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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1930
Page
12
Texas dairy herds show September sowing of barley oats rye or wheat yields richer grazing by October or November. Extension experts say 90 pounds per acre and thick seeding maximize pasture, lowering butterfat costs from 29 to under 20 cents per pound. Early planting proves crucial for extended grazing and feed shortages.
O C Ufford from Colorado Agricultural College emphasizes shed type deep poultry houses as the safest, cheapest, and most comfortable for Colorado conditions. Bulletin notes costs under 2 dollars per hen with good materials, design features sun exposure, concrete floor, large front wall, rear wall height, and muslin fronts. Readily illustrated guide outlines construction details for both men and women.
Tests by L E Card of the University of Illinois show excessive mineral mixtures harm chicks. A group fed 60 parts yellow corn meal, 20 parts soy meal, 13 wheat middlings, 1 salt, 2 cod liver oil, 2 steamed bonemeal, 2 ground limestone averaged 253 g at six weeks. Replacing 2 parts bonemeal with 4 parts reduced weight to 212 g. Replacing 2 parts limestone with 4 parts reduced weight to 187 g.
A United States Department of Agriculture survey finds potential to expand pecan demand as annual production nears 12 million pounds of improved varieties and 38 million pounds of seedlings. Key issues include high prices, limited advertising, centralization, and uneven store stock. Texas ranks high in airport numbers with 115, while Ohio and Pennsylvania tie for third with 85 each.
Opinion piece urging readers to locate truth within and to examine taxation's role in hard times. It argues taxes on machinery, credits, and improvements raise costs and reduce purchasing power, while taxes on land values lower land prices and aid ownership. Readers urged to test claims and decide by inner center.
Dorothy Watson died after injuries from a scooter accident in front of her Austin home. She suffered internal injuries and a broken arm when the vehicle overturned while she played.
C A Pepper of Bexar County Texas reports 159 calves fed 125 days yielding an average daily gain of 1.53 pounds. Feed cost per calf 14.40 with profit 7.85. total feed value 2,298.60 nets 1,248.15 with market feed priced. Pepper uses crop rotation and home grown oats and forages to support beef calf finishing.
For ten years peas and corn were grown for hogging off at Edgeley substation North Dakota. Cash returns per acre ranged from 18.65 to 82.92 dollars for peas and 20 to 62.64 dollars for corn. Over four years peas failed to show a profit while profits in the other six years ranged from 1.99 to 20.28 dollars per acre. Daily gain per dog on peas ranged from 0.9 to 1.7 pounds. In five years to 133 pounds on corn, 1.26 peas produced more pork than corn.
Public health warnings note outbreaks in eastern cities linked to silver polish toxins. New York State bans any polish containing cyanide for cleaning ware in hotels clubs restaurants and other public eating places.
Robert Le. Appert, six, son of Mr and Mrs H A Appert of Hendley community Blanco County, died in an Austin hospital from a rattlesnake bite suffered when he stepped on the snake in his yard. He was rushed to Austin for treatment.
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