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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1930
Page
8
Experiments at a university farm describe a rapid cheap seed testing technique for corn. Wet unglazed newspaper strips cradle kernels in a damp roll inside a two-quart jar, allow air flow, and yield germination results after one week with higher success than lid venting.
The New Jersey agricultural experiment station says there is no single best litter for brooding chicks. Litter should be light, absorbent, cheap, and clean. Shavings cut straw and cut hay work well. straw or hay must be cut to avoid matting. Clean the brooder house every five days to reduce disease spread.
Cold thick cream with lumps requires a uniform sample for fair testing. Creamery workers must stir from the middle to blend bottom and top layers, using a broad lifting cream stirrer. The ad notes smooth cream saves dollars and promotes Felix W. Maier's Machine Shop for pumps.
Dr F J Underwood Mississippi State Health Officer emphasizes extended bed rest for pediatric heart cases to allow recovery, with hospital care when possible. He links growth nutrition to heart health, cites Mississippi school data on undernourished children, and urges removal of infection sources and mouth hygiene coordinated with dentists to prevent heart disease.
A study at the Pennsylvania state college shows 926 pullets reached maturity at $1.26 per bird after deducting 924 cockerels. Most chicks were Leghorns valued at 20 cents each. Costs covered feed coal labor and interest with depreciation on houses and equipment. Pullets sell for around $1 at eight weeks and rise to $1.25 to $2.50 by three months, with laying birds seldom under $2.00. Confirmation Suits just arrived. Schroeder Bros.
Wisconsin agriculture tests show immature grasses like timothy clover and June grass offer high protein percentages. Dry weight samples reached up to 20 percent for clippings and 24 percent for rye, while mature Timothy hay averages about 6 percent.
Lumber from Stein Lumber Co. has just been unloaded and prepared for making kid boxes, addressed to goat raisers.
The text notes that three quarters of improved land output and all unimproved land output feed livestock. It states 85 percent of corn 98 percent of hay 35 percent of wheat 80 percent of oats 60 percent of cottonseed and 90 percent of barley from the ten leading U.S. crops are marketed through livestock, which account for 87 percent of total farm crop value in 1927 and 55 percent of the ten crop group value.
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