Feeding Colts And Sheep In Winter Farm Advice
The Kansas Farmer warns against cheap feeding of colts and horses using low grade hay and straw. It stresses that underfeeding stalls growth, lowers future value, and increases spring costs. It also advises proper fall conditioning, alfalfa pastures, and thorough winter care for work horses. For sheep, it recommends laxatives or succulent feeds, roots or silage, and regular exercise to prevent impaction and bloating.
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Kansas
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Two Litter Strategy for Sows After Weaning
The article advises breeding sows at the first heat after weaning to achieve two litters per year. It notes that twice yearly breeding reduces litter size compared to once yearly but increases total pigs raised per sow annually.
Milk of the Ewe and Fat Content Variations
Analysis shows ewe milk fat varies by breed and within a single ewe over time. Milk is richer immediately after lambing and declines later in lactation. Hens need a dust bath with a box of dust and coal ashes to stay clean and healthy.
Incubator Trend Quietly Spreads Among Poultrymen
The incubator is urged as essential for modern poultry farming with early chick production emphasized as the only way forward for progressive poultrymen.
Farm land offers irrigation homesteads in the West
Uncle Sam seeks several hundred practical farmers to settle on irrigation projects in Idaho Montana South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming and Nevada. Land is free but settlers must pay their share of building the system with 1500 to 3000 dollars needed. Twenty year payments with no interest under the Extension Act.
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Sam
Reclamation Service
Washington, D. C
Idaho
Montana
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Nevada
Proper Feeding Splits Improve Pig Runts Growth
In Farm and Fireside, R A Galliber says slow eating causes runts when pigs are fed together. He recounts a neighbor’s pair of pigs of equal age and care where the faster eater grew about a third larger. Separate feeding by individual capacity to prevent poorly developed livestock.
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R. A. Galliber
Beef Cattle Conformation and Selection for Market Value
Rural New Yorker notes a butcher paying premium for three well conformed steers and lower offers for the rest, explaining higher dressed weight of prime cuts like round steak and loins. The observation suggests breeders should seek sires with strong conformation to maximize value.
Hens Room Access Linked to Adjacent Pen Openings
Instructions suggest linking poultry pens with a hens room access door or hole between adjacent buildings. The aim is to allow hens in the adjoining house access to the mnacendo room during winter, improving comfort and egg production.
Antidotes for Poisons
Practical first aid remedies cover vomiting induction with emetics for many poisons. Instructions include mustard, warm water, salt, and eggs or milk for various exposures. Treatments span opium and arsenic types, toxic plants, and skin exposures with heat, oils, and demulcents.
Washing gloves the right way for chamois and doeskin
The article advises washing gloves in lukewarm or cooler water with soap to keep them soft. Use two soapy rinses, press in a thick towel, then dry in a cool place away from heat or sun to preserve pliability.
Naming Baby When They Christened Him at Last
A playful poem about a mother seeking the perfect name and ending with a long list of grand candidates. The child, Julian Harold Egbert Ulysses Victor Paul Algernon Marcus Cecil Sylvester George McFall, earns the nickname Fatty from his father and Jake from peers. The closing line notes E. T. Laughlin, Reason Bennett, R. J. McCallian, and A. D. Goosey visiting Washington on Monday.
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Julian Harold Egbert
Ulysses Victor Paul Algernon Marcus Cecil Sylvester
George McFall
Fatty
Jake
E. T. Laughlin
Reason Bennett
R. J. McCallian
A. D. Goosey
Washington
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