Ruralist Notes on Livestock Feed and Farm Practices
Ruralist Column outlines best feeds for milk and beef cattle and poultry. It covers home feeds, forage quality, legume hay, silage, and roughage strategies for heifers, plus pasture rotation for hogs, fence upkeep, and proper marking of stock for market. It notes fall freshening for cows and seasonal milk price dynamics.
Disease Factors and Farming Practices Across Crops
The text discusses how soil and cultural conditions determine disease outcomes in crops, clarifies misattribution to weather, explains degeneration diseases in potatoes that persist in seed tubers, and notes poultry disease handling. It also highlights Alsike clover as flood tolerant, with limited data on overwash duration and regional farmer experience.
Day-dreamer weighs income tax cut rebate if worth a million
A reader notes that a day-dreamer imagines how large a rebate he would receive from a proposed income tax reduction if his wealth reached one million dollars.
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Duty, debt, and living costs through wartime lens
The writer laments tax collection delays and contrasts Uncle Sam’s income from foreign debtors with domestic tax relief. He argues two must economize as one, noting postwar cost of living vs prewar levels, likening golf outfits to garden overalls as a symbol of spending shifts.
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