Feeding Dairy Cows Shows Silage Advantage at Ohio Station
An Ohio experiment station bulletin reports silage fed cows drink 3.9 pounds water daily versus 6.9 pounds for grain fed cows. Silage cows yield 96.7 pounds milk and 5.8 pounds butter fat per 100 pounds dry matter, against 81.3 pounds milk and 3.9 pounds fat for grain. Feed costs per 100 pounds milk are 68 cents with silage and 1.05 with grain, and per pound fat 13.1 cents versus 22.1. Silage cows average $5.80 monthly profit over feed compared with $2.46 for grain. The piece extols silos for Kansas farmers and notes corn silage with alfalfa hay as an ideal ration aiding beef and milk.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Kansas
Kaosas
Hog Care Guidelines for Pigs and Sow Health
The notes advise moving young pigs to pasture quickly and scattering oats to encourage exercise. It recommends including roots and oilmeal in brood sow rations, noting full aged sows produce better litters and are quieter at farrowing. Emphasizes that a good brood sow is valuable and stresses keeping pens troughs and feeding barrels clean to prevent disease.
Handling the Growing Colts in Farm Care
The article gives practical advice on rearing growing colts including housing, feeding, water, and weaning. It covers keeping two colts together, securing ventilation and protection from flies, providing limitless water, mixing skim milk at first then increasing amounts, and transitioning to pasture by spring. It notes gradual weaning at about one year and continued pasture feeding in fall. The guidance is attributed to David Imrie.
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David Imrie
Lifting the Scalp A Global Look at a Grim Trophy Practice
A historical survey traces scalp collecting across the Americas and beyond, noting origins in European contact and spread through colonial influence. It covers early descriptions by explorers, regional variations from Florida to Argentina, and the shift from scalps to other trophies as firearms and iron knives spread.
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North America
South America
Herodotus
America
Francisco de Gurey
Panuco
Idaquea Cartier
John Smith
Champlain
George Frederici
Smithsonian Institution
North
Irater
Indiana
New Jersey
Texas
California
Mexico
Hudson River
Missouri
Argentina
Paragay
Guinea
Florida
Hess
Ecalning
Old Grads Hold Reunion At Wallowa Lake
The Oregon Agricultural College alumni of Wallowa county held a reunion at Wallowa Lake with lunch at the Falls, a ball game won by the ladies eight to five, and four home runs by Mrs. A E B Tulley. A banquet followed and officers were reelected including A E Tulley as president. next year’s event will be at the lake on July 15. About 1 000 Oregon Agricultural College graduates exist, with 15 000 students having attended Co A C since founding.
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A. EB. Tulley
Wallowa
E. B. Aldrich
State Alumni Association
Wallowa County Association
A. E. Tully
County Association
A. EB. Tully
Co. A. C
Dairy cutting length affects feed efficiency claims
Hoard’s Dairy man notes that cutting hay or fodder to one-half to one and one-quarter inches largely suffices for most animals. Very young calves may need finer cuts, but shorter cuts do not compensate for the extra power and time required.
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Dairyman
Early colonial bounties for scalps spark brutal prize system
The piece notes Puritans offering bounties for Indian scalps beginning in 1637, with Connecticut joining by 1675 offering large prizes during King Philip's War. It mentions Ope Hannah Dustin receiving £50 and other gifts for scalps of two men, two women, and six children secured with her own hands.
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Whitten
New England
Connecticut
Hannah Dustin
St. Paul
Sure Way to Avoid Pickpockets on Street Cars
A Kansas City Star note suggests the safest method to prevent theft on crowded streetcars is to keep money in the bank under your wife's name.
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Kansas City Star
Keefe Siblings Cited In Estate Case In San Francisco
Charles Keefe accuses his sisters Mary Denely and Elizabeth Keefe of manipulating their drug dependent mother to gain control of a $25 000 estate. He seeks their removal as executrices and alleges years of influence over the decedent through liquor and drugs.
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San Francisco
Mary Denely
Eliabeth Keefe
Statera
Charles Keefe
Keefe
Berlain's Colic Gaoler and Mar Mermedy Advertised
An 19th century patent remedy claims to relieve and cure bowel pains griping diarrhoea bilious issues and looseness of the bowels for both children and adults stating it always cures the reader is urged to consult the advertisement for further details.
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Berlain
Mar
Mermedy
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Hande Aleo
OLD Grads
A. C
Wallowa County
Laurelhurst
Portland
Noor
Ladd Park
J. R. Moore
la Grande
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