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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
3
A discussion on alfalfa winterkill risks from poor drainage, deep seedbeds, weeds, pests, and extreme cold. Reveals how alternate freezing and thawing injures roots, ice cover smothers plants, and late fall cuts increase vulnerability. Advises autumn protection and avoiding late or close cutting after September 1.
Some feeders argue unfinished hogs gain poorly when moved from cornfields to drylots. Properly equal drylot rations to prior field rations keep profits, provided hogs were full fed on corn with good supplementation. A self feeder helps maintain ration size when hogs are removed from the field.
The markets discuss hay and roughage handling and the workload for men and teams at delivery points. The U.S. Department of Agriculture notes this extra labor could reduce fertility if the product were fed to livestock, suggesting a potential return of fertility to the farm through feeding practices.
Guidance from Colorado Agricultural College on silage use across livestock. Cows should receive 20 to 30 pounds daily with 10 to 15 pounds per feeding. horses should not be overfed. fattening stock and young animals vary from 6 to 15 pounds per feeding. Sheep and horses have lower daily ranges. ensure silage is eaten cleanly to prevent spoilage.
A Colorado Agricultural College bulletin outlines silage benefits. It claims one third higher returns from ensiled corn, more livestock kept, 35 to 50 percent greater crop preservation, long shelf life, increased straw value with silage, and significantly higher profits in dairying and beef. It warns that good silage is a strong horse feed while poor silage can kill.
Calves may fail due to over feeding which causes scouring. Reduce milk given when scouring appears and stop milk entirely in severe cases until the trouble ceases.
The poultry products of our nation are valued at about half the nation's total corn crop. Doubling poultry output could make the two industries equal in value, highlighting potential for growth in poultry production.
Money to loan We can furnish 5 percent money on a good farm loans five years with prepay privilege. Have ordered sent to you a Dean's 1920 Almanac Watch for it at the Odon Drug Co For Sale Good dry stove wood Call or see R. D. Arford
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