Failure in the Dairy Business Requires the Man
The piece argues dairy success rests on three factors: the business, the cow, and the man. The business is sound, cows must be good and profitable, but the key is the dairyman himself. He must love cows, work with them, know his best animals, feed profitably, and use quality sires to sustain herd value, per Harold R. Las calles, State Dairy Commissioner.
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Ike
Itarold R. Lascelles
State Dairy Commission
Treatment of calf scours and at home remedies
Advice for treating calf scours includes reducing feed to half or less, using costar or paraffin oil to purge, formalin to milk, or a gelsemium extract emulsion before feeds. Recommend splitting reduced milk into two to four daily feedings and monitor recovery.
Keep All Heifers Growing This Season
A call to maintain steady growth for heifer calves through sufficient daily rations. Feed two to five pounds of farm-grown grains per day with silage and clover or alfalfa hay, or two pounds of corn if silage is unavailable. Include a balanced mix when silage is paired with non-legume hay.
Fall and Spring Calving Advantages in Dairy Cattle
Results from three years by J B Moore at the Mississippi experiment station show fall calving cows averaged 172 pounds more milk and 13.4 pounds more butterfat than spring calving cows. In a comparison of early and late fall calving the yearly per cow advantage was 633 pounds of milk and 27.5 pounds butterfat in favor of late fall calving.
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J. 8. Moore
Mississippi Experiment Station
Nutrient Content of Dairy Feeds
The article notes that lime is most abundant in legume hays cowpeas clover alfalfa and soybeans, with cowpeas highest. Phosphorus is richest in wheat bran wheat middlings and linseed meal in that order. Concentrates do not surpass legumes for lime, and no roughage equals the phosphorus in those concentrates.
Benefits From Cow Testing Increases Herd Production
Cow testing raises the average output of the Derry herd by culling low producers and by selecting foundation animals based on performance, improving overall efficiency and yields.
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Derry
Feed Silage For Calves Ages Three Weeks And Up
The article notes calves may be fed silage starting at three weeks old and can be fed as much as they will eat. This feeding practice links silage to skim milk for young calves and outlines the age at which intake begins.
National Monuments Expand As Hovenweep Palm Canyon Noted
A new Hovenweep National Monument spans 800 acres across four states boundary areas in Utah and Colorado with a rich array of square towers, twin towers, and U type houses. Palm Canyon National Monument in Riverside County California aims to preserve Washingtonian filifera palms among three canyons and desert blooms, contingent on Agua Caliente Indians’ consent and a funded purchase.
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United States
Palm Canyon National Monument
Lievenweep
Bettween
Colorado
Utah
Phim Canyon
California
National Park Service
Forest Service
Congress
Interior Department
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Lincoln's Birthplace
War Department
Cabrillo
Department of Agriculture
National Forests
Blarding
Hovenweep National Monument
Wubert Work
Secretary of the Interior
Lloyenweep
J. Walter Fewkes
Bureau of Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Doctor Fewkes
Hovenweep
Square Tower
Hovenweep Castle
Iolly Canyon
Cajon Mesa
Square Tower Canyon
MT Rulns
Hevenweep House
South Fork
Havenweep
Havenweep House
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Holly Tower
Riverside
Agua Caliente
Jraterior
Sam
Andheng
Murray
Falm
Palm Springs
Colorado Desert
Palm Canyon
Queer Bedfellow Residing Snake Discovered in Mattress
A Form Journal account describes a 28 inch snake living inside a mattress after a rat cut a hole. It slept through winter, then moved about in spring triggering a search. The creature crawled out when the mattress was cut open.
Cheam Parish Council Sells Story Of Tourists In Town Hall
In Cheam a 400 year old cottage will serve as council chamber funded by money from American tourist visits. A member proposed charging one guinea for tours to cover war debt payments and future rents, silencing opposition. The council awaits Pilgrim Fathers descendants or American visitors next summer.
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America
Cheam Parish
Acreme
Cheam
Stray Bits of Wisdom Quote Reflected in Birds
A fragmentary line invokes Poeta and birds as small teachers of wisdom, noting that even the least things may sing. The aphorism echoes themes of nature and expression, suggesting a poised, reflective mood from an older style.
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Chateau Briand
Dairy Calves Fed Out Profitably for Market by Feeders
Ohio experiment station fed six Holstein bull calves eleven and a half months old weighing about 520 pounds. After dehorning and castration they gained 2.57 pounds daily over 194 days costing 10.16 dollars per 100 pounds gain. Dairy steers outperformed Angus here, producing a net profit of 1083 dollars per head versus 3.62 for the beef cattle, showing dairy steers can be fed out profitably when bought at the right price.
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Ohio
Purebred Ram Shows Superior Growth and Profit Potential
Missouri experiment station trials compare two ram lines in breeding and feeding of ewes. Lambs from a purebred mutton-type ram grew faster, yielded more total gain, and sold for higher price per hundred pounds than those from a scrubb ram. Fattening efficiency and feed use favored the purebred sire.
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Missouri Experiment Station
Feeding Fish Meal or Tankage for Protein
Hogs on the USDA Beltsville farm were fed fish meal or tankage as a protein supplement after experiments showed fish meal as valuable as tankage. Additional studies found shrimp bran, a shrimp factory by-product, to be a valuable hog feed, increasing in value to near tankage levels.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Department
Feeding place placement for exercised piglets
A farm note advises locating the feeding place away from the farrowing house to require young pigs to walk to their feed and water. The goal is to ensure exercise and better physical development by moving between locations.
Vigorous Litter of Pigs Raised on Corn Milk Idea
A brood sow fed one pound of milk for every pound of corn she eats will never go down in health and, with proper care, yields a strong healthy vigorous litter of pigs.
Kidney Trouble Ad Promotes Kilmer Swamp Root Remedy
Druggists report many kidney troubles among the public and endorse Kilmer's Swamp Root as a mild healing remedy. An insurer's physician notes kidney disease as a common cause of insurance denials. Sample bottle costs ten cents. write Dr. Kilmer & Co. for a test bottle with paper mention.
Not Always Safe Bilnks TH Conversation Tease
A terse exchange features Jinks asking for friends while insisting on honesty. The snippet hints at a dialogue structure where Bilnks TH challenges truthfulness and personal assurances in a casual, slightly cryptic tone.
Little Baby Girl Testimonial From Pittsburgh Mother
A Pittsburgh mother names Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as helpful after birth. She describes nervousness fatigue and successful use while nursing her newborn and two bottles. The ad claims the remedy is safe for nursing mothers and aids mother and baby care.
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Pittsburgh
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra
Klinge
Plymouth St
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