Summer Poultry Feeding Tips From Ohio State Specialists
Ohio State University poultry specialists advise reduced grain intake in summer and increased mash. They suggest feeding grain in the evening to prompt daytime mash hunger, confining birds to the house after noon if ventilated, placing mash hoppers where birds gather, and mixing milk to make crumbly wet mash the hens will eat in about a half hour.
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Ohio State University
Ohio
P. B. Zumbro
Clean Feeding Practices for Healthy Chickens
Clean feed is essential to the success of a sanitation program. Keep the entire ration clean until eaten. Do not scatter feed in litter or on the floor. Move feed hoppers weekly and keep shade available. Arrange water fountains to avoid permanent puddles and worm eggs. Grain can be hopper fed after birds are partly grown.
Avian Tuberculosis Widespread Across the West
Avian tuberculosis appears widespread with six percent of flocks testing positive in 28 states per a United States Bureau of Animal Industry survey. The disease is most common in midwestern states and linked to hog tuberculosis control efforts. Dr. L Van As first identified the ailment in a prairie chicken during his tenure as pathologist at North Dakota Agricultural College. Campaigns in the Midwest aim to stamp out the disease to prevent broader tuberculosis problems.
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L. van As
North Dakota Agricultural College
United States Bureau’ of ‘Animal Industry
Middlewestern
Poultry Practices And Egg Hatch Times
The article notes goose eggs hatch in 30 to 85 days and eggs provide minerals and vitamins. It advises keeping sage grit for ducks, selling or using male birds within a year, and giving hens constant green feed. It suggests hay fed in wire baskets, turkey hens nesting choices, egg size importance, early chicks maturing, and dust wallows in summer.
Improvement in Anti Hog Cholera Serum Production
The USDA reports steady gains in anti hog cholera serum quality through clarified serum concentration and modern pasteurization. Dr. D J Skidmore notes pasteurization destroys disease bacteria and improves keeping quality while enabling larger reserves. Over 19 million hogs immunized last year, about 29 percent of the pig crop.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
D. J. Skidmore
Farm Bureau
Skidmore
Lamb Dysentery in Lambs Declared Acute and Fatal
Lamb dysentery is an acute, generally fatal disease of lambs from one day to three weeks old. It infects pastures and corrals, and can spread by handlers. Sanitary measures, not medical treatment, are effective, including cleaning, disinfection, plowing ground, and using clean lambing grounds for the next season.
Don’t Overfeed Fowls During Molt Period
Over-feeding during the molt causes hens to gain weight but lose laying quality. Large grain quantities fatten birds in this sluggish period, and the same applies to some feeds. Fertile eggs and strong chicks come from simple, right management and diet.
Best Stage to Cut Soy Beans for Hay
Experiment stations have tested cutting times for soy beans used as hay. Cattle fed at different stages show the best feed value when seeds are just beginning to form in the pod, with harvests from brooming stage to pod browning.
Bordeaux Mixture Best for Tomatoes in Garden Care
Extension horticulturist B H Morrow of North Carolina State College advises spraying tomatoes with a prepared or home made Bordeaux mixture every two to three weeks to control leaf diseases and worms. The mixture requires blue stone and hydrated lime with arsenate or lead, applied to all plant parts, using proper containers and careful mixing.
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BH. B. Morrow
North Carolina State College
Morrow
Desirable Beef Calves Reach Feeder Weight Fast
Beef type calves can be turned for cash at six to seven months with grain. They consume grain early, reaching 600 to 700 pounds by six months when fed twice daily. Target weight is 450 to 500 pounds, fat enough for slaughter or showing. Last fall prices averaged 10 to 12 dollars per hundred. Grain use is modest. mix shelled corn with cottonseed meal or cake at about eight to one.
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M. W. Muldrow
Arkansas Extension Service
Teach Chicks to Perch While They Are Young
Literary notice discusses early chick perching choices for young birds. It argues perching or squatting should begin as feathers allow and warns that early perching may bend the breast bone, though a firm breast reduces bending pressure. It cites small roosts as a common fault.
