Creep Feeding Calves Gains in Popularity Across Regions
Cattle breeders nationwide are turning to creep feeding to boost calf weight and shorten weaning time. At Norris Cattle Company's Ocala ranch, creep feed designed with a tall wire entrance aids calves while keeping out disturbance. Proponents say creep feeding can add about 100 pounds by weaning, with oats and corn plus protein supplement, begun with oats and gradually adding corn.
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Farmers Discover Average Flock Is Big Money Maker
Sheep experts report the farm flock is increasingly profitable, with high prices for market lambs and wool. U S stock sheep total has fallen from 52 million in 1940 to 27 million today, boosting value of home flocks amid rising rail costs and strong west coast demand for lambs.
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Practical Kitchen Tips and Repairs For Home Meals
This column offers quick kitchen hacks and maintenance tips. It suggests flavoring prunes with cinnamon and citrus, making a cocoa sugar mix for cereals, and a eggnog topping for hot cereal. It also covers slow cooking spareribs with sage, adding raisins to applesauce, and cane chair care with varnish to prevent sagging.
Keg Support Aids Small Grain and Feed Storage
Farmers storing small grain and feed in barrels find the keg support a time saver. The iron or steel rod bracket is bent to shape and provides sturdy bracket supports and running rails to move barrels easily.
Record Pea Freezing Profit High in 1950
Green peas topped all frozen vegetables with a 1950 pack of more than 154 million pounds, 10 percent above 1946. Cold storage holdings reached a record 458 million pounds in frozen storage at end of October 1950, per the US Department of Agriculture.
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