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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1924
Page
3
A New Jersey agricultural expert advises spring cleaning of dairy barns to control flies. He recommends whitewash with a lime mix, thorough spraying with a coal tar disinfectant, regular sanitation, and monthly disinfection to reduce disease spread.
The article argues that cows facing inward to a central feeding alley improve feeding efficiency with a push cart, ease hay distribution, and often better milking access. Natural light aids the milk area, the barn looks cleaner than gutters flanked sides, and the design allows a slightly narrower width without reducing utility.
A historical note on training calves to eat grain by starting with ground oats or corn then gradually increasing. It describes feeding whole grain or a mix of whole grain and ground grain up to seven to eight months, then switching to ground feed to improve digestion and prevent loss of undigested grain.
The article extols cows as the most efficient income source, noting a cow producing about 25 pounds of milk daily with butterfat yields around one pound per day. It argues feeding and proper care boost profit, and asks where efforts should be invested for better returns.
James L. Wright and James D. Preston study seating arrangements for 576 chairs for newspaper and press association correspondents telegraphers and photographers in the Republican national convention at the Cleveland auditorium. Wright chairs the committee of correspondents and Preston is assistant secretary and senate press gallery superintendent.
McKenzie Moss of Kentucky serves as assistant secretary of the treasury with overall charge of the customs and internal revenue bureaus collecting nearly every dollar entering the U S treasury.
Clemson extension poultry specialist D H Hail stresses careful chick care for early life. Keep a dry clean coop, protect from ice and vermin, confine the mother or chicks as advised, and prevent chilling from damp grass and dew to reduce disease risk.
Advice from the U S Department of Agriculture on how much to feed a flock. Feed varies by breed and season. general guidance suggests about one quart of scratch grains and a weight of mash per 13 to 16 hens daily, with annual consumption estimates for Leghorns and general purpose fowls and greens.
Early spring advice on whitewashing poultry houses to improve appearance and sanitation. Instructions cover interior coating with quicklime based slaked lime mixtures and a weatherproof exterior formula using salt zinc sulfate skim milk for durability.
Practical tips on poultry management note hen laying patterns and duck age to lay at five months. Guidance covers space needs for leghorns and larger breeds, flooring dryness, egg sharing with children, fresh water twice daily, and weekly water-dish scalding. It also suggests adding coarse sand or grit to mash at about five percent for ducks.
A forty five year old man laments not matching the learning pace of his twenty year old son, expressing a wish to know as much as he does. This brief perspective reflects generational contrasts in experience and education.
A remark notes that few men who make fools of themselves can resist advertising their folly, implying self-promotion often betrays their foolishness.
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