Corn Planting Lesson Advocates Square Planting Method
Garden experts and experiment station workers stress square planting to ensure even pollen distribution from tassels to silks. This common sense technique improves ear fullness by reducing pollen waste in long, narrow corn rows.
Farm Practices for Higher Yields and Lower Costs
The article urges keeping machinery indoors, using shallow furrow planting with a weeder, applying phosphorus where needed, and vent ilating poultry houses. It highlights corn silage with soybeans as a key winter dairy ration, sunlight for stock, and pest control education to improve crop quality and reduce losses.
Keep Hogs Calm to Avoid Loss
The Live Stock Loss Prevention Association of Ohio urges gentle handling of hogs to reduce market losses. Avoid overexertion before loading, drive slowly, and allow hours for rest in yards. In hot weather provide water, use sand in cars, ice bags, and keep floors moist to maintain air quality.
Horses Return to Popularity in Illinois Farms
E. T. Robbins reports that farmers across 19 Illinois counties are studying big horse teams to boost productivity. Farmers say cheaper corn and oats, two by two horse hitching, and efficient management cut costs and allow wider acreage with less depreciation. Photographs and moving pictures demonstrated teams of four to twelve horses hitched to large plows and driven with two lines.
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Illinois
E. T. Robbins
Mr. Robbins
Hog Health and Sanitation Education Notes
Farmers struggle with hog care due to inexperience and faulty beliefs. Many misjudge hog habits and sanitation and resist advice. Carelessness emerges as a major source of cholera losses in swine operations.
Live Stock Care Tips From Scrub Farmers
Practical guidance for livestock care and feeding. Warns that scrub farmers hinder state progress more than scrub livestock, notes stomach worms threaten pastures, and offers sheep choking relief with water and a dosing syringe. Recommends calf and pig feeding routines, including bottle lambs with cow's milk and linseed oil meal supplementation for horses.
Thoughtful Act Highlights Shifting Housework Roles
In a Los Angeles Times reflection social worker Kate Lee Stahl notes how today’s young women often shift household labor away from mothers. She recalls aiding a young woman who bought her mother a vacuum cleaner, while the daughter admits she avoids chores by leaving cleaning to mom.
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Kate Lee Stahl
Mother's Little Helper: Lady Heath on Homes and Careers
Lady Heath argues women must choose between homes or careers. She dismisses those with neither, calling them parasites. She recalls a Cape to Cairo flight reception where an old friend boasted of his daughter, who he hopes will help shift the balance once she can play bridge better.
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Heath
Cape
Cairo
Monte Carlo lit up as fairyland of lights
Monte Carlo, famed as Europe’s playground, glows with an elaborate exterior lighting system. At night the casino and avenues are bathed in white light, with trees, fountains, and flower pots decorated by concealed lighting effects.
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Monte Carlo
Europe
American Tourist in Shakespeare's Country Meeting Cottagers
A humorous exchange shows a visitor wandering Shakespearean cottages in the region. A cottager compliments the tourist as the most sociable young man in the neighborhood, noting the stroll among locals with light banter.
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Shakespeare
Mussolini Reflects on Difficulties Hardened Spirit
In an American Magazine piece Mussolini recalls that life’s hardships exceeded joyful moments and that the trials strengthened his resolve, teaching him how to live. He notes the difficulties of life having hardened his spirit.
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Mussolini
Ife
Not Over Yet in Boston Post Verse Tone
A fragment from the Boston Post quotes lines about lingering affection and enduring traditions. The snippet contrasts romantic vows with practical views on picturesque customs versus burdensome ones. The text reads as a reflective, literary clipping rather than a complete news item.
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Boston Post
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
An advertisement claims Kruschen Salts remove fat by correcting body function. It promises weight loss in three weeks, increased energy, clearer skin, and brighter eyes. A money back guarantee accompanies an 85 cent bottle offered by druggists worldwide.
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Kkeener
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