Plan for drought relief suggested measures
The administration urged county farm agents to survey actual damage and livestock needs as President Hoover backs a plan to use the grain stabilization corporation to supply feed. The scheme would finance grain deliveries on long terms with local underwriters while keeping market stocks separate. Secretary Hyde and a midwestern tour were cited as stressing rains to salvage crops.
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Drouth
Hoover
Department of Agriculture
Carl William
Farm Board
Grain Stabilization Corporation
William
Williams
Washington
Ir Four
Hyde
Middle West
Cornell mash for baby chicks replaces frequent feed changes
Professor L M Hurd of Cornell notes a constant mash diet for chicks from 36 to 48 hours old to eight weeks, with grain added at eight weeks. Feed the mash freely with twice daily refreshment, provide hopper space for all to eat, and balance rations to ensure heavy intake and proper growth.
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Cornell
L. M. Hurd
Cornell University
Hurd
Nebraska corn crop healthier than expected says visitor
Board headquarters reports after a Nebraska trip that the corn crop is in better shape than anticipated with an estimated harvest near 200 and 900 bushels on a normal 270 000 000 bushel crop. McKelvie notes Iowa corn similar except south. Officials warn of dairy cattle culling and rising distress from shortages of milk pastures and water as drought lingers.
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Nebraska
Iowa
McKelvie
Washington
J. B. Kincer
Division of Agriculture Meterology
United States
Ohio Valley
Safe and Sanely Dieting for Spring Weight Loss
This brief urges safe sane dieting after winter and offers a mild reducing plan from Dr James McLester’s Nutrition of Diet in Health and Disease. It presents well balanced menus to guide a week of meals with variety and moderate portions.
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James McLester
Breakfast of 15 large grapefruit and cod meal mix
Breakfast includes 15 large grapefruit and scalloped cod fish flakes or canned fish, with 2 heaping tablespoons stewed tomatoes, average helping saltine crackers, coffee with 1 teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon butter.
Roast beef plate with greens and fruity side
A large serving includes 2 slices of very lean roast beef with tomato sauce, heaping beets and greens, cucumber, a fruit cup of orange and grapefruit with a few grapes, and a glass of buttermilk.
Menu Item Notes From Simple Campus Lunch
A compact food list describes sliced cold roast lamb with mint sauce one tablespoon green peas two heaping tablespoons squash three heaping tablespoons mustard greens or cabbage a medium tomato salad with dressing or vinegar Uneeda biscuits fifteen servings melons strawberries and a glass skim milk.
Hogging Down Corn Boosts Hog Growth At Harvest
F L Quaife of Iowa State College notes that tankage or other protein supplements and minerals are essential for rapid gains when hogs harvest corn in the field. A good protein supplement speeds gain and lowers cost per pound. A nearby clover or alfalfa field, or soybeans, rape sown in the corn, makes an ideal combination for hogging down.
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F. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
Self Feeders Adapted For Heavy Grain Feed
Self feed methods have long aided top corn belt steer feeders by delivering heavy grain rations. Begin slowly to avoid shock, starting with one part grain to two parts roughage, then shift to three parts grain to two parts roughage by month end as animals mature fattening.
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Corn Belt
Methods for Controlling Vermin on Fowl
The article describes two effective vermin destroyers for poultry. Blue ointment is applied under the vent in a grain sized amount, and sodium fluoride powder is rubbed into the skin at several spots. A newer method uses Blackleaf 40 liquid along the perch tops to vaporize and kill lice before roosting.
Farm livestock up on January 1 this year
Except for hogs horses and mules there was more live stock on the farms of this country on January 1 this year than at the same time a year ago. The report notes increases in cattle sheep and poultry across multiple states.
Ranchmen urged not to shear in fall at convention remarks
Joe Draper of Draper and Company told the Sheep and Goat Raisers Association that a tariff backed price policy by the National Wool Marketing Corporation could raise future wool values. He noted mohair at 45 cents and said ranchers should avoid shearings unless necessary as conditions improve prices next spring. The group has sold 15 to 20 percent of wool with prices topping the market, and the plan is not to set prices high against foreign competition.
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National Wool Marketing Corporation
Joe Draper
Draper and Company of Boston
Draper
Deterring Lice in Poultry Using Cream and Camphor Oil
Advice notes thick head lice cream is better than grease which can kill. Camphorated oil lightly between quill feathers works if used sparingly. Poults should not be confined in a newly painted coop or allowed to roam on a painted range.
Texas Oil Wells and Farm Equipment Totals Rise in First Half
Four hundred and four producing oil wells were brought in during June in Texas fields, lifting the year to date total to 2,295. Gas wells added 242 in the same period. Texas farms show 389,148 motor tractors, 1,864 threshers and 6,421 combines.
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Texas
Broiler Feeding Tests At North Carolina State College
Tests with Single Comb Rhode Island Reds show seven pounds of mash and grain feed needed to raise and fatten a two pound broiler. Feed cost 20 cents, chicks 20 cents, other costs 10 cents, totaling about 50 cents per bird at sale. Fall favorable for raising a few hundred broilers.
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Rhode Island
North Carolina State College
Texas to Host Unique Smelter Plant at Laredo
Texas plans a unique smelter facility at Laredo using both Mexican and American ore. The project will be the only of its kind in the United States, signaling cross border industrial cooperation and regional resource processing.
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Texas
United States
Laredo
Texas Imported and Exported Electricity in 1929
Texas imported 25 million kilowatt hours of electricity in 1929, about 0.9 percent of its consumption, and exported 8.6 million kilowatt hours, roughly 3.1 percent of its production. This reflects a net electricity trade balance for the year.
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Texas
Calves on Grass Avoid Early Dependence On Pasture
Farmers who turn calves under six months to pasture risk insufficient feed. Best dairymen keep calves on grain skim milk and hay until nine months old, then shift to pasture. This plan preserves pasture and supports growth for replacements.
Grain for Working Horses and Mules
The article explains that horses and mules require ample grain for heavy labor. A light grain ration causes them to overeat hay and fail to sustain effort.
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