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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
5
Agricultural guidance notes no adverse effects from feeding cottonseed meal to hens and outlines a balanced ration. A mix includes scratch, dry mash, cracked corn, cottonseed, wheat bran middlings beef scrap and corn meal. Results suggest cottonseed meal can replace beef scrap up to five to ten percent of feed with good egg quality and production.
Trustee states he will be at his Eaglesville office Saturdays each week and otherwise at his residence to attend to the business of Van Buren township.
M B Ulach and Co of Od on Indiana provide farm guidance noting a good layer is more active nervous and easier to handle than a poor layer. They advise feeding clover and alfalfa in mash and occasional forkfuls of clover in the henhouse. Early broilers are most profitable with incubator use and proper brooding. Early hatched pullers mature to lay in fall and early winter when eggs are scarce and prices peak.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes tall fescue as an upright perennial grass with higher feed yields and hardiness than meadow fescue. Seed scarcity and cost limit cultivation, while uneven seed ripening reduces yield. eastern Kansas yields vary from 3 to 7 bushels per acre, and California tests show higher potential with proper seeding. For best results in Kansas, fall seeding is preferred, with spring sowing in harsher winters. 15 to 25 pounds of seed per acre advised, broadcast or drilled, and standard hay and seed harvest methods described.
Edward R. Smith explains a simple potato bin vent using four sticks of firewood a discarded picture frame and a gunny sack. The sack is torn apart to form a mesh frame mounted on posts for ventilation with one thickness tacked to the frame. If no frame is on hand a 2 by 4 stock frame may be used.
Farmers urged to guard poultry from marauders this season with foxes hawks and cats among the most bold threats. The little bullet hawk is noted for devouring many young chicks prompting constant vigilance and protective measures.
A bulletin notes sugar beet farming can cut man labor by using larger implements and more horses. It cites Michigan and Ohio comparisons showing plowing with three horses uses less labor than two, and fourRow cultivation dramatically reduces hours per acre. Mechanical harvesters may further slash hand labor from 52 to 75 percent of total labor.
Soy bean figures as a valuable high protein forage crop. It can be paired with crops like corn sorghum sudan grass and millet to extend green forage through summer and fall. The crop tolerates drought once established and often succeeds where other crops fail.
The Emerson Winters Company presents a diversified afternoon and evening Chautauqua program. Alice Stires Winters offers birdsong and bird imitations noted to fool even birds, plus whistling solos. John Winters delivers clever character impersonations, dramatic quick changes and talking songs on the platform.
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