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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1923
Page
7
An old agricultural notice warns that blackhead is the most deadly turkey disease. It describes symptoms such as darkened heads in young birds and enlarged, spotted livers, urging isolation of affected birds and outlining cautions on informal remedies and dosing.
The article discusses planning pullets for fall production, counting five eggs per pullet hatched, expecting a certain hatch rate, and projecting cockerels. It notes extra eggs needed for a laying house, with adjustments for rearing losses and a 10 to 20 percent higher feed requirement for growers.
A United States Department of Agriculture survey finds marketing livestock through cooperative ship and associations provides larger net returns than selling to dealers. Benefits include price comparison, market insight, and shared administration. success requires experienced management, sound business methods, loyalty, and financial safeguards. The department bulletin outlines recommended management practices and organizational steps for farmer cooperatives.
Advice on chick rearing from early to late stages. Do not use pullet eggs when exporting best results. Newborn chicks should fast 26 hours after hatching, often 48 hours is better. A suggested feed mix includes cornmeal wheat bran gluten feed and scraps in equal parts with slight variations.
The guide recommends feeding lone grain to breed ewes in addition to pasture and forage. Provide plenty of clean legume hay and corn silage, offer salt regularly, and ensure thin ewes, especially with twins, receive robust rations to support weaning and milk. Suggested rations include 4 parts oats 3 parts corn 1 part wheat bran 1 part linseed meal or a simpler 2:1 oats to wheat bran mix.
Prof G C Humphrey gives practical guidance for new shepherds in sheep husbandry. Use purebred rams select two to three year old ewes discard broken mouthed with bad udders choose ewes with size farms and dense fleeces feed lambs well in the first year and provide good year round care.
Ohio experiment station finds dairy cows need extra lime and phosphorus. Best sources include alfalfa hay soybeans and wheat bran. add ground limestone and ground bone meal if not enough of these in daily rations. Benefits appear over time with potential milk production gains in the next milking season.
Ohio Experiment Station dairy authorities advise supplementing cow rations with protein when clover or silage feeds are inadequate. They suggest alternatives to linseed meal such as cottonseed meal or bran blends and provide approximate daily quantities to improve milk production and digestion.
Under revised rules effective March 1 the U S Department of Agriculture will not pay federal indemnity for scrub bulls in the eradication of tuberculosis. Scrub and grade bulls are placed in the same class as meat animals with salvage value depending on condition and market price. Purebred bulls with indemnity must have description and registry number provided to the appraising officer.
A Montana experiment finds the best calf hay is a mix of grasses and legumes. Alfalfa is too laxative for calves under three months fed milk. Cereal and millet hays fail. Feed ample hay for leafier portions. coarse hay is consumed by dry stock and bulls. After three months, small silage amounts may be used.
The bulletin from the United States Department of Agriculture breaks down the materials for a mile of concrete pavement. It lists cement, sand, crushed rock, water, concrete rails, coal, gypsum, sacks, cotton, and blasting-dynasite, with figures for quantities and rail shipments to support highway construction.
The Surplus war material of the army distributed by the Bureau of Public Roads totals about 100 million dollars in road-building machinery and other supplies. Some 156 million worth has been delivered, enabling states to form maintenance divisions and patrol their road systems. Large deliveries included shop machinery for vehicle reconditioning, with lathes and drill presses among items. About 8 million pounds of picric acid were distributed for road-building and land clearing. Additional materials are being repatriated from Germany and France, including 50 motor trucks, 23 Cadillacs, and 3 million pounds of spare parts and tools.
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