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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
3
G A Williams of Fachina advises conditioning cows that are under flesh on corn, then transitioning to bran and oats. He warns that calving time requires careful feeding, with bean mashes, water, and slow grain increases to avoid milk fever and sustain production.
Farmers fear high protein feeds cost more per ton, but a properly mixed high protein concentrate with farm grains lowers overall dairy production costs by improving balance of protein, carbohydrates and minerals, increasing efficiency.
Trials show cutting sunflowers about 88 days after planting in mid August yields palatable forage and milk flow near corn silage levels. Mammoth Russian variety used with 344 foot rows and 10 inch spacing. Best harvest when about 25 percent bloom with green upper leaves.
James V. Hopkins of Monongalia County West Virginia advises farmers to use silage as the best forage supplement when pastures run short in late summer due to drought. If labor allows, selling crops like green corn oats and gar beans can be used, but mixing seeds with grain and hay helps maintain heavy milking cow production.
The dairyman should prepare by feeding, repairing barns, and ensuring lighting and water supply. Thin cows yield poor milk through winter, so plan a winter feed strategy and secure affordable feeds. Ensure barns are ready with sufficient light and warmth to protect stock.
In a tale about Pleasant the monkey, a bandaged foot brings relief until he removes the bandage again. The master forgives him, the doctor returns, and Pleasant learns to keep the bandage on, grateful for his kind master and his improved footing.
A string of corny puns and malaprop riddles about sailors potatoes ears and a tall Boston girl. It includes jokes about a milking stool a crew aboard a ship and a girl in a store with exaggerated measurements.
Cornell University poultry officials advise monitoring feed intake in a flock of 100 Leghorn pullets to detect declines. A drop of two pounds per hundred birds signals reduced production. causes include feed changes, disease, ventilation, weather, or management. Remedies include longer artificial lighting, liver oil, wet mash with skim milk, and maintaining dry mash.
Peafowls can be kept on a farm with care and may yield profit from hatching eggs and selling young birds. A starter pen of four hens and one cock is suggested though costly, and birds should be settled in two to three weeks. Peahens hatch 8 to 10 eggs, incubation lasts 28 days, and young peafowl are active and bright with the mother brooding for an extended period.
Rotate chick ranges as you would crops. Do not lapse on the same ground more often than once in three years to prevent coccidiosis and intestinal parasites. A green range with thriving grass aids sanitation and lowers feed costs while supplying tender, juicy feed and minerals.
Time to Fight Mite Summer warns poultry raisers that lice and mites peak in summer. Lice inhabit birds while mites hide in cracks and crevices on nests roosts and boards. Treatments include spraying birds and cleaning disinfection of houses droppings boards roosts and nests.
Instructions advise fattening turkeys starting October 1 by increasing morning and evening feeds. If fed sufficiently they will be less active. avoid stirring them up. Emphasize generous milk feeding and keeping hoppers and troughs clean. Provide deep wooden troughs for wet mash from sturdy boards.
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