Canning Poultry During Culling Seasons Practical Guide
The New York State College of Home Economics at Cornell explains profitable disposal of low priced poultry via canning. After six to eight hours of cooling, fresh meat is canned under pressure for safety and quality. Pack tightly in sterilized jars or tins, using wide mouths, skin outward, and seal by boiling water for 10 to 15 minutes to expel air and prevent bulging.
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New York State College of Home Economics
Cornell University
Turkey Eggs Should Be Handled Very Carefully
The article advises keeping fertile turkey eggs at a uniform temperature not above 60 degrees, with warm room revival for hatching in cold weather. Age affects hatchability after the first days, and marking the due hatch date on each egg aids vitality study. many eggs are needed to draw solid conclusions due to various influencing factors.
Laying Mash for Ducks on Grass Plot
A guide for producing a nourishing duck mash with equal parts corn meal wheat middlings wheat bran and ground oats plus 15 percent meat and bone meal 2 percent charcoal 0.5 percent salt and 1 percent sharp sand fed twice daily with optional cracked corn once daily while ducks forage green on grass.
Scaly Leg Remedies in Feathery Fowl Care
A historic note advises crude petroleum as the best treatment for scaly leg in poultry. A mixture of lard and kerosene is also suggested. Birds are dipped with legs submerged for over a minute, avoiding excess material above the feather edge to prevent blistering the skin and irritation.
Incubator Tips for Hatching Ducks Geese and Turkeys
The article explains incubator use for waterfowl eggs. Ducks need 28 days while geese range 28 to 20 days and turkeys 27 to 20 days. Moisture requirements differ from chicken eggs and trays must fit larger eggs. Temperatures remain similar to those for hen eggs.
Worst Pests of Chicken Raiser
Poultry expert B Allen Lutz warns small breeders that coccidiosis and lice threaten half of day-old chicks. Early treatment using salt flushes and sprays, nicotine mixtures, and tobacco canials stop spread, protect the flock, and keep hens healthy.
Corn and Barley Best Feeds for Pigs on Alfalfa Pasture
On alfalfa pasture corn and barley top the list for feeding growing pigs, with oats or mill feeds as useful supplements. For fastest gains, feed corn or barley alongside oats or middlings and tankage in separate self feeders, and limit swill to pigs not using self fed grain.
Distinguishing Sex in Young Geese
The article explains how to separate and observe geese to tell sex. It notes female calls lack high notes and are double in sound while males are bass and single. It recommends mating one male with two or three females in a separated pen from December to spring and allows mixed matings later.
Wake Up to Big Soy Bean Value
Soy beans, introduced from Japan over a century ago, gain value as a cash crop in the Middle West and South. The seed yields valuable oil for livestock feed and human food, paints and varnishes, while also improving soil by nitrogen fixation. The USDA bulletin "Soy Bean Utilization" reports feeding experiments and is distributed free by the Department of Agriculture.
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United States
Japan
Middle West
South
Orient
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Office of Information
Department of Agriculture
When to Cut Alfalfa Best Guided by Quality
University of Wisconsin agronomy expert L. E. Graber argues quality should guide alfalfa cutting instead of bloom stage. He warns cutting three to four times a year harms root growth and long term yields, recommending late harvests that preserve root development while maintaining quality.
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L. E. Graber
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Graber
Wisconsin
Careless Pickers Harm Trees Unnecessarily
During fruit season rough pickers damage trees. Inspect the orchard next week, remove broken limbs, straighten deformed posts, repair stripped bark with lead and linseed oil, clean cavities to healthy wood, fill with cement and sand mix, and water lightly. Repairs take little time, cost only a few cents, and extend orchard life.
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