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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1931
Page
7
A proposal backed by the extension service outlines joint stock feeding plans to aid growers and feeders. It covers inventories, pricing based on market grades, feeding terms, labor and housing costs, and risk sharing during a defined feeding period. Details include a sample plan for two year old steers and calves.
Walter G Ward of Kansas State Agricultural College discusses beef farmers favoring pit silos as most economical for feeding. He recommends a concrete collar three feet below ground, a protective above ground wall, smooth true walls, and a mortar mix of cement sand and hydrated lime. If frost or removal issues occur, reinforce walls with woven wire or screen and ensure hoist capacity for filling.
Summary of experimental data on skimmilk value for hog fattening. With corn at 56 cents and tankage at 50 dollars per ton, skimmilk values around k cents per hundred pounds. At 70 cents corn and 50 dollars, skimmilk about 82 cents per hundred. Whole milk is about twice skimmilk in value, though skimmilk is more digestible and diges tion may cause trouble for young pigs.
Article advises hay quality timing and balanced rations for lamb fattening. It recommends combining hay with concentrates such as corn oats and soybean hay, and using corn silage with high protein supplements like oil meal.
A fragment discusses a fly control method for sheep using tar and a salt self-feeder. It suggests making a salt trough for sheep and applying tar around entry points to deter gad flies, noting labor savings from less frequent catching.
A 1921 Western Newspaper Union piece describes adding machines and calculating robots designed to perform arithmetic rapidly and accurately. It explains operation by punched keys and dials, uses for bookkeeping and billing, and notes a model that prints full computation records at twenty multiplications per minute.
Joy, fresh from school, starts work at a small High Farms information office run by Mr. Carstaira. She guides buyers to plots, including a corner lot with birch trees, and forms a bond with Robert M Sefton, a law student who buys land and later plans for their future.
A Philadelphia firm holds a letter from Benjamin Franklin to his sister Jane Macom. In it Franklin expresses a cautious optimism about the world and his judgment. He echoes belief in divine wisdom beyond human understanding and trust in God.
A child named David at a family meal fixates on a visiting uncle's bald head. He blurts out that Uncle Leonard's head is coming out, prompting humorous confusion during his birthday gathering.
Ohio State extension expert Pf. B Zumbro warns both excess and deficiency of minerals harm chicks. He cites bone problems from overfeeding and underfeeding, urges using nest scrap and meal diet, and outlines a mineral rich formula including meat scrap dried milk and salt. He notes cod liver oil aids mineral absorption and recommends maintaining adequate vitamins.
Turkeys and chickens cannot get along. Parasitic intestinal organisms affect turkeys but not chickens. hens host the parasites and spread disease to turkeys. Remove all turkeys from the range, provide light laxative rations, and rotate the birds every two to three months in winter and more often in summer. If space is limited, keep turkeys on a screen wire floor with wire netting over the run.
Farmers should separate or sell roosters during warm months to protect laying flocks. Fertile eggs spoil quickly in heat, reducing egg output and profits. Isolating kept roosters helps prevent losses and maintain flock condition.
Poultrymen serving markets demanding prime eggs may struggle in heat unless eggs are infertile. Prof Willard Thompson of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station explains germ development of fertile eggs starts at 68 degrees Fahrenheit. After breeding season, producing fertile eggs is unnecessary.
A respiratory illness strikes chicks in Minnesota and North Dakota causing droopy birds and roached down. Infected flocks show about percent mortality with chicks continually gasping for air. No cure exists but keeping air fresh, warm, and clean quarters is advised.
The United States Department of Agriculture bulletin on goose raising recommends gosling care: no feed for 36 hours, then dry bread soaked in milk or water with finely chopped hard boiled eggs, and frequent feeding with chopped green feed for the first two to three weeks.
A historical look at the June 1876 defeat at the Little Big Horn. Gen George Armstrong Custer and 212 officers and troopers perished as Sioux Cheyenne and Arapaho forces overwhelmed his five company force. The campaign featured Crook Terry and Gibbon efforts and revealed government strategic faults in handling Indian hostilities.
A report notes potato peeling dried thoroughly and prepared with a light fire alternative to wood. The description implies a method focusing on controlled heat and moisture management for peeling.
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