Public Information Key to Livestock Growth, Mohler Says
Dr. John R. Mohler of the USDA urged Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers at El Paso to use more public information in planning future meat production. He emphasized personal ability organized effort and access to government data on food habits imports and exports as essential, noting both meat packers and producers need the same information to prosper.
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United States Department of Agriculture
John R. Mohler
Ediief
Bureau of Animal Industry
Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers’ Association
el Paso
Texas
Mohler
Great Southwest
Moe
Doctor Mohler
Attention to Hog Houses and Equipment
Hog housing and feeding equipment need more attention in the livestock program on many farms. A sanitary comfortable farrowing area starts pigs with vigor and health. Movable colony houses offer sanitation advantages while community housing lowers labor but raises costs and contagion risk.
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W. A. Poster
Farm Mechanics Department
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Development as key in gilt breeding timing
Development, more than age, guides when gilts may be bred. Seven or eight months of growth can yield a better mother than a poorly developed ten month old. Early breeding may create regular brood sow cycles and reduce per pig overhead. risks include small litters and inadequate nutrition if the gilt is underdeveloped. Feeding during gestation and after farrowing can mitigate these dangers.
Hogs in New Role Are Cannibals
According to the Southern Agriculturist hogs are fed much of the tankage produced as a by product in packing houses. Tankage is the residue left after heat and pressure extract the fat from meat unsuitable for food. Hogs, or the undesirable part of hogs, form a considerable portion of tankage. The article portrays hogs as a cold calculating cannibal.
Culling a Young Chicken Flock for Market Readiness
Guidance on selecting valuable chicks from a young flock. Remove clearly inferior birds, including crowing cockerels and underperforming pullets, to prevent disease. Separate cockerels and pullets by weight around two pounds and direct best growers toward market or winter laying stock for highest yield.
Poor Economy to Cease Feeding Mash in Summer
Prof C W Carrick of Purdue University warns it is poor economy to quit feeds mash to hens in summer. He says this can throw the flock into a molt and stop egg production. Range cannot supply sufficient protein and minerals, so meat scraps tankage milk and other supplements are needed for high summer eggs.
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C. W. Carrick
Purdue University
Determine Exactly How Many Eggs Each Hen Lays
A trap nest provides the only accurate method to determine a hen’s yearly egg production. Continuous daily observation through the pullet’s first laying year and breeding season is essential. Selecting breeders with high production genetics is crucial to obtain pullets that lay in spring, winter, and summer, with persistent output.
Lice and Worms Dip for Flocks Instruction
Directions prescribe mixing sodium fluoride at one ounce per gallon of water in a tub for dipping fowls. Use one pound for about three hundred birds, hold hens to submerge, dip them feet first, repeat three or four times, and work solution into dense plumage as needed.
Height of Roosts for Healthy Fowl Housing
Heavier breeds should have roosts near the floor and level to prevent crowding for top perches. High perches cause bruises and humble-foot risk when birds fly down. Maintain cleanliness and ventilation to avoid draughts. Check for watery eyes sneezing or nasal discharge and take tuna for small ailments.
Workers Finding More Time for Recreation
A historical survey argues the move toward a 40 hour work week is near, noting the shift from a 12 hour six day pattern to 44 hours in many industries. It links leisure gains to increased baseball attendance and golf popularity, with visions of new moving pedestrian platforms on elevated concourses enabling rapid cross traffic.
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Jacob Stupert
New York
H. G. Wells
Capper
New York Plans Roof-Top Highways to Alleviate Traffic
New York officials propose two one mile elevated roadways atop twelve story buildings from the lower city to Yonkers to ease traffic. The plan estimates daily city losses around 1.5 million dollars due to congestion. The roof highways would serve as two motor express thoroughfares across urban rooftops.
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New York
New York City
Yonkers
Gotham
Surprised, Himself Over Wedding to Widow
A dramatic exchange reveals shock from a man who learns he is to wed a widow, while the intended groom admits he had no idea of the arrangement. The confrontation highlights emotional tension and unexpected life changes.
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