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Newspaper
Pendleton Times
Location
Pendleton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1923
Page
7
The Ohio Agricultural College says farmers cannot afford to keep spring hatched cockerels to market holidays. It notes price slumps in spring and summer due to large cockerels being less desirable and competition with surplus hens. If kept, crate fattening with a two feed daily regimen can yield 25 to 40 percent gain in 12 to 14 days.
The article notes rapid gosling growth from four ounces to mature birds in a few months. It highlights low feeding costs on vegetation, strong holiday demand, and rising prices, suggesting good profit for those with facilities to raise geese.
Green feed provides succulence for poultry and supplies mineral matter and vital nutrients required to sustain life, promote growth, and assure reproduction. The absence of essential vitamins in any diet can prove fatal, so poultry keepers should ensure ample green feed despite a short growing season and late spring.
Poultry tips emphasize wet mash for ducks and meat oats and barley as best small grains. Hens laying under ninety eggs yearly are not profitable. Early chicks are stronger, bugs and green feed help growth, cleanliness and disinfection are crucial. Grazing and balanced rations affect ducks and turkeys. free range and coarse grit oyster shell charcoal support health.
The USDA reports garlic or wild onion bulblets in wheat cut milling value and price. Garlic infestation depresses flour quality, yields, and market value, with Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania hardest hit. Eradication methods work but seed purity remains a problem.
E M Page of the Missouri Experiment Station details arsenate of lead as a potato bug killer. He recommends a liquid mix of 1.5 pounds per 40 gallons of water or 0.5 ounce per gallon, plus pre-dissolving to a smooth paste. For dusting, one part arsenate to fifteen parts air or hydrated lime, or one to twenty parts green to hue, is advised. Application methods include a duster, dust gun, or cheesecloth bag, with best results when dew is present.
Sweet clover tends to become woody if not heavily grazed or mowed. Keeping it at nine to ten inches prevents hardening and yields tender regrowth. If grazing is unavailable, mow high leaving eight inches of stubble to protect buds for a new crop. Unlike alfalfa, it does not regrow from the crown after substantial second-year growth.
Farmers with small silos can extend silage supplies by cutting corn, shocking it, and refilling as silage runs low. Placing fresh silage on existing stock is fine if the surface is not moldy, though the best feed comes from corn silage cut at the right age.
Over 300 field men were added on July 2 to expand the farm to farm survey for common barberry bushes under the direction of the USDA. The goal is to finish the eight western states by year end, with resurvey and chemical treatment efforts continuing since May. Salt treatments have proven highly effective, killing all but two of 600 bushes surveyed in one area. East of the Mississippi, five states will be surveyed, but completion may take at least two more years.
I B Holden of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture warns that winter wheat often carries rye and barley intruders. He advises scoping fields after heading to pull out foreign plants, maintaining a patch large enough for next year’s seed. Regular removal every second or third year helps keep grain nearly pure.
Iowa State College specialists call Rosen rye a top late fall pasture for swine. Developed at Michigan station, it thrives on poor soils and outperforms other varieties. Best seeded late August to September at 2.5 to 3 bushels per acre. it winters well, can be reused in spring, or ground for hog slop.
A home made fly repellent mix using coal tar dip fish oil whale oil oil of tar and laundry soap is prepared to thirty gallons. It is designed to spray ten dairy cows twice daily for forty days to reduce flies and potentially boost milk yield.
Separate housing for cockerels and pullets is advised when sex can be determined. Stronger birds receive more feed and the best stock is chosen for egg production and mating. Constitutional vigor is essential in selecting young birds.
Red and purple raspberries like Cuthbert and London perform best on sandy clay loams while black caps such as Gregg do well on rich clay loams. Both red and black types adapt to any well drained fertile loams, and neither shows a strong preference for a single soil type.
Water is essential for pigs during the hot months. Pigs need constant access to clean water to stay healthy and productive, and proper supply helps maximize feed efficiency and profits this summer.
Digestive troubles in horses stem from poor feeding and watering especially after hard work. Overloads after labor cause colic. treat exhausted animals with a light bran mash and cooling rub down. For chronic indigestion inspect teeth, regulate forage, feed at intervals, and consider a mild purge with ginger and a tonic of bicarbonate, gentian, and nux vomica.
Arthur L. Anderson of the University farm hog section argues self feeders speed market weight gains and reduce labor in fattening pigs. He endorses free choice feeding and outlines four core features including rainproof can, a V shaped hopper, a controlled base opening, and a waste minimizing trough.
The Town station tested steer feeding and found a full silage ration with no corn yields higher profits than corn plus partial silage. Profits per steer were $23.11 versus $15.82, supporting wider silo use. author R. W. Clark notes Iowa farmers’ silo buildout and Colorado relevance.
Hog cholera is a germ disease like typhoid fever. Unless the germs are present on the farm it is impossible for hogs to contract it from feeding stuffs. Hogs in vigorous health may escape the disease, but weakened hogs are likely to take it.
William A. Radford offers free advice to readers on farm building work. He stresses welfare of cows through well planned barns with proper stanchions, hay chutes, ample light, and safe lightning protection to reduce daily chores and losses.
The piece cites the extravagant word lengths from literature and science, noting phrases such as dis proportionableness and Aldeborontiphoscophornia. It also describes farm architecture for dairy cattle, including pens, mangers, ventilating systems, and concrete gutters for cleanliness.
A Scots coast innovation uses floating mercury to drive lighthouse lamps. Northern Lighthouses commissioners at Edinburgh oversee ninety stations with float systems at thirty sites. Each station uses seven to eight flasks of seventy five pounds of mercury in the lighting machinery.
Estimates submitted to congress outline White House spending for the year. Costs cover the residence and grounds, heating and lighting, and staff. Specific items include electric light at 8600 dollars, refrigerating system at 4000, renovation at 5000, gas at 480, grounds upkeep at 10000, with the President paying his own grocery bill.
Billie Brownie stops to chat with a Grey Squirrel about long held feuds between their families before meeting a Llama who explains its South American origins and relatives in the Guanaco and Alpaca. Billie then hurries to share afternoon bread with the bears.
Sally Simons sewed six sailor shirts while Daniel Dowling drove directly down ward during a quiet morning.
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