News Review of Current Events by Edward W Pickard
A sweeping digest covers campaign spending in Pennsylvania politics with major figures Pepper, Vare, and Mellon tied to large sums. Observers note legal “watchers” and payoffs in the 1920s party machinery, while other nations face currency slumps, league withdrawals, and Franco-American debt debates. The piece discusses Betagnas, Brtone, and Chilean Peru tensions, plus domestic farm relief and tariff politics amid presidential policy shifts.
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Edward W. Pickard
Senate
Pennsylvania
Keystone
William 5. Vere
Pepper
Pinchot
Rememer
Dabnemcahs
James
Mellons
Mettdp
Heed
Joseph St. Grundy
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
Grundy
Folwell
Ter
St. Uiey
AL Mackey
Philadelphia
Vure
Dia Frank Teathmeny
Pennaslvania Te
Steady Growth in Purebred Livestock Improvement Campaign
The article reports a persistent rise in participation for the Purebred Sires movement, with about 100 new livestock owners joining monthly. From January to March, 450 owners enrolled, totaling 10,380 participants. Participants receive educational literature and a stapled imprint titled Purebred Sires Example Booklet, while counties like New Haven show substantial activity. The movement has grown over six years, aided by press support, livestock groups, and extension agents, with counties distributing materials and leading papers producing illustrations for farm improvement.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Avestock
Tie Department Educations
Piso
Eame
Jost
New Buren
Connecticut
Betates
Lvestock
Semiak
Department of Agriculture
Plan for Successful Caponizing with Chicks in May and June
Plan for success with caponizing addresses vermin control, chick vigor, and timing. May and June are best for operation to produce eight to ten pound capons by the holiday season. heavier birds should be kept until late winter or early spring. Weights vary by breed from about one pound for Mediterranean to two to three pounds for Asiatic and English lines. Chickes must fast 24 to 30 hours before surgery to improve outcomes.
Farm Notes on Soil, Pasture, and Clean-Up Tips
The piece promotes sweet clover as top pasture for soil health and suggests not pushing horses to max effort. It advocates a clean-up day to tidy farms and improve appearance, notes self-tending baby chicks as practical, and hints at spring pest control with the call to “Get the gopher.”
Advise Shippers on Candle Market Eggs Safety and Fees
The United States Department of Agriculture urges shippers to candle market eggs before shipment, especially in warm months, to prevent spoilage and reduce transportation losses. Inspectors will monitor interstate shipments of adulterated eggs, and officials advise contacting the Bureau of Chemistry for guidance on distinguishing likely spoilage eggs.
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Spprana
Chemetey
United States
Treartment of Agricalture
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agee
Washington, D
Wide Variations in Pork Production Costs Across Iowa Farms
A Department of Agriculture survey of Henry County Iowa and Warren County Missouri farms shows wide variations in costs to produce 100 pounds of pork. Across 44 farms in one year, costs ranged 3.07 to 13.55 dollars with a 5.49 dollar average. another year’s data from 39 farms shows 4.80 to 10.02 dollars, averaging 6.82. The department says care and management largely explain the differences.
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Randa
Department of Agriculture
Henry County
Iowa
Warren County
Maols
Corn Belt
Department
Department Bulletin
Witneis
Washington
Sudan Grass Emerges as Best Emergency Hay Crop at Iowa Station
Iowa experiment station reports sudan grass as the top emergency hay and forage crop. It tolerates drought, can be seeded after ornamentals, requires 15 to 20 pounds of seed per acre, and is best cut when the seed is in the soft dough stage. It becomes unproductive after frost and grazing is limited to aftermath pasturing. Two cuttings yield better hay, with drying challenges noted.
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Sudan
Iowa Experiment Station
al Winder
Scours in Lambs Tied to Careful Milking and Feeding
Veterinary note warns scours in lambs stem from careless milking and feeding. Heavy grain after lambing worsens risk. keep ewe milkers clean and strip excess milk to prevent early lamb illness. Recommend sparing grain until lamb nurses well. start feeding after lamb gains strength to nurse effectively.
Dairy sire selection and cow testing in dairy herds
A written discussion on dairy cattle genetics notes that daughters of high producing dams often exceed their dams, but variations occur. It stresses careful sire choice, as some sires boost butterfat more than others and may not outperform high producers. It cites a US Department of Agriculture circular available by request.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Weabington
D. A
Best Dairy Farmers Try to Raise Winter Feeds
J W Linn dairy specialist at Kansas State Agricultural College says dairying profits rise when farmers grow most winter feeds. He notes profits per cow depend on producing sufficient high quality feeds and using substitutes only if needed, while no grain matches roughage for carbohydrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Linn
Kansas State Agricultural College
Linn
Dairyman's Ambition Amid Stumbling Crops and Cattle
A headline style note on a dairyman struggling with poor crops and cattle. It highlights learning to increase corn and oat yields as part of a larger farming plan. The fragmentary text suggests a pursuit of better methods for dairy and husbandry.
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