Know Your Breed Chester White by W J Dryden
Chester White hogs originate in Chester county Pennsylvania and likely descend from English breeds York shire Lincolnshire and Cheshire. The breed is prolific good tempered early maturing and easy to feed with white color and strong dress. Six months boars weigh 225 pounds gilts 200 pounds yearling boars 500 pounds gilts 400 pounds mature boars 900 pounds sows 700 pounds. Boars rugged with strong head features bone and sex characteristics. Sows refined in head and hair coat roomy middle with well developed udders. Hair is straight and fine especially on sows.
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Home Pasteurization Proves Practical for Dairymen
The article notes pasteurization is generally accepted nationwide though laws are scarce. It details a Lafgard home pasteurizer and standard US practice of heating milk to 143 degrees for 30 minutes, then cooling. Portable units allow small herds to pasteurize milk for safer, more profitable sale.
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Dairy cooling tank designed for milk preservation
A concrete cooling tank will let the dairyman rapidly chill milk and keep it clean and sweet until market. The design specifies an inside depth of 27 inches, width of 36 inches, and a length of 2 feet per two cans.
Gassing Proves Safe In Eliminating Rats
Rural districts cities and farms rely on gassing and trapping to control rats as a safe supplement to cleanup and rat proofing, says Harold Henderson of Iowa State College. Calcium cyanide is described as a quick method for killing rats under floors and in burrows.
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Harold Henderson
Iowa State College
Isolation urged for control of Newcastle
Newcastle disease is a serious problem with little known about it. Officials warn that the main spread comes from contact between birds. Poultrymen are urged to keep diagnosed birds in strict isolation and maintain sanitary practices.
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