pits, and breeding areas weekly and remove waste to reduce breeding sites for flies. use poison and sprays to control larvae when necessary.
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J. A. Arey
Arey
Sweet Clover Pastures Favored for Dairy
Extension notes from Kansas state dairy expert J. C. NISEEYT explain sweet clover as a useful pasture adjunct. Plant between corn and grain crops, with July readiness in oats, offering year long feed and stronger second year pasture for two to three cows per acre. Mention oat straw stacks with sweet clover and gradual acclimation to sweet clover taste to avoid bitter coumarin.
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J.C. Niseeyt
Extension
Dairy
Kansas State Agricultural
Dsr
Well Developed Yearlica Bull Ready for Service
The text describes a well trained bull ready for light service after about a year, with schedules for first two months and long-term service. It notes that eighteen to twenty services in ten days is typical, and at two years twenty service dates apart cause no harm. It specifies feed needs and sugar/silage considerations.
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Elighteen
Improper Feeding and Cattle Breeding in Dairy Industry
A fragment discusses feeding cattle after milking and in barn conditions to improve dairy output. It cites breeding, state college dairy specialists, and production records. notes that a healthy, well fed cow yields more milk and butterfat, and warns owners must cull the poorest cows for ruinous results.
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