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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1946
Page
2
The 2 4-D herbicide developed by the USDA and New York agricultural experiment station promises big farm savings. It disrupts plant growth and travels within the weed to cause death. Effective against dandelion and several weeds at low concentrations, it costs $4 to $6 per acre. Some weeds like Canada thistle resist root kill, but many weeds and some vines respond well.
Farmers consider plans to reduce water temperature for dairy cows. New electric de-icers prove satisfactory and local costs should guide appliance choice.
A serviceable brood coop is formed by sawing a barrel in the middle with a sloping cut. Each half gains an entrance hole, two coops result, and inverted halves create a sloped top to shed water while preventing drainage into the coop.
A. R. Patton of the Colorado station notes that animals perform better on certain protein supplements because different feeds provide different amino acids. Research aims to identify the specific amino acids required by livestock and which acids are present in various feeds.
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