More Feed Value From Each Acre From Alfalfa in Wide Row Corn
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee promotes 1955 Wisconsin tests showing corn yields up to 130 bushels per acre at La Crosse in 60 inch rows with alfalfa seeded between stages. Hay yields exceed 1.3 tons per acre. wide row corn serves as nurse crop. Project aims to eliminate oats from rotation, boosting digestible nutrients and profitability. Art Peterson cites reduced erosion and time saved by seeding alfalfa after wheel-track planting, with fertilizer for two crops and extra nutrients at alfalfa seeding. Continuous roller-seeding between rows favored as the best method after wheel-track corn planting.
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Chicago
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University of Wisfeed
Consin
Wisconsin
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Preparing Cows For Milking
Wisconsin Agriculturist advises farmers to wash each cow’s udder with warm water for about a minute before attaching milking machines. The warm water stimulates milk letdown and, though it seems slower to wash one cow at a time, it saves time overall by improving efficiency.
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Wisconsin
Soil Fertility Helps In Drought and Yields
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee reports soil fertility cannot replace water but can lessen drought impact and sustain crop yields. Across drought years 1952-54, corn averaged 39 bushels per acre on rebuilt land. oats 48.7. beans 20.9, with soybeans recovering toward 30.15 in good moisture years 1948-51. Fertility rebuilding shows investment returns improving from 7 to 10.3 percent during droughts.
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Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
Chicago
Doane Agricultural Service
Pasture Lands Are Improved Across Regions in May Report
A U S Department of Agriculture May report notes overall range and pasture feed remains low. Northern plains show good range feed while central and southern plains and the Southwest stay poor. Late May to early June rains offered limited relief. Texas records its worst range feed condition in 33 years, with some improvement in Panhandle and northeast areas. Nebraska Kansas and eastern Colorado report limited grazing from late rains.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Work per cow drops as herd size grows in Texas study
A Texas Agricultural Experiment Station report shows dairymen milking 16 cows yearly average 94 hours per cow. Doubling herd size saves 20 percent, and herds of 64 cows reach 51 hours per cow, a 45 percent reduction. The 108 dairy farms in East Texas under USDA and Texas Station oversight found 100 lb milk requires 1.9 hours with 16 cows versus 1 hour with 64 cows.
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Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
College Station
Usda Farm
Texas Station
USDA
Texas
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