Feeding Dairy Cows Wisely to Cut Costs in Winter
A New Jersey State College of Agriculture dairy specialist urges farmers to focus on winter feeding as over half of production costs. Homegrown feeds like alfalfa or clover hay and corn silage are cheapest, with a recommended ration of ten pounds hay, 80 pounds silage, 600 pounds corn and cob meal, 800 pounds bran or oats, 200 pounds gluten, 100 pounds cottonseed meal, and 100 pounds all meal. If hay is scarce, substitute linseed or cottonseed meal, and add beet pulp if silage is unavailable.
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New Jersey State College of Agriculture
Uniform Laws Urged to Stop Spread of Disease
At the World's Congress in Washington Dr Sonn Monter of the U S Department of Agriculture urged uniform livestock trade laws across nations. He and Dr Mohler called for national veterinary services to prevent domestic disease spread and ensure animals are accepted abroad. An international cooperative system for animal health information was proposed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Sonn Monter
Insanitary Dairy Practices Labeled Unprofitable
A Colorado Agricultural College animal husbandry note lists insanitary dairy practices and their unprofitability. It cites dirty milking, wet hands contaminating milk, unsterilized separators, pouring fresh cream into skimmed milk, and storing cream in poorly aired rooms.
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L. K. Crowe
Animal Husbandry Department
Colorado Agricultural College
Rapidity Key in Milking Efficiency and Butterfat
Tests show rapid udder massage increases nervous stimulation of milk glands. Faster hand movements boost milk yield and raise butterfat content, making speed essential in milking practice.
Selecting hens for meat and egg efficiency in flocks
The article advises poultry owners to cull unprofitable layers and use early molters for meat. Observe molt onset to time slaughter, as hens stop laying during the three month molt. Replace aging hens with well-matured pullets in fall for best returns.
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United States Department
United States Department of Agriculture
Oyster Shell Essential for Egg Laying Hens Says Study
A West Virginia experiment highlights the need to keep oyster shell available to laying hens. Crushed oyster shell provides lime for egg shells, with one pound supplying lime for about seven dozen eggs.
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West Virginia Experiment Station
Horace Atwood
Wheeler
Halpin
Living deliberately amid life’s fitful fever on Walden pond
The text reflects Thoreau like living, valuing simple needs and a lucid interval from modern bustle. It contrasts a modern busy life with a rustic ethos, citing Epictetus and nature’s lessons about permanence and extraction of soil from hillsides through forest roots and creeper terracing.
Practical Poultry Notes for Hens and Shipping
Practical poultry notes advise against cedar box shipping due to taint and set age-weight limits for young birds. It emphasizes regular fixed-day marketing, proper dressing, dry-picking for shipped carcasses, and home trade preference for scalded poultry. warns against keeping old geese as sole breeders.
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