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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1931
Page
8
The article explains economical flock management by regularly culling nonproducers to reallocate feed to young stock. It details physical signs of high and poor producers, including comb color, facial appearance, eye brightness, abdomen softness, keel and pelvic bone condition, and pigmentation changes in yellow-skinned breeds to track production status. It notes that top layers molt in October or November.
Early hatching means chicks less troubled by lice and disease. Early hatching means a longer growing season. Early hatching means better grown chicks. Early hatching means higher prices for surplus cockerels marketed as broilers. Early hatching means well matured pullets which begin to lay in the fall. Early hatching means eggs from pullets while hens molt. Early hatching means eggs in fall and winter when prices are high. Early hatching means early matur ing pullets that become broody earlier next spring. Early hatching means greater profit.
The article explains preserving eggs by using a water glass solution. Handle eggs to remove spots and cracks, then place them in a crock and cover with a mixture of one part commercial water glass to nine parts cooled boiled water. Ensure two to three inches of solution above the eggs and store in a cool place.
A historical snippet outlines ten commandments for chick raising. It emphasizes cleaning with hoe shovel and broom, then washing with boiling lye water, painting with carbolentum or strong disinfectants to prevent mite outbreaks, and finally moving the house to clean ground to brood chicks on alfalfa or sweet clover pastures.
The best way to build a high producing flock is to select breeders that show sustained production. R. T Tarlton of Wills County Texas reports using hens that maintained 70 percent production through September 1. From these hens he has bred pullets averaging 70 percent production in winter when prices rise.
A small yard can support a large flock by confining birds in moving coops. Western raisers report rapid growth, earlier market readiness, and reduced energy waste as chickens are shifted between coops for space as they mature.
Ardmore experiment station South Dakota reports yearling steers gain about 5? pounds per head daily in winter when fed ten pounds straw and five pounds alfalfa hay. Without alfalfa, stockmen may supplement roughage with cottonseed cake. Cottonseed cake fed at one pound daily for mature cattle, half that for steers. one ton alfalfa hay can be replaced by 480 to 500 pounds cake. Linseed meal suggested for young calves hogs or horses.
A south Alabama flock infested with stomach and tapeworms failed to improve with monthly copper sulfate treatments. Dr. Ed Everett used a 1 percent copper sulfate solution with 1 dram of oil of chenopodium after starving sheep to remove worms. Dr. Cooper Curtice advises copper sulfate alone or with nicotine sulfate every two weeks, dosing 2–12 ounces by weight, and adding chenopodium for tapeworms without frequent repetition.
The Manitoba weed commission finds sodium chlorate may kill weeds but costs are prohibitive for general use. Tentative conclusions show effective results only with heavy application, roughly 4.385 pounds per square foot per acre, costing about 52.20 dollars per acre for the chemical alone. Such cost limits its use to small patches to prevent spread on otherwise clean farms.
Bees play a crucial role in cross pollination of fruit trees. If wild bees are scarce, bring honey bees before blossoming. One strong hive per acre is ample. sometimes one hive for three or four acres suffices. Some beekeepers supply bees to orchardists during blossom season.
Agricultural hints warn against storing sprayers without cleaning as risk of damage surpassing a year of use. Corn fed to hogs by Robert Barwick in Craven county New York earned 70 cents a bushel profit. Potatoes in 1929 led cash farm income, 61.8 percent of all vegetables in 12 northeastern states. When wheat is ground and mixed with twice its weight of other feeds it fails to become gummy. Fire hazards in agriculture reached a historic high in 1080 totaling about 125 million dollars. Scratch grain mixes are typically two parts corn and one part wheat or equal parts. one may feed two parts wheat to one part corn as scratch feed.
A reflective essay argues that age is a matter of mind as much as body. It urges maintaining mental alertness, staying curious, and adapting with the times to avoid stagnation. Examples of nonliteral elders who travel, work, and keep active are cited to show usefulness beyond youth.
The boss questions a top salesman about selling a car, noting the buyer wanted a door that slammed shut quietly. The salesman argues the point. A young man choosing work that suits him keeps his feet off the desk.
Distributors fail to meet Firestone extra values and try to mislead car owners with bold statements. The record emphasizes there is no denying the FACTS of Firestone extra values.
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