16 Plants Poisonous to Livestock in Western States
The press release notes the Farmers Bulletin No 2106 titled 16 Plants Poisonous to Livestock in the Western States. It details for each of the 16 plants where they grow how they affect stock and how to reduce losses. A full color photograph accompanies each plant. The plants listed include arrowgrass beacken fern chokecherry copperweed death camas grease weed halogeton horsebrush larkspur locoweed lupine milkweed oak brush rubberweed sneeze weed and water hemlock.
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Farmers’ Bulletin
Farm cooperative memberships triple in 30 years
Memberships in farm marketing and supply cooperatives rose sharply from 27 million in 1926 to over 77 million in 1956, with average memberships per cooperative increasing from 250 to 783. Total farmer cooperatives numbered 9,876 in 1956, and net business reached 98 billion dollars, led by dairy and grain sectors.
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Farme
Cooperative Service
US Department of Agriculture
Stubble and Straw Burning Costs Cited by SDSU
Extension soils specialists at South Dakota State College warn that burning stubble and straw is costly. They note an acre producing 50 bushels of oats leaves 20 pounds nitrogen 6 pounds phosphorus 30 pounds potash and 400 pounds humus, with future yields potentially dropping 5 to 8 bushels per acre for corn 7 to 10 for oats and 3 to 5 for wheat.
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South Dakota State College
South Dakota
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