Feeding Poultry: Rations and Conditioning for Better Returns
The article outlines main feeding goals for poultry life growth and fattening, detailing essential and succulent foods, grain mixes, and byproducts. It emphasizes corn and wheat as core feeds, adds oats and supplements, and stresses animal proteins, minerals, and proper water. It covers winter fodder, silage, and green feeds, plus practical tips on chick starter, water management, and a fattening method for market-ready cockerels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahiould
Success in Dairying by Harold J. Dickerson
A readable guide on selecting dairy cattle and management. It urges choosing a well bred dairy breed, starting with good stock, and using high producing ancestors when needed. It stresses proper feeding with high protein roughage, balanced concentrates, and regular milk testing to improve herd performance.
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Harold J. Dickerson
Drogd
Catherk
Ben
Missouri
Mati
Dairy Wisdom for Efficient Milk Production
The article advises separating milk promptly after milking for quality. It stresses access to clean water for cows, generous rock salt, and cautions on feed quality. Bran with caramell or mixtures like rice bran and pallah are praised, while hay tea for calves is noted as not bad.
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Wisconsia Iber
Grasa
Paris
Berks County
Profit on Abandoned Farm Sheep Raising Advice
A discussion on profitability of sheep farming on abandoned lands. Emphasizes selecting land with good grazing, proper feed planning, and market access. Recommends buying old ewes, dipping them, and providing dry winter quarters. Stresses careful flock culling, ram selection, and not mixing wool breeds with meat aims.
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Southdown
Shropshire
Pump Works Separator on Dairy Farms Shows Labor Savings
Illustration depicts a mille separator attached to a pump used on numerous dairy farms. The device yields significant time and labor savings with minimal harness cost compared to the labor saved and ease of operation.
Community Breeding and Dairy Cow Selection Principles
The text argues paying dairymen to provide proven cows ensures herd quality, noting demand for good cows in cities. It stresses keeping calves nourished with skim milk, flaxseed, and proper fat replacement, while maintaining clean stables with disinfectant spray. It promotes community specialization to produce uniform livestock for market.
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Market Brock
The Cheviot Sheep Origin and Breeding Rise
The Cheviot sheep, originally from Scotland, thrive on peat hillsides and nearby pastures. They are hardy, disease resistant, and quickly fatten, with wool in demand for outer garments and men’s clothing. Introduced to this country by a New York breeder, efforts focused on keeping the breed pure and improving the flock.
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Gcotland
New York Uy
Silage's Effect on Fattening Steers In Trials
Reports from experiment stations and stockmen show silage improves steer gains. In tests, silage fed steers sold at 4.05 dollars per 100 pounds while non silage cattle brought 4.70, a 25 cent advantage per 100 pounds. Each 100 pounds of gain required 7 pounds less silage and saved 18 pounds of grain fed, plus 150 pounds of alfalfa, per the Wisconsin Bulletin by Professor D Hy Otlg.
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D. Hy Otlg
Wisconsin
Bulleeh
Senator Bailey Sells Off Racing Stock to Focus on Senate Duties
Senator Bailey of Texas disposed of part of his thoroughbred estate in separate sales, saying he cannot afford such luxuries and is absorbed in Senate affairs to give time to stock raising. He recently sold stock and plans to resell remaining assets as needed.
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Bailey
Texas
Korrespondents
Dairy Notes on Bottles Cream Density and Oleomargarine Law
Dairy notes discuss bottle capacity labeling in cities showing under and over capacity, revealing consumers received extra milk. It explains how cream density depends on centrifugal force and feed speed, contrasts old springhouse methods with modern separation, and mentions a Minnesota dairy stock show with about 3,000 attendees. It also notes New York’s oleomargarine law requiring plain labeling and public posting.
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Connecion
Minnesota
Oleo
Betty and Billy Bear Fight to Save Cabin
A summer morning scene unfolds as Betty and Billy defend their cabin from a marauding bear. Betty uses an ax to strike at the bear while Billy, awakened from sleep, shouts for aid and later proclaims the bear defeated. The tale blends rural bravado with a humorous, rustic tone as the couple asserts their frontier grit.
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Betty
Bill
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