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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1919
Page
3
United States Department of Agriculture explains how to cool cream on farms using tanks. Tanks can be dealer bought or homemade from cypress boards or barrels, with water circulating to keep cream cold. Placement between the well and stock tank and a tight cover prevent heat gain.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture guide stresses that lack of vigor in newborn chicks often traces to weak parents. Only vigorous, well developed birds join breeding yards. favor yearling hens, keep runs large, and avoid forcing heavy egg production in early winter.
The article urges dairy farmers to focus more on soil management and less on balanced rations until achieving self sufficiency. It argues this shift will reduce dependence on feed dealers, and over a few years create a surplus usable for feeding horses cattle sheep and hogs.
Investigations by Professor McCandlish of the dairy department at the Town Agricultural College indicate cows freshening in August yield notably less milk over the year than cows freshening in other months. The most favorable freshening months begin in November and end in March.
The article explains dipping as a rapid method to control chicken lice. It details using one ounce of sodium fluoride per gallon of water at 70 to 85 degrees on a warm day, noting dusting was slow and wasteful while dipping proved successful and promising.
The curtain front or partial open front house is best for most areas and the colony Plan of housing poultry may suit many farms. This system prevents tainted soil. roosts are three feet above the floor with a six inch dropping board. Roosts may use 2 by 2 inch material with rounded upper edges. Nests can be on side walls or under the dropping boards and should be darkened for hens to lay.
The text instructs on letting hens feed on dry mash, marketing white and brown eggs in separate packages, and shipping at least two to three times weekly. It advises culling to remove early malters, notes infertile eggs market better than fertile ones, and recommends marketing hens that stop laying as they age into late summer or fall.
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