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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1930
Page
3
Practical mash based feeding schedule for chicks from hatching to four months, with specific ingredient blends and protein targets. Includes startup age, feeding space, transition to grain, use of oats or corn, grind amounts, oyster shells, and cod liver oil supplementation by period.
The article warns against overfeeding ducklings with concentrated feeds and prescribes a mixed diet including green food and sand for grit. It outlines step by step rations from hatching to after one week and notes that fowls’ heads darken from various internal diseases requiring organ examination.
Do not set eggs older than ten days as hatchability drops quickly and vitality of chicks declines. Keep saved eggs near 50 degrees and store in a fifteen dozen case to ease turning, turning one side each day.
The article outlines chick care by age separation under a hover and clean dry litter on a floor, warns against mixing ages, and stresses weekly cleaning. It advises separate cockerels, oats in unused range, and safe water and feed devices plus plumage and brooder site practices. It notes Kentucky studies linking bluegrass range to high hatchability.
Nevada farmers face risk from puncture vine and other noxious weeds due to unclean seed. Elko county extension agent Mark Menke urges using clean seed, noting higher initial cost but greater yield and market value. Seeds are tested at cost by the division of plant industry and state stock commissioners.
A list of familiar plants including ill for valley star of Bethlehem and St. John's wort is noted as potentially deadly. The piece explains that poisoning can affect humans or livestock with varying sensitivity and mentions Doctor Muenscher of New York explaining a delayed discovery of the toxin and a skin and hair impact in light exposure.
Indiana experiment station tests show quack grass can be eradicated by mowing then saturating sprouts six to ten inches high with sodium chlorate at one gallon per pound of water. Usually two applications needed, sometimes more if not done carefully. sodium chlorate is noted as more effective than sodium arsenate and safe for people, livestock, and soil.
The article notes straw adds little directly to fertility per 100 pounds about 0.6 pounds nitrogen 0.2 phosphorus and 1.25 potassium yet it lightens cow manure aids decay and improves soil organic matter. A large manure pile plowed under helps crop growth and soil workability, especially with appropriate chemical fertilizer adjustments.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports a brighter farm economy in 1929 with fewer farmers leaving farms. The rate fell from 22 per 1 000 farms in 1928 to 19 in 1929, possibly due to better conditions or more efficient farm operators.
Farmers of Ohio and other states owe an apology to sweet clover once labeled a weed. It thrives in varied soils, fixes lime, and yields massive hay and pasture, offering comparable value to alfalfa and equating to 20 tons of manure in soil improvement.
North Central experiment station Grand Rapids Minnesota reports peat absorbent and deodorizer effectiveness in dairy swine and poultry facilities. Dry peat layers followed by straw keep pens free of moisture and cold drafts while conserving bedding and saving liquid manure rich in nitrogen and potash.
Buyers of alfalfa clover and sweet clover seeds alerted by P. A. Bull at the University of Minnesota St. Paul to inspect for red green or violet seeds. He notes the pure seed act requires labeling of agricultural seeds and stored samples. Similar cautions are being issued in other Northwestern states.
Agricultural hints cover soil and crop care from walnut trees to alfalfa grazing. Advice includes using well drained fertile soil for black walnut, ensuring quality at roadside markets, recognizing low analysis fertilizer, obtaining seed catalogues, treating sweet potato seed, hotbed disease prevention, alfalfa reseeding timing, fertilizer bulk reduction, concentrated fertilizer efficiency, carrot seeding thinning, and recommending Chante nay variety.
Swine round worms or Ascaris lumbricoides inflict heavy lung inflammation in piglets, leading to pneumonia and stunted growth. The larvae migrate via blood to liver and lungs, then return to the intestines to mature in about two and a half months. Eggs resist weather, requiring caustic treatment like lye in boiling water to destroy them.
Separately feed ewes with twins or triplets, providing abundant grain twice daily and clover or alfalfa. Twin and triplet lambs need a creep feed beginning with bran and oil meal, then ground oats and corn, progressing to whole oats as they grow. Creep fed lambs market earlier, grade higher, weigh more, and reduce maternal stress.
Over ten years at the Edgeley substation North Dakota peas and corn were grown for hogging off. Peas paid $18.05 to $82.92 per acre, averaging $20 to $62.64 after costs. Five years peas yielded more pork than corn while four years showed no profit on peas. hog gain ranged from .05 to 1.38 pounds per hog on peas and 1.26 to 1.7 pounds on corn.
The article argues feeding alone is insufficient for farmers. It stresses breeding quality as equally vital, noting most livestock producers undervalue improved blood for breeding, based on the small share of pure-bred stock observed locally.
A testimonial from Mrs. Walter Ruehl of Glenbrook Connecticut extols Nujol as a fountain of youth for inner lubrication and improved happiness. The ad claims Nujol is not a medicine, contains no drugs, is non fattening, and costs only a few cents per bottle. Start taking Nujol tonight.
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