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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1926
Page
8
Aermotor wind-mills with self-oiling design promise easier operation and longer life. Cheap terms offered at Schandur and Reichenau Sanitary Plumbing. Also available are galvanizing dipping vats for sheep and goats, made to order, sold with full guarantee by Oscar Krauskopf.
Advice on fitting and adjusting a draft horse collar to avoid shoulder strain. Details include where the pulling force should act on the shoulder, risks of collars too high or too low, effects of spring changes, sweat pads, and collar materials. Emphasizes lasting fit, quality leather, and sturdy packing to prevent lameness and delays.
Informed farmers are urged to inspect thresher machines offered at about half the price of comparable models. The units thresh common grains including wheat oats barley rye maize and more, and feature wind stacker self feeder weigher bagging and loading spout.
The Feed Control Service of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station releases Bulletin 336 detailing enforcement of the Texas Feed Law. In the year ending August 31, 1925 inspectors visited 9,069 firms in 1,680 towns, securing 1,518 samples for analysis. The report notes few irregularities and adds tentative chemical standards for cow and dairy, horse and mule, hog feeds, and laying mash to curb misleading naming.
Investigations show farmers waste scraps in the chicken yard for chicks during warm weather. Decay happens quickly, harming immature digestion and unbalancing growth. If used, scraps must be fresh and given to mature hens, not growing chicks.
Livestock authorities from Kansas State Agricultural College stress high protein in sow feed to boost litter size and pig vigor. They recommend daily protein from tankage linseed meal soybeans or skim milk to support pregnancy to farrowing, noting cost per pig falls with more pigs per sow.
Rotation of animals and pastures must be followed to limit parasite losses. Prevention is key as medical treatments rarely succeed. rotate grazing by planting alternate crops and withholding animals for parts of the year depending on the parasite.
The peach bark beetle mainly targets weak trees. remedy focuses on vigor restoration and repellents. A spring sulfur treatment and whitewash wash help. Worm damage in pigs is hidden but costly, with cleaner pasture yielding heavier weights than wormy yards, urging thorough sterilization of housing and equipment.
A call to students invites audiences to see the play Backbone on April 10 highlighting themes of courage and romance.
Optometrist Wilbur C. Treadwell will be at the Fredericksburg office over Keidel and Kallenberg's Drug Store on Saturday April 3 for eye examinations and glasses fitting.
Physicians praise thorough system purification as Nature's foundation of health. Take Calotabs once or twice weekly for several weeks to purge ailments. a family package with directions costs 35 cents at any drug store.
The article notes spring lamb as the most profitable farm product in recent years. It stresses early birth and good feeding to maximize profit, and advises breeders to mate ewes by September 15 to optimize next year’s spring lamb output.
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