Seven Don’ts to Reduce Meat Losses in Farm Animals
Edward Records of the University of Nevada outlines seven preventive steps to reduce fall losses in farm animals. Key points include avoiding old hog lots for farrow pigs, keeping stock out of cold drafts, isolating new feeder stock after veterinary inspection, preventing poultry overcrowding, cleaning stock barns before cold weather, checking dairy cows for mastitis, and ensuring ample vitamins in rations with emphasis on vitamin A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Records
Department of Veterinary Science
University of Nevada
Eye faster than ear slows college band at games
The Better Vision Institute explains why marching bands seem to lag behind music at football games. Sound travels 1,100 feet per second while light moves 185,000 feet per second, so at 500 feet the eye perceives actions in under 0.25 seconds but sound arrives almost 0.5 seconds later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Vision Institute
Easy to Grow Sweet Potatoes Top U S Producers
The 1943 U S crop exceeded 70 million bushels with Georgia as the leading producer. Sweet potatoes thrive from New Jersey to southern California and are a vine like edible from the morning glory family. Columbus described them in 1492 as Niames resembling carrots with chestnut flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New Jersey
California
Georgia
Tropical
America
Caribbean
Cornstalk Disease in Cattle Pastures
Cornstalk disease appears after cattle are turned into fields to graze stalks. Breaking down stalks reduces risk. causes are unknown. Symptoms include muscular trembling convulsions and prostration. Prompt veterinary treatment may cut deaths but losses can remain high. Some owners allow only a few valuable animals in first before rest of herd.
Brazil’s Soccer Pulse Shapes National Sports Scene
Soccer dominates Brazilian life with schools clubs and worker groups fielding teams. Professional clubs fund facilities like pools and courts, while government bodies regulate football through the National Council of Sports and the Brazilian Federation of Sports guiding all athletic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
U. S
National Council of Sports
Department of Education
Brazilian Federation of Sports
Crude Petroleum Shows Effect Against Hog Lice
Hog lice, carriers of swine pox, can spread disease through a herd. Crude petroleum applied as a spray dip or by hog oiler is effective, reducing lice and associated losses. Swine pox causes eruptions pustules and high mortality in severe cases, especially among suckling pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Animal Pathology and Hygiene
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Reading tastes of eighth graders favor Tom Sawyer and Treasure Island
A national study shows war and comics barely affect youths reading. Tom Sawyer leads the list of most read books with 563 mentions, followed by Treasure Island 405, and Little Women 197. Other popular titles include Huck Finn and Call of the Wild. Life tops magazines read along with Boys Life Popular Science Saturday Evening Post and Reader's Digest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Huck
John Silver
Robert Louis Stevenson
Tom Sawyer
Sue Barton
Life
Boys’ Life
Popular Science
The
Saturday Evening Post
Reader’s Digest
Eyes and Tools Drive Human Progress, Says Institute
The Better Vision institute notes binocular eyes in the forepart of the head give a single field of stereoscopic vision. This arrangement aids close focusing for tool use, freeing hands and enabling manual dexterity that propelled human progress from caveman clubs to modern machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Better Vision Institute
Institute
Sunday School And Community Notices From Snyder
Sunday school held at 10 00 with preaching to follow in Snyder. Charles Ogle helping Ray Manhart build a tool shed on his barn. Mrs Dan Gard and Mrs Alice Robinson visited Ch Btcheson family. Jean Woods hospitalized with pneumonia. Roy Woods family hosted Princeton guests for dinner. Dan Manhart visited Albert Prevo at Darwin. Palmer Cornwell reported much worse after a week of failing health.
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Charles Ogle
Ray Manhart
Dan Gard
Alice‘ Robinson
Ch Btcheson
Tox
Jean Woods
van Woods
Walnut Prairie
Roy Woods
Princeton
Indiana
Dan Manhart
Albert Prevo
Darwin
Palmer Cornwell
Choctaw News Notes From Avon and Marshall
Mrs Maude Miller reports several locals attending the Chickadonz Sale of Avon and Fetters Sale of Freedom. Alvin T Miller and Jeff Booker visit Marshall residents. William Norton and family relocate to a new home in Marshall, with Camie Thompson and family moving into Norton property. Mrs Maude Miller aids Perry Williams with papering as Williams improves.
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Chickadonz
Avon
Fetters
Freedom
Alvin ‘T. Miler
Jeff Booker
Marshall
William, Norton
Marshall Satur
Day
Warren
Perry ‘Williams
Laer. Williams
Williams
Alvin T. Miller
Jefferson Booker
Unclear Social Visit and Absence of School
The fragment notes Sunday time with John and Golda and others including Ledermann and Shotwell. It mentions Mrs Bertha Higginbotham and Mrs Amanda Sheets leaving Monday for Missouri for their uncle George Lecter’s funeral. It also states there was no school the past week due to the teacher Orlando Shotwell’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha, Higginbotham
Fred and
Géo., Ledermann
Orlando ‘Shotwell
Amanda “Sheets
Missouri
George
Cows and Cold Weather Help Boost Milk Production
The University of Missouri and other land grant schools urge dairy farmers to improve cow comfort and feeding. Advice covers warmer drinking water, shelter, and proper vitamins to reduce losses and raise production. Send for circulars and bulletins from extension services to implement cost-effective measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Missouri
Missouri
Agricultural Extension Service
Columbia
Tennessee
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Alabama Polytechnic Institute At
Auburn
Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
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Marshall Herald
Wabash , Valley Printing Co
Marshall, Ilinois
Mark Stewart
Carlos Stewart
Calvin Coolidge
Bates
South Seventh Street
Ill
Lawrence Hutchens
Chester Claypool
Auct
Clark’s
Clarksville
George.gagen
Jersey
Poland
China
Farrow
Weber
John Deere
P H. C
International Corn
Black Hawk Corn
C. A. Abrams
Pearl Abrams
John
Golda
Blizzard
Mary
William Ledermann
Y Joe Marsh
Bob Newcomb
Dick Newcomb
South Pacific
Ray
Johnny
Seward’s
Brewing Industry Foundation
Mos
Uncle Bob
Kraft Dairy Farm Service
Stars and Stripes
U. S. Army
Bob
Agricultural, Extension Service of
University ‘of Tennessee
Bessie
University of Wisconsin
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin, Madison
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Kraft Cheese Company
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