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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1947

Page

6

Milk Cooling With Electricity Sound Milk Cooling With Electricity

Milk cooling on farms shifts from water and ice challenges to electric coolers. Electric units, tested on 101 New York state farms, average 12 to 13.5 cents per hundredweight to cool milk, at about 3 cents per kilowatt hour, lower than the national farm rate. Progenitors of New Hampshire flocks are noted with pullorum disease resistance and color traits. ideal roosters and hens are described with weights and plumage.

Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture New York State

Incinerator Built From Barrel Suggested for Bird Disposal

An old metal barrel is repurposed as a disposal incinerator for dead birds poultry and animals that may carry disease. Iron rods create a grill six to eight inches above the bottom with holes cut below for draft. Clemson Agriculture College endorses this design.

Clemson Agriculture College

Spraying Cattle for Flies Improves Herdard

Purdue entomologists recommend using 50 percent DDT wettable powder mixed with water at two pounds per five gallons. Apply one quart per animal, with three or four applications per season at about three week intervals. Use a three gallon or larger compressed air sprayer for the job.

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