Death in the Milk Pais by W Milton Kelly
A defense and advocacy of routine tuberculin testing for dairy cattle to prevent mammary tuberculosis. The piece argues testing reduces disease spread, warns of infection through milk channels, and promotes hand separators to keep milk dairy safe. It notes Germany’s higher infection rates and cautions about cross-contamination to calves and pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Milton Kelly
New York
Germany
Department of Agriculture
Skim Milk Calves Surpass Whole Milk in Feed Economy
Minnesota experiment farm reports skim milk calves cost less to raise and gain efficiently. Skim milk calves produced 100 pounds of gain per 4389 pounds of grain versus 470 pounds per 100 pounds gain for whole milk calves and 475 for calves with dams. Weaning is critical. dam-reared calves lose weight initially while skim milk calves gain. Mixing corn with milk is discouraged. grain starch must become sugar via saliva and alkaline fluids for digestion.
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Minnesota Experiment Farm
Summer in the Poultry Yard
Advice for summer fowl care from feeding and housing to disease prevention. Recommends alum in drinking water to curb throat trouble, free range vs penned coops, whitewash use, shelter for chicks, summer egg storage, selling old fowls, daily grain, clean shaded water vessels, and duck drinking water depth.
Notes on Sheep Raising for Successful Feeding
Practical guidance for sheep growers on early feeder purchase and pasture use. Emphasizes clean self feeders to prevent disease, using fodder before harsh weather, rye as winter pasture, and a hospital flock for weak or sidelined sheep. Stresses proper racks and feed troughs, and the necessity of hunger to drive consumption in wet yards.
Making Cottage Cheese From Skim Milk and Small Starter
Use skim milk to avoid fat loss and add a clean starter for flavor and quick souring. Heat to 70 to 75 degrees until well curdled, 24 to 48 hours, then break curd and raise to 90 degrees over 30 to 40 minutes. Let whey clear, drain, and salt to taste, shape curd into balls, wrap in oil paper. optional addition of ripened cream at about one ounce per pound of cheese.
Hints on Care of Horses for Breeding and Health
Practical notes advise driving a stallion eight to ten miles daily during breeding season and working him three to four hours. Emphasizes trimming feet, avoiding tendon strains, and avoiding overfeeding. Warns against pampering, predicts heavy mares breed to draft horses produce marketable foals at $75 to $200 at three years old.
6000 Profit in the Bean by W Milton Ere lly
The article urges farmers to grow beans next year, arguing soil quality, not land poverty, determines bean success. It promotes beans as a profitable cash crop with steady demand and fair prices across the country.
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W. Milton Erelly
New York
Oyster shell for fowls kept within reach
The text notes placing a small trough of cracked oyster shell near fowls so they may freely help themselves. It emphasizes constant access to shell to aid digestion and calcium intake.
NOTES OF THE ORCHARD Nerve needed to thin fruit pays off
Idaho and Oregon produce fine apples and peaches free from worms. Growers vigilantly fight insects. A professional trimmed an apple tree with four hatchet gashes. Petroleum kills scale but harms trees for years. Starting a 3 year old tree needs more care than a 2 year old. Chickens in orchards eat insects and spread waste. Scatter grain to encourage scratching. Alfalfa drains soil moisture heavily.
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Idaho
Oregon
Cheap Roads by Clinton M Shultz
Good road building in the country progresses slowly as farmers are labeled obstructionists for resisting road legislation and large road funding. High costs deter hard road projects with macadam gravity ranging from 1000 to 4009 dollars per mile depending on land and materials. City dwellers push for extending city streets into rural areas.
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Clinton M. Shultz
American Farm World
Beans and wheat rotation yields profitable farm plan
The article outlines a bean wheat clover rotation as highly productive, noting eight to ten loads of stable manure boost bean fertility, fall plowing and preplant dishing aid weed control, and careful bean harvesting with a bean harvester. Planting in New York typically from June 1 to 15, row spacing thirty inches, half a bushel per acre, and about twenty five bushels per acre for bean profit.
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New York
Preventing Egg Eating in Poultry Hens
To curb egg eating behavior in hens the main cause is soft shelled eggs. Hens develop a taste for the egg after exposure. Preventive steps include managing nutrition and shell quality to reduce the urge to peck at eggs.
Orchard value hinges on bees for cross pollination
The article argues fruit raisers should keep bees to aid cross pollination and notes that early fruit commands higher prices, suggesting beekeeping enhances orchard profits and timing.
