Calf Starter Created at Cornell for Cost Effective Growth
The New York State College of Agriculture reports a new calf starter that eliminates heating water needs. Tests show calves reach six months old at $36 total cost, fed 325 pounds of whole milk in 17 weeks, with the starter comprising ground yellow corn oats winter wheat bran linseed meal and dry skim milk.
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New York State College of Agriculture
Charles J. Crawford
Department of Animal Husbandry
Crawford
Animal Husbandry Department
New York Estate College of Agriculture
Ithaca
N. Y
Chance for Quick Calf Profit Seen on Ranges
Creep feeding is used on ranges and native Kansas pastures. April calves fed grain gain about 60 pounds by market time, worth roughly $1 extra per bushel of grain. Fed calves also sell $1 to $2 per hundred higher than unfed calves while nursing milk. Creep fed calves can be dry fatted after weaning for 80 to 100 days to finish for fat cattle markets.
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Coftn
Kansas
R. R. Thalman
University of Nebraska
Well Constructed Tank Efficient for Cooling
Tests at the state experiment station in Geneva New York show cooling in well constructed farm tanks is easier and as sanitary as cooling in an aerator. Electric refrigeration units for dairy farms are practical and reliable. A properly sized tank must hold enough water to provide two gallons per gallon of milk.
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Geneva
N. Y
Dairy Facts for Sound Farm Dairying
Dairy facts emphasize careful feeding to control milk costs and promote healthy herds. Experiments suggest acids in silage are not harmful to cows. Use a caustic stick from a druggist to prevent horn growth in calves. First rinse milk utensils with cold water. Provide consistent feed in all weather to sustain production. Raise calves from top cows for future herd quality.
Italian Bees Are Superior but Need Strong Queens
Beekeeping experts at Cornell argue Italian bees outperform German black bees in workers cleanliness and frost readiness. The key to large honey harvests is a prolific queen laying about 2000 eggs daily to sustain strong, healthy colonies amid productive hives.
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B. A. Slocum
Cornell University
Slocum
Canada
Tremendous Increase in the Use of Oil Sprays
The use of oil sprays in the East has risen sharply over ten years due to the European red mite. New oils mix with fungicides and aphicides, complicating selection by cost safety toxicity and compatibility. Experimental work and safety studies are urged for pears plums and lime especially with new formulas.
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East
Emulsified Oil Emulsions for Kerosene and Mineral Oils
The article discusses two types of miscible oil emulsions made from kerosene and heavier mineral oils. One uses soap with cresylic acid or soap alone, the other is nonsoap using a protein agent like catenin. The quick breaking nonsoap type may cause more trouble.
Excellent Method for Preparing Grafting Wax
A traditional recipe describes four parts resin two parts beeswax and one part tallow. Melt slowly, avoid boiling, then cool in water and work with greased hands like candy. Shape into convenient sticks. in ordinary grafting weather the wax becomes plastic with hand heat.
Control of pea aphid by hydrated lime dust
A New Jersey experiment station report describes successful control of pea aphids on crops by dusting with a mix of 60 pounds hydrated lime and three pints Black Leaf Forty applied immediately.
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New Jersey
Summer styles feature shoulder capes and hiplength jackets
Jersey coats and velvet wraps rise on beaches and in casual wear with capelet and hiplength jackets. Fashion notes call for bold color contrasts, embroidery, and flexible wear over frocks, swimwear, and beach ensembles as CHERIE NICHOLAS highlights 1921.
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Jersey
Rovers
Jerses
Cherie Nicholas
Western Newspaper Union
The Magic Coach Ride Behind the Fireplace Pic ture
Harry dreams of a vivid journey with a red dressed coachman eight white horses and two climbing footmen. The coach grows larger and takes him on perilous cliffs through a valley of feathers and moss before waking in the chair under the picture. He feels relieved to know it was only a dream.
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Harry
Brownie
Riddles and wordplay from a humorous 19th century page
A collection of short pun questions and answers about sugar race horses dull scissors grinder time May sun fish fin tired man and presidents cabinet makers and a poultry dealer earning his wing by foul means presented as light quiz humor.
Little Alteration in Ireland Says Writer
Alexander J. Reynolds contends Ireland’s eight years of independence bring only superficial change. The Bohemian life faded with royal power while the countryside reveals peasant discontent toward the government. Peasants retain cheer and landlord attachment despite Irish governance. Frontiers vanish but core national soul endures in native soil and anchors people.
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Ireland
Alexander J. Reynolds
Cok Ih
Men Called Gossipers After Irish Tour
Justice Alfred H. Coulter returned to Belfast after a tour of the British Isles and declared that men are great gossips as women. He said that it is a mistake to think only women gossip, noting men who could talk the heads off women.
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British Isles
Alfred H. Coulter
Belfast
Ireland
Automatic Tire Pump In Wheel Hums To Inflate
A German invention features a tire pump built into bicycle wheels that activates when pressure drops. A cam on the hub drives the plunger and a latch holds it down until the tire softens, then releases to inflate.
Books Double In Yale Library Per Angell Sermon
Yale president Angell spoke at a New Haven luncheon about the library’s growth noting books double every 20 years and 50 000 new volumes added annually while an equal number are archived to make room for the increase. He criticized the net literary quality of the additions.
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Angell
Yale
New Haven
Hard Boiled Perkins
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote depicts Perkins as the most unscrupulous man known and notes he must chloroform his conscience to sleep after his daytime schemes.
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Perkins
Cincinnatti Enquirer
Compromise Talk Between Mrs Deddbeet and Bill Collector
A dialogue fragment shows Mrs Deddbeet and a bill collector negotiating payment timing. She asks to delay until tomorrow and again proposes a day after tomorrow, signaling continued dispute over settlement timing.
The Pathfinder performs a stage sketch on tour
The excerpt depicts a touring comedy scene with banter between the First Actor and Second Ditto about rooms and holes. The exchange centers on humorous wordplay and a lighthearted domestic joke.
London Blits on a Fair That Feels Like Youth
A fragment reflects on the contrast between a grand fair and the vivid excitement of being fourteen, noting a husband’s simple, ordinary nature rather than bookish traits. The tone hints at nostalgia and change over time.
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