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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1923
Page
5
United States Department of Agriculture guidance urges farmers merchants and shippers to improve egg quality through careful candling before market shipment. Faulty eggs harm market reputation and reduce prices, with the saying a doubtful egg is no good egg echoed in recommendations.
Missouri College of Agriculture dairy specialists outline winter rations for dairy herds. Advice covers hay types, grain mixes, and feeding methods to maintain growth in heifers and milk cows, plus water needs and feeding cautions for calves.
A fragmented note argues that clean eggs should fetch five to eight cents more per dozen than dirty stock. It urges consistent cleaning, litter renewal, and droppings management to avoid contaminate factors and maintain egg quality and safety.
A fragment notes lime essential for fowl health and oyster shell as a key product. It mentions limited money as a barrier to racing horses and claims lime and shells are valuable industrial inputs and good investments.
A yearling hen is twelve months old. A male under a year is a cockeral and over a year old is a cock. Kept hens that lay more eggs cost no more than those laying fewer, dry draft-free quarters prevent illness, and cramming is a method to force feed young fowls to gain weight.
On the farm young stock are raised yearly with careful weaning plans. Horses are kept with mothers until five months, then separated gradually or suddenly. Gradual weaning includes three daily nurseings reduced to once daily, aiming to ease both mare and foal through the transition.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports Colorado has markedly expanded improved roads over seven years. In 1974 13 225 miles were improved with 49 780 total miles. by 19 20 the figures rose to 80 450 improved miles and 48 1438 total miles. Revenue per square mile is $85.56, per capita $9 35, and per mile $182.07. Total road revenue reaches $8 765 443.
Farmers in Morgan and Noble counties Ohio kept strict accounts showing that limited alfalfa hay and attention to lamb crop boosted profits. The best five flocks produced 41 lambs per 10 head while loss-making flocks averaged 2 lambs per 100.
A J McGuire of the university dairy extension says cream grading is the surest path to good butter as Eastern markets increasingly favor quality. He urges co operatives to produce zone butter and to ensure proper branding with cream cooling tanks on farms and clean cream separators before grading.
The guide advises feeding dusty feeds or those liable to taint milk after milking. It recommends a routine of three feedings daily with silage and grain given twice, noting that feeding stain only once can cause digestive trouble and disrupt milk flow.
An automobile industry study shows average fuel use on earth roads is six miles per gallon and twelve miles on paved surfaces. It argues saving would be insufficient to cover road construction costs, estimating $12 million annual fuel savings on 10,000 miles of improved roads at 24 cents a gallon, and claiming debt service on a $15.5 billion highway program could be paid off in under twelve years.
The article notes Romans used bricks in Britain as early as 44 A D but mass production began in 886 under Alfred the Great. It mentions Sumerians as early asphalt users and an asphalt cast at Logash dates to 2850 B C. It also claims asphalt mortar was used in construction of the Tower of Babel.
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