Notes on Mortgag e Lifters Hog Raising Guidance
Rape makes fine hog feed. start hogs right with first class sows. Don’t keep substandard boars. Treat lice vigorously and spray hog houses. Maintain brood sows until signs of decline appear. Provide charcoal and salt daily. Skim milk and alfalfa plus corn speed growth. Running streams bluegrass pastures help. rye and clover create lasting pasture for hogs.
What dairymen can do for profitable dairying
Dairying offers opportunities through demand for pure milk in cities, first class dairy butter at premium prices, and farm cheese profits. Success relies on improved methods from top creameries, balanced crop rotations, manure recycling, and supplying high quality dairy helpers. Dairying also supports year round employment and profitable home farms near urban centers.
Campaign for Slow Road Reform with Education
Farmers oppose high taxes for hard roads and prefer gradual progress. The piece argues to educate about viable dirt road improvements using modern tools like dirt‑drag and drainage, co op road clubs, and careful state support. It notes regional differences and urges patience, warning against forced large-scale expenditures.
The Forest and the Wood Lot
Secretary Wilson says forest land can yield successive crops with proper methods. He notes the U S has cut timber three times more than grown for years and stresses treating timber as a crop. Government preservation efforts exist, but farm wood lots need scientific attention.
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Wilson
Lot
Timber Patch Teaches Farmers to Use Fallow Grounds
A farmer emphasizes the importance of small timber patches on farms during timber famine and urges teaching methods to maximize the yield and utility of these patches for shelter, fuel, and crops.
Pig feeding trough design for sturdy guard construction
A detailed guide describes building a feeding trough for pigs with two guards cut from 2 inch planks 12 to 14 inches wide, forming the proper slant. It emphasizes strong construction, thorough nailing and a 1 inch plank spout that can serve multiple troughs.
Farmers Unite Ban Politicians in Co Op
The Kansas based Farmers' Co-Operative union bars politicians from membership hoping to keep politics out. Hawaii reports prosperity for American farmers but hints locals may earn more at home. Rail rate disputes kept eastern college help from Kansas farmers, while a wet spring decimated young poultry across the plains. Soap suds touted for hogs prove ineffective and harmful like whisky and tobacco.
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New Farmers’ Co-Operative Union
Kansas
Hawaii
Island
Eastern College
Middle West
Northwest
A Handy Land Measure Demonstrated in Illustration
An article explains a simple land measuring device made of light material with 5 foot 6 inch legs. Three lengths equal one rod and a man can rapidly measure land by pivoting the tool between two points, offering a practical method where a tape line or surveyor's chain is unavailable.
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Tom
Working Notes of the Dairy
The piece outlines dairy farming tips stressing temper in dairymen, starting with small capital can yield gains, milk acidity signals early decomposition, high protein feeds like clover, clean troughs prevent calf scours, the Babcock test aids quality, feed boxes sustain rich milk, silos preserve corn nutrients, and dry earth or land plaster mitigates barn odors.
Questions on breeding gilts age and care
A reader from Alabama asks the optimum age to breed gilts for strong, healthy litters. The reply favors waiting until 10 to 12 months and emphasizes development over quantity, noting better results with one strong litter. A Maryland correspondent asks how to prevent nonbreeders in young gilts and receives guidance to use a cooler, ground oats rich ration, plus ample exercise and forage for breeding stock.
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Alabama
Maryland
When To Wean A Foal From The Mare By W 8 Gilbert
The exact time to wean a foal varies from August to October based on mare condition and foal age. Gradual separation is advised with careful feeding, handling, and early training, followed by careful milk suppression and management through winter and into spring.
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Gilbert
Adapting Fertilizer To Soil Over Crop
The piece argues farmers should tailor fertilizer use to soil rather than to the crop. It advocates soil-building via balanced nutrients, judicious crop rotation including legumes for nitrogen and humus, and criticizes manufacturers for promoting crop-specific mixes instead of selling based on nitrogen, potash, and phosphoric acid content.
Boy's Work in Winter Garden Collection Tactics
A brief note urges boys to press a seaf of variety from trees grasses weeds and vegetables for a mounted winter collection. It emphasizes observing leaf arrangement and noting details to earn points, promising surprising results when shown.
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Nawor
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Toulouse
Indiana Farmers’ Institute
H. W. Henry
Institute
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Purdue
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