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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1923
Page
5
Extension poultry experts report pullets produce more eggs than yearlings while consuming similar feed, making pullets more profitable. The study, by N. R. Melire and Kansas State College staff, analyzes pullet to hen ratios and profitability across stages.
Unclear OCR text discusses poultry feed, suggesting a waste or byproduct mix as a potential ingredient. Mentions testing and comparisons of mixtures, with references to bacteria, regrowth, and gas products. Names, dates, and places are obscured or garbled.
The article notes contagious cholera in poultry flocks and urges caution for farmers. It outlines visible symptoms, possible spread routes, and calls for quarantine and sanitary measures to protect other birds and prevent outbreaks.
Language garbled report notes chick development linked to attention and free range practices. Mentions shade, weather, and care during warm periods with references to clean housing and feeding.
Experimental work by the Bureau of Animal Industry shows that food egg yields and economical results can be secured with a wheatless ration for chickens. The United States Department of Agriculture notes clearer handling when birds trust the caretaker and fresher eyes aid care.
The text argues the dairy business fails mainly due to the person involved rather than the enterprise or the cows. It states the man must like cows, care for them, and possess practical knowledge and discipline to achieve success. without these, even good cows and sound systems cannot guarantee profits.
An Ohio experiment tested six Holstein bull calves fed high corn meal and hay to weigh about a year old. Over 164 days the dairy calves gained 1700 pounds total at a cost of $115, showing dairy steers can be profitably fattened when purchased at the right price and fed efficiently.
A vintage veterinary note outlines remedies for calf scours. It covers feeding to reduce scour, using mild liquids and specific rations, and repeating treatments with diluted milk and water. Advice emphasizes gradual reduction of feed amount, frequent small meals, and careful observation of calf response.
Data from the Mississippi Experiment Station shows cows calving in fall produced more milk and butterfat than spring calvers. The study found spring calving yielded lower annual averages by several pounds of milk and fat, while late fall calving reduced milk and fat gains further.
OCR notes list minerals in dairy feed with focuses on lime and phosphorus. The text names lerumeavs cowpen clover alfstra sew hean as high lime sources and wheet bran wheat middlings unseen meal as high phosphorus sources. It states concentrates do not exceed lecumes for lime and do not exceed specified phosphorus concentrates.
Missouri trials show lambs sired by a purebred ram grew faster and sold for higher prices than those from scrub rams. Better ram offspring weighed more at three months, with heavier carcasses and greater total profit. Lams from the good sire were thicker and smoother with benefits in daily gain and fleshing.
Experimental farm hogs at Beltsville Maryland were fed fish meal or tankage as protein supplements after USDA studies showed fish meal is as valuable as tankage for hog feed. Additional studies found shrimp bran, a by product of shrimp factories, now valuable as hog feed nearly matching tankage in value.
A Colorado Agricultural College report notes that smooth concrete surfaces reduce damage from wheel impact. Heavy trucks and defective wheels cause severe stress, leading to cracks and costly repairs. Proper resurfacing and inspection ensure durable pavement for future highways.
Maryland uses aluminum weighing jacks to detect trucks over ten tons. Four jacks lift a truck onto cylinders to read weight. excess loads are unloaded roadside. Officials say overloading dropped 7 percent in 66 days as California debates stricter weights for motor vehicles.
Iron ore from northwestern Leuisiang proves valuable in road construction with savings of 2000 to 3400 per mile in some areas. Louisiana highway engineers use the ore as a binder, finding it superior to traditional materials in many cases. The state highways department builds miles of new roads, mostly gravel, with shells sheet asphalt or birlithie common.
With the growing popularity of the automobile there is a parallel increase in the need to build up highways. It cannot be done in a few years, as some Old World roads took centuries to develop. We should begin now to lay the foundation of a great highway system.
Two species of shot hole borers operate in the United States, one on the East Coast and one on the Pacific coast. They attack weak or diseased trees, cause gumming in peaches and prunes, and enter tree branches through holes. Management includes pruning infested branches, encouraging vigor, better cultivation and drainage, and, on the Pacific coast, a treatment of infested areas with a water soap solution and carbolic acid.
Ohio experiment Station horticulturists describe spring grafting using one year old cion wood. A rectangle of bark is removed above and below the girdle to fit the cambium contact and ends are secured with wire nails, then waxed and soil molded over the girdle to prevent drying.
An entomologist from the New York Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva notes when buds swell and green and aphids hatch they are highly spray susceptible. A mixture of three-fourths of a pint nicotine sulfate to 100 gallons provides very satisfactory control.
The rotting of yellow plums is common and seasonal. Use a regular spray plan with lime-sulphur at one gallon per fifty gallons of water. Apply before flowering, shortly after blossoms drop, and again about ten days apart, totaling four applications.
Notice instructs immediate burning of pruning trimmings to destroy injurious insects or diseases. Emphasizes quarantine like practice for horticultural pest control.
County agent explains bridge grafts as a method to save trees damaged by mice girding last winter. Practical technique announces a historical horticulture tip for local woodlands and nurseries.
Local note urges residents to put up bird houses now for birds. It notes birds may prefer an old house to a new one and encourages timely action.
A Pittsburgh mother Mrs WM Klinge recalls using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before her baby's birth and continues to endorse it. The notice argues many mothers recover strength after birth and cites the product as a safe tonic from medicinal roots and herbs suitable for nursing mothers.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Red Cross Ball Blue as the finest product of its kind in the world and asserts that every woman who has used it knows the statement is true.
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