Reliance Roller Mills Keeps Flour Plant Alive in Fredericksburg
The 1862 established Reliance Roller Mills in Fredericksburg Texas remains a small but efficient operation under Albert Moellendorf. Electrified seven years ago cutting power and maintenance costs. plant outputs about 4 000 pounds daily with 20 and 40 horsepower motors. The mill serves local custom grinding needs and maintains a 50 barrel daily capacity in a town long served since Civil War times.
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Reliance Roller Mills
Fredericksburg
Texas
F. van der Stucken
Reliance
Albert Moellendorf
General
W. D. Gray
Barnard
Great Western
Fall pigs exact best management
Ohio State University animal husbandry experts urge fall piglets to forage after weaning to boost winter performance. Emphasis on high energy concentrates with protein supplements, using corn balanced with skim milk or buttermilk, and alternatives like fish meal or tankage when milk is unavailable. Feeding levels shift from 15 20 percent protein early to about 5 percent at finish.
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Animal Husbandry Department
Ohio State University
Tried sows found most profitable as breeders
Old sows may be more profitable than gilts for next spring's pig crop says E F Ferrin of the University Farm animal husbandry department. He notes grain shortages made gilts small and undersized this year, while thin sows in breeding prime could yield larger litters when bred to farrow next spring.
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E. F. Ferrin
Animal Husbandry
University Farm
Fence Whitewashing Prompted by Bristle Question
A passerby observes a Negro worker named Sam whitewashing a fence. He asks why Sam does not use a brush with more bristles, and Sam replies that with a better brush he could do twice as much work, but there isn t twice as much work to do.
Miller’s Feed Charges Set at One Fourth or Twenty Cents
Mr. Moellendorf quotes pricing for production at one fourth or 20 cents a bushel and for chops at one sixth or 20 cents per 100 pounds, as noted by Nuational Miller.
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