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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1923
Page
5
Pigeon breeders keep breeding stock thrifty to boost hatch rates next spring. Selection involves culling small or weak birds and removing discardables. Breeding pens require clean housing and careful mating, with hens typically mated at six months and kept in cages for further conditioning.
An old note describes using Epsom salts as a cheap remedy to aid poultry flocks facing access to spoiled feed. It suggests a half teaspoon per pint for a single hen and mixing into water or mash to help with crop binding and sour crop indications, with careful administration to avoid overfeeding.
Disinfectants are cheaper than disease. Fowls in confinement need varied feed. Crowding raises disease risk and lowers vitality. A breeding pen uses six to fourteen females with a mate. Stewing chicken weighs about three pounds, rooster four or more. Nests should not be too deep to avoid broken eggs. A setting of eggs is usually twelve, sometimes fifteen. A broiler weighs two pounds or less and is six to twelve weeks old.
Practical notes advise on calf care highlighting feeding schedules grading milk amounts by weight. It covers early nutrition with whole milk thrice daily, rough diet ratios, dry grain mixes, and hay after two to three weeks. It warns outside work may reduce care and stresses clean stalls and consistent feeding for spring born calves.
The work of cow testers includes recording herd data, computing proper rations, and advising farmers on feeding and care. Testers must operate a Babcock tester and manage individual cow production records, with strong knowledge of ration balance.
It is good practice to feed the dry cow well to store a reserve of mineral matter. The feeds best used include the tegume hays cowpeas alfalfa soybeans and clovers in that order by their time content. High phosphorus seeds are wheat bran cottonseed meal standard wheat middlings and linseed meal.
The Wisconsin College of Agriculture and the Wisconsin Live Stock Breeders Association promote a standard crate for three classes of cattle and sheep. They report tests showing crates withstand rough handling and reduce losses. The free guide outlines crate design and practical use for improving herd shipping.
Guidance on crate sizes for sheep and hogs to prevent blemishes and waste. The text emphasizes three sizes for sheep crates lamb sheep buck and notes hog crates must fit the animal to ensure comfort and quality from the breeder’s view.
Thirty six purebred rams in Humphreys County, where only one was owned seven years ago, are reported by the USDA as a record. Twenty farmers in the county bought purebred rams this season.
The article argues that choosing thrifty sow pigs for breeding is as vital as selecting a superior boar. It notes that a sow’s thrift and capacity largely determine litter size and the efficiency of feeding during suckling.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports the working season length as crucial to road construction with wide state variation. Deducting Sundays, 813 working days exist. Alabama, Mississippi and New Mexico report 300 possible grading days, while Maine 110 and Wisconsin 193 show shorter seasons. Gravel surfacing available 120 to 200 days in most states, 10 report more. concrete surfacing 100 to 150 days in 26 states and 150 to 200 days in 16. In 28 states the season ends by November 1.
The Birmingham street-paving report for 1922 records 150 miles completed with nearly $800,000 invested. The city notes continuous travel through smooth, hard-surfaced streets and anticipates finishing linking suburbs to form a Greater Birmingham highway system within a year.
Federal route covers 50.2 miles from Fate Springs through the Holstein river valley between Bay and Clinch mountains to Kingsport. Beginning 43 miles into Hawkins county and two miles in Sullivan county, the asphalt road costs 1,387,000 dollars at about 27,700 per mile.
Texas topped all states by adding 833 miles of roads in 1922 while the national average was 200 miles. The writer urges a pause to reflect on achievements and notes five years of this progress will make traveling salesmen the envy of those who know the joy of a good car and a good road.
A Washington Star note cites a controversial claim that White children in central Europe aged five to twenty show over ten times more decayed teeth than Zulu peers. The item mocks social theories and contrasts notions of normalcy with cinematic dialogue.
A humorous note about conversations on love and marriage. Alice admits she planned to marry Jack but friends dissuaded her, while Virginm jokes about Jack's friends. The dialogue echoes a lighthearted social fallacy and chatter.
As cholera and other swine diseases come under control, feeder pig production expands. Pigs should be young and show good breeding. healthy pigs will make rapid gains when placed in the feed lot.
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