Hay Crop Shortage Prompts Straw and Silage Feeding Trials
Virginia Station experiments led by Prof Nourse test using corn stover wheat straw and cotton hulls as roughage for dairy cows and beef heifers. Cows eaten heated silage and straw mix well, milk yield near stover fed cows, straw- silage blend improved palatability. About twenty cows fed this way in February to reduce hay purchases. Beefs relied on stover with small straw intake and modest gains. hulls eaten widely with modest gains.
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Virginia
Nourse
Prof
Prof. Nourse
Feeding roughage to swine in winter
The text advises feeding roughage to swine during winter, noting alfalfa as suitable and cheaper in many areas. It also mentions field roots as a viable alternative in places where they grow well, and stresses that cost determines which roughage to feed.
Farm News on Beef Prices and Crop Reports
Ribs and loins fetch 13 cents a pound on average with Chicago prices for porterhouse and sirloin ranging 20 to 31 cents. Illinois grain values near 250 million dollars, corn crop could fill 383000 rail cars. Suffolk district eggs yield more profits from a cooperative, Oklahoma's One Hundred and One ranch produced 175000 bushels of wheat.
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Chicago
Illinois
Suffolk
England
Oklahoma
Frank H. Hall
Farmers’ State Institute
Canadian Northwest
Rigs for Hauling Barreled Apples by J O Wadsworth 1906
In Rural New Yorker a detailed guide presents three apple hauling rigs. The first carries seven barrels per load with a side‑by‑side layout and optional rope lashings. The second frames seven per row with a top row of six, totaling twenty barrels. The third uses heavy planks to host sixteen to eighteen barrels with side projections for three barrels each.
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J. O. Wadsworth
New Yorker
Notes of the Fruit Crop Across States and Markets
Chicago stands as a top apple market with receipts reaching six to seven thousand barrels daily. Wisconsin is expected to yield about 45 000 bushels of cranberries. September fruit picking runs ten to twenty days, mainly by women and children paid 15 cents per bushel, often wet to the waist. California lacks workers, needing 10 000 in September and October but only 6 000 available. The California Fruit Growers Exchange moved fruit packing costs from 75 to 35 cents per box. Oregon prune crops harmed by heat. packers now refuse less than two cents per pound f. o. b. at initial points. The New Central Railroad handled fast fruit trains from Buffalo to New York and expanded engines and cars to move crops. Ireland faces a potato famine this winter, worst in Connaught. Iowa’s largest apple crop came from the Catholic monks at New Mallory monastery. despite full labor, tons of grapes could not be garnered and were donated.
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California Fruit Growers Exchange
Exchange
Oregon
New Central Railroad
Buffalo
New York
Ireland
Another Hog Swinger Improves Hog Handling Device
A compact construction note describes an improved hog swinger using three 10 to 12 foot poles cross tied with a chain. It explains how to spread and raise the hog, sling it outdoors, and secure it with a gambrel. The text also briefly mentions beekeeping in cellars and moisture concerns.
Poultry feeding method praised by Massachusetts expert
C A Latham, a Massachusetts poultry man, uses self feeding hoppers with separated compartments for dry feeds. Birds pick their own mixes from grains, bran, middlings, and dry beef scraps, kept dry to keep stock healthy. The method reduces work and avoids wet feeds, claimed as the best way to feed poultry.
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C. A. Latham
Massachusetts
Save the Skim Milk Proposals Stir Farm Labor Debate
Farmers oppose butter making to cut work and boost profits. Advocates say labor adds value and wisely directed effort can triple returns. Dairyman unable to sell milk cheaply should consider butter and feed skim milk to pigs.
Farrier Sees Need For Legislation On Pest Control In Orchards
The piece argues for compelled by law spraying of fruit trees to curb pests and protect farmers from neighbor-caused damage. It condemns grafters in the food chain, extols independent dealers, and stresses education in agriculture, seed selection, and markets. It notes concerns over potatoes, butter, and eggs, plus farm teaching in country schools.
Pure Stock Advice For Keeping Herd Families Pure
Good individuals of any standard breed are profitable in the right hands. It is up to you to consider your facilities, personal tastes, and what you are willing to do for your herd. Ponder well in making the selection, but having once made it, do not switch about with every new fad or fancy, and do not let anyone persuade you that a mixed breed is best. Keep your stock pure.
Practical Hog Tips For Winter Fattening And Curing
Practical guidance urges free range hogs on pastures until snow, emphasizes shelter, cleanliness, and tar disinfectant to curb disease, recommends skim milk and alfalfa for feed, and details a Virginia curing method for hams with salt, sugar, saltpetre, molasses and slow smoking. notes high wheat production in Canada's northwest last year.
Poultry House Plan Wins First in Poultry Herald Contest
Plans by Louis Riedesel describe a 12 by 16 foot ground floor poultry house with nine foot front height and six foot rear. Features include three sunlit windows, a dirt-free sand underfloor, a raised roost platform with hinged nests, a dedicated scratching room, and an alley Nest layout to keep hens off the nests. The design emphasizes ease of cleaning and efficient use of space for one flock, with entry points for attendant and pen access.
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Hostor
Canadian demand for American farm machinery grows
Canadian buyers show strong appetite for U S farm equipment as dealers report unusually high sales in the territory this year, with figures suggesting a surge in orders and distribution to farmers across provinces.
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Canada
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