Ontario College Reports Tuberculosis In Poultry
The Ontario Agricultural College notes tuberculosis is common in poultry across the province. Infected flocks suffer reduced egg production and high mortality, with rotund signs including pale heads and listlessness. Post mortems reveal white tubercles in organs, and infected birds spread bacteria via droppings. Infected flocks should be culled and premises thoroughly disinfected before restocking.
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Ontario Agricultural College
Poultry Producers Favor Infertile Eggs In Hot Weather
Heat accelerates development of fertile eggs creating blood rings that spoil eggs for food and market. Producers should keep nests clean, provide one nest per four fowls, gather eggs twice daily, store in cool dry rooms, and market at least twice weekly. Isolating hens from males yields infertile eggs of better market quality.
Best Plan to Segregate Geese From Other Birds
Geese need a separate range from poultry to avoid dirty water contamination and feed theft. On limited ranges they require ample tender grass and can overeat mash and scratch feed, raising production costs. Grass-based feeding keeps costs down, as geese are largely grass eaters and profitable when fed cheaply.
Jerusalem Artichoke Varieties Aid Poultry Stock
The Jerusalem Artichoke especially Mammoth French White offers hardy prolific growth for poultry feed. Green shoots provide dense shade and forage for growing stock while foliage suppresses weeds. Tubers store well for winter feed for laying hens and early spring for chicks.
Dairy Forecasts Issued For Dairy Industry Planning
The USDA launches a monthly reporting system in New England New York and Wisconsin to project dairy cattle counts milk production and prices. Dairymen will report cow numbers heifers calves under one year and breeding figures while confidentiality is ensured and totals published.
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United States Department of Agriculture
New England
New York
Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture
Kill Striped Cucumber Beetle With Nicotine Dust
Article advises protecting cucumbers squash and related crops from striped cucumber beetles by applying nicotine dust containing four percent nicotine at four to six ounces per hill. The dust kills insects and repels them, driving beetles from soil cracks and preventing damage. A cheesecloth sieve or a regular duster helps apply powder evenly and prevent beetles from escaping.
Contented Cows Promise Higher Dairy Returns
A Wisconsin dairy displays a large placard reading No Swearing Allowed These Are Contented Cows. The manager explains that kindness to cattle boosts milk quality and quantity, noting cows respond to pleasant treatment as people do and contentment yields better milk results.
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Bern
Wisconsin
Age of a Cow Hard to Determine
It is difficult to determine a cow's age compared with a horse. Age can be estimated from teeth and horns. Horn rings plus two often indicate age, with permanent teeth forming nine months apart to help verify the count.
England Foot and Mouth Outbreak Prolongs U S Import Ban
The U S Department of Agriculture keeps the livestock import embargo on England due to persistent foot and mouth disease. Despite hopes a July 1 permit would resume cattle sheep and swine imports, a new outbreak extends the ban. The aim is to protect the U S livestock industry, with strict 60 day free period required after outbreaks before shipments resume.
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United States Department ‘ of Agriculture
England
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
United States
Destroy Weeds in Soy Bean Field While Young
Farmers growing soy beans should weed early and regularly. Iowa State College recommends cultivating with a rotary hoe or weeder, or harrow, while beans are young and up to eight to ten inches tall. The main goal is to keep weeds out using any effective implement.
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Iowa State College
Spread Manure on Land as Fast as It Is Made
The article urges spreading manure onto land immediately after it is produced to preserve fertilizing value. It notes substantial losses when manure is piled outdoors for three to five months, reducing total nutrients by up to two thirds, and recommends applying to crops or permanent pasture without delay.
Renewal Method for Strawberry Patch After Harvest
After fruiting, renew the strawberry patch by burning the old row and plowing out spent plants. Prepare new soil beside the old row and keep the patch cultivated throughout the summer to support the coming season.
Apple Scab Control Through Early Spray Application
Apple scab on susceptible varieties begins as olive green patches under leaves. When first seen, spray pumps should be activated immediately using Bordeaux or lime-sulphur to control the outbreak and watch for further signs.
Lombard Plum Described as First Quality
The Lombard plum, a European type, is noted as one of the best quality varieties but is prone to rot. This susceptibility limits its cultivation in southern or central states where brown rot is more severe.
Fresh hellebore spray targets currant worm control
If currant worms threaten fruit, use fresh hellebore as a spray at four ounces per two to three gallons of water. Alternatively dust plants with one pound of hellebore in five pounds of flour or air-slaked lime.
Dairy Cows Access Water At All Times
Cows should have drinking water available at all times in pastures. If water comes from a stream, guard against mud from cows standing in it. using a clean tank is preferable for sanitation and nutrition.
Summer feeding of grain-fed cattle urged for market
W H Peters of the Minnesota College of Agriculture argues for summer feeding of yearling cattle to capitalize on historically high late summer prices. He notes objections such as spring feeder availability and summer heat but says careful management, hay silage, and staged feeding can yield near winter gains while cutting labor costs.
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W. H. Peters
Animal Industry Division
Minnesota College of Agriculture
Minnesota
Professor Peters
English cottage bungalow style for small homes
William A. Radford offers free building advice for readers on cottage and small residence design. The piece discusses English cottage influence in exterior timbering and brick detail, interior layouts with open fireplaces, suitable furniture like Hickory or maple pieces, simple curtain fabrics, and timbered ceilings to evoke a traditional look.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
England
Prejudice Against Heavy Lambs in Many Quarters
A historical commentary notes consumer bias against heavier lambs. It argues texture differences are slight and that meat quality improves when lambs reach 150 to 175 pounds. The piece cautions against marketing heavy breeds unfinished to stay within safe weights and recommends feeding heavier lambs earlier for better meat.
Question of Labor in Considering Fall Pigs
If fall pigs are being considered the question of labor arises. They might require a board or two nailed over cracks in the hoghouse or more bedding and energy spent ensuring their wants are supplied. But labor at that time of year is forced by nature to ease off.
Manner of Controlling Principal Insect Pests
Hog lice mange mites and fleas are the principal insect pests of the hog. Foree and mange rubbing posts or oiled wallows will usually give relief. The fleas are often troublesome in breeding houses and open sheds in early spring. Clean out all bedding and spray with coal oil or stock dip. Repeat at intervals of a week until the pest is completely controlled.
Lie Tea Described as Faux Gunpowder Tea
The article explains how Chinese vendors counterfeit tea by using pulverized quartz dry leaves magnetic oxide of iron and fine sand mixed with a glue made from starch poke to form pellets. Fake gunpowder tea is colored with turmeric clay and Prussian blue to imitate true gunpowder tea.
Cottage bungalow window choices and interior layout notes
The article discusses cottage bungalow design focusing on casement and sash windows to maintain quaint charm. It notes six rooms including a sun porch with a fireplace in the porch area and suggests glass doors to connect sun porch and living room. The dining room, pantry, kitchen, and two bedrooms are mapped for efficient flow and light.
Worn-Out Currency Used in Paper Making Experiment
Worn-out U S currency worth millions is pulped and shipped to the Forest Products laboratory in Madison Wisconsin for experimental use in paper manufacture. Earlier tests yielded poor quality, but a new cleaning process may improve results. Up to three tons are discarded at the Washington treasury and may continue if successful.
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United States
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
Treasury
Washington
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Give Him Credit Stab between the ribs drill sergeant warning
A drill sergeant tells a rookie to keep to the right of the enemy as the dummy swings. The rookie counters that the enemy will figure out the danger too, in a wartime training exchange from American Legion Weekly.
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American Legion Weekly
Size Did Not Matter in Golf Round
A doctor on a golf round chats with his caddie as the man pleads for shoes. The caddie explains he has never bought shoes and cannot determine his size, asking if the doctor might have some unused ones. Life magazine captioned the vignette.
Won't Change Woman's Dress
Conversation between scientists on a future cold Earth. Fozzleton suggests women will still dress similarly. Red Cross Ball Blue ad asserts its superior quality as a trusted product.
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Fozzleton
New Bedford Evening Standard
Grandpa and Grandma Punchline on Reading Habits
A brief exchange: grandma recalls youth when dime novels drew reproval, while grandpa quips that now they pay a dollar and a half for worse entertainment.
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Grandpa
When You Do a Favor He Prefers Quiet Thanks
A maxim notes that people dislike talkative praise after a favor. The saying cautions humility and brevity in expressing gratitude, suggesting restraint and modesty in social exchanges.
Not to Be Prejudiced Aimed at a Calm Mindset
A remark urges adopting a detached attitude while keeping fairness. It highlights resisting unnecessary biases and cultivating an even temper to judge situations without prejudice.
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