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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1956
Page
3
A Minnesota study suggests improper milking and timing, not genetics, reduce milk letdown. Oxytocin, triggered by milking stimulation, is held back by excessive excitement or rough handling, while calm, consistent care yields fuller milk output.
Announcement: Tommie Chambers of Richmond is admitted as a junior member of the Holstein Friesian Association of America Brattleboro Vermont for satisfactory dairy club work with registered Holsteins. Recommended by Richard Adamson 4H Agent. Holstein Junior Membership Pin grants privileges except voting. Over 2 300 youths in 48 states have joined since 1923.
Alfalfa hay quality hinges on cutting time and handling. Early cut bloom or just before yields higher protein and feed value, boosting milk output and reducing costs. Late cutting lowers feed value and can raise losses during curing. Hatch of hens and egg timing mentioned unrelated.
Virginia Extension Service reports farmers expect land prices to remain high or rise as farm size increases. In 1955 farmers bought two thirds of sold farms, the largest share since 1962, with 90 percent of land bought by active farmers to be operated by them.
Farm workers filling silos with corn may inhale nitrogen dioxide gas formed during ensiling. The Mayo Clinic report notes silo fillers disease can cause pneumonia like illness with labored breathing, fever, and cough, and warns the gas may contaminate forage and woodwork.
In bovine lore the male ego is delicate and rough handling may cause temporary infertility. Dr W R Haubrich of New Hampshire warns a new man could distress a bull and using a rope or staff after unrestrained handling may render him infertile for a month or more. He recommends tender loving care as the cure.
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports 1955 saw the decline in milk cow numbers halt with little change in the second half of the year. The yearly average was 21,232,000 cows, 2 percent below 1954 and the smallest since 1928. Production per cow averaged 5,815 pounds, up from 5,637 in 1954. Total 1955 milk production was 123,454,000,000 pounds as of February 13.
Kansas aerial farming rose sharply in 1955 with 427041 acres sprayed fertilized and seeded from the air, nearly double 1954. Herbicides covered about 325000 acres, defoliants 10300, insecticides 82471, plus 7940 acres seeded and 2133 fertilized. The survey of 80 licensed operators notes growth since 1952 when 125000 acres were treated.
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