Farmers urged to stock farms with more poultry
The United States Department of Agriculture calls on farmers who never raised chickens to stock their lands this year to meet household needs and help double national chicken and egg production. The campaign aims to shift beef and pork consumption toward poultry, support soldiers abroad, and keep prices reasonable.
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Seed Corn Premium Quality Offered for Planting
Seed corn advertisement offers a fine lot of Ar Yellow Seed Corn with excellent germination. It emphasizes that planting the best seed corn pays off for farmers and growers.
Green Manures Benefit Humus Building Soil Health
United States Department of Agriculture notes green manures such as cowpeas velvet beans clover buckwheat and sorghum improve depleted soils by adding humus. Crops should mature before turning under and not be chopped immediately before a new crop. Oats rye and crimson clover are common cover crops sown with the last field work to reduce erosion and enrich soil.
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Skim Milk and Corn Boosts Pit Growth Profits
Indiana experiment station bulletin reports feeding skim milk with corn yields very favorable results, indicating skim milk can be profitably used with corn to grow pigs more effectively than tankage.
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Systems of Culture For Raspberry Growing
Three main methods hill linear and hedge govern raspberry culture. Distances vary by land size and variety with hill plots using five feet spacing and hedge linear needing closer rows. Black raspberries favor linear and purple types also follow linear with row spacing depending on vigor and regional practices.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Planting and spacing guidance for raspberries varieties
The article explains spacing rules for purple and red raspberries, noting five foot row gaps for most cols with Royal at four feet. It discusses one horse cultivation options, planting density to guard against misses, and whether to group two plants. It covers pre-planting trimming, cane length, and how deep to set plants to balance drought protection and growth.
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Preservation of Soft Corn in Cold Storage
Soft corn stored in large cribs during freezing weather will spoil as temperatures rise unless ventilated. Farmers should sort and remove damaged ears, install ventilators, and feed what can be used on the farm. Drying should be slower at lower temperatures to reduce breakage. save older corn for seed and verify germination before planting.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Manure Saving for Small Farmers and Pig Feeding Insight
The piece urges saving manure to reduce fertilizer needs for new livestock producers. It notes fertilizer scarcity and high prices, arguing that conserving manure lowers reliance on commercial inputs. It also discusses feeding corn alone to young pigs, warning about slower gains and high feed costs.
Proper Exercise and Protein Feeds in Winter for Sows
United States Department of Agriculture notes that sows due to farrow in March and April need exercise and winter feeding to yield strong litters. Do not let hogs loaf. let them seek corn in stalk fields, using a manure spreader to scatter feed, ensuring efficient use and steady weight gain through winter until farrowing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Proper sow feed and farrowing prep for strong piglets
Farmers should ensure all corn is utilized by feeding protein supplements such as shorts tankage oil meal or alfalfa hay. Ground alfalfa is cheaper on corn belt farms and sows eat more of it when ground. By following simple feeding methods, sows reach farrowing time strong and vigorous, with brood sow care requiring diligent attention from hog growers.
Sheep Profitability in Farm Stock
Sheep, in proportion to product value, are more profitable than other livestock. They produce more economically on the farm with less feed and labor requirements. They fit into general farming and rely largely on grazing for subsistence.
Weeds and Grass as Animal Feed on Farmland
Weeds and grass that would not support other stock eat little feed with value as human food and need less grain than other animals. They add materially to farm revenue but add very little to farm expenses.
Nothing Better for Ewes With Lambs This Winter
Farmers are advised to feed high quality first crop clover hay to ewes with lambs during winter while using hay straw fodder and stubble grasses as alternatives. The guidance stresses clover as the best feed for ewes and lambs and suggests one feed per day to ward off spring shortages.
Best Feed For Young Pigs After Weaning
Skim milk and middlings form the best feed for young pigs after weaning. Initially feed four times daily in small portions. As the pigs settle, three feeds daily suffice.
Outdoor Exercise for Pigs
Outdoor exercise is beneficial but pigs should be protected from cold winds or from very hot sun. If the sow is turned out with her pigs do not give her a very large range at first as she is likely to travel too far and unduly tire the young.
Salt Corn To Retard Heat In Corn Cribs
Salted ear corn in cribs can retard spoilage and heating by drawing moisture and enabling air circulation. Recommended salt ranges from one to two barrels per 1000 bushels for crib storage, with caution for large broad cribs and shelled corn in elevator bins requiring artificial drying and ventilation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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Farm Reflections on Gumption and Local Breeds
When the average man contemplates quitting, he should consider horse production. Gumption means placing effort where it counts. Stock raisers must agree on the best breed for their locality and stay with it. Rats in grain bins rival a bull in a china shop, so a rat proof granary is essential. County fairs appear to serve faker interests rather than farmers, and a general overhaul is needed to fulfill their intended purpose.
Lucky Strike Tobacco Toasted Taste Promoted
An advertisement extols toasted tobacco, claiming better flavor. It compares raw meat and untasted foods to toasted tobacco and credits American Tobacco Co. with toasting burley for Lucky Strike cigarettes whose taste is likened to pipe tobacco.
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Limber neck in chickens caused by ptomaine poisoning
Ptomaine poisoning from decaying flesh causes limber neck in fowls that eat dead rats or other animals. Prevention: confine the flock and feed on sound grain. Treat with permanganate of potash in drinking water to a rich purple color and provide no other water. Sick birds deserve close night and morning care.
Fowls Turn Waste into Value on Farms
The article notes chickens as a by product of farming clear waste materials as feed. It argues poultry care can be done by children, not needing extra workers, and that fowls reduce pests and generate manure. Fifty birds yearly yield at least a ton of manure usable as fertilizer.
Maintain Poultry on Farm for Economic Benefits
The larger the farm the larger the flock and this flock should be maintained largely for economical reasons. Poultry will derive about 90 percent of its living from scattered and wasted grain. They act as scavengers consuming much of what would otherwise be lost and will help next summer by eating pests like grasshoppers worms and other insect pests that threaten valuable crops.
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