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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1929
Page
8
The article advises dairy farmers to start fall calves strong through proper feeding and stabling. It recommends colostrum or castor oil for newborns, limited milk at 1 lb per 8–10 lb of live weight, a milk diet of whole then skim milk, bright hay, and small amounts of cracked corn and oats. Emphasizes clean housing and sun exposure to prevent scours and promote growth.
A USDA survey shows 76 million pounds of surplus skim milk used in 1928 to make concentrated sour skim milk at 27 milk plants nationwide. Dr. J A Rogers led the dairy research method. The product is sold mainly as poultry feed, providing a profitable use for plants with condensing equipment.
The coming year's feed supply looks ample with about 400 pounds more grain feed per animal unit than the five year average. Hay per animal unit will be at a historic high except for 1923 and 1924, but dairymen face a legume hay shortage. This protein hay gap may raise protein supplement prices despite abundant grain feeds.
With corn and corn byproducts low in protein and oats or barley, farmers tend to give protein poor rations. This leads to overfeeding and low milk output. A balanced ration aligned to production can save grain and boost yields.
The dairyman should place young calves in the warmest part of the barn away from busy doors. Exposure risks colds which reduce feed intake stunting growth and raise susceptibility to disease. Severe colds can lead to pneumonia, a serious issue in calf herds.
December advice urges keeping livestock comfortable to boost profits. It notes December issues like lice and mange, recommends dipping, veterinary bot treatment for horses, coal-tar creosote on bot eggs, and safe removal of eggs. It also mentions ox warbles on cattle and requests Farmers Bulletin No. 1503-F for more guidance.
Farmers facing hay shortages for winter should cull herds and flocks closely as live stock prices are high. Calculate feed needs now and compare with supplies, secure local roughage early, and contract. Use high protein concentrates like linseed oilmeal when roughage is poor.
A Kansas mother touts California Fig Syrup as a 60 year physician endorsed laxative for children. Bonnie B. is described as healthy with rosy cheeks and bright eyes after using the tonic regularly since infancy. The ad urges parents to ask for California Fig Syrup and to seek the genuine product by the California label.
A reader asks why men use scarecrows to frighten crows in fields. Another reader suggests it may be because a fully dressed scarecrow woman would be too revealing to deter birds.
An advertisement touts Cole’s Carbon salve as stopping pain from burns or cuts without scarring. It claims fast action and urges readers to send 30 cents to The J. Cole Co. in Rockford Illinois for delivery through druggists.
In 1875 a family doctor sought a gentle remedy for constipation and created Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. The preparation, praised for easing sluggish bowels and related symptoms, grew to become a widely used laxative available in drugstores everywhere.
A veterinary article explains sterility as a troublesome sequel of infectious abortion caused by uterine or ovarian disease and rarely a diseased bull. It notes diagnosis may be possible in living animals but curative options are limited, recommending slaughter for incurable, high-value cattle.
The Iowa experiment station reports excellent results from the hog self feeder for market hogs breeding gilts and nursing sows. To prevent gilts from fattening, mix bulky feeds like ground alfalfa or clover with concentrates such as ground corn barley wheat and rye. Ground alfalfa appears to best stimulate growth.
Scabby sheep results from conditions causing biting and scratching and must be investigated promptly to identify the cause. Scab may appear on the back or sides and can start anywhere on the body, with lambs sometimes affected around the head between horns and ears, often hidden by dirt.
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