Boys and Girls Farms Gain National Spotlight
The piece praises boy corn clubs and girl canning and garden clubs as elevating American agriculture. It highlights leaders in the South, Carl Graves of Soso Mississippi with 202 bushels per acre and Hester Sartin of Walker Alabama with 17 034 pounds of tomatoes on one tenth acre and a $146 20 net profit. It notes the programs’ aims, methods, and broader impact on farm life and profitability.
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Boys Corn Club
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Corn Club
South
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Carl Graves
Sosa
Mississippi
Hester Sartin
Walker
Alabama
Soso
Miss
Bethel Edwards
Avalon
W. F. Ragland
Paris
Walker Lee
Dawson
Alexander City
Ala
John Fleming
Mount Pleasant
Heater Sartin
Winifred Goff
Richie
W. Va
Mary Hixon
Hamilton
Texas
Cora Brown
Polk
Ruth Patterson
White Ark
Lois Robertson
Comanche
Lottle Luckett
Muhlenberg
Ruth Foster
Anderson
Tenn
Louise Mae Traxler
Rankin
Saving storm felled trees from destruction by borers
Department of Agriculture experts describe the sawyer borer rapidly attacking storm felled pine in the South and causing about a one third value loss within two months. Prompt action by timber owners can prevent most damage by removing bark or cutting logs without bark and placing them in water.
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Department of Agriculture
The Farm Windmill Has Many Uses
A Kentucky farmer with 80 windmill shares powers to turn a grindstone cream separator and churn while supplying water for the house kitchen garden lawn and yard. It also waters stock washes horses wagons and buggies and reduces the need for a hired man, making it an essential farm tool.
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Kentucky
Disposal of the Rooster After Breeding Season
The article advises selling, killing, or confining infertile roosters after breeding season or when worth preserving for later seasons. Young cockerels should be treated the same due to conflicts with hens. Infertile eggs fetch higher prices in heat, while fertile eggs spoil in hot Midwest summers, costing poultrymen money. Sell, kill, or confine roosters in summer.
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Middle West
Calves Fed Mixed Forage Show Diet Gains With Clover
West ranch calves rely on corn stover prairie hay and corn gagrain ration which is protein light. Substituting clover for part of the ration improves feed efficiency and reduces costs per unit of gain.
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West
How I Raise Healthy Calves and Strong Cows
A farmer details methods for calf care from birth to six weeks, including letting calves nurse, gradual milk replacement with warmed separated milk, dry feed in a manger, clover hay for digestion, and eggs in milk for shine. He warns against pests, vaccines, and dehorning via caustic potash, noting heifers mature into good cows.
Storage tips for eggs in basements and wells
A cool basement or cyclone cellar can store eggs well. Eggs may be kept in a bucket lowered into a well to stay cool. Avoid musty basements and keep eggs away from flies.
Starting and Building Up a Dairy Herd
A guide to forming a dairy herd through foundation stock and graded up breeding. It argues buying cheap grade cows with pure bred bulls, avoiding pure bred herds initially, and emphasizes matching bloodlines, careful bull selection, record keeping, and cautious cow purchases to minimize disease risk.
The Handy Barn A Labor Saver
A farm barn should be well lighted, ventilated, easy to keep clean and space efficient. Proper access and drainage matter, while shape or style is less important for long term savings and efficiency.
Black Knot Disease in Plum Trees and Wild Cherry
Black Knot is a common disease on plum trees and also affects wild cherry and can spread to cultivated trees. Control by cutting off and burning every small diseased branch promptly. If large branches are infected and cannot be removed, pare off knots and seal wounds with coal tar to kill germs and prevent decay.
Drag the Roads keeps roads in line for all seasons
The Kansas Industrialist urges readers to keep roads in good condition year round. The call to action promotes civic duty and seasonal maintenance, emphasizing steadiness and a firm purpose to drag the roads whenever there is free time.
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Kansas
Leg weakness in chicks linked to overfeeding and rapid growth
Leg weakness in half grown chicks typically appears at three to six months, more often in cockerels. Overfeeding fat producing foods causes excessive body weight that legs cannot support, a result of rushing flocks to broiler weight.
Age of Horses and Tooth Cavity Dating
The age of a horse is inferred from tooth cups. At four the permanent front teeth appear, at five deep black cavities form in lower nippers, at six these cavities shift, and by ten all teeth are smooth with little speck. After ten, tooth length and tushes help judge age approximately.
Prune Fruit Trees for Shape and Spraying Access
Prune out dead wood and remove fruit trees or bushes, then burn it. Prune apple and plum trees to proper shape for easier spraying and cultivation.
Bee sting and spider bite relief from salt and soda
A brief note suggests salt and baking soda to ease pain from bee stings and spider bites. It presents a simple home remedy without medical guidance or cautions.
Setting out the Rose Bushes
Roses require rich moist soil and perfect drainage with pruning in spring. Cut back half or more of growth on new wood and remove weak growth. Own rooted roses avoid stock suckers but may still improve with deep planting and well spread roots.
Agriculture Self Sustains Nation Prosperity
The real and permanent prosperity of a country begins when agriculture has evolved to be self sustaining and leaves the soil in better condition for growing crops.
Windbreaks Prove Vital for Fruit Growers
Properly placed wind breaks emerge as major assets for fruit growers as recent injury incidence rises in exposed and unprotected orchards.
The Home Vegetable Garden Advice for Rural Farmers
The article urges farmers to cultivate a vegetable garden as a profitable, practical farm feature. It argues gardens yield ten to fifteen times the return of comparable land, provide fresh produce, help keep youth on the farm, and should be near the house with good drainage. Wind barriers and fencing protect crops.
New Cattle Abortion Treatments Raise Hope
Infectious abortion in cattle is a major problem rivaling tuberculosis hog cholera and Texas fever. Two new medical options have appeared: a diagnostic abortin used like tuberculin and a vaccine hoped to immunize heifers. Insufficient data prevent definite conclusions, but breeders should monitor future developments.
Rose Bush Pruning Guides Heavily for Best Flowers
Garden notes advise pruning rose bushes very severely to maximize bloom quality. Experts emphasize removing older wood and shaping plants for strong new growth and abundant blossoms.
Preventing sore shoulders in horses with ointment
A historical remedy advises making an ointment from stove polish and lard to apply on shoulders and collars to prevent rubbing. For lumps, it prescribes cutting with a knife to release the core, cleaning with soap and turpentine, then noting one application healed the horse quickly.
Good Occupation for Women Poultry Keeping
Poultry keeping offers a promising field for a woman with some land and a back yard. It is not a royal road to riches and should not replace a settled good position, but with earnest effort it can help raise income and provide a modest living.
Stop and Think Before Buying New Farm Machinery
Before purchasing new machinery, consider whether it will raise net returns on crops, reduce labor demand, or be cheaper to rent for few-use periods. Evaluate if invested funds yield better returns elsewhere and whether the machine has been tested and found satisfactory by others. A. H. Benton.
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A. H. Benton
Site selection for new poultry house emphasized
The article stresses choosing a high dry site for a new poultry house to ensure future success. It advises the building face east or south to optimize conditions.
Farm Commentary on Bloodlines and Poultry Improvement
The piece argues that pure blood stock yields better returns, noting that farmers cannot afford scrub hogs cattle or mongrel fowls. It emphasizes selecting stronger strains and avoiding inferior crossbreeds to maximize efficiency and profit.
Ten Good Poultry Rules for Healthy Chick Rearing
Ten practical poultry rules emphasize starter grit charcoal and bone. ample green feed. fresh clean water. wholesome foods. dry litter. frequent disinfecting. test all beef-scrap. keep birds active by daily hunger. feed moist mash sparingly. and keep dry mash available before chicks.
Old Berry Boxes Aid Early Vegetable Transplants
Old berry boxes tin cans and paper pots are excellent for transplanting cabbage tomato and other early vegetables until they can be set in the field.
A Well Braced Long Ladder
Farmers who use long ladders risk weakness and danger. A wire brace solves this by adding two V shaped irons fixed to the side sills with bolts. Holes are bored at each sill end and wire pieces pass through to secure the brace.
Stronger ladder brace using end wrap and Virons
A construction note describes turning the end back through holes over small iron pins and passing wire over the Virons to draw tight with a lever, fastening at the ends. The brace is said to more than double ladder strength with little added cost.
Flies Breed in Winter Warns Medical Journal
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that flies breed in winter. On January 7, 1915, they were found actively propagating in manure covered with tar paper, despite near freezing temperatures. Manure heat and absorbent coverings allow breeding, so winter sanitation matters.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
Sero
Scientific Farming Shifts to Intensive Acreage Policy
The secretary of agriculture says farmers should maximize output per acre, marking a shift from prior emphasis on large land areas. The era dubbed intensive farming begins as policymakers push higher yields from existing plots.
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Secretary of Agriculture
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