Management tips for larger lamb crops in Illinois flocks
Illinois researchers advise maximizing profits in the 1951 sheep contest by increasing lambs sold per ewe. Key steps include high quality roughages after pasture, grain before lambing, clean water, separate near lambing ewes, frequent checks including nights, veterinary help if needed, and doubling feed after lambs start nursing. Provide a creep area with dry bedding for the lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Garrigus
Illinois College of Agriculture
Illinois study to expand tractor valve trouble tests
A two year contract for twenty two thousand five hundred seventy dollars funds an Illinois project. The University of Illinois Agricultural Engineering Department will supervise extended tests on tractor valve troubles with some tractors using white gasoline and alcohol water injection to prevent knocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Agricultural Engineering Department
University of Illinois
Northern Regional Research Laboratories
U. S. Department of Agriculture At
Peoria
George E. Pickard
Dean Hopkins
Champaign-Urbana
Rid Your Dairy Herd of Brucellosis Instructions
Government advisory urges early eradication of brucellosis in dairy herds. Dr. G T Woods of the University of Illinois Veterinary College outlines two plans Plan A uses calfhood vaccination optional blood tests and slaughter of reactors until two negative tests, Plan B vaccinates calves and replaces reactors with negative heifers. Emphasizes isolation and sanitation for reactors and advises purchasing tested procellosis free unbred heifers for replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.T. Woods
University Ofllinois College of Veterinary Medicine
Guernsey
Jersey
Woods
Best Cows Most Likely to Have Ketosis
Ketosis most often affects cows soon after calving when milk flow is heavy. High carbohydrate rations, including molasses or corn, help prevention but excess molasses can cause digestive issues. If ketosis is suspected, contact a veterinarian immediately for prompt treatment.
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R. D. Hatch
University of Illinois
Hatch
35 Years of Profit Sharing Topic at Farm and Home Week
A La Salle County farm family with 35 years of profit sharing across two generations will speak at Farm and Home Week January 28 to 31 at the Illinois College of Agriculture. The Stevenson family on a 240 acre livestock farm discuss profit sharing started about 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois College of Agriculture
G. L. Jordan
J. V. Stevenson
la Salle County
Stevenson
Farm and Home Week Highlighted by Pro-Bram Event
Fragmentary notes show 51st Farm and Home Week with a Pro-Bram reference. The readable text suggests preparations or discussions around an event during the observance, but specifics are unclear.
Leading authority to discuss spittlebugs at training school
A leading authority on spittlebug control, C. R. Weaver, assistant entomologist at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, headlines the fourth Custom Sprayers Training School set for January 24 25 at the Illinois College of Agriculture. Weaver and four outside specialists cover brush control, spraying methods, and weed-related livestock poisoning from 2 4 D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois College of ‘Agriculture
C. R. ‘Weaver
Ohio
K. P. Buchholtz
University of Wisconsin
L. M. Stahler
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Proper Feeding for Breeding Sows Supports Healthy Litters
Farmers should provide brood sows a complete ration from the first weeks after breeding to ensure a healthy litter. Balanced nutrition supports reproductive success and overall herd vitality.
Ohio Notes and Social Visits From Mrs Grant Hollenbeck
Fifteen attended Sunday school last Sunday. Various local residents and families visited, hosted, or traveled to see friends and attend services. A funeral in Effingham is noted. An agricultural advisory on lice and mango mites affecting swine pox is given by an Illinois College of Agriculture veterinarian.
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Lloyd Gower
Stacy Wernz
Grant Green
Marilyn Shaffner
Reta Thompson
R. A. Buescher
Vernon
Chester Chilton
O. C. Shottwell
George Marvin
Martinsville
Marshall
Allen Crumlin
Dorothy
Grant Hollenbeck
Quimba
Norton
Grace Gabey
Fannie Mae Gard
Union Hospital
R.A. Buescher
Carroll Gard
Quimba Norton
Joe Jeffers
Carlton Scott
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
True Thompson
Mrs
Garnet Thompson
Illinois College of Agriculture
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6Th & Michigan
Ave
Chas. T. Brandenstein
Marshall, Ill
Federal Land Bank
National Farm Loan Association of Robinson
Eugene A. Davis
Farm Bureau
Mrs. Grant Hollenbeck
Boston
Nee
The
J. L. Manwaring
Optometrist
National Dixie Hotel
Chas
Hilbert'pit
Darwin
Denzil
Pine’ St
R. E. Laird
Marvister
Isoehl
Chrysler
Ralph Prevo Motor Co
S. Sixth St
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