Central Canada land lure yields and rail growth attract settlers
The article touts 160 acre homesteads in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with wheat yields of 40 to 50 bushels per acre or oats up to 60, plus 100 bushel oats in some cases. It notes rail lines like Grand Trunk Pacific expanding west, new towns elevators and churches, and urges readers to contact government officials to consider Central Canada as a future wheat exporter to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Central
United States
Tuberculosis in hogs drives heavy losses across packing industry
Reports from meat packing centers show hog tuberculosis rising and causing heavier losses for raisers and packers. Federal inspections find about two percent of slaughtered hogs infected, while feeding practices and contaminated offal are cited as main transmission sources.
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Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Hungary
Proper Stable Ventilation Study Shows Ventilation Affects Cows
Wisconsin professor F H King studied 20 cows in a two day on and off ventilation trial inside a half basement stable with 960 cubic feet per cow. Poor ventilation increased water intake and caused weight loss while good ventilation raised milk yield and reduced thirst and weight loss. After 14 days cows showed skin rash and hair staining from licking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. King
Wisconsin
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Tle
Boston
Dept
Iowa City
Iowa
Allen
Rene Ays
Hildren
Samuel Pytcher
the Centaur Company
New York
Bears
Foodan
Gastoria
THE
Centaur Company
REW Yoo
EON
Western
Dolliver
Ition
Ottawa
Osan
Chas. Pilling Clifford
Grand Forks
Oak
Fargo
Anny
F. L. Watkins
J. Murray
the Murray Institute
Fargo Institute
Thirteenth Stree
Northwestern Mutual Investment
Fargo, N. Dakota